Iron Maidenin Steve Harris: ”Maksun vaatiminen lämmittelijäyhtyeiltä on väärin”

Iron Maidenin basisti Steve Harris on kommentoinut Metal Journalin tekemässä haastattelussa mm. lämmittelijäyhtyeiden kanssa soittamista. Hänen mielestään on väärin vaatia lämmittelijöitä maksamaan soittopaikastaan ja niiden pitäisi saada ainakin osa kuluista katettua palkallaan. Hänen mukaansa Iron Maiden eikä hänen sooloprojektinsa British Lion ole ikinä pyytäneet lämmittelijöiltä rahaa. Harris näkee lämmittelypaikkojen antamisen pienemmille bändeille tapana auttaa niitä urallaan eteenpäin ilman suurta vaivaa.

”The thing that annoys me is that I hate it when people charge bands to play with them. I hate that. I’ve never done that, ever done that with Maiden, and I never will do it, with Maiden or British Lion, because, to me, it’s just wrong. A band should get at least some expenses [covered] to play a gig, and they shouldn’t have to pay anybody to play, and I’ve always been really against that. And I’ve always really just tried to help people out. I think it’s really good.”

”I feel like I’ve had a fantastic life and career with music, and I’ve worked very hard, but maybe I’ve had a bit of luck along the way. I don’t know, but the at the end of the day, it’s nice to give something back. And I kind of feel like that with British Lion as well, because even the guys in the band, in British Lion, they’re all talented guys, they really deserve some sort of recognition, and up ’till now they really haven’t had that. And they’re getting a little bit of recognition now, and it’s quite rightly so. And I love that.

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”I’ve been to most of these cities [that we are playing on the upcoming British Lion tour] a few times before, and I still enjoy going there, but when [the other guys in the band] go there for the first time and I see it in their eyes, how excited about it they are, it makes me feel good as well. I’m enjoying it anyway being there, of course, but it just makes it extra special when you see what it does for those guys. And it’s the same with other bands. If you help them and they’re experiencing things for the first time, it’s nice to see. I love to see it.”