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IRON MAIDEN Light Designer MARTIN BRENNAN Interviewed

March 10, 2004

The Spanish IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenZone.com has posted a brand-new interview with MAIDEN's longtime light designer Martin Brennan. Asked what the process is for the light design of the MAIDEN shows, Brennan said, "I know how MAIDEN should look, and how the audience expect to see the band. Then, I am told the dates, and where we shall be playing. Then the budget comes into play, and then I am told what songs the band are playing. The band trust me to do the best job I can, and normally leave me to it. Sometimes, however, the band, and especially Bruce [Dickinson, singer], come up with ideas, which I have to include in the design. We were able to talk about 'Dance of Death', and Bruce being the 'narrator.' From there came the blue up-lights, and the movers becoming stars when Bruce came up with the line 'looking up at the stars,' and also the red up-lights when Bruce sang about 'walking on the coals.' Very simple stuff, but Bruce is very good at hitting the right spot, it gives him something to play off, and is a slightly different look for a metal band." Read the rest of the interview here.

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