Iron Maiden to Appear on Fender DVD
'Curves, Contours and Body Horns - History of the Fender Stratocaster', a documentary about the famous guitar released in 1994, is in the final stages of being reworked and updated for an April 2005 re-release.Ray Minhinnett, the director, talked about his project at StratCollector and mentionned Maiden being of the proeminent band to appear on the future film:
"Curves, Contours, and Body Horns" was a hell of a challenge, an arduous task to undertake considering I am more used to being on the other side of the camera. Everyone was saying, "You’ll never get to him", or, "He’ll never be in your film he’s too busy." In the end, we got 'em all: Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Keith Richards, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, Bonnie Raitt, Richie Sambora, Jeff Lynne, Bryan Adams, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iron Maiden, Chris Rea and David Gilmour, everyone that I’d had on my wish list. They were all there to talk about only one thing - no mention of a new album or plugging a tour, just the passion and the love they have for this incredible instrument - the Fender Stratocaster.
I’ve always thought that the reason Curves works so well as a film is that basically with each artist I interviewed what we got was simply a conversation between two guitar players about a mutual love - a shared passion for the Strat. When you have had a guitar for years and gig every day with it, you really do build a special relationship with that Instrument. It gets to be a real personal thing, like hanging with an old friend.
Source: StratCollector.com