History & Biography London, England HM act Dirty Deeds' history is intertwined with Iron Maiden. The act existed between 1994 and 2004. The 1994 demo featured drummer Simon Dawson, formerly of Chariot, who would end up in British Lion with Steve Harris, the bassist for Iron Maiden, and in Iron Maiden itself in 2024. Founder Franklin was a member of the ill-fated eighties band Chariot, which had managed to open for Iron Maiden back then. In fact, many years later, Steve Harris of Iron Maiden saw the band perform live when he was searching for a replacement for Bruce Dickinson. He was impressed enough to offer the band time at his home studio and wear their T-shirt on video. The new band toured with Maiden across Europe (as a replacement for My Dying Bride) in January 1996 and that before even releasing an album! The band was being managed by Steve Harris at this point. When the band recorded its debut (produced by Steve Harris and Iron Maiden/Bruce Dickinson sound engineer Nigel Green), it had to recruit a new drummer and the release was slated for the new company launched by Steve Harris called Beast Records. The debut was initially launched in Japan in '97 and released in Europe in the spring
of 1998. The band, naturally, even managed to open for Bruce Dickinson's solo band (as well as Maiden and UFO) after the release. The next album was produced by Iron Maiden sound man Doug Hall at Barnyard Studio and released first in Europe and months later in North America. The band did several shows with the likes of Kick and Krokus. 2001 saw the
demise of Beast Records. The year also coincided with the departure of Fitzgibbon due to musical differences and the introduction of the new guitarist Richie Faulkner who would move on to play in the band of Lauren Harris, Steve Harris' daughter. The band formed a management and a record company in 2002 in Los Angeles and independently released the third album. The act had shortened its name to Deeds since the turn of the century and threw in the towel in 2004.
Drummer Cavill used to be in a 1990s band called Gangland, which was also the name of an Iron Maiden song from 1982. Gangland featured several members who were in different bands with former Iron Maiden singer, Paul Di'Anno. Pete Franklin died in 2021. Faulkner ended up in Judas Priest and Newton ended up in KK's Priest and Mogg's Motel with Phil Mogg formerly of UFO.
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