Coverslave – The Ultmative Tribute to Iron Maiden

Since the “Tribute bands stage” outburst in the 2000’s in a lot of countries like in England or USA, France had to have a real and solid Iron Maiden tribute. In 1999, Jean-Pierre Brunier (guitar), Pascal Havé (bass) and Eric Martins- Guerra (drums) who played in the same band from the 90’s (in Nightreaper) decided to form a new band asking Stephane Graziani (vocals) and Frederic Lebouetté (guitar) to join them. After some more rehearsals, the band had a imposing set-list. Coverslave is a contraction of coversongs and “Powerslave” album of Iron Maiden . In 2005, Eric Martins-Guerra (drums), played in another band who cancelled a gig only one week before. Eric decided to reform Coverslave to save the gig, but some of the past musicians could’nt play anymore. His friend Stephane Graziani (vocals) accepted to sing and Dan Sminiac (guitar), Cedrick Saulnier (guitar) and Fabien Ternois (bass) joined the band for a new start. Coverslave played this concert and the audience was so enthusiastic that they decided to carry on together. In 2006, they began to undertake a widening sold out gig tour in Normandy, ending in Paris. A various and efficient set-list , and also very envolved and energic musicians playing close to reality, are the main reasons of their success. Today, the band is supported by the French Maiden Forum ( with approximatly 4000 members in France) and the band is followed by faithfull fans. Considering their success, the band recorded in 2007 an EP 6 tracks …