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Also known as Stephen Percy Harris

British bassist

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Stephen Percy Harris is a British male musician, bassist, songwriter, and composer. Born in London, he is a member of the bands Iron Maiden and British Lion. His musical work spans heavy metal, traditional heavy metal, and electronica genres. Harris plays the bass guitar and keyboard instruments, and his voice type is bass. He has been influenced by Chris Squire, John Entwistle, Andy Fraser, and Martin Turner.

Harris began his work period in 1972. He is a citizen of the United Kingdom and speaks English. In addition to his musical career, he is associated with association football and has been a member of the West Ham United F.C. sports team. He has a child named Lauren Harris.

Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
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Film & TV

Acting · Leytonstone, Essex (now London), England

Stephen Percy "Steve" Harris (born 12 March 1957) is an English musician and songwriter, known as the bassist, occasional keyboardist, backing vocalist, leader, and primary songwriter of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he founded as a teenager in 1975. He and Dave Murray are the only original members of the band to have appeared on all of the band's albums, but Murray joined the…

Known for

  • Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition — Self2026
  • Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Iron Maiden - Hellfest 2023 — Bass2023
  • Iron Maiden: The Future Past in Amsterdam — Bass2023
  • Iron Maiden: The Book of Souls - Live Chapter — Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals2017
  • Iron Maiden: The Book of Souls - Live Chapter — Bass2017
  • British Lion - Live at Wacken Open Air 2017 — Self - Bass2017
  • Iron Maiden: The Book of Souls - Live at Wacken Open Air 2016 — Bass/Backing Vocals2016
  • Iron Maiden: [2016] New York, NY — Bass2016
  • Iron Maiden: Download Festival 2016 — Bass2016

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1956
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Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
14,464
Total plays
217,954

Tags

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1) - Stephen Percy Harris (born March 12, 1956 in Leytonstone, London, England) is the bassist and primary composer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He founded the band as a teenager in 1975. Along with Dave Murray, they are the only members of the band that have appeared on all of the band's albums. He used to work as an architectural draftsman in the East End of London but gave up his job upon forming Iron Maiden. During the mid 1970s he was a youth team footballer for West Ham United. <a

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Key facts

Born
Stephen Percy Harris , ( 1956-03-12 ) 12 March 1956 (age 70) , Leytonstone , England
Genres
Heavy metal hard rock
Occupations
Musician songwriter
Instruments
Bass keyboards
Years active
1971–present
Member of
Iron Maiden British Lion

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Encyclopedic overview

Stephen Percy Harris (born 12 March 1956) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he founded in 1975. He is the only member who has been in the band for its entire history, while he and guitarist Dave Murray are the only members who have appeared on all of the band's studio albums.

Harris developed an influential style of bass playing, particularly the "gallop" which can be found on many Iron Maiden recordings, such as the singles "Run to the Hills" and "The Trooper". He was the band's primary songwriter in its early history, but in later years he has been more likely to collaborate with his other members of the band. Harris has also assumed other roles in Iron Maiden, contributing keyboards and backing vocals, co-producing albums, and directing live videos.

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