Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Steve Harris, dan wasan bass na Iron Maiden kuma babban mawallafin waƙoƙi, ya bayyana cewa tasirinsa ya haɗa da Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Pink Floyd, Farawa, Ee, Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Sarauniya da Wishbone Ash. A cikin 2010 Harris ya bayyana, "Ina tsammanin idan kowa yana son fahimtar farkon Maiden, musamman maɗauran guitars, duk abin da zasu yi shi ne sauraron Wishbone Ash's Argus album. Thin Lizzy ma, amma ba sosai ba. Kuma a sa'an nan mu so a yi a bit na wani prog abu jefa a da, domin ina da gaske a cikin bands kamar Farawa da kuma Jethro Tull. Don haka ku hada duk wannan tare da riffs masu nauyi da sauri, kuma kun samu. " A shekara ta 2004, Harris ya bayyana cewa "nauyin" ƙungiyar ta yi wahayi zuwa gare ta "Black Sabbath da Deep Purple tare da ɗan Zeppelin da aka jefa a ciki". A saman wannan, Harris ya ci gaba da kansa wasa style, wanda guitarist Janick Gers ya bayyana a matsayin "mafi kamar wani rhythm guitar", aka nakalto a matsayin alhakin band ta galloping style, ji a cikin irin waƙoƙi kamar "The Trooper" da kuma "Run zuwa Hills".The band ta guitarists, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, da kuma Janick Gers, kowane yana da nasu mutum tasirin da wasa style. Dave Murray an san shi da fasahar legato wanda, ya yi iƙirarin, "ya samo asali ne ta halitta. Na ji Jimi Hendrix yana amfani da legato lokacin da nake girma, kuma ina son wannan salon wasa. " Da yake cewa "an yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar blues rock maimakon karfe", Adrian Smith ya rinjayi Johnny Winter da Pat Travers, wanda ya sa ya zama "mai kunna waƙa". Janick Gers, a gefe guda, ya fi son salon da aka inganta, wanda Ritchie Blackmore ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi, wanda ya yi iƙirarin ya bambanta da sautin "rhythmic" na Smith. Mawaki Bruce Dickinson, wanda yawanci ke aiki tare da guitarist Adrian Smith, yana da salon wasan opera, wanda Arthur Brown, Peter Hammill, Ian Anderson da Ian Gillan suka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi, kuma ana ɗaukarsa ɗayan mafi kyawun mawaƙa masu nauyi na kowane lokaci. Ko da yake Nicko McBrain ya sami kyauta ɗaya ne kawai, a kan Dance of Death album, Harris sau da yawa...  Tambaya: Menene sunan mai waƙar da aka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta Yes?
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