Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain will celebrate the 12th Anniversay of his Rock N' Roll Ribs restaurant on December 4th with close friend and business partner, Mitch Tanne. Rock N' Roll Ribs is located in Coral Springs, FL.

Bands on the bill include Titanium Tart (Nicko's Maiden Mayhem), Made of Metal, Kinlin, Angels Of War, Children Of The Grave, School Of Rock. Titanium Tart will play a set of Iron Maiden classics.

Go to this location for more details. Check out the official Rock N Roll Ribs website here.

McBrain is featured in a recent interview with 97.9 GRD. He talks about the band's new album, Senjutsu, and looks back on joining Iron Maiden.

On joining Iron Maiden in 1982, replacing Clive Burr

Nicko: "I did a tour with Maiden on the Killers' album (in 1981). When the Killers album came out, Adrian (Smith / guitars) had just joined the band, and Paul Di'Anno I was still singing. I had a band called Trust back in '79 or '80, and we ended up doing a tour with Maiden; that was the most amount of time I spent with them. But, I met Iron Maiden in 1979 on their very first European gig.

I was playing in a different band called McKitty - this was before Trust - we toured on the same bill. There was one gig and that was when I first met Steve Harris (bass) and the gang. It was a trio band, and the guitar player's guitar amp blew up, so Charlie Tumahai - who was the bass player - and I did an improv solo, and Steve was standing on the side of the stage, and he said he'd never seen anything like it in his life. So he remembered that, and when things went wrong with Clive, the fact that I had toured with them and made friends with them with the Trust tour, I was the first drummer that sprang to mind.

Now, here's a weird thing: I took over the store from Clive, and later that year, I think in '83 or '84, Clive ended up doing an album with Trust. Not a lot of people know that."