Celebrity Death: Paul Di'Anno
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I haven’t listened to those albums in a long time, but yeah, they don’t get the respect they deserve. Sounds like he had been dealing with health problems for a while now, and had still been performing on stage in a wheelchair until pretty recently. RIP
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The big question is, if he could have kept his head on straight. Would IM kept him? And they be as big as the are? Mickelson took them to the next level
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The one thing I have always liked about the guy is that he put his hand up and said he was partying 24/7 while Steve Harris wanted to focus on the music and not the lifestyle so much(this also lead to Clive Burr's and Dennis Stratton's ouster from the band later.
Listened to both albums today. Killers was actually the first album I ever bought, on cassette no less and was my intro to metal. RIP, legend.
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Love those first two Iron Maiden records to death, but Di'Annos post-Maiden life will always tarnish his legacy.
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The debut Maiden album is my second favourite Iron Maiden album after Piece of Mind.
Never really clicked with Killers apart from a couple of songs. Cool cover though. I had it as a t-shirt when I was a teenager.
Never really clicked with Killers apart from a couple of songs. Cool cover though. I had it as a t-shirt when I was a teenager.
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Dennis Stratton was out before Di'Anno, though (Adrian Smith played on Killers).
Anyway, RIP. I was a big Maiden fan for many years in the 1980s. I didn't have problems with Bruce or anything, since he was already there when I became a fan and actually I preferred him. However, I never liked it when Bruce sang the Paul era material (live). It just didn't sound right, so I guess Di'Anno's voice was perfect for that early stuff.
PS. I only now discovered that his real surname wasn't Di'Anno.
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Dennis Stratton was out before Di'Anno, though (Adrian Smith played on Killers).
Anyway, RIP. I was a big Maiden fan for many years in the 1980s. I didn't have problems with Bruce or anything, since he was already there when I became a fan and actually I preferred him. However, I never liked it when Bruce sang the Paul era material (live). It just didn't sound right, so I guess Di'Anno's voice was perfect for that early stuff.
PS. I only now discovered that his real surname wasn't Di'Anno.
I thought Stratton came back for a few songs on Killers but was shown the door half way through the recording and then stood in for a few songs a couple of albums later before leaving for good
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Never heard of that. I think he left or was ousted in late 1980 and that was it. It's possible that he plays a little on some edition(s) of Killers; didn't the couple of first Maiden albums have a slightly different song lists depending on a country... or continent, whatever? Similar to The Beatles', AC/DC's etc early albums.
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