Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith was born in London Borough of Hackney, England, United Kingdom on February 27th, 1957 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 67, Adrian Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Adrian Frederick "H" Smith (born 27 February 1957) is an English guitarist and member of Iron Maiden, for whom he writes songs and performs live backing vocals on some tracks. Smith grew up in London and became interested in rock music at the age of 15.
Dave Murray, the future Iron Maiden guitarist, who inspired him to play the guitar, was soon introduced.
After graduating from high school at 16, he formed Urchin, which he led until their demise in 1980.
He joined Iron Maiden in November 1980, replacing Dennis Stratton.
He left Iron Maiden in 1990 and, later, Psycho Motel, following a short-lived solo project called ASAP.
Psycho Motel was put on hold in 1997 when Smith joined former Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson's band.
Smith and Dickinson would return to Iron Maiden in 1999, after which the band found new success.
Primal Rock Rebellion, Smith's latest side project, is called Primal Rock Rebellion.
Personal life
Adrian Smith was born in Hackney Hospital and grew up a few blocks away from his childhood friend and bandmate Dave Murray. Smith, the father of three children, was a painter and decorator from Homerton, Patrick, and Kathleen, the younger brother. He was "a Manchester United fanatic" as a youth, but he'd lose interest in football once he got into music.
Smith reveals that he used to carry "worms and maggots" with him on tour, and was featured on the front page of Angler's Mail on August 25, 2009. Since being married to his Canadian wife, Nathalie Dufresne-Smith, who now works with Maiden Flight, a cancer awareness/patient service group, and three children, Dylan, Natasha, and Brittany, the last of whom works as a professional film production assistant, Dylan, Natasha and Brittany.
Ironmaiden.com revealed in April 2020 that Smith's autobiography titled Monsters of River and Rock would be published in September 2020. The book focuses on Smith's obsession with fishing and ties back to anecdotes from his many decades of enjoying the sport when not touring and recording with Iron Maiden. Smith's book concentrated on fishing, with the remaining material focusing on his music career. MetalTalk referred to the book as a "prize catch amongst rock biographies" in its review of the journal, a high recommendation."