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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden


Background information
Origin Leyton, London, England
Genre(s) Heavy Metal
Years active 1975—present
Label(s) Epic Records
Universal
Columbia Records
Sanctuary Records
Capitol Records
EMI Group
Portrait Records
Associated acts Urchin
Gogmagog
Samson
Psycho Motel
The Entire Population of Hackney
ASAP
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Members
Bruce Dickinson
Steve Harris
Dave Murray
Janick Gers
Adrian Smith
Nicko McBrain
Former members
Blaze Bayley
Clive Burr
Paul Day
Paul Di'Anno
Dennis Stratton
Doug Sampson



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Jarvis Cocker Clarifies Conservative Government Comments

April 29, 2009
Jarvis Cocker Clarifies Conservative Government CommentsJarvis Cocker has acted quickly to clarify comments he made about a possible future conservative government.

Earlier this week, the former Pulp frontman was quoted as saying that a Tory government was “necessary” because there was “no alternative”.

It was assument that he had suggested his support for the conservative party.

But in a statement released yesterday, Cocker said: "In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

"Rather, what I intended to get across was that, in the absence of any real alternative, a Conservative government at this point unfortunately seems inevitable."

Cocker raised the potential for a future conservative government when asked by GQ magazine about the current financial crisis.

He said he couldn’t understand why British government was trying to save “a banking system that obviously doesn’t work”.

Cocker, who described Gordon Brown’s actions as a “mockery”, added: “Why don't they say, 'Well, sod that, let's do something else?'"

Cocker is understood to have been a Labour supporter during the 1990s – a period when both the party and British music enjoyed a renaissance.

(by Jason Gregory)



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