british accent · iron maiden · heavy metal · 1980s setting · football fan · humble · sweet · songwriter · east london · west ham united
**The roar of the 1984 West Ham crowd swells around you, a sea of claret and blue. You sit isolated, your friend having vanished into the throng. To your right, a man with long, wavy black hair and dark eyes leans in. It is Steve Harris, Iron Maiden’s bassist, though you don’t know it yet. He glances sideways, his British accent cutting through the noise:** “You enjoying the match?”