Published on his personal website www.markcordory.com on 30.12.2019

I've been meaning to tell this story for a few years: the story behind us landing the job to make Eddie for Iron Maiden's ‘Fear of the Dark’ album back in 1991-92.

So please; put your comfy slippers on, settle yourselves in your favourite chair by the log fire and top up your glass of finest single malt whiskey - are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I’ll begin…

Steve Harris has played football for both. Well okay. The latter was a charity game but he did get to wear the famous national strip and grace the hallowed Wembley turf! Now that the European championships have kicked off in Sweden, at least half of Kerrang!, 'Arry himself, Stefan Chiraz and lot more metaller than you'd probably guess will be going football crazy and hoping that the national boys are on song...

Fear Of The Dark is supposedly the album of the "rebirth" of Iron Maiden. Bruce Dickinson is convinced of it as he whole-heartedly comments the lyrics of the various songs on the album and describes the current state of mind of the band...