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Upon leaving Smiler, Harris went on to create Iron Maiden on Christmas Day 1975, with the band's name being inspired by the film The Man in the Iron Mask.

Since their inception, Harris has been the band's principal composer and lyricist.

His song writing typically showcases his trademark galloping bass patterns and progressive rock-influenced song with several time changes.

Recently, Harris ' songs have become more progressive, and guitarist Adrian Smith has commented that Harris now prefers contributing " lyrics and melodies and arranging " to other member's songs over writing alone.

Harris frequently writes lyrics about mythology, history or topics inspired from books and films, for which Iron Maiden has become notable in sharp contrast to most other rock bands where the themes are typically sex, drugs and rebellion.