Dennis Wilcock

Dennis Roy Wilcock was the singer and frontman of Iron Maiden from late 1976 to 1978. He introduced theatrics to Iron Maiden and was a huge Kiss fan, using fake blood, fire and face paint in his performances. Some people say he forgot lyrics so he had to read off lyric sheets. He kicked out Dave Murray in 1977 because of his girlfriend, and Ron Matthews was kicked out in a bid to "renovate the band". He has claimed to have written some of the words to Phantom of the Opera, Prowler, Iron Maiden and Charlotte The Harlot, but, according to Steve Harris, only wrote a few words to all the songs. He has also claimed to co write Prodigal Son with Steve Harris. After leaving Iron Maiden he formed V1 with Terry Wapram. They recorded a demo in Spaceward Studios and disbanded in 1979 after Maiden was taking all of their gigs. Dennis tried to make a V1 mark 2 but it didn't last long so he joined Gibraltar. He recorded a demo with them and they finally disbanded in 1981. Then in 2015, he formed GV1, a 4 piece including Terry Wapram. In their live shows they played V1 material, Gibraltar material, new GV1 material and Prowler which he states wrote the lyrics for. Unfortunately, as a result of Dennis's lawsuit claiming he wrote the lyrics for Maiden songs, they disbanded in 2016.