Rest in Peace Paul Di’Anno (1958 – 2024)

Paul Di’Anno was one of the first singers I knew and loved. He’s running free now, with Clive Burr, and no longer in pain.

Paul has clearly not been in good physical shape lately. Once walking with a cane, Paul had been in a wheelchair for some time now. Paul has now lost his wheels, and is free to fly.

When Iron Maiden released their debut album in 1980, they were building on five years of battles in the clubs, building their repertoire and their reputation. Much of it had to do with Paul Di’Anno, the short(er) haired lead singer with the punk rock attitude. His sneer was embedded in those first two Maiden albums, both legendary.  Replacing him seemed impossible at the time!

I can’t believe we have to do this, but on Friday we will be paying tribute to Paul on Grab A Stack of Rock.

This sucks!

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  5. A really sad day. Paul for all his faults was one of a kind. The Architects Of Chaos album is a banger. Rest easy legend.

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    1. We will be paying tribute to a great frontman on Friday night. I’m currently sifting through an interview I did with his guitarist Steph Honde, looking for cool clips we can use.

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  6. I‘ll be here tonight: https://colos-saal.de/komplettes-programm/programm-nach-genres/classicrock-hardrock/the-iron-maidens-3689.html

    Usually, they play stuff up until the time Bruce left, but occasionally something from the Blaze era or after Bruce and Adrian rejoined. I wonder if the first two albums will feature more than usual tonight.

    They‘re a really great band. Best online comment I‘ve seen: “The original band had better hair.”

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  7. I’ll be here tonight: https://colos-saal.de/komplettes-programm/programm-nach-genres/classicrock-hardrock/the-iron-maidens-3689.html

    They’re a good band. (Best online comment I’ve read: “The original band had better hair.”). They play mostly stuff up until Bruce left, but occasionally things from the Blaze era or after Bruce and Adrian rejoined. I wonder if the first two albums will feature more than is usually the case tonight.

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      1. I don’t know. Friday I have a meeting with fellow Dutch speakers and also a physics talk (guess my fourth favourite pastime along with those two and music!). It says “live at 1am”, but what time zone is that? I’m one time zone behind London, but still on daylight-saving time (until this weekend).

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        1. ”Behind” should be “ahead of”, i.e. it’s an hour later here than in London. (Well, as long as the UK switches from daylight-saving time at the same time as the Continent. I remember when that wasn’t the case.)

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      2. I’m also seeing them tonight. When I bought tickets, it wasn’t clear when we would be on holiday, so I bought tickets for two shows. As it worked out, I can go to both. Seeing a new guitarist stage left, I read up on the recent lineup changes. I first saw them with Cox and Strauss, then Cox and Stringfield, now Stringfield and Kimelman. I then decided to read up on what the current and former members have done elsewhere, and discovered that Wanda Ortiz is principal bassist with a symphony orchestra. https://southcoastsymphony.org/orchestra/

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      3. I’m also seeing them tonight. When I bought tickets, it wasn’t clear when we would be on holiday, so I bought tickets for two shows. As it worked out, I can go to both. Seeing a new guitarist stage left, I read up on the recent lineup changes. I first saw them with Cox and Strauss, then Cox and Stringfield, now Stringfield and Kimelman. I then decided to read up on what the current and former members have done elsewhere, and discovered that Wanda Ortiz is principal bassist with a symphony orchestra. https://southcoastsymphony.org/orchestra/

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      4. I’ll be seeing them again tonight. When I bought tickets, it wasn’t clear when we would be on holiday, so I bought tickets to two shows. Turns out that I can see both. At the last show, there was a new guitarist, so I read up on recent lineup changes. I first saw them with Strauss and Cox, then Strauss and Stringfield, now Stringfield and Kimelman. I also checked out what current and former members have otherwise done, and discovered that Wanda Ortiz is principal bassist with a symphony orchestra. https://southcoastsymphony.org/orchestra/

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      5. I’ll be seeing them again tonight. When I bought tickets, it wasn’t clear when we would be on holiday, so I bought tickets to two shows. Turns out that I can see both. At the last show, there was a new guitarist, so I read up on recent lineup changes. I first saw them with Strauss and Cox, then Strauss and Stringfield, now Stringfield and Kimelman. I also checked out what current and former members have otherwise done, and discovered that Wanda Ortiz is principal bassist with a symphony orchestra. https://southcoastsymphony.org/orchestra/

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  8. I’ll be seeing them again tonight. When I bought tickets, it wasn’t clear when we would be on holiday, so I bought tickets to two shows. Turns out that I can see both. At the last show, there was a new guitarist, so I read up on recent lineup changes. I first saw them with Strauss and Cox, then Strauss and Stringfield, now Stringfield and Kimelman. I also checked out what current and former members have otherwise done, and discovered that Wanda Ortiz is principal bassist with a symphony orchestra. https://southcoastsymphony.org/orchestra/

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    2. Maiden played in Toronto on the 26th! It’s cool you say the Iron Maidens the day after the big Toronto show! Maybe one day I will see them. I had a ticket, but no one to go with. I guess some of the Thunder Bay guys were there.

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