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What a career, what a life! Surprisingly he also composed this very British piece...
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According to Google yes. Photo from a couple of years ago.
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Scored a ticket from his pal H?
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Kind of answering my own question in a way thanks to SetlistFM. I had always thought Di'Anno was fired at the end of the Killers tour, however his final show was in Denmark on 10th September 1981. Dickinson debuted on a short Italian leg the next month. At their next UK gig (at the Rainbow in London) on 15th November, 22 Acacia Avenue and Children of the Damned were played. The next month they aired Run to the Hills, The Prisoner and Hallowed Be Thy Name. Which would suggest those songs had very much been worked on prior to Paul's exit.
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If you wore one of those shirts there would be people going "Shit! Have we missed the tour?"
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Would be phenomenal to have heard Di'Anno on NOTB, I wonder if any of that material was written before he left the group? There clearly were big differences in opinion on musical direction, and I could not imagine Paul singing The Trooper or Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Also without Bruce we'd be missing some of Maiden's best songs like Revelations and 2 Minutes to Midnight.
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They brought back Xanadu on the Presto tour. Also Freewill and Red Barchetta (not pre 1980 but still vintage classics).
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Funnily enough it was listening to Maiden's debut album that got me hooked on that style of music and pointed me in the direction of Rush, so I've a lot to thank them for
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Sad news, he was due to play Glasgow in the very near future and I was considering going along for nostalgic reasons He seemed quite a complex character and probably not a great role model, but a very distinctive voice and persona that defined the original Maiden era. I doubt they would've been as huge without Bruce Dickinson, but they were never bettered with Paul at the microphone IMO...
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Imagine she was the mother
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Legendary Bass player Herbie Flowers dies aged 86.
Lurkst replied to zepphead's topic in Music Of The Spheres
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Can't remember too much about the gig. It was in a small club in Glasgow and one thing that stuck in my mind was that Elliott played bass for the support act, then they just swapped instruments for the main set.
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Excellent thread! Have had to take a long think before answering:- 1. First Concert? Marillion at Glasgow Barrowlands, Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) 1986. 2. Last Concert? Air playing Moon Safari at Spandau Citadel (Berlin), last month 3. Worst Concert? King's X at Strawberry Fields in Glasgow (circa 2000). Seen them several times before and they had always been fantastic, even in that venue, but this performance was absolutely mailed in. Don't know what was up but the chemistry was awful. 4. Loudest Concert? Bob Mould alone with an electric guitar in a tiny venue, my ears were ringing for days! As for a band I'd say Oasis (currently trending) playing in a big top, summer 95. The feedback after I Am The Walrus was physically painful. 5. Best Concert? Neil Young at Edinburgh Playhouse in 2008 doing a half solo acoustic/ half electric band show. Enjoyed it so much I flew to London to see it again. 6. Seen the Most? Rush of course. 17 times from 1988 to 2013. 7. Most Surprising? George Michael, treated the wife to a weekend in Barcelona to see him, wasn't expecting much but he was a fantastic performer. 8. Happy I got to see? Could be a long list, I will say Elliott Smith however. A cool guy and a very tragic loss. 9. Wish I could have seen? Would be an even longer list, but I think the one that I kick myself most over (because I actually had a ticket) Nirvana at Edinburgh Calton Studios in 1990. Decided to go to a party instead thinking I'd see them next time, of course by then things had blown out of all proportion. 10. Next Concert? Public Service Broadcasting previewing their new album at Oran Mor in Glasgow.
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Appropriate my GUP LP had a notch cut out of it, the first time I'd seen a record sleeve like that.
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I think that was more indicative of the explosion in the popularity of MTV post-Thriller.