- Born
- Nickname
- 'Arry
- Height1.74 m
- Founder of heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Steve grew up in the East End of London, his father was a truck driver, and his mother raised Steve and his three sisters, as well as having various part time jobs. Started Iron Maiden in 1975, but didn't release any album until 1980, after numerous line-up changes. The first album was released on the 11th April and debuted in the British charts at number four.- IMDb mini biography by: torbjorn@ringstad.as
- SpouseLorraine Harris(December 29, 1983 - 1993) (divorced, 4 children)
- Fender Precision Bass
- Treble-heavy Bass Tone (to be heard alongside the guitars)
- Galloping Bass-lines
- Lyrics based on Historic Figures or Classic Films
- In The Early Days documentary he revealed that he originally wanted to be a drummer, but as he lived with his grandmother he didn't have enough room for a drum-set.
- Is a major fan of British soccer team West Ham United. Even has a tattoo of the clubs logo on his arm.
- Taught himself to play bass guitar
- Wrote the song "Blood Brothers" in honor of his father, who died while Steve was on tour.
- The darker tone of the album The X Factor has often been attributed due to problems in Harris' personal life while making the album. He had recently divorced and his father had also died recently.
- Everyone said afterwards that it was a European-sounding album. I'm not so sure about that? What's a European-sounding album? To me, it's just a Maiden-sounding album. It is whatever it is. And I thought, 'Well, if you don't like it, bollocks, I don't care! There's no other way of looking at it, really. - Commenting on the reception of the release of their 1988 release Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
- We believed in what we were doing, long before we were called new wave of metal, or whatever. It was a shame for the other bands, though. I was quite surprised at how many didn't make it, actually, looking back. There were certain bands that we actually thought should have done more, but didn't. Like Angel Witch, for one. They did an album later on which I thought was really good, you know, but they disappeared after that. Or Wytchfynder, who I thought were really good, too. And Diamond Head, who at one stage looked like they were going to be the next Led Zeppelin. - Commenting on other metal bands earlier on their career.
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