Dave Murray
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Career
As a boy, Murray was a fanatical football player and fan as well as a keen cricketer. But his family was poor – his father was disabled and his mother worked part-time as a cleaner – and the family never settled anywhere long enough for Murray to establish himself in any of the schools’ teams he could have played for. By his reckoning, he had been to a dozen different schools by the time he left for good at the age of 16.
Murray developed an interest in rock when he was 15 after hearing “Voodoo Child” by Jimi Hendrix on the radio; from there everything changed. He got his first guitar and being such a keen guitarist, he would practice up to 7 hours a day along to records. He formed his first band, a trio called Stone Free. This band also included Adrian Smith (Guitar/Vocals) who later became a member of Iron Maiden.
From there, Murray had played with a number of different bands before meeting Steve Harris and joining Iron Maiden for the first time in 1976. He briefly left the band following an argument with then vocalist Dennis Wilcock.
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maniakRock Happy Birthday Dave !
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vitscorp \,,/ :D happy 55 birthday, Dave Murray, Davey ! \,,/ )))
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Brutt33 Dave the best!
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dravzse Je trouve très beau tout le Desert of the traun, un album qui demande de la concentration mais réellement jubilatoire, j'ai l'impression que je pousse le sens de jubilatoire plus loin à chaque connaissance comme celle ci.
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Aggy_Murray LOL
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Depi80s Happy Birthday Dave!!!
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Fueled13 I got the wrong Dave Murray too! Mine's the genius who created The Deserts of Träun.
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ULIK_S Dave (David) Murray - drrummer! http://notdavemurray.com www.myspace.com/thedesertsoftraun www.myspace.com/dav19pt5
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