McBrain in Costa Rica during the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, 2008
Background information
Birth name
Michael Henry McBrain
Born
(1952-06-05) 5 June 1952 (age 71) Hackney, London, England
Origin
Chipping Barnet, London, England
Genres
Heavy metal
blues rock
hard rock
Occupation(s)
Drummer
Years active
1966–present
Member of
Iron Maiden
The McBrainiacs
Formerly of
Pat Travers
Streetwalkers
Trust
Lionheart
McKitty
The Entire Population of Hackney
Stretch
WhoCares
Musical artist
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1952) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1982. Having played in small pub bands since 1966 from the age of 14, after leaving school McBrain did session work before joining a variety of artists, such as Streetwalkers in 1975, Pat Travers, and the French political band, Trust. He joined Iron Maiden (replacing Clive Burr), in time to debut on their fourth album Piece of Mind (1983), and has remained with them since, contributing to a total of fourteen studio releases, as well as being the third-longest serving member of the band.
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1952) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1982. Having...
States by Capitol Records. It was the first album to feature drummer NickoMcBrain, who had recently left the band Trust and has been Iron Maiden's drummer...
1980), vocalist Bruce Dickinson (who first joined in 1981), drummer NickoMcBrain (since 1982) and guitarist Janick Gers (since 1990). The bands original...
history has consisted of Harris, lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, drummer NickoMcBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers. As pioneers...
is titled "A Rainbow's Gold". According to NickoMcBrain, commenting on the single in "Listen with Nicko Part VI" (as part of The First Ten Years series)...
certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Drummer NickoMcBrain replaced Clive Burr, and the band released Piece of Mind in 1983, followed...
"100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" in 2017. According to both NickoMcBrain and Adrian Smith, Powerslave began making Iron Maiden famous "very fast...
during a Rock Radio interview promoting Iron Maiden: Flight 666, drummer NickoMcBrain mentioned that Iron Maiden had booked studio time for early 2010. On...
parts, additional orchestration was added to the song afterwards, while NickoMcBrain experimented with a variety of percussive instruments, including a bowed...
Dave Murray – lead guitar Adrian Smith – rhythm guitar, backing vocals NickoMcBrain – drums Production Martin Birch – producer, engineer, mixing Derek Riggs –...
others. He is also a member of McBrain Damage, featuring Iron Maiden drummer NickoMcBrain and tours with this band when Nicko has time off. Dave Spitz graduated...
result was a more collaborative effort, with all members except drummer NickoMcBrain receiving a writing credit. One of Harris' contributions, "Tears of...
project, namely Jon Lord (of Deep Purple), Jason Newsted (of Metallica), NickoMcBrain (of Iron Maiden) and Mikko "Linde" Lindström (of HIM) The formation...
Dave Murray – guitar Adrian Smith – guitar Steve Harris – bass guitar NickoMcBrain – drums Production Martin Birch – producer, engineer Derek Riggs – cover...
vocals to "Off the Chain" by 7x70, a side project of Iron Maiden drummer NickoMcBrain and Anthrax guitarist Dan Spitz. A demo of the song was leaked in June...
first track in the band's history to be written with long-term drummer NickoMcBrain, "New Frontier". A Matter of Life and Death, the band's first release...
which they headlined for the fourth time in their career. Drummer NickoMcBrain participated in the tour after suffering a stroke in January 2023. On...
showcases an early version of Travers' band featuring Cowling and drummer NickoMcBrain. During 1977, Travers added a second guitarist to his band, changed...
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