West Ham hero Slaven Bilic left perplexed by Iron Maiden's mundane backstage party
dailystar.co.ukWest Ham legend Slaven Bilic has said he was ready for a wild party backstage at an Iron Maiden gig - only to find one of the rockers blow-drying his daughter’s hair.The former footballer admitted he was nervous before meeting his heroes and was expecting a hell-raising rock and roll-style bash with the band.Bilic, 53, revealed: “I was brought up on Iron Maiden.
I knew every word of every song, and they’re big West Ham fans too.“After I signed, I went to the players’ lounge one day and thought, ‘My god, is that Steve Harris?’“Ian Bishop had invited him because they were friends.
We spoke and I was almost shaking!“The first time that I saw them live was in Manchester, and they invited me backstage after the gig.“I thought, ‘Oh, it’s going to be like what you read about, with the parties and everything’.“When I opened the door, one of the band was blow-drying his daughter’s hair!”The ex-Croatia boss had a two-year spell managing the Hammers and said becoming pals with Iron Maiden helped him cope with quitting playing at the age of 32.Have you ever as bigger let down as Bilic?
Let us know in the comments sectionHe explained to FourFourTwo: “We’re still friends and text each other.“When I had to retire early [in 2000], I wasn’t in a good place, but I was into the guitar and wrote some songs, lyrics, riffs – then I felt good again.“I had some friends in music and we started jamming, then recorded some songs as Rawbau.“I can’t imagine my life without music.
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