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IRON MAIDEN: 'THE GODFATHERS'


05/17/2008 Some 30 years into a career that's still gaining momentum, it seems Iron Maiden didn't need a hit single after all. And now the band is putting up its best box-office numbers ever, totally independent of—if not indifferent to—what's happening in the mainstream music marketplace. Iron Maiden is that rare band that broke in the 1980s and is selling out arenas and stadiums worldwide today.

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