Nicko Mcbrain
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The Two Songs Nicko McBrain Would Come Back For Are Both Adrian Smith's
Iron Maiden’s drummer says he’d record again, but only for “something more simple.” The two tracks he names are from Somewhere in Time*, released 29 September 1986, and both were written by the guy covering for a bandmate who had nothing left.*
The quote, and what everybody stopped reading after
In September 2026, Metal Hammer’s Matt Mills asked Nicko McBrain whether he’d ever record with Iron Maiden again. The answer ran in the magazine’s own site on 13 September, and the headline half of it travelled everywhere: “If Iron Maiden went into the studio, I’d be delighted to get back on with them. But it’d have to be something more simple really.”