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3. The IRON MAIDEN Family Tree: Paul Di'anno




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This article is from the Iron Maiden FAQ, by Vartan Narinian vsn@pobox.com and Steve Payne Sirpapa@aol.com with numerous contributions by others.

3. The IRON MAIDEN Family Tree: Paul Di'anno

First recorded lead vocalist with IRON MAIDEN (Mid 1977 - Sep
1981). Recorded with IRON MAIDEN "The Soundhouse Tapes" EP, "Sanctuary"
and "Wrathchild" on METAL FOR MUTHAS compilation, IRON MAIDEN album,
KILLERS album, LIVE PLUS ONE live album, "Maiden Japan" (aka "Heavy Metal
Army") EP, "Women In Uniform" EP, and "Sanctuary" EP.

OTHER WORKS:
BIRD OF PREY (before 1977) - not much around.
LONE WOLF (1982 - ?) - not much around, but supposedly sounds like
watered-down WHITESNAKE. This was a 6-piece band.
GOGMAGOG (1985) - NWOBHM supergroup, featuring Di'anno on vocals, Pete
Willis (DEF LEPPARD) and Jannick Gers (GILLAN) on guitars, Neil
Murray (WHITESNAKE) on bass guitar, and Clive Burr (IRON MAIDEN) on
drums. Released in 1985 a demo E.P. "I Will Be There."
DI'ANNO (1984 - May 1985) - I don't know much about this band except it
sounds like JOURNEY. Released an album Di'ANNO, as well as a single
from this album "Heartuser" b/w "Road Rat" in 1984, under the FM
Coast to Coast label (a division of Heavy Metal Records). Also
released an album TWO SWIMMERS & A BAG OF JOCKIES in 1984 with Lee
Slater (Guitars, Vocals), P J Ward (Guitars, Vocals), Kevin Browne
(Bass, Vocals), Mark Venables (Keyboards), and Mark Stuart (Drums).
Mark Stuart left the band before recording, so Dave Irving played
drums on this album. (I *think* this information is correct!)
PAUL DI'ANNO'S BATTLEZONE (1986 - 1987) - recorded in 1986 FIGHTING
BACK and in 1987 CHILDREN OF MADNESS. Drummer on second album is
Steve Hopgood of famed NWOBHM band PERSIAN RISK.
"ALL-STAR" PROJECT (1989) - with Lea Heart back in '89. The album was
recorded somewhere in the UK, and the participants were a Japanese
band around Tak Yonemochi, Paul Di'Anno, Dennis Stratton, some of
Saxon, etc. - about 15 - 20 people altogether. The album seems to
have been produced for the Japanese market, so there is little
English text on the cover, mostly Japanese... Either the band or
the album is called "Kaizoku". Anybody have any more information?
PRAYING MANTIS & Paul Di'anno, Dennis Stratton (1990) - recorded on the
PRAYING MANTIS reunion in Japan LIVE AT LAST in 1990. Other members
are Tino Troy and Chris Troy of PRAYING MANTIS and STRATUS, Dennis
Stratton of LIONHEART, and Bruce Bisland of Weapon and Statetrooper.
KILLERS (Jan 1992 - present) - featured Steve Hopgood on drums and Nick
Burr (Clive Burr's brother) on guitars. Released MURDER ONE in
1992.

 

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