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His black 1957/63 (the body is from a '63 the neck from a '57) Stratocaster, previously owned by late Free guitarist Paul Kossoff, was used approximately between 19. He has used Fender Stratocaster guitars almost exclusively. Murray used and endorsed Marshall amplifiers almost exclusively, other than on the Somewhere in Time (1986) and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) albums and their respective tours, when he instead used Gallien-Krueger amps, and Victory Amps during the recordings of The Book of Souls, but again Marshalls on tour (JVM410h). Murray played with the jazz ensemble on Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain's instructional video Rhythms of the Beast.
9 on Gibson's list of the "Top 10 Metal Guitarists of All Time".
Īlong with Adrian Smith, Murray appears at no. He mainly co-writes songs with another member of Iron Maiden, "Charlotte the Harlot" (from 1980's Iron Maiden) being to date the only composition for which he is credited as sole writer. He has also written songs for the Iron Maiden, though he is less prolific than other band members, usually forgoing lyric writing and instead concentrating on the musical elements of songwriting. I'd heard Jimi Hendrix using legato when I was growing up, and I liked that style of playing." His playing has a distinctly fluid sound which discerns him from the other two guitarists in Iron Maiden. Murray's solo guitar style throughout his career has been mainly based on the legato technique, such as on " The Trooper", which he claims "evolved naturally. Murray remains with Iron Maiden to the present day, and he and Harris are the only members who have appeared on all the band's commercial releases. Murray managed to hold down a 9 to 5 job working as a storekeeper for the London Borough of Hackney, which he has stated was "so I could sleep off the night before", but was able to resign once Iron Maiden signed with EMI in 1979. During his short tenure with the band, Murray recorded one single, entitled "She's a Roller", after which he was asked to rejoin Iron Maiden shorty before Dennis Wilcock's departure. Murray then reunited with Adrian Smith in Smith's band Urchin. He still is." Unfortunately, after only a few months in the band, Murray was sacked following an argument with singer Dennis Wilcock after a show at the Bridge House pub in Canning Town. Not only was he a nice bloke, he was just the best guitarist I'd ever worked with. There was no way I was gonna let Dave go. The group's founder and bassist Steve Harris did not hesitate to choose Murray over Sullivan and Rance, later stating: "When the others made it plain that it was either them or Dave Murray, there was no choice. He auditioned for Iron Maiden in late 1976, eager to get back into "a more sort of heavy rock-type vibe." At the time the band already had two guitarists, Dave Sullivan and Terry Rance, who disapproved of Murray being permitted to audition, seeing it as a slight on their ability. Murray (left) performing with Adrian Smith in 1982 From there, Murray would answer ads in Melody Maker and regularly audition for different bands at the weekend, leading to short stints in Electric Gas, "this sort of soft-rock, American-type band", and The Secret, "this sort of mad punk band", with whom he would record a single "The Young Ones" under the alias "Reggie Mental", and a demo, Café De Dance, in 1977. At 16, he formed his first band, a trio called Stone Free, which also included his childhood friend Adrian Smith on vocals. I heard 'Voodoo Chile' on the radio and I thought, 'Bloody hell! What is THAT? How do you do THAT?' And I started hanging around the rock music section of the record stores and buying albums, thinking about getting into the big time, wondering what that would be like." Īfter "hanging 'round record stores" and acquiring several Hendrix and blues albums, Murray decided to take up the guitar. Getting into rock music wasn't like a gradual process for me it was completely sort of extreme, totally black and white.
By the time his family settled in Clapton in 1970, Murray joined a metalhead gang that brawled and won fights against East end skinheads and "had a rowdy couple of hellraising years of being out on the street." He developed an interest in rock music when he was 15 after hearing " Voodoo Chile" by Jimi Hendrix on the radio, about which he recalls, "everything changed, just like that. As a child, Murray's family lived in poverty and were constantly moving to different areas of London, which meant that he was often bullied and involved in fights.
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