Paul Di'Anno

Kind of pointless.

But yeah, we've made it all the way through the Blaze albums, the Paul albums, and now the beginning of, you know, Bruce is back.

Let's see where you got.

It's

You know? So it's

a decent-sized book, then, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Then there's the Paul two albums, you know, which is a big thing.

Then Bruce up until, like...

But it's also a matter of we've done that you know how many times can you say I was in Detroit and I got hammered and I fell in love with a girl and then I got hammered in Chicago and fell in love with a girl and then you know

so why that's a good point that you make because when I read Paul D'Anno's book I put it down because I couldn't because

I really I'm a huge maiden fan of the D'Anno era and you did like it huh

after a while it just I mean there's a lot of group have you read it There's a lot of groupie stuff.

Yes

... what do you think of, of Paul?

I mean, I, I know that, uh, uh, Uncle Steve loves, uh, Paul a lot.

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[laughs]

Exactly.

No, I mean, I, I really like, uh, I, uh, the first album, yeah, I really like Iron Maiden.

Uh, it's, uh, I, I love, uh, Paul's vocals.

Yeah.

Following the recruitment of Bruce Dickinson as the singer of the band to replace Paul D'Anno following the tour to promote the Killers album, Iron Maiden put together three albums that launched them from English pub band to worldwide headline act.

The number of The Beast had showcased the change in the band's song output that Dickinson brought with his vocal power and delivery, along with adding his songwriting skills into the mix, though he received no credit on the album due to his previous contract.

The switching of drummer Clive Burr mid-tour for former Trust drummer Nico McBrain brought a bigger personality both in his own outward appearance and his performance behind the drum kit, something felt immediately on the next two Iron Maiden albums, Peace of Mind and Power Slave.

All those are off the first two albums.

What'd you think of those Paul Di'Anno-era songs on Saturday night?

I really...

I mean, they all sounded good.

But the one band that the three of us agreed upon to me is what made me fall in love with Iron Maiden.

You know, the first two Iron Maiden albums with Paul D'Anno.

I mean, that seamlessly went together.

I mean, Paul coming from the school of the Stranglers and loved the Ramones.