Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith is the Iron Maiden guitarist I keep coming back to, precisely because his playing carries melody where the band trades in thunder. The story of a Hackney kid catching the rock bug at fifteen and picking up the guitar through his friendship with Dave Murray is pure origin-myth charm. But what fascinates me is the breadth: songwriter, singer, and painter. A man who shreds on stage and holds a paintbrush in the quiet hours embodies the marriage of ferocity and finesse, and I have a deep soft spot for that kind of two-handed artistry.

Name (English)

Adrian Smith

Name (Japanese)

エイドリアン・スミス

Reading

えいどりあん・すみす

Born

February 27, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

Origin

London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom

Occupation

songwriter / composer / painter / singer

• Official sitehttps://www.ironmaiden.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian%20Smith%20(musician)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212070

Tags

• songwriter
• composer
• painter

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.