Nicko is also wearing a shirt saying: “Iron What?
• On the back cover there is Icarus falling from the Sun with burning wings in the top right corner, in front of the Bradbury Hotel. This of course refers to “The Flight Of Icarus.” • The “Bradbury Hotels International” sign – is this possibly a reference to the popular futuristic author Ray Bradbury (author of such classics as “The Martian Chronicles”, “Ice Nine”, etc.)? • If you look closely, you can see the shadow of the reaper on the back cover in front of the pyramids. • The pyramids refer to the sleeve of “Powerslave”. • All the Japanese around the covers could be connected to “Maiden Japan” and IRON MAIDEN’s other performances there. • “Maggies revenge” on the back cover refers to Margaret Thatcher. She and the British government had a dispute with IRON MAIDEN back in 1980/1981 with the “Sanctuary” and “Women In Uniform” singles, depicting her as dead on the ground (killed by Eddie, of course) and hiding behind a wall observing Eddie picking up chicks, respectively. • The street
