Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen photo by John McMurtrie

Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith Teams With Poison’s Richie Kotzen

by Paul Cashmere on December 11, 2020

Guitarists Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden and Richie Kotzen of Poison have teamed for a new side-project Smith/Kotzen.

Kotzen has also been a member of Mr Big. Since 2012 he has also fronted The Winery Dogs, a trio with Billy Sheenan and Mike Portnoy.

Smith joined Iron Maiden in 1980. His first album with Iron Maiden was there second album ‘Killers’ in 1981.

Smith and Kotzen managed to work on their first music in the Turks and Caicos Islands off Cuba at the start of 2020.

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