Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden’s singer on their first two albums, has died at age 66. The vocalist had been affected by a myriad of well being points lately.
The unhappy information was reported by Di’Anno’s report label, Conquest Music, which issued the next assertion:
“On behalf of his household, Conquest Music are unhappy to substantiate the demise of Paul Andrews, professionally referred to as Paul Di’Anno. Paul handed away at his residence in Salisbury on the age of 66. Born in Chingford, East London on seventeenth Might 1958, Paul first got here to prominence as lead singer of English Heavy Metallic band, Iron Maiden between 1978 and 1981. He sang on their groundbreaking debut album Iron Maiden, and the influential observe up launch, Killers. Since leaving Iron Maiden, Paul Di’Anno had a protracted and eventful recording profession with Battlezone and Killers in addition to quite a few solo releases and visitor appearances. Regardless of being troubled by extreme well being points lately that restricted him to performing in a wheelchair, Paul continued to entertain his followers around the globe, racking up properly over 100 reveals since 2023. His first profession retrospective album, The E-book of the Beast was launched in September 2024 and featured highlights of his recordings since leaving Iron Maiden. Conquest Music are proud to have had Paul Di’Anno in our artist household and ask his legion of followers to lift a glass in his reminiscence.”
Following temporary stints as Iron Maiden’s singer by Paul Day and Dennis Wilcock, Di’Anno took over because the band’s frontman in 1978. As talked about within the assertion above, Di’Anno dealt with vocals on Maiden’s first two albums, 1980’s self-titled LP and 1981’s Killers, serving to to ascertain the band as leaders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metallic. He was fired from the band in 1981 as a result of his drug and alcohol use, and was changed by Bruce Dickinson, who would go on to turn into the definitive singer of Iron Maiden.
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