This guy is so laid back and down to earth and still one of the greatest heavy metal guitarists ever....
@darrenc8697
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian Smith easily the best guitarist! His solos are amazing.
@James-hh1lq
4 жыл бұрын
In maiden ypu mean obvious
@jamesbailey2377
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, sir, 100%.
@IainFrame
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian's certainly a modest man of few words and very likeable. A mate of mine once worked in a guitar shop and popped into the papershop on the high street, only to find Smithy in there browsing the newspapers with his kid in a stroller. He invited him back to the shop for a cup of tea and a fiddle on the guitars. Said he was a very nice bloke. Adrian is without doubt my favourite all time guitarist. Those solos on Wicker Man, Children of the Damned, Dance of Death and countless others just kick ass. His phrasing, tone and feel are just perfect.
@ElevatedLevetator
4 жыл бұрын
Fuck ye, hes my all time favorite too. My favorites are the duellists, dance of death, alexander the grrat, 22 acacia and caught somrwhere in time.from him. Hes kinda mystrrious though!! How can i knoe more about him??
@renorailfanning5465
Жыл бұрын
I like how he starts his Iron Maiden career with a killer solo on Ides of March. That intro solo is epic.
@valuedhumanoid6574
4 жыл бұрын
Him and Dave Murray were my high school guitar heroes. Them along with Glenn/KK were just so influential to the metal scene.
@Mr.Batsu12
4 жыл бұрын
Maiden is one of those "perfect" bands like AC/DC. No matter how many years pass their music is still as powerful and interesting as it was when it came out. Really a timeless band.
@riverpb5250
4 жыл бұрын
also like motorhead!
@Mr.Batsu12
4 жыл бұрын
@Fire and Ice Did you get your Mother's permission to be on the Internet?
@Kevin.Kelly.
4 жыл бұрын
Really? I think they’re kind of boring.
@maxhoover8569
4 жыл бұрын
@@Kevin.Kelly. Did you just call Iron Maiden boring?
@markussukram9290
4 жыл бұрын
there are LOTS of bands WAY better than maiden and ac/dc in hard rock and heavy metal like whitesnake...ufo..van halen...sammy hagar....
@shreder75
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian has been a favorite of mine for over 20 years. Amazing guitar player.
@JunkfoodZombieGuns
4 жыл бұрын
Love Adrian's solos in Maiden. Always so tasteful and fitting for the song.
@ryanbeckett4689
4 жыл бұрын
Always thought the same, especially on Aces High and Flight of Icarus
@paulohparisottobica
4 жыл бұрын
his solos projects are also amazing check that
@harrycallahan9143
4 жыл бұрын
Stranger in a strange land to me is Adrians best solo, that silky slow start builds like a pressure cooker and then pow, right in the kisser. A hot contender for one of the best solos ever.
@jcmusic5150
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing solo.
@pkarandi
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed! 100%
@zochaa2628
4 жыл бұрын
I agree!!!
@Shazeen82
4 жыл бұрын
Love Loneliness too!
@kalkidasofficial
4 жыл бұрын
That's a good one, I think for me is Wasted Years.
@mrcoatsworth429
4 жыл бұрын
One of my biggest inspirations. Would love to watch a full one hour "meets" kind of thing.
@nathanainger3916
4 жыл бұрын
Captain meets Steve Harris one day it might happen
@ryanern18
4 жыл бұрын
He's actually a really good blues player.
@RobCmusic
4 жыл бұрын
This gets a like just seeing the title! I hope you do a proper "Captain Meets..." with Adrian in Guildford.
@Nghilifa
4 жыл бұрын
That Jackson is based off of a Jackson guitar that Grover Jackson made for him in 85-86. The neck (contour) is a replica of a 54 or 55 strat apparently. The original one had a neck humbucker (Dimarzio PAF) so it was a HSH config, but Adrian put a new pickguard on it, so it now looks identical to the production models (minus the wear & his signature on the headstock of course). You can see him play the original one in clips from the Somewhere on tour (86-87) & 7th Tour (1988) here on youtube. Just search for "Maiden England", and it's his main stage guitar.
@olafvanrijnsbergen1177
4 жыл бұрын
And before that Jackson. He somehow toured with a super contemporary shaped guitar with emg pickups. Quite a change
@EndlessVoid98
4 жыл бұрын
@@olafvanrijnsbergen1177 Ye, a Lado Earth
@timp.9582
4 жыл бұрын
That white/black Jackson is the defining symbol of the super strat genre
@j.p.sixgunner7194
11 ай бұрын
@@timp.9582I dig it enough but honestly I prefer the white on white version. Now IIRC Adrian also had a duplicate model which had the synth pickup/controls which was introduced on the Somewhere in Time tour in '86 or '87.
@The73mp73
4 жыл бұрын
Him and Dave have amazed me for many many years. I could never repay them with what I've gotten out of their music.
@MichaelHolmgaard
4 жыл бұрын
Dave Murray & Adrian Smith is the ultimate twin guitar duo. They play off each other's solos, and even though they have such different styles, they make it work so well together. Epic stuff
@BikFlofer
4 жыл бұрын
I just wanna get Adrian, Dave, and Janick in a room together and watch them shred and talk gear. My favorite guitarists all three of them!
@ledhendrix5054
4 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to meet Iron Maidens drummer Nico , he was Phil Hilbornes special guest drummer one evening years ago , I was at the Bar at the venue when he came out from behind the stage and walked over towards me , he said hello to me first , I nearly fell over , what a great guy , he bought me a pint , and we stood and talked as if we were old friends catching up. I still can't quite believe it happened , best night ever. Cheers Nico.
@yourtexthere3713
4 жыл бұрын
he’s a lovely bloke
@Fret-knot
4 жыл бұрын
Top man. I've seen him a number of times over the years... Can't beat a bit of Maiden.
@rickcar94
4 жыл бұрын
I swear I watched this video already a couple days ago!
@Zeppelin180
4 жыл бұрын
Was thinking the same. Except with worse sound quality now!
@Viajedelavida
4 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@adiohead
4 жыл бұрын
Same, weird
@jneto1
4 жыл бұрын
Me too. I think they had deleted the other one.
@jamiebutler7370
4 жыл бұрын
Aquatic Mullet now say that in English
@a.kguitars930
4 жыл бұрын
There has to be a full episode of the captain meets adrian smith. We NEED that. Please make it happen!
@edulinares7152
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian is a man of few words.
@scarletiv5683
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian Smith. The reason I first picked up a guitar. Not a flashy player, but boy his phrasing and sense of groove are epic. Easily my favourite guitar player. 👍😀
@TheCrimsonIdol987
3 жыл бұрын
Maiden is my all time favorite band. I just can't get enough.
@palamandre
4 жыл бұрын
Please get Adrian on your show! He is my favourite player.
@myoutdoorlife3833
3 жыл бұрын
Adrian Smith...My all time favorite song writer/guitarist! Met him a few times in Quebec....really laid back cool guy!!!
@andreasdavour9973
4 жыл бұрын
A legend!
@WrathWithinMe
4 жыл бұрын
Finally they changed to a truss adjusting wheel, now I can finally buy it because I love those necks.
@fernandes5986
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing find Lee. Adrian is one of my teenage guitar idols and such a reclusivee guy in terms of interviews. See if you can drag him along with Dave Murray for one of your long interviews. Cheers.
@SDH2023
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite players. Thanks so much for this interview. 😎👍🎸
@andreaswagner6022
4 жыл бұрын
Glad, the video is back. I already missed it.
@83marceloa
4 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to reading his autobiography. He seems a very reserved bloke. Hope he tells interesting stories about behind the scenes and song writing. And that Jackson is gorgeous.
@antmax
4 жыл бұрын
I think he mostly does and writes about fishing when he's not playing Guitar with Maiden.
@olavjorvik94
4 жыл бұрын
Why isn’t this 1 hour😩 Captain meets?🤩🙏🏼
@TomPark1986
3 жыл бұрын
ive had an adx for 5 years. It has the best tuning stability ive encountered
@rjm_17
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite guitarist ever. So down to Earth. Absolute legend.
@Wargasm644
4 жыл бұрын
One of the most badass guitarists of my generation. And beyond. Undeniable 🤘🏻
@OliverSutton1962
4 жыл бұрын
Just got to say it, Adrian Smith is my number one fav guitarist.
@Shazeen82
4 жыл бұрын
Love this interwiew! How good when an interwiewer asking the good questions! Thank you! Next time please ask him about his Ibanez Destroyers from the early 80's! Oh and Lado as well! UP THE IRONS!
@danielgonzaleztejedor9486
4 жыл бұрын
As far as I know, his red Ibanez lays wastedn Steve's house. It was damaged in a flow. Wish he would restore it and bring her to life.
@КириллМитькин-т3у
4 жыл бұрын
He is my Gitar Hero! UP THE IRONS!!! Siberia, Russia!
@wgb01001
4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit holy shit holy shit Adrian is my childhood guitar hero. I’d love to meet him one day. So jealous!
@archerclems
4 жыл бұрын
This is the episode I've been awaiting since my subscription years ago :p
@fredericadda
4 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful player! We'll be happy to welcome you in Tel-Aviv this summer!
@markbucak8784
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian needs to take his Hallowed Be Thy Name solo back from Janick!!
@GuitarDeuce
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%! I assumed that Adrian did it out of the kindness of his heart. However ,that is a rather monumental song to be stepping aside from. Their brotherhood is admirable even if Janik was the adopted child of the modern Iron Maiden lineup. Janik is certainly up there with Bruce in regards to energy on stage!
@SmithyInWelly
4 жыл бұрын
Good chat - looking forward to seeing them down under (in New Zealand) soon!
@billspruce8368
4 жыл бұрын
I am so jealous, Lee; I have been a Maiden fan for nearly 40-years and would be thrilled to meet and talk to Adrian Smith... I think he's amazing.
@ryevick
4 жыл бұрын
Love Maiden! All of their stuff is good but my core Maiden rotation is pretty much Killers, Number, Piece and Powerslave with Live After Death on occasion. It's easily the best stuff.
@booshting3520
4 жыл бұрын
No, it's just what you like, son
@boudicawasnotreallyallthat1020
4 жыл бұрын
With you on Live After Death. The tightest live album I've heard.
@zondaboy6493
4 жыл бұрын
A matter of life and death and brave new world are fantastic.
@fearofthedark88
4 жыл бұрын
Have you listened to Rock In Rio? Blows live after death out of the water
@kravitz1999
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome Find!!! We need an hour with Sir Adrian!
@paulohparisottobica
4 жыл бұрын
i played in this jackson one time ,most comfortable guitar i ever played,feels very soft in the fingers
@jairotena8281
4 жыл бұрын
Reminder last year at NAMM when Chapman went up and butted in to Adrian as he was peacefully minding his business to get him on camera
@cicimbello
4 жыл бұрын
Man,this is great surprise!
@marktoken6052
4 жыл бұрын
Caught the mighty Maiden in Buffalo last year, first time in ages. They still put on a great show!
@brettpower6508
4 жыл бұрын
Such a great muscian legend!!
@petethescalemodeller6130
4 жыл бұрын
UP THE IRONS!! AUSTRALIA :)
@ryansonic1408
4 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for him to rip that 5150 a new one!
@rohantiwari7801
4 жыл бұрын
Would have loved to see the Duo. Murray&Smith.
@shredhed572
4 жыл бұрын
Love AS. Very humble and awesome player as well!
@emankcin1701
4 жыл бұрын
Gonna see Adrian playing his Jackson in June!
@glenkepic3208
4 жыл бұрын
Killers, Ides Of March, first solo. Perfect for me then because I was a fan of Michael Schenker. The rest is history,,,,Scorps and IM , IM and Saxon. Great memories.
@devious.instinct
3 жыл бұрын
If I ever see him in person, I'll ask what happened to his silverburst and trans blue Lado Earth guitars.
@dave99frederick42
4 жыл бұрын
More, More and More! Captain meets Maiden.
@andrewpappas9311
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he’s seen the Sounds Like Iron Maiden videos
@HakeIronMaiden
4 жыл бұрын
hope he hasnt LOL
@AWMJoeyjoejoe
4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't bet on it.
@TomTobin67
4 жыл бұрын
I was at NAMM too and I briefly met Lee but I wished I had met Adrian because I share a birthday with him.
@mrmackee123
3 жыл бұрын
How the hell have I missed this video for a year😮
@samiam5557
4 жыл бұрын
Cool interview Captain!
@riffmagos
4 жыл бұрын
Damn, Captain, nicely done!
@michaelangeloh.5383
3 жыл бұрын
You know what; I got the Chapman CAP10 because of Dave and Janick their Stratocasters and Adrian's San Dimas, believe it or not. - I started out with guitar-music/playing looking at these guys and the S-type was basically "thé guitar" to me. Though, I never really got one that was quite LIKE a Stratocaster for probably more than 18 years of playing, until I set my eyes on the CAP10, and now it's like my "Maiden" guitar. - I'm gonna sound like a commercial here, but it plays so well and sounds so good. It really got me closer to playing that kind of style that other guitars didn't "allow" me to. - But I will be honest that I was definitely also looking at the San Dimas as an option. And while in fact the cheaper model could've been had for less than a CAP10, it was just lacking some features I wanted, so... That's how that happened for me. :)
@zerostarinc
4 жыл бұрын
Love me some Adrian!
@MidnightMark12
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome. How did you catch H in the wild?
@paulohparisottobica
4 жыл бұрын
hope this virus go away soon so that i can see these guys at least one more time. the band of my life! Up The Irons! and Adrian is such a nice person
@Johnnysmithy24
3 жыл бұрын
I have never seen them live! I had an opportunity, but I wasted it because I wasn’t a big fan at the moment. Now they’re my favorite band and I just wanna see them live🥲
@Robbie28
4 жыл бұрын
I need to go to one of these one day
@Ramo_Baramia
4 жыл бұрын
Mr.Smith is so cool , his solos are even more cooler ....
@megaphotosaegina
Жыл бұрын
3:32 "or radio play" and he shows the finger...😁
@Docksidestudio1
3 жыл бұрын
The interview was quite short as Lee focused on guitars and Iron Maiden. If he’d asked Adrian about fishing, the interview would have been 3 hours long! Lol
@Xn4W
4 жыл бұрын
FINALLY! ANDERTON'S + MAIDEN!
@duanehogan15
4 жыл бұрын
I wish my '11 would have had the barrel truss rod adjustment, the first 6 months I had to adjust it at least 10 times (yes USA) ... but once it settled down, it's been pretty solid. I cant help but to wonder about this guys knowledge of Floyd Rose trems ... maybe he's only seen ones that are recessed ... IDK ... Love Adrian's playing!!!
@alessandrobottelli7980
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing guitarist and person.....he his the be(a)st!!!!!
@suspectdown5133
4 жыл бұрын
Anybody else catch his message to the Radio play and records people ?
@jbeebs1
4 жыл бұрын
Suspect Down Yes, I noticed that too and cruised the comments to see if anybody else did! It definitely looked on purpose.
@suspectdown5133
4 жыл бұрын
@@jbeebs1 Nave you seen the Iron Maiden documentary of the Airplane conversion and touring plane ? Here on youtube,interesting all the work that went into that.
@jasondesjardins7371
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian is the man. Great guitarist, cool as ice too.
@underdog8797
3 жыл бұрын
The X Series SDX is also incredible
@shreddersteve2663
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian says: "We're touring this year" Covid says: We'll see about that! ;)
@paulparker8298
4 жыл бұрын
Legend
@johnl7822
4 жыл бұрын
4min is way to short
@rgx420s
4 жыл бұрын
That's what she said!
@Maxime_L91
4 жыл бұрын
Thats cool. Other than Bruce, you dont see interviews with Maiden's members that much. A bit of Harris lately due to his British Lion release.
@Ghost-kj7kv
4 жыл бұрын
I wish you could get Dave Murray on here. He doesn't seem to really like interviews though.
@AndyMarsh
4 жыл бұрын
Seems like nice chap.
@hgostos
4 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!!!
@jonatanhedlin3992
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian is KING!
@GuitarDeuce
3 жыл бұрын
Always bonded with Adrian’s solos on Maiden songs. Perhaps because I am a devout blues guitarist as well. Not taking anything away from Dave Murray at all. He’s also amazing but more outside of my comfort zone. This guitar is reminiscent of Jake E. Lee’s guitar, is it not?!
@tommy2z2z
4 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@StrudlePie
4 жыл бұрын
At times there... It seemed like Adrian was floating away into the Seventh son for a seventh son album artwork
@bigal4304
4 жыл бұрын
i have adrians signature guitar great axes ..tone out them is sweet.
@RobKingRC
4 жыл бұрын
Legend !!
@adhaskym.a9536
4 жыл бұрын
He is way too rich to be promoting 'his guitar'. Absolutely amazing....☺️
@ObscuredByCloud
4 жыл бұрын
THE TROOOOOPPPPPPEERRRREEE!! nana nanana nana nanana nana nanana na na na NAH!!!
@mariek130
4 жыл бұрын
Can't believe I missed Adrian and Nicko at NAMM! Looks like they were hiding out.
@REIVAJ2194
4 жыл бұрын
UP THE IRONS!!!
@Moonshot568
4 жыл бұрын
OmG ... amazing ... Guitar hero .
@soundthesirens4886
4 жыл бұрын
Adrian is the best
@pablo9364
4 жыл бұрын
Very nice guy
@Scoots1994
4 жыл бұрын
They need more mics over at Andertons when they do NAMM
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