Haunted By Time: Iron Maiden’s Wasted Years & Somewhere In Time Revisited
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Jamie Stephenson revisits a crucial turning point 40 years ago, marking the moment when the Irons stopped simply writing songs about history and became a band haunted by time itself
Released 40 years ago today, Iron Maiden’s ‘Wasted Years’ single arrived at a moment when time travel saturated popular entertainment. The Terminator (1984), Back To The Future (1985), and Doctor Who had all made temporal dislocation a familiar cultural trope. Artist Derek Riggs knowingly draws upon this visual vocab
Released 40 years ago today, Iron Maiden’s ‘Wasted Years’ single arrived at a moment when time travel saturated popular entertainment. The Terminator (1984), Back To The Future (1985), and Doctor Who had all made temporal dislocation a familiar cultural trope. Artist Derek Riggs knowingly draws upon this visual vocab
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