THE IRON MAIDEN CONNECTION

Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris is a renowned UFO fan, especially of the band’s original bass player Pete Way, and it has been claimed that Harris modelled his own technique on Way’s.

Maiden covered Doctor Doctor as a B-side of Lord Of

The Flies, a single from their 1995 album The X Factor. Harris’s side-project British

Lion include Let It Roll, from UFO’s Force It, in their live sets. And since time immemorial, Doctor Doctor is played over the PA as the final piece of music before the lights go down and Maiden’s show begins.

“I’ve always loved that ’Arry fella,” UFO frontman Phil Mogg quips. “He has a special place in my heart.

Your bank balance as well?

“Oh, let’s not cheapen this by making it about money.”