
Päätin nyt avata tälle Adrian Smithin aikaisemmalle pändille oman topikin kun löytyi mielenkiintoista kamaa kyseiseltä orkalta. Henkilökohtaisesti olen aikaisemmin kuullut Urchinia vain Maidenin Twelve Wasted Years VHS:ältä ja minulle ainakin tämä suht rento Rock N Roll maistuu hyvin.
Urchin : she's a roller
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Urchin:
Adrian Smith (Kitara,laulu)
Maurice Coyne (kitara)
David Hall (Laulu)
Alan Levitt (Basso)
Barry Tyler (Rummut)
Adrian Smith - Vocals / Guitar 1971 - 1980
Adrian formed Stone Free in 1971 along with Dave Murray, Dave McLaughlin with John Hoye joining shortly after. Adrian was not very confident about his skills on the guitar and opted to be the Vocalist for the band.
When Maurce Coyne joined to replace Dave Murray in 1974, the band was renamed Evil Ways. Dave Hall also joined in 1974 and took over from Adrian on Vocal duties. After they got their recording contract with DJM the bands management Nomis Morgan decided to change the name again, and the band became Urchin.
Adrian became the Lead Vocalist again after Dave Hall left in 1977. As well as playing the Guitar and being Lead Vocalist, he was also chief songwriter of the band. Both singles that were released, Black Leather Fantasy and She's A Roller were Adrian's compositions. 22 Acacia Avenue which would later become an Iron Maiden song was originally written by Adrian in 1975.
Adrian was approached a number of times by Steve Harris to see if he was interested in joining Iron Maiden. However he felt Urchin still had good prospects and declined the offers.
Urchin split up in March 1980 and Adrian joined Broadway Brats for a couple of months along with Andy Barnett. Broadway Brats was led by Jeb Million on Vocals along with Steve Wells on Bass Guitar, Ian Richardson on Drums and Carlo Villa on Keyboards. The band played at places like the Rock Garden, The Golden Lion and The Corn Dolly and also managed to get a support slot on the Suzi Quatro tour but times were hard and eventually Andy left and the Brats split up. Adrian was then trying to figure where to go next when a chance meeting with Steve Harris and Dave Murray led him to the decision to finally join Iron Maiden in October 1980.