The crew member was unable to communicate the message effectively, which unfortunately distracted McBrain and had a negative impact on his solo, causing him to yell at the roadie afterwards. During the concert, Harris' bass gear broke down, so he asked the nearest roadie to tell McBrain to extend the solo. Beckett were from Newcastle and had a great singer called Terry Wilson Slesser (incidentally I was Beckett's agent prior to meeting Maiden).' 'Mission From 'Arry'Īnother B-side, entitled 'Mission from 'Arry', is a recording of an argument between bassist Steve Harris and drummer Nicko McBrain, which took place after a show in Allentown, Pennsylvania, during the band's World Piece Tour. Adrian used to do a cover of another of their songs 'Rainclouds' in his band 'Evil Ways'. The band's manager, Rod Smallwood, commented this version: 'This was originally done by a band called Beckett who the band liked a lot.

Īccording to Nicko McBrain, commenting on the single in 'Listen With Nicko Part VI' (as part of The First Ten Years series), the members of Iron Maiden were friends with members of Beckett. On the original release, it is titled 'A Rainbow's Gold'. The song was written by Terry Slesser and Kenny Mountain, respectively the band's vocalist and guitarist. The first B-side is a cover of British progressive rock band Beckett's 'Rainbow's Gold', which was featured on their self-titled album released in 1974. According to Dickinson, the song critically addresses 'the romance of war' in general rather than the Cold War in particular. In September 1953 the clock reached two minutes to midnight, the closest it ever got to midnight, when the United States and Soviet Union tested H-bombs within nine months of one another. The song title references the Doomsday Clock, the symbolic clock used by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which represents a countdown to potential global catastrophe. A protest song about nuclear war, '2 Minutes to Midnight' was written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson.

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