Nicko McBrain

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-06-05 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England

Nicko McBrain

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1954) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for Iron Maiden, which he joined in 1982. Prior to joining Iron Maiden, McBrain drummed for Pat Travers from 1976 to 1978, as well as the French political punk band Trust. His first formal band was The Streetwalkers, a blues band. The nickname 'Nicko' originated from when the keyboard player Billy Day introduced him as "My Italian drummer, his name’s 'Nicko'". McBrain himself states that as a child he had a stuffed animal (bear) named "Nicholas" that he always carried with him so much so that his parents b...

Acting

1987

Iron Maiden: 12 Wasted Years

as Himself - Drummer

2009

1993

2021

2012

Girls Gone Dead

as Nicko McBrain

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