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“He certainly put his stamp on the first two albums”: The 6 greatest Iron Maiden songs featuring Paul Di'Anno

His voice gave a punk rock snarl to the group’s metallic assault

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I saw one of Paul Di'Anno's final live shows, and despite everything, he still had some of that special spark that made him an Iron Maiden legend

Even if we didn't know it at the time, this was a nice way to say goodbye to Paul Di'Anno

Metal Hammer

Steve Harris feels 'so sad' over Paul Di'Anno's passing

Steve Harris has confessed to feeling "so sad" over Paul Di'Anno's death.

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Iron Maiden, Geezer Butler, Anthrax, Blaze Bayley, Frank Turner, Exodus, Kreator, Volbeat, Ryan Adams and more pay tribute to Paul Di'Anno

The death of former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di'Anno at 66 was confirmed yesterday

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Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno dies aged 66

Music star Paul Di'Anno has passed away at the age of 66.

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Iron Maiden ‘deeply saddened’ after former singer Paul Di’Anno dies aged 66

Iron Maiden bass player Steve Harris said he was ‘so sad he’s gone’.

Evening Standard

Paul Di’Anno, early frontman for Iron Maiden, dies aged 66

The vocalist, who went on to form Battlezone and Killers, had experienced a number of health issues in recent years

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"I was in touch with him only recently...rest in peace mate." Steve Harris and Iron Maiden pay tribute to former frontman Paul Di'Anno following his passing

Paul Di'Anno's former bandmate reveals he had been speaking to the singer in recent weeks. Di'Anno's death at the age of 66 was announced today

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Paul Di’Anno death: Former Iron Maiden singer dies at 66

The heavy metal frontman was the lead vocalist of Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981

The Independent UK

“We ask his fans to raise a glass in his memory”: Ex-Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno dead at 66

Di’Anno sang on the heavy metal legends’ first two albums

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Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno dead at 66

Ex-Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di'Anno, who fronted the band from 1978-1981, has died

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"I remember thinking, 'Good God, I'd love to front that band.'" Bruce Dickinson on the first time he saw Iron Maiden live - long before he became their singer

Bruce Dickinson was very impressed by what he saw in Camden Town that night

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"Flogging dead donkeys on an album that could have put him back in the saddle": Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse come up lame on occasionally triumphant debut

Former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di'Anno rides again

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"Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong": Praying Mantis once vied with Iron Maiden for attention, but setbacks and bad decisions took them on a very different journey

Praying Mantis ran alongside Iron Maiden in the early days of the NWOBHM race, but only Maiden shot to fame

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Iron Maiden weren’t part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, says ex-singer: “We felt like we were on our own”

Former Iron Maiden man Paul Di’Anno has distanced the group from Def Leppard, Saxon and the rest in an exclusive Metal Hammer interview

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"It was all a bit exhausting and emotionally draining": Meet the man who auditioned to replace Bon Scott in AC/DC and Paul Di'Anno in Iron Maiden

Terry Slesser, singer with Paul Kossoff’s Back Street Crawler, recalls the days when AC/DC were a humble support act

Guitar World

“I grow the nails on my right hand as long as I can, so I can get that trebly sound”: Steve Harris delivered one of the coolest bass guitar intros in the history of metal on Iron Maiden’s Wrathchild

Every would-be metalhead should learn from the best: Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris

Guitar World

“My being fired was premature… We’d wrapped pre-production on Killers but I never got the chance to record”: Meet Dennis Stratton, the man who brought harmony guitars to Iron Maiden

Armed with a Les Paul Custom copy and an obscenely heavy old combo amp, Stratton only discovered metal when he joined the future giants – and left them the legacy of harmony guitar attack

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“The only way we could afford it was to record on New Year’s Eve, because no one else wanted to.” How Iron Maiden made The Soundhouse Tapes

A cash-strapped Iron Maiden slept on floors and recorded on New Year’s Eve to make their debut EP. 45 years later, it’s one of rock’s most sought-after rarities.

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Metal Hammer's writers battle it out to decide which is Iron Maiden's best album

Iron Maiden have made some absolute classics across their near-five decade career, so we got the Maiden megafans in our ranks to argue over which is the greatest album of them all

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The history of Iron Maiden as told in 10 groundbreaking gigs

From London pubs to rugby stadiums, this is the story of Iron Maiden distilled into 10 shows

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Every band each member of Iron Maiden was in before Iron Maiden

They're one of the biggest and greatest metal bands of all time, but every member to have come through Maiden's ranks has some prior history

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Iron Maiden helped pay for former singer Paul Di'Anno's recent surgery and treatment: "I only had 45 minutes to live"

Iron Maiden helped out big time when former singer Paul Di'Anno fell into financial difficulties while undergoing months of surgery and treatment last year

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Iron Maiden’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!

As The Number of the Beast turns 40 – and is set to crash back into the charts – we appraise the best of the band who brought epic, bloody storytelling to heavy metal

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