Steve Harris doesn’t get the credit he deserves for his innovation and unique sound … Up the Irons!!!

@RaceDayReplay

3 ай бұрын

say what? He's incredibly famous for both

@The_Cadaver

2 ай бұрын

@@RaceDayReplay Still not enough credit. Every capitol city on the planet should have a shrine to Steve Harris.

@henrikw377

Ай бұрын

Steve Harris is one of the most known, universally praised and appreciated bassists. I'd say he's probably one of very few bassists who actually gets at least close to the credit he deserves.

Thank you for doing this. Steve should always be a part of the bass conversation.

@bluethunder7391

3 ай бұрын

Great point.

Loved this. Thank you. Steve is the reason I picked up the bass, and I actually got to tour with him in support of his other band British Lion. Such a lovely guy, incredible player, and a living legend. A few points you made were a little off, but there is no point in mentioning them when this video was a sheer joy to watch. You two are phenomenal. Thank you for cheering up my Saturday even more. Much love and respect to you both ☺️🙏🏻

@thotoharris

11 ай бұрын

Im kinda jealous you got to tour with him! Great Job as well dude!

@andywakeman3395

11 ай бұрын

Met him and the rest of the guys in 1992, courtesy of Janick (fellow Hartlepudlian, whose parents lived next door to my friend's parents). My first thought was 'fuck, Bruce is so short' lol

@rodprod8522

10 ай бұрын

How cool - but would love to know what was off?? when you have info direct from the "horses mouth" that is so valuable! Please share !! ❤

Steve harris, Geezer Butler and Cliff Burton are the metal bass god fathers

@ericjewell4451

11 ай бұрын

LEMMY

@Farewelltokingz

11 ай бұрын

@@ericjewell4451emmy is not a bass player though. He’s just a guitar player on a baritone guitar essentially

@fingersmcoy

11 ай бұрын

Motorhead isn't metal. I would say Frank Bello

@och70

11 ай бұрын

@@fingersmcoy Lemmy might slap you from beyond the grave for saying Motorhead isn't metal.

@valentino0343

11 ай бұрын

Dont forget alex webster!

Phantom of the Opera is one of my all time favorite bass lines!!! I use it to warm up or to get my chops up if I haven't played in a while. Even after learning it 33 years ago, it's still a challenging song to play.

@kenmathews4522

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@timothydingman587

11 ай бұрын

She said it was made in 1998 nope it was the late 70s

@jezmez68

Ай бұрын

I love the 1-3-5 break of that song in the middle. Yeah, I just recently learned to play this one as well.

Unreal! Somehow after 40-odd years the man is still underrated - rapt to see Steve Harris get some kudos from the channel. Personally, my favourite Harris bass playing is during the instrumental section of Powerslave - delightful interplay between the entire band. Thanks for a grouse episode \m/

@caczter

11 ай бұрын

Steve Harris underrated? i think not.

@azzajames7661

11 ай бұрын

I agree, mate;-) How good is Powerslave, as a whole from start to finish?;-P Up the mighty Irons!!!!

@RCAvhstape

7 ай бұрын

50 years more like, Maiden got big in the 80s but they've been around since the 70s at least. Harris is a beast even as he's getting older.

The Clairvoyant is another killer Maiden bass part. Steve was a huge influence on me as a young player (and still to this day). Thanks for featuring him in this video.

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I love Ian and Sharon's chemistry. Such a good video, and I've only seen Sharon twice, but she should be a regular. Ian is simply the best. Such a knowledgeable and fantastic player, a good teacher, and a seemingly better person. Scott is no slouch either. Keep up the great work!

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

Awesome dude! Thanks so much for checking out the video & supporting SBL 🧡

How can you play bass without knowing Steve Harris? I'm glad you both got a little deeper in the catalogue and developed some appreciation for the legend. Maiden are unto themselves. Unlike anyone else, and Harris, despite not writing Wasted Years, has probably written 80% of their music. It is incredible what a strong creative influence he is on one of the most unique and iconic bands of the last 40 years. Also, Wrathchild and Phantom off the Paul D'Anno era catalogue. Those songs are way more raw then the Dickinson era, but exceptional in their own right. Always glad to see them get some love.

Well its about damn time! Thanks for this, Steve Harris is probably the most underrated Bass Player in the business. He's a bloody nice bloke too.

"2 MInutes to Midnight" is on my practice playlist and it is a blast to play. I call it "the pentatonic playground" and the "onslaught of 1/8 notes." It's a pretty straightforward song but it has enough variation in the fills (and an excellent bass-driven outro) to make it an excellent song for early intermediate bass players to learn different ways to do fills over the same chord.

Steve does not use a pick. He is using his first two fingers along with the floating thumb technique. He plays with an incredibly light plucking attack in which he kind of bounces off the strings on fast parts. This way he doesn't burn out his forearm.

@samba1412

11 ай бұрын

Yup, I was lucky to see British Lion in a tiny club a few months ago and watch his technique from 6ft away. Very light attack and really low action.

@Shazeen82

11 ай бұрын

@@samba1412 The low action gives him the clicking sound as well. Clairvoyant is the best example for that.

@Nghilifa

11 ай бұрын

Yup, and he also uses a good amount of compression on his sound as well, which I guess is part of the reason why he's able to keep his sound/tone so even, even though he plucks the strings very lightly.

@AndrewCapobianco2014

11 ай бұрын

Bounces off the flat wounds

@j_freed

11 ай бұрын

What year did he quit using RoundWounds, was it about 1990-1995 he went to Flats? I think he was saving his hands. Man got skills. 👌

That was the PERFECT ending to an awesome video! I started playing bass after seeing the "Maiden England" VHS tape around 1989 at the age of 15. Of course practically every band has a bass player, but with Iron Maiden, you really hear and see the bass player. Such an inspiration, and I still love listening to Maiden.

@ironmartintv794

11 ай бұрын

Same here !! Maiden England VHS is responsible for me playing the bass ans music too ! I sooooo relate to you man !

Everyone misses Sea of Madness. That bass line is amazing! The clank fits so well.

You killed it! That ending with the Trooper was so dope. Hallowed be thy name is also such a classic gallop tune.

Loved this!! As always, you guys are having WAY TOO MUCH FUN!! I was smiling all the way through!!

Thanks for making this video folks. You've made a great job! I think that many YT bass channels work on the assumption that everyone with a bass is mainly interested in learning about soul and funk. As a bass teacher for 20+ years, I can honestly say that I've never found this to be true. Steve Harris is one of the "elephants in the room" as far as YT bass channels go, and is a source of much inspiration to millions of bassists.

Loving this.... I grew up listening to Maiden and he was my first bass influence. My first bass was a 1977 P bass which I soon painted metallic blue in tribute to his.

This was a very fun video to watch, keep up the good work, guys!

The final 1 minute and 2 seconds of Seventh Son is probably my favorite piece of music EVER - across any band and any genre of music. The way everything just kicks in at the end of the song is sheer genius. Nicko's triplets, the guitars harmonizing, Steve's tight simple upper register fills and the tensions created by the synths. It's perfection. After playing music over and over and over again, music ends up being an exercise in technique, yet this outro elicits an emotional response from me every time, whether it's listening to it or playing it. I play it when I need to pump myself up for a heavy lift in the gym. It is a masterpiece in my eyes.

@christophermyers8157

10 ай бұрын

All of Nicko's outro's are just amazing! The "Thin Line between Love and Hate" is my favorite Nicko Coda. You can hear him in the background say "Ah, I fuckin missed it", but you can't hear him make a single mistake! His mistakes are masterpieces!

"... We're such Troopers, man!" You forever gained my respect with that line! LOL, that was an awesome video, thank you for sharing!

Watching Ian during the Phantom of the Opera intro made my entire day.

@IanMartinAllison

11 ай бұрын

🙀😂

Thank you, great video. Steve Harris was one of the reasons i picked up the bass. He is the goat of metal for me. Part 2 when? Here are 7 more: powerslave, losfer words, fear of the dark, death of the celts, running free, the rime of the ancient mariner, the flight of Icarus.

Great video. Steve Harris is awesome! Looks like you guys had a blast recording this.

I feel like Sharon so much in this!! I knew a few maiden songs but didn't do a deep dive until some guys invited me to play with them and they LOVE maiden. Very pleased to have done so.

@seanj3667

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWd-ycqjmMK5c5c.html

This video is simply awesome, and the end of it put a huge smile on my face!!

Brilliant video, it's great how many styles you guys research and have a common respect for. Great Channel

THE video that almost all SBL subscribers have been waited for! THANK YOU! A huge thank you from the younger part of me, the 18yrs old me, who started playing with the intention to play "The Number of the Beast" entirely.

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for joining us for the video dude! 🤘🏻

@joecasa85

11 ай бұрын

@@devinebass thanks to you for all the gorgeous stuff you gave us among all these years and also all that you're still doing and will do.

This series has been amazing, but this has to be the high point. Sharon choosing Blood Brothers brought a tear to my eye. The interplay between Ian and Sharon is both informative and entertaining (as always). Having notation to relearn songs I learned by ear from a CD that did not have fast forward or rewind (just skip ahead, or skip back) is priceless. Thank you all so much for this amazing video!!!

@sharonrenold

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 😭 This video was GENUINELY life changing to make. From not really knowing Maiden to wholeheartedly enjoying them musically and as people (based on their Flight 666 Doc). It's been SUCH a satisfying deep-dive! So glad you enjoyed!!

That was so much fun to watch you guys are my new bass channel :)

This was honestly just fun to watch. Great work...love it.

@devinebass

8 ай бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Amazing! It is by far the best Iron Maiden video I have watched, and the funniest. Thank you so much for making it.

I wish I could like this video multiple times. Good picks on the songs and so enjoyable chemistry between the two of you. Sharon is so charismatic and funny. As a Steve Harris disciple and a fan of Iron Maiden, I loved this a few things I wish you talked about are Steves use of power chords and double stops. It is often a thing that goes unnoticed. Also very important to mention, the Rotosounds flats he uses are very bright, quite heavy (50-110 gauge) and Super high tension. This actually allows for super low action which provided with a relatively light touch is easy to get the CLANK! Also, Iron Maiden has been around for 45 years! No wonder there was so much contradicting information. Over the years things have developed, evolved and changed. Interestingly, when it comes to sound I see a weird parallel/common thread between Iron Maiden and Rush, especially in terms of sound engineering/production. It is no secret Steve Harris is a big Rush Fan and that both Bands have worked in extensively with producer Kevin Shirley

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it dude! 🤘🏻

Been following y’all for 3 years and have been waiting for the day Steve Harris is the focus. Hands down the reason why I noticed the bass as a kid. Absolute legend 🙌🏽🤘🏽

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Steve Harris made me realize you could play heavy music with flatwound strings. I was already doing it, and it sounded good to me. But everyone was saying "You have to use roundwounds." The truth is you can still get a clanky or growly tone with the right amp settings, pedals, and hand technique. BTW, I wonder if "Blood Brother" was inspired by "Orion" by Metallica? It definitely has a similar feel to the famous middle section of that song.

@silentfog6924

4 ай бұрын

Steve wrote this song for his father who past away same time they was putting that album out. That was first album then Bruce made hes comeback. Been Maiden fan since 82. So i am not very shore about Orion influence… but who knows.

Amazing video. One of the best I have ever seen. Loved how it ended. I grew up listening Maiden and your approach to Steve's technique is very interesting and respectful. Thanks

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

Awesome dude! Thanks for checking out the video 🙌🏻

I don't play bass, but you both made this so fun to watch. Love the duel at the end.

Love the interaction between the two of you guys. Great job

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video!

Awesome video. You two are so much fun to watch. I, like many here I presume, started playing bass because of Steve. Yo guys did a great job of showcasing some of his style. I think the fact that you were not huge Maiden fans originally is part of the reason why the video is so much fun... we can see you being so intrigued. I love the 666 hot take lol. They just like telling ghost stories XD. The ending was SUCH a treat!

@flaviosan3020

11 ай бұрын

Yeeees, I started with bass in 1992 because of mr. Harris!

This was really fun to watch. I found myself smiling throughout. You all did a great job! Steve Harris is a legend. And to think he plays like that for well over 2 hours!

Well done! That was a fun ride. Harris is legend. I can only do the 3 finger gallop.

Thank you for doing this video!! Phantom of the Opera was the first song I learned from Maiden.

Great take on The Trooper at the end. I loved it. That was A-MAZING !

OMG! What a great video. I may as well go to bed now because I will not see anything as great as this vid for a long time!

Iron Maiden was my first live concert. I couldn't hear anything for four days. It was awesome.

@och70

11 ай бұрын

Four days? Worth it, so worth it.

Love this video, love the format, LOVE STEVE HARRIS AND MAIDEN!!!

Thank you so much for doing this Video. I have been waiting for so long for this 😘

@devinebass

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude! 🤘🏻

TONE, aggressive approach and technique, and the bulk of the songwriting. All points of underrating Steve Harris. Plus, by all accounts, a really classy, nice guy.

Steve Harris is the reason I picked up the bass guitar in the first place! That galloping triple is ironic!

smashed it! awesome work team SBL

Great video...Steve Harris is the reason I started to play bass...remember that we did not have internet in the 80's so most of the myths related to him were word of mouth which just increased over time which is pretty cool...he really deserved a video like this! 😉 thanks

Great video guys! I’d love to see more metal/hard rock lessons on the SBL site….please! Oh, and Up the Irons!!

I learned to play bass by learning "The Number of The Beast" album , front to back. I still get hand cramps thinking about "22 Acacia Ave" !! From there , I overlapped learning anything I could by Rush....

@Invictus13666

11 ай бұрын

Dang. You were intent 😂 👍🏽

Always happy to see maiden songs that don't usually get talked about get a bit more recognition. Cool video

What a great video. Great job guys! Lots of fun.

An absolute must for my list would have been Powerslave. In addition to killer riffs, the middle section under the guitar solos is just lovely.

Steve Harris and Geddy Lee are why I'm a bass player.

Awesome video guys! Massive influence on my playing back in the day!

YES! Loved this, great video. Awesome fun

It doesn't get a lot of credit, but two minutes to midnight has an incredible bassline.

I could watch Sharon all day. More videos with Sharon, please. Ian and Scott are excellent but Sharon is just too damn good. Love watching Sharon and Ian riff off each other too.

@IanMartinAllison

11 ай бұрын

Agreed - more Sharon!!

Great video, lots of cool info, fun discussions and appropriate level of fandom, lol.

This was so much fun 😂 Thank you! ❤

I learned my bass chops playing Iron Maiden covers. I could never nail the sound until I found out he used flats, and I believe that the tone control on his bass isn't even wired up, it's fully bypassed. I could watch Ian all day, and occasionally I have lol. His lessons on SBL where he talks about his session work are utterly amazing.

@och70

11 ай бұрын

You're right about the tone control. If I remember correctly, he mentioned in an interview with one of the guitar or bass magazines that he had it disconnected, because when the would hold his bass out over the crowd, in some smaller venues they had played in, excited fans would of course, want to reach out and touch it. Someone would always turn the volume and tone knobs, and he kept wondering where his top-end frequencies had gone. He eventually figured it out! haha

Steve Harris and Cliff Burton are the main reason for me to picked up the bass. I´ve really enjoyed the video, Ian and Sharon are an explosive duet, you are always contagious!!

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

Yes dude! Steve & Cliff = 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Its really a fun video.. Thank you 🔥🔥🔥

Loved the end!! Unexpected!!!!!

Saw Maiden a few years ago, and they haven’t lost a step. Incredible show and huge energy. Huge sets!

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Good video. We Maidenphiles would agree that the bass lines through the Run to the Hills and Number of the Beast guitar solos are epic…and you left them out of the discussion. I would guess most bassists cannot play these lines with the same ferocity for 2 hours a night. There’s only one Steve Harris. He’s a bass athlete. What are Scott’s picks?

Well done on including the open A's between the changes in The Trooper - missed by so many bass players.

very good video. I love this kind of analyse of tone ect...

30 minutes of pure enjoyment, loved this video. How about some Cannibal Corpse next time with Alex Webster bass lines

I’m not a huge Iron Maiden fan, I love me some old school metal but Black Sabbath and Judas Priest are more to my liking. That being said, I think Maiden has some great songs and Steve Harris is a monster on the bass!! This video was a ton of fun and I’d love to see more like this. If you’re looking for suggestions please check out Dennis Dunaway from the original Alice Cooper Group. The albums Love It To Death, Killer, Billion Dollar Babies, and School’s Out are classics. Dennis’ playing is outstanding and unique (at least at the time of these recordings). Another bassist to highlight would be Graham Maby, check out his work on Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp album. He’s phenomenal!!!

WOW this was a great video😃👍🏻 You guys are really fun to listen to, really appreciate it🤘🏻🎸

@devinebass

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thankyou for checking it out! 🙌🏻

Love this episode so much. Thanks guys.

there is a Dorian lick in Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" elongated solo part

My all time favorite Maiden song is “seventh son of a seventh son” just soo cool! The breakdown gets me every time, that Album and I’ll get crap for this I know but “X Factor” are my two favorite albums, Blaze Bailey was a sik singer and Steve’s lyrics are so deep on that album, and he will go from acoustic bass to electric bass all in one song! “Blood Brothers” is my favorite song from Brave new world for sure!! “blood on the worlds hands” from X Factor is such a killer song!! That bass solo in the intro is so bad ass!!! Steve’s thumb is behind his index and his fingers are always straight out, probably because of how low he plays, it’s definitely not a pick

@adameden8722

11 ай бұрын

I'm not a fan of Blaze's voice, but the music and lyrics on that album are nothing to sneeze at. Seventh Son is an incredible song and album!

@bassimprovjams3772

11 ай бұрын

@@adameden8722 I can respect that, I really enjoy what he did while Bruce was gone, maybe they could have got a singer to hit notes like Bruce, but I’m really happy the way the two albums came out that he did, they were there for me as a teen, 7th son is a sik song and album!

@e3dave744

11 ай бұрын

I was 15 when I got in to maiden and seventh son was the track that did it , I’m still a big fan 34 years later

@habsfan7521

11 ай бұрын

The final 1 minute and 2 seconds of Seventh Son is probably my favorite piece of music EVER - across any band and any genre of music. The way everything just kicks in at the end of the song is sheer genius. Nicko's triplets, the guitars harmonizing, Steve's tight simple upper register fills and the tensions created by the synths. It's perfection. After playing music over and over and over again, music ends up being an exercise in technique, yet this outro elicits an emotional response from me every time, whether it's listening to it or playing it. I play it when I need to pump myself up for a heavy lift in the gym. It is a masterpiece in my eyes.

@bassimprovjams3772

11 ай бұрын

@@habsfan7521 perfectly said brother!!

That was so fun. Thanks guys!!

Brilliant video. spent 7 weeks supporting them on the X-Factour around Europe. Great band and crew as well. Lots of chats with Mike Kenney his tech (at the time), saw his rig, flat wound basses etc. Just seen them in my home city of Leeds UK too - the magic never dies.

I'm not even a bass player but this is a great video

Great video. Sharon has an incredible gift and makes even fast lines look light and easy. Really enjoyed this. Love the Prog videos from Sharon too. Thank you all for this great new content. Can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate Ian and Sharon’s rock focused videos and lessons. Oh, also, UP THE IRONS!

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

So great to hear Kevin, thanks for supporting the SBL channel!

This is insane video.. thank you so much 🙏

That is..... really.... a great video ! Thanks you! Steve Harris is the one who taught me (even though he doesn't know about it) to play bass. On the day I purchased my 1st bass, on my way back home, I purchased a book with scores of 5 Iron Maiden songs (without tabs). I didn't know about music theory. These songs included notably Running free and Phantom of the opera. I started to learn about reading music by comparing the scores to what I heard with the shitty tape player I had at that time. I had no money for an amp, so I played unplugged for two years with my low price electric bass, learning to play through Iron Maiden songs. Looking back to that time, it was quite epic. Even if I am listening less to their music now, 30 years later, Iron Maiden and in particular Steve will always mean a lot to me.

Loved Sharon's version of Phantom of the Opera so much 😊

@sharonrenold

11 ай бұрын

Thank youu 🥰🥰🥰

@IanMartinAllison

11 ай бұрын

Same

GREAT VIDEO!!!! You and Sharon should do the same video of GEDDY LEE that would be awesome 👌

Thanks guys that was awesome and it was the first video of you guys I’ve seen. I’m hooked, time to dust off my bass!

up the irons indeed! love the video, excellent work! 🤘

More videos with Sharon! She's awesome!

Look, steve Harris is a bass guitar God He has one of the fastest right hands on the planet.

fabulous video . your energy and enjoyment is amazing

@devinebass

11 ай бұрын

Big up Dan! 🙌🏻

We were waiting this for so long, thank you! I always loved iron maiden basslines to practice stamina because tbh theory wise not a lot happens.

Yes. Finally! I'll shut up now. And Scott is forgiven for leaving Steve out of his Best Rock Bass Players video from a million years ago (almost).

@adameden8722

11 ай бұрын

Not possible to leave him out, to forget that Scott did, or forgive him for the massive error.

So when is part 2 ;) my favourite is The Clairvoyant. 7th Son is one of the greatest albums of all time.

I dont know how I ended up here watching your videos, m a guitarist. But I think the two of you are brilliant and I feel that what I learn from these each of these gems somehow makes me a better guitar player each time. Thsnk you for great new perspective for me wahoooo!

Fantastic! I love how much fun you are having relishing in the glory of sir Steve Harris!

@devinebass

10 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I still have to find a cooler heavy metal bass intro than the one from "Phantom of the opera"

Waisted Years is my fav too

Just stumbled across this. So great. Thanks for your great work. You’re awesome. Steve Harris rules.

@devinebass

3 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Fantastic end to the video. Got a nice chuckle out of me. This guitarist really enjoyed watching you two bassists drool over Steve Harris' approach for a while.

That Trooper jam in the end alone was worth seeing the entire rest of the video