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Iron Maiden

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5 дек 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS, Who Is About To Turn 70, Is Still 'Not Thinking About Retirement'
18 ноя 2025 :	NICKO MCBRAIN Says He Originally Wanted To Wait Until January 2025 To Announce He Was Retiring From IRON MAIDEN
9 ноя 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN And WEST HAM UNITED Launch Double Anniversary Shirt
29 окт 2025 :
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22 окт 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH On Replacing NICKO MCBRAIN With SIMON DAWSON: 'It Was Never Gonna Be The Same'
18 окт 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN: Official Coloring Book 'Volume III' Coming In November
15 окт 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN Announces 'Live After Death' 40th-Anniversary Collectors' Vinyl Edition
6 окт 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Didn't Pay Much Attention To IRON MAIDEN During BLAZE BAYLEY Era: 'I Was Too Busy Doing My Own Stuff'
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20 авг 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Says New IRON MAIDEN Drummer SIMON DAWSON Brings 'Stability' To The Band's Live Shows
18 авг 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Explains Why GHOST-Style 'Phone Ban' Would Be 'Very Difficult' To Enforce At IRON MAIDEN Concerts
14 авг 2025 :	NICKO McBRAIN’s TITANIUM TART Perform IRON MAIDEN’s “No More Lies”
7 авг 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Explains IRON MAIDEN's 'Polite Request' For Fans To Put Away Their Phones During Band's Concerts
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9 июл 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's 50th Anniversary Celebrated With U.K.'s Royal Mint Coin
29 июн 2025 :	Watch IRON MAIDEN Play Its Biggest U.K. Non-Festival Headlining Concert Ever At London Stadium
12 июн 2025 :

5 июл 2018

IRON MAIDEN Sued Over Songwriting Credit By Former Singer DENNIS WILLCOCK

According to The Sun, British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN are being sued by their former singer Dennis Willcock for allegedly stealing the lyrics to some of their classic early songs.

Willcock claims to have written the words to the tracks "Prowler", "Charlotte The Harlot", "Phantom Of The Opera", "Iron Maiden" and "Prodigal Son", which were recorded and released by MAIDEN on their first two albums, 1980's self-titled effort and 1981's "Killers".

According to the lawsuit, "Prowler" "was inspired by a friend of Mr. Willcock and was performed by Mr. Willcock wearing a rubber mask"; "Charlotte The Harlot" "was inspired by a colleague of Mr. Willcock"; and "Phantom Of The Opera" "was based on the novel by Gaston Le Roux". The lawsuit adds that IRON MAIDEN performed a song called "Iron Maiden" "at the time when Mr. Willcock joined the band. In substitution for the then-existing lyrics, Mr. Willcock wrote new lyrics to fit in with a theatrical stunt involving a sword and fake blood." Willcock also claims that he co-wrote — with IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris — the lyrics to a song called "Prodigal Son" "in or about 1978."

Also suing IRON MAIDEN is musician Terry Wilson-Slesser, who claims his lyrics for BECKETT's 1974 song "A Rainbow's Gold" were lifted by MAIDEN for 1982's "Hallowed Be Thy Name".

Willcock, who fronted MAIDEN from 1976 to 1978, was replaced in the band by Paul Di'Anno. He claims never knew his lyrics were used because he never listened to the band's albums.

The lawsuit, which names as defendants IRON MAIDEN members Steve Harris and Dave Murray, along with their publishing company Imagem, seeks damages in excess of £2 million (approximately $2.64 million).

Willcock was MAIDEN's second singer. The band's original vocalist, Paul Day, co-founded the group in 1976 along with Harris.

An IRON MAIDEN spokesperson told The Sun: "This is outrageous. Absolutely ridiculous."

Willcock and Wilson-Slesser's lawsuit was filed by retired rock band manager Barry McKay, who previously took Harris and Murray to court over "Hallowed Be Thy Name", claiming MAIDEN reproduced major parts of another song, "Life's Shadow", co-written nearly a decade earlier by musician Brian Quinn, under the name Brian Ingham.

"Life's Shadow" was a collaboration between Quinn and Robert Barton, who later recorded the song for the self-titled 1974 album from his band BECKETT. At the time, BECKETT was managed by Rod Smallwood, who went on to become the manager of IRON MAIDEN.

In court documents, Harris's lawyers admitted he saw BECKETT perform in 1973 and said that BECKETT's debut was one of his favorite albums when it was first released. They also acknowledged that some six lines from "Life's Shadow" were "referenced" in "Hallowed Be Thy Name".

Although McKay said that Harris and Murray were ordered to pay £900,000 in costs and damages, a spokesperson for IRON MAIDEN told BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the actual figure was £100,000. The MAIDEN representative also referred to McKay as "a serial litigant." McKay later fired back, calling Harris and Murray and their managers "bad losers."

IRON MAIDEN Sued Over Songwriting Credit By Former Singer DENNIS WILLCOCK

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5 июл 2018

father

"Willcock... утверждает, что никогда не знал о том, что его тексты были использованы в этих песнях, потому что просто не слушал альбомы группы" - интересно, что тогда он исполнял, собравшись с остальными бывшими участниками в 2015 году.

5 июл 2018

Lutyi

зато я узнал что был такой перец ртом Dennis Willcock )))

5 июл 2018

Дворник Степанов

Внезапно обнаружил спустя столько времени... Пенсии на вискарик не хватает, что ли? Или зависть с обидой таки одержали верх над благоразумностью?

5 июл 2018

nobody

"По сообщению The Sun" дальше можно не читать

5 июл 2018

Super Ghost

Вполне допускаю, что он приложил руку к этим текстам, а IM не стали указывать его в авторах, когда пару лет спустя его ухода стали записывать альбомы.
Другое дело, что написал ли он эти тексты на 100%, или это было в соавторстве? Или он написал первые варианты, от которых в последующие годы осталось мало первоначального? Или он, напротив, слегка доработал Харрисовские наброски? Считаю честным его иск только в том случае, если он реально написал эти тексты целиком или хотя бы на 80%, все остальное - чистейшей воды спекуляция на чужой славе.
У кого-то может быть такое мнение, что "даже если он написал три слова, его должны были вписать в авторы", но лично я его не разделяю.

5 июл 2018

Super Ghost

PS Можно было бы и фотку этого Уилкока вставить тогда уж))

5 июл 2018

SS-ULTRA

Super Ghost +100

Это очень даже может быть теоретически, тоже об этом подумал. При создании песен могли использоваться наработки, сделанные предыдущими участниками.
Но не думаю, что он сможет что-то доказать.

5 июл 2018

The Dark Moon

"По сообщению The Sun" дальше можно не читать (2)

6 июл 2018

Sting

"Я думал что группа распалась ещё в 1978 году, после моего ухода... А оказывается, у этих чертей хватило наглости паразитировать на моих идеях всё это время!!!" Dennis Willcock

6 июл 2018

sibterminator

Super Ghost, новость от 15 июня 2015. Походу у бывших фронтменов IM склонность к тучности и облысению))))

6 июл 2018

Kaval

Кстати, много говорилось о том, что Пол Дэй был соавтором текста песни Strange World. Ждём новых исков?

6 июл 2018

Kaval

А Дикинсон писал Run to the Hills и Children of the Damned.

6 июл 2018

Kaval

А Блэйз Бэйли писал Dream of Mirrors. Ай ну.