What is the name of Iron Maidens mascot who appears on their album covers and who has also featured in a video game?
"the name would be transferred to the character featured in the band's debut album cover, created by Derek Riggs. Eddie was painted exclusively by Riggs until 1992, at which point the band began using artwork from numerous other artists as well, including Melvyn Grant. Eddie is also featured in the band's first-person shooter video game, ""Ed Hunter"", as well as their mobile role-playing game, ""Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast"", in addition to numerous T-shirts, posters and other band-related merchandise. In 2008, he was awarded the ""Icon Award"" at the ""Metal Hammer"" Golden Gods, while Gibson.com describes him as ""the"
"website. Derek Riggs Derek Riggs (born 18 February 1958) is a contemporary British artist best known for creating the band Iron Maiden's mascot, ""Eddie"". Born in Portsmouth, Riggs is a self-taught artist, both in his traditional painting and in his digital work. He also attended art school, but he was expelled after complaining about the course. Riggs' most famous achievement is his work with Iron Maiden and his creation of Eddie, the band's mascot and subject of their album and single covers. Riggs' first picture of Eddie was originally entitled ""Electric Matthew Says Hello,"" and was actually painted for a"
"in 2005. Iron Maiden frequently use the slogan ""Up the Irons"" in their disc liner notes, and the phrase can also be seen on several T-shirts officially licensed by the band. It is a paraphrase of ""Up the Hammers"", the phrase which refers to the London football club, West Ham United, of which founder Steve Harris is a fan. Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie, is a perennial fixture in the band's science fiction and horror-influenced album cover art, as well as in live shows. Originally a papier-mâché mask incorporated in their backdrop which would squirt fake blood during their live shows,"
"Derek Riggs Derek Riggs (born 18 February 1958) is a contemporary British artist best known for creating the band Iron Maiden's mascot, ""Eddie"". Born in Portsmouth, Riggs is a self-taught artist, both in his traditional painting and in his digital work. He also attended art school, but he was expelled after complaining about the course. Riggs' most famous achievement is his work with Iron Maiden and his creation of Eddie, the band's mascot and subject of their album and single covers. Riggs' first picture of Eddie was originally entitled ""Electric Matthew Says Hello,"" and was actually painted for a possible"
"their punk-metal apotheosis,"" and is still performed live to this day. The single's cover art is famously known as the first official appearance of Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie, although his face is obscured as the band did not want him unveiled until the album's release. Several band names (such as Scorpions, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Sex Pistols and Led Zeppelin) are spray painted on the wall behind the youth in the picture, as well as the word ""Hammers"", a tribute to West Ham United. The B-side ""Burning Ambition"", recorded in November 1979 at Wessex Studios with producer Guy Edwards as a"
"""Wasting Love"" were released as singles. Fear of the Dark Tour was the tour supporting the album. According to the band's biographer, Mick Wall, the ""Fear of the Dark"" album cover depicts their mascot, Eddie, ""as some sort of Nosferatu tree figure leering at the moon"". It was the group's first not to be designed by artist Derek Riggs, whose contributions were rejected in favour of Melvyn Grant's. According to Iron Maiden's manager, Rod Smallwood, the band began accepting contributions from other artists as ""We wanted to upgrade Eddie for the 90s. We wanted to take him from the sort"
"""Give 'Em Hell, Malone"", and ""I Melt with You"". He has done a poster for the TV Series ""The Expanse"". Bradstreet was also the regular cover artist for two books, Marvel’s ""The Punisher"" and Vertigo/DC’s ""Hellblazer"". He has created over 70 covers for both books in the past five years. In 2006, Bradstreet created the controversial album art for British heavy metal band Iron Maiden's album ""A Matter of Life and Death"", which featured a mob of skeleton soldiers walking in front of a tank and features Eddie, the band's mascot at the top of the tank with a Thompson"
"Eddie's Archive Eddie's Archive is a box set by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on November 16, 2002. The box, an embossed metal casket featuring the face of mascot Eddie, contains three double CDs, the Iron Maiden family tree and a shot glass. The family tree is an updated version of the family tree that originally came with ""A Real Dead One"" in 1993. ""Eddie's Archive"" was originally released as a limited edition, with the family tree numbered. However, due to demand, it was later re-released with a different colour inlay (changed from blue to red) and with"
"staples from ""The Number of the Beast"") would be excluded. Tying in with the album's title and theme, the stage set was decorated in a manner which mimics Maya architecture. The band's mascot, Eddie, in his Mayan guise from ""The Book of Souls"" album cover, appeared at two points during the show: as a walking puppet during ""The Book of Souls"" and as an inflatable head during ""Iron Maiden"". In addition, an inflatable goat/devil appeared during ""The Number of the Beast"". The tour received positive reviews from critics, with ""Loudwire"" stating that Iron Maiden ""[show] no sign of age in"
"the band's mascot and its skull image continues to serve as the Misfits' logo. Iron Maiden have also used the Crimson Ghost in their ""The Number of the Beast"" music video. Full motion video clips from the Crimson Ghost serials were used in the Philips CD-i video game ""Jack Sprite vs. The Crimson Ghost"", released by Oldergames in 2002. The gameplay involved watching clips from the serial and injecting the Jack Sprite character into the scene at certain times for fighting levels, with The Crimson Ghost acting as a boss character. In the 2007 remake of ""Halloween"", Tommy Doyle (Skyler"
"also notable for depicting band mascot Eddie, in CG form, as the cyborg form he had on ""Somewhere in Time"". Iron Maiden frequently played this song during the Ed Hunter tour in 1999, making it one of five Bayley era songs to survive in concerts after his departure. A 1999 live recording of this song appears on the band's next single release, ""The Wicker Man"". During live performances on the Ed Hunter tour a giant robot Eddie appeared from backstage and ""battled"" members of the band. The guitar solo in ""Futureal"" is played by Dave Murray. The single came with"
"2"", ""Carmageddon 2"", """" and ""Rock Band"" video games, is mentioned in the novel ""World War Z"" by Max Brooks and is used as the opening theme for the documentary series ""Metal Evolution"". Iron Maiden created a beer called ""Trooper"", named after the song. During the course of the Troubles in Northern Ireland the image of Eddie, as he appears on the sleeve of ""The Trooper"", became an unofficial mascot of the Ulster Freedom Fighters loyalist paramilitary group and was the main figure on a number of the group's murals. The loyalist representation frequently carried a tattered flag with the"
"Satellite 15... The Final Frontier ""Satellite 15... The Final Frontier"" is the first track from British heavy metal band Iron Maiden's album ""The Final Frontier"". A short teaser for the song's music video was released on 9 July 2010 and an announcement of the full video's release was made on 13 July. The music video, presenting a 4-minute edit of the song (""The Final Frontier""), shows an astronaut (Gudmundur Thorvaldsson) on a quest to destroy an unnamed planet. He is pursued and attacked by an alien incarnation of Eddie, the band's mascot, before apparently killing him. Back on the spaceship,"
"the song ""Iron Maiden"". Another notable example of a mascot in music is Skeleton Sam of The Grateful Dead. South Korean hip hop band B.A.P uses rabbits named Matoki as their mascot, each bunny a different color representing each member. Although rabbits have an innocent image, BAP gives off a tough image. Hip hop artist Kanye West used to use a teddy bear named Dropout Bear as his mascot; Dropout Bear has appeared on the cover of West's first three studio albums, and served as the main character of West's music video, ""Good Morning"". Mascot A mascot is any person,"
"""Mind the Acoustic Pieces"", a re-interpretation of the entire ""Piece of Mind"" album. Many other Iron Maiden cover albums exist (each featuring various artists), including piano, electro, string quartet and hip-hop tributes. Iron Maiden songs have been featured in the soundtracks of several video games, including ""Carmageddon 2"", """", """", """", ""Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4"", ""SSX on Tour"" and ""Madden NFL 10"". Their music also appears in the ""Guitar Hero ""and ""Rock Band"" series of rhythmic video games. Iron Maiden songs have also appeared in films, such as ""Phenomena"" (entitled ""Creepers"" in the US), and ""Murder by Numbers""; while"
"in 2005. In 2005, ""Accident of Birth"" was ranked number 338 in ""Rock Hard"" magazine's book of ""The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time"". The cover art was done by Derek Riggs, best known for being the creator of Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie and the artwork on all Iron Maiden albums/singles/posters/tour brochures throughout 1980–1990 (and sporadically afterwards up until 2000's ""Brave New World"" other than one additional Eddie drawing for the cover of his book ""Run for Cover""). Four versions of the album cover exist. The regular European release had Edison (as the jester was jokingly named"
"on what type of move set the player defines for their character. Additionally, the player can unlock four other playable characters; Jango Fett from ""Star Wars"", Eddie, the ubiquitous mascot of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, Mike Vallely, who is a professional skater and wrestler, and Daisy, a female skater visually based off actress and voiced by Jenna Jameson. With broadband, a room of up to eight people can be hosted. With dial-up, a room up to three people can be hosted. Players with either connection can join any room. The game received critical acclaim. IGN gave the Xbox"
"late to use the lyrics in the version for the video game, as the game was near completion. All artwork for the album was selected from a contest held by DeviantArt. The contestants were asked to design a new version of Vic Rattlehead, the band mascot which appears on nearly every Megadeth album cover. Mustaine chose from the top 11 finalists to be included in the CD booklet. The cover was unveiled in August 2006, of which the image depicts the United Nations headquarters in flames and being destroyed by flying oil barrels. Vic Rattlehead (the Megadeth mascot) and the"
"the name ""Eddie"" from the mask to an illustration by Derek Riggs, which was used as the band's debut album cover. Although he is occasionally described as ""zombie-like"" in the press, Eddie assumes a different guise relating to the themes of individual albums and their corresponding world tours, and has appeared as a cyborg, an Egyptian mummy and a lobotomised mental patient amongst others. The very first version of Eddie was a mask made by an art student who was friends with Dave ""Lights"" Beasley, then in charge of lighting, pyrotechnics and other effects for Iron Maiden's live show. According"
"Midnight"" singles. The song's lyrics are written from the viewpoint of a British RAF pilot fighting during the Battle of Britain (1940), the first military engagement to be fought entirely with aircraft. The artwork depicts the band's mascot, Eddie the Head, in the cockpit of a Supermarine Spitfire, one of the principal aircraft to participate in that battle. ""Aces High"" is one of Iron Maiden's most popular songs, and has been covered numerous times. It is featured in the video game ""Madden NFL 10"", the MTV show ""Nitro Circus"", and Steve Peat's segment in the mountain bike film ""New World"
"described Eddie in 2008 as ""the most recognizable metal icon in the world and one of the most versatile too,"" while in 2009 Gigwise called him ""perhaps the most enduring band mascot of all time."" Many artists who have been influenced by Iron Maiden hold their artwork in high regard, with Joey Jordison, former member of Slipknot commenting that he bought his first album ""on the strength of the cover alone"" and Corey Taylor, also of Slipknot, stating that ""there wasn't a dude that I hung out with that wasn't trying to draw Eddie on their schoolbooks."" Steve-O, from Jackass,"
"the group was hesitant to participate after recognizing that the character name ""Eddie Riggs"" suggested an attachment with the band's mascot, named ""Eddie"" and designed by Derek Riggs; the band's marketing group pointed out that this could imply that Iron Maiden had endorsed the game. In addition to licensed music, the game includes over 70 minutes of original score by Tim Schafer's long term collaborator Peter McConnell. McConnell composed pieces for orchestra and Metal band to tie in with the licensed music in the game. Also, the in-game soundtrack contains an instrumental drum track played by Slough Feg drummer Harry"
"Eddie's Head Eddie's Head is a box set by Iron Maiden, in the shape of the head of their mascot, Eddie and containing their first 12 albums remastered, from ""Iron Maiden"" to ""Live at Donington"", each with bonus multimedia material, plus a limited ""In Profile"" CD. The spine of each CD has a part of the original cover art for ""Iron Maiden"". This set has been out of print for years, prompting the price to skyrocket. However, all of the individual CDs that make up the disc have all been reissued on their own, making them easily attainable. Written and"
"The pop punk/ hardcore band, Four Year Strong, has a song named Vash the Stampede. The lead singer of Mushroomhead wore a Vash the Stampede coat in many concerts before it was stolen from his dressing room. A video game, called ""Trigun: The Planet Gunsmoke"", based on the ""Trigun"" manga, was in development for the PlayStation 2 system. It was unveiled in 2002 in Sega's 2002 GameJam video. The unveiling consisted of a 20-second clip from the game. No news or comment came back after. In 2009, Vash the Stampede was ranked 17th in IGN's Top Anime Characters of All"
"narrated by Mike Hurst. Features excerpts of various songs, and interviews with Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Rod Smallwood and Blaze Bayley. Eddie's Head Eddie's Head is a box set by Iron Maiden, in the shape of the head of their mascot, Eddie and containing their first 12 albums remastered, from ""Iron Maiden"" to ""Live at Donington"", each with bonus multimedia material, plus a limited ""In Profile"" CD. The spine of each CD has a part of the original cover art for ""Iron Maiden"". This set has been out of print for years, prompting the price to skyrocket. However, all of"
"March 12, 2005. Most notable are the guest appearances of Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell and Iron Maiden keyboardist Michael Kenney. The cover artwork by Tommy Pons features the band's new mascot Charlotte (named after the Iron Maiden song ""Charlotte the Harlot""). Liner notes in the sleeve include commentary by Bob Kulick and Show-Ya vocalist Keiko Terada. To promote the CD in Japan, the band filmed a music video for ""Fear of the Dark"", which is featured on their official Japanese website. The video was produced by Oakland, California-based The Pegasus Company. Due to time restrictions on Japanese TV, the song"
"third Iron Maiden single not to feature the band's iconic mascot Eddie on the front cover (the previous examples being ""Running Free (live)"" and ""From Here to Eternity""). The cover photo alludes to the music video, which portrays a man tattooing the names of women all over his body. The song's video was directed by Samuel Bayer. The guitar solo in ""Wasting Love"" is played by Janick Gers. The B-side features three live tracks recorded at London's Wembley Arena on the ""No Prayer On The Road"" tour to support the ""No Prayer for the Dying"" album in 1990. These live"
"most recognisable metal icon in the world and one of the most versatile too"". Iron Maiden's distinct logo has adorned all of the band's releases since their debut, 1979's ""The Soundhouse Tapes"" EP. The typeface originates with Vic Fair's poster design for the 1976 science fiction film, ""The Man Who Fell to Earth"", also used by Gordon Giltrap, although Steve Harris claims that he designed it himself, using his abilities as an architectural draughtsman. According to ""Guitar World"", Iron Maiden's music has ""influenced generations of newer metal acts, from legends like Metallica to current stars like Avenged Sevenfold,"" with Metallica"
"the band's intention to release this album, but Toshiba-EMI wanted a live album. The original cover depicted the band's mascot, Eddie, holding the severed head of singer Paul Di'Anno. The replacement cover was done on very short notice after Iron Maiden's manager, Rod Smallwood, received a proof for review, and became agitated at Di'Anno's depiction because the band were looking to replace him. ""Maiden Japan"" was released in Venezuela in 1987 with the original cover and has become a collector's item Production and performance credits are adapted from the EP liner notes. NOTE: - ""I've Got the Fire"" was recorded"
"is Japanimetal Marathon"". Some songs in the marathon incorporate guitar riffs from classic hard rock and heavy metal songs. For instance, ""Suki da Danguard Ace"" uses the intro riff of Led Zeppelin's ""Communication Breakdown."" The album cover's unnamed skeleton mascot is a parody of Iron Maiden's Eddie and Megadeth's Vic Rattlehead. He also appears on ""Animetal Marathon II"", ""Animetal Marathon III"" and ""Best of Animetal"", as well as the band's singles. A female counterpart is used on Animetal Lady's album covers. Animetal Marathon ""Gatchaman no Uta,"" ""Combattler V no Theme,"" ""Yuusha Raideen,"" ""Tatakae! Casshan,"" ""Mazinger Z,"" ""Getter Robo"" and ""Devilman"
"high school sweetheart of Gridiron although Metal-head wants to impress her but at the same time steal the secret formula for Cobra commander and Destro to use it against the Joes. Metal-Head appeared as a boss in the 1991 ""G.I. Joe"" video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and in the 1992 ""G.I. Joe"" arcade game. Metal-Head Metal-Head is a fictional character from the toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a member of the Iron Grenadiers, and first appeared in the 1990 edition of the toyline. He is not to be mistaken for another character with a similar"
"says that they have ""the coolest album covers in the music industry"" and Lars Ulrich, of Metallica, comments that ""they had the best packaging, the coolest T-shirts — everything."" Mick Wall describes Eddie as ""the immortal soul of Iron Maiden, the defining symbol of the eternally youthful, blissfully uncompromising spirit of the band's music."" In 2008, Eddie won the ""Icon Award"" at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. From 1980 onwards, the band's Eddie artwork was provided exclusively by Derek Riggs until 1992, when the band decided to accept contributions from other artists, with Smallwood explaining that they ""wanted to"
"Ironhide, Prime's most trusted soldier, for execution. While no toy for this version of Ironhide was ever made, he is designed to look like the Deluxe ""Universe"" toy in the original Diaclone color of black. Appears in the novel """", """", and """". Ironhide is a playable character in the 2010 video game """". He first appears leading the Autobot forces during the Iacon City battle at the Decagon and helps Optimus, Bumblebee and Ratchet get inside by lifting a giant stone pillar and tearing apart two brutes. He next appears alongside Optimus and Warpath in their attempt to free"