Tony Moore

Iron Maiden- 1977

. Tony’s career began in 1977 when he joined Iron Maiden as a keyboardist for a short period of time.

How he joined Iron maiden:

“Moore was working in the Hi-Fi department of Debenhams store in Bristol, and had just bought a small Korg synthesizer when he saw an advertisement in the Melody Maker for a keyboard player for a London band.

He contacted Steve Harris, then auditioned and was invited to join the band. He moved to London to begin rehearsals. At that time members of the band all had day jobs and rehearsed once or twice a week. As this was the height of the Pub rock era, their first gig with the new line-up was at a pub called The Bridgehouse in Canning Town.”

Eventually Tony Moore was asked to leave because he felt something wasn’t right and his contribution wasn’t essential he felt.

1977 Onwards

He went on to do bits and bobs, touring/supporting Black Sabbath and The Stranglers with Brian James (from The Damned), forming a group called Tanz Der Youth, recording one single called “I’m Sorry I’m Sorry” for Radar Records (home of Elvis Costello).

He then went onto be in bands called England and Radio Java. ‘Java was his own group in the 80s that had numerous number one hit on the Netherlands before disbanding.

Cutting Crew 1986-1995 (Touring Member)

In 1986 Tony Moore was invited to play in Cutting Crew, who had smash its “(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight”

With the band he toured the world including playing massive US shows opening for Huey Lewis, Starship and the Bangles as well as doing hundreds of headline gigs. They were the first Western band to play to an audience allowed to dance and stand up in Taiwan, and almost caused a riot amongst the 60,000 inside as well as the tens of thousands who couldn’t get in.

Solo Career

After Cutting Crew, he signed a solo deal with a small independent lave in London, releasing a single to critical acclaim before joining with Argentine Singer Marie Claire D’ubaldo, co-writing and producing her album which sold 250,000 copies (Playing Spanish guitar, keyboards, electric bass, programming, background, vocals)

Kashmir Klub (1997-2003, Inspired by the ‘Zeppelin track, Kashmir in London’s Holland Park)

In 1997 Tony Moore was responsible for the construction of the Kashmir Klub, a unique non-profiting live music club that promoted signed and unsigned artists, predominantly acoustic singer/songwriter, which promoted the revolution of these

sorts of artists in the UK, debuting artists such as Katie Tunstall and Imogen Heap as well as sets by Fleetwood Mac and Sheryl Crow, who played for free in this no charge venue.

Every night Tony Moore started the evening by announcing, “As you've noticed there's no cover charge. All you have to pay is attention."

Tony Moore somewhat predicted the future, streaming the performances online which was new and innovative of the time:

European Song Contest

A Song For Europe In 2001, Moore performed his own composition, "That's My Love" in the A Song For Europe contest, hoping to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. He finished second in the competition, behind Lindsay Dracass. He wrote other songs for the contest in earlier years.

The Bedford (small music venue, 2003-)