For the eurodance group, see
ASAP (without dots)! 1. Started as a side project beside
Iron Maiden during their break in 1989.
Adrian Smith left Iron Maiden in 1990, some short time after the release of "
Silver And Gold". Smith described in an interview that this album had probably sent the wrong signal to the guys in Maiden as they had thought Smith had lost interest in Heavy Metal and were not able to realize the AOR approach of this album. In the late 70's he was with Andy Barnett in a band called
Urchin. Their style was different from Maiden, only comparable to th…
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