What type of group does Umphrey's McGee and Iron Maiden have in common?
Umphrey's McGee Umphrey's McGee is an American jam band originally from South Bend, Indiana. The band's approach shares many elements with groups like Phish and the Grateful Dead such as varying set lists, improvisation, playing two sets per night, and allowing fans to tape concerts, they are much more influenced musically by progressive rock artists such as King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and early Genesis, as well as heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Van Halen. The band also identifies The Police, The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin as primary influences. UM experiments with many musical styles, including rock, metal, funk, jazz, blues, electronic, bluegrass, and folk.
Indiscreet (FM album) Indiscreet is the debut album from British hard rock band FM. "Indiscreet" was originally released in 1986 on the Portrait Records label, a sister label of Epic Records. The song "Frozen Heart" became a moderately successful single. The song "That Girl" was covered by Iron Maiden as a B-side to their single "Stranger in a Strange Land" following its inclusion in a live set by The Entire Population of Hackney (featuring Andy Barnett, erstwhile and future FM member and friend of Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith). Written by Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp and Andy Barnett in an early FM line-up, it was one of the demo songs which secured FM their record contract with Portrait/Epic in 1984. By the time "Indiscreet" was released FM had re-written parts of their song, while Iron Maiden's release three weeks later covered the original arrangement.