Talk:Adrian Smith (musician)

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On 29 April 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Adrian Smith to Adrian Smith (musician). The result of the discussion was moved.

Name

Adrian Frederik Smith - is this verifiable? --PopUpPirate 22:35, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

Agreed, I'd like to know a source for the middle name. --Meegs 13:56, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, here's one rather reputable source -

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1281268/

Derek R Bullamore 23:32, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mick Wall's Run to The Hills: The Authorised Biography, p.164: "Adrian Frederick Smith".--Nerdtrap (talk) 13:31, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

"Adrian Smith is among the finest musicians of rock.He knows where to put certain harmonies,his legato is very smooth and fast,he's one of those guys that plays a lot of notes but doesn't waste any. He has many varied solos and also uses blues structure in his songs.No one can't deny his influence on Rock and specially Metal after 3 decades of contributing music to these genres."

As well as being poorly written this does NOT belong in an encyclopedia

Absolutely. Thanks for removing it. ×Meegs 00:29, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone should note that after Seventh Son, a song he and Dickinson had been working on made it into the next album (Hooks in You I think???) - so technically that should be listed as part of the discography or something I think.

(The Elfoid 22:24, 12 August 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Marital Status

What's the source of this?

"Adrian has a wife named Natalie, and three children, son Dylan Smith (born in 1989) and twin daughters Natasha Smith and Britney Smith (born in 1991)" brucethegreat 5:30 Aug 23, 2006

I know that those names are on his "thank you" lists in the liner notes of the most recent IM albums....If it's correct, then the DOBs on the children explain why he left Maiden in 1990. It sucked, but I can't blame him, either. Equinox137 10:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He mentions his wife on the making of number of the beast DVD (The Elfoid 01:06, 19 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]

gibson sg?

does he really uses gibson sg's? i never saw him with that model —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.36.130.124 (talk) 14:22, 27 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Yeah he used it when they recorded different world. You can check out the vid of it on youtube. http://youtube.com/watch?v=EgLuMQnnBKs Thought I would just answer you question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.227.12.223 (talk) 20:32, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

first guitar

so .. was his first guitar a woolworth bought from murray or a goldtop lp ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.36.130.124 (talk) 14:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Guitar Stolen

Should it be noted somewhere in his Guitars section that his custom Jackson strat-esque guitar has been stolen recently? I'm not sure it would be under the scope of the article or not, but Maiden/Smith did ask on their site that people be notified. That's really only a side benefit, really, as I it of note, I think, to say if a one of a kind guitar is stolen. I don't know, let me know what you all think.--68.186.61.144 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 04:36, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it is noteworthy. Too current. Mezigue (talk) 19:55, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pan

Wanted to suggest ways of delivering instrument to owner, which would seem to have everything to do with Pan, called the Horned God, the Goat-Foot God, and the Life Force of the World. There could possibly be a series of courses to be taken, and steps to follow. Osiris75.204.74.121 (talk) 17:39, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Notable instruments

According to the guidelines for musician infoboxes, we should only list "Particularly noteworthy models or custom musical instruments with which the artist is strongly associated" under "notable instruments". Instead we have a list of nearly every guitar Adrian has ever used, which is clearly taking the definition of "notable" very loosely. In my opinion, his signature Jackson definitely meets the criteria as do, possibly, the Strats and Les Pauls, given that he has used these the most often. As for the others, I think these probably shouldn't be listed, given that he has used comparatively fewer of these compared to the Fenders and Les Pauls. In any case, I'd rather a consensus was reached on the subject rather than just go with my own opinion.--Nerdtrap (talk) 19:04, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's been a month and I haven't had any input so, disappointingly, I'll have to do this myself.--Nerdtrap (talk) 13:24, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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