R.I.P. Paul Di'Anno

[Drago]

Iron Maiden's first warbler has been found dead at home age 66. Not yet been said what finally got him.

R.I.P. feller.

 

[DCBassman]

Sad. Not exactly a teetotaller, though...

 

[C R]

Iron Maiden's first warbler has been found dead at home age 66. Not yet been said what finally got him.

R.I.P. feller.

He had a life full of excess, which seems to have caught up with him. Listening to Iron Maiden (the album) now, Iron Maiden (the song) just started as I opened this thread.

...
Iron Maiden gonna get you,
no matter how far
...

 

[C R]

Posted this earlier on the Friday Night thread

Paul Di'Anno, who sang with Iron Maiden in their first two albums, died today. Iron Maiden, Charlotte the Harlot.

View: https://youtu.be/PSHjTGgZ1mU?si=IfnHABA-3lC_nytt

Obituary in the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0l0nnnekdo

 

[Grant Fondo]

Sad news. His are the best two albums for me.

 

[ianrauk]

Saw Running Free on TOTP's in 1980. That weekend I went straight down to the record shop to buy it.
Still have the record to this day.
I'm another fan here who prefers the Di'anno era Maiden.
The track Killers imvho is one of the very best Heavy Metal songs put down on tape.
Met him twice and to be honest he was an arse. Very unfriendly. But as well documented he had many personal demons. He never got over his sacking from the band and the fact he never did reach the heights of stardom he really deserved.
A sad day for Heavy Metal and music in general.

 

[Drago]

Who can forget this? In their day Maiden with Di'Anno were very special.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ct4xXak24&pp=ygUgaXJvbiBtYWlkZW4gcGhhbnRvbSBvZiB0aGUgb3BlcmE%3D

 

[AndyRM]

If someone said I could only listen to one Iron Maiden album for the rest of my life, it would be Killers.

 

[ianrauk]

If someone said I could only listen to one Iron Maiden album for the rest of my life, it would be Killers.

Me too.

 

[MontyVeda]

Can't disagree with that.

The thing that made Maiden stand out from all the other British metal bands back then was they had what appeared to be a punk for a frontman... well, that and really good cover art.

 

[delb0y]

My best mate at school - and the best guitar player I know - played in Battlezone in 1998. Apparently they were big in Brazil.

 

[iandg]

Saw Iron Maiden with Paul Di'Annio supporting Judas Priest at Trentham Gardens. The "Running Free" single was out at the time. Decided that new wave heavy metal was not my thing.

RIP

 

[AndyRM]

I saw him in one of his many post Maiden incarnations and he was physically a wreck but still had the voice.

 

[ianrauk]

My best mate at school - and the best guitar player I know - played in Battlezone in 1998. Apparently they were big in Brazil.

His mother was Brazilian

 

[matticus]

Who can forget this? In their day Maiden with Di'Anno were very special.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ct4xXak24&pp=ygUgaXJvbiBtYWlkZW4gcGhhbnRvbSBvZiB0aGUgb3BlcmE%3D

Was that used as theme music for summat once? [I'm not a Maiden expert ... although I do remember the madness around the single Can I Play With Madness! ]