Steve Harris

The founder of the long-running heavy metal outfit Iron Maiden, bassist/songwriter Steve Harris was born in London on March 12, 1957. A highly touted soccer player in his youth, he gave up his sporting career to pursue his musical aspirations, forming Iron Maiden in 1976. Though the group's 1979 debut EP The Soundhouse Tapes reflected their punk inspirations, their self-titled 1980 full-length fully embraced metal, earning a Top Five hit at home. Harris composed much of Maiden's material, drawing upon mythology and the occult to write hard rock epics like "The Rime of the Anci...