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Nicko McBrain, born Michael Henry McBrain, is a British drummer and musician. He is a member of the band Iron Maiden and plays the drum kit and percussion instruments. His musical work falls within the blues rock and hard rock genres. McBrain was born in the London Borough of Hackney and holds United Kingdom citizenship. He speaks English and identifies with Protestantism.
His professional career began in 1975 and concluded on December 2, 2024. While associated with the heavy metal tag in some listener data, his primary genres are listed as blues rock and hard rock. He has five recorded works according to Crossref data, though Open Library lists zero authored works.
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Person · Open Library
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- 0
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Film & TV
Acting · Hackney, London, England
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1954) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for Iron Maiden, which he joined in 1982. Prior to joining Iron Maiden, McBrain drummed for Pat Travers from 1976 to 1978, as well as the French political punk band Trust. His first formal band was The Streetwalkers, a blues band. The nickname 'Nicko'…
Known for
- Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition — Self2026
- Iron Maiden - Hellfest 2023 — Drums2023
- Iron Maiden: The Future Past in Amsterdam — Drums2023
- Count Me In — Self2021
- Lasse Berghagen - en blandning av sött och salt — Self2020
- Iron Maiden: The Book of Souls - Live Chapter — Drums2017
- Iron Maiden: The Book of Souls - Live Chapter — Drums2017
- Iron Maiden: The Book of Souls - Live at Wacken Open Air 2016 — Drums2016
- Iron Maiden: [2016] New York, NY — Drums2016
- Iron Maiden: Download Festival 2016 — Drums2016
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1952
Discography
Member of
- Streetwalkers1975–1977
- Pat Travers Band1977–?
- Trust1981–1982
- Iron Maiden1982–2024
- WhoCares2011–2012
- The Full Metal Rackets
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 580
- Total plays
- 2,645
Tags
Michael Henry McBrain (born June 5, 1952 in Hackney, London, England) is the drummer for heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The nickname "Nicko" is from Michael’s childhood, where his favorite stuffed animal was named ‘Nicholas the bear’ – which he apparently carried everywhere. Due to this, his parents called him ‘Nicky’. “Nicko” was spawned when Michael was meeting a manager from CBS Records, with the keyboard player Billy Day. Billy introduced him as ‘My Italian drummer – His name’s “Neeko”’. <a h
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Complication Rate of Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Biopsy via the Femoral Approach
· 2008 · cited 227x
- SureChEMBL: a large-scale, chemically annotated patent document database
· 2015 · cited 206x
- Cadherin-6 Mediates Axon-Target Matching in a Non-Image-Forming Visual Circuit
· 2011 · cited 142x
- Characteristics of Waveform Shape in Parkinson’s Disease Detected with Scalp Electroencephalography
· 2019 · cited 126x
- Analysis and hit filtering of a very large library of compounds screened against
<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>
· 2010 · cited 68x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Michael Henry McBrain , ( 1952-06-05 ) 5 June 1952 (age 73) , Hackney , London, England
- Origin
- Chipping Barnet , London, England
- Genres
- Heavy metal blues rock hard rock
- Occupation
- Drummer
- Years active
- 1966–present
- Member of
- Iron Maiden The McBrainiacs Titanium Tart
- Formerly of
- Pat Travers Streetwalkers Trust Lionheart McKitty The Entire Population of Hackney Stretch WhoCares
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1952) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1982. He is the third-longest serving member of the band, having appeared on each Iron Maiden album since Piece of Mind (1983). McBrain retired from touring in 2024, although he remains a member of the band for studio projects. Having played in small pub bands since 1966 from the age of 14, after leaving school, McBrain did session work before joining a variety of artists, such as Streetwalkers in 1975, Pat Travers, and the French political band Trust.
Early life and education
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