Originally Posted by Seltzer

As far as I know, Iron Maiden never did anything like punk. However, I think you might have heard someone comparing Maiden's 3 vocalists. The original vocalist (Paul Di' Anno) was a good singer. I think he might have been influenced by punk himself, but he always had a bit of a punk rock edge to his voice. Maiden didn't really want that; they knew that they'd have to get a better singer if they would be touring with Judas Priest; so they acquired Bruce ****inson.

But the punk rock thing is probably referring to Di' Anno.