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Paul Di'Anno Looking Into Recording A New Album

posted Mar 22, 2009 at 10:06 AM by Diamond Oz.  (3 Comments)

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Former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di'Anno was recently interviewed by Australia's PyroMusic.net. He discussed a number of things including a new solo album, the influence of punk and his autobiography. You can read some excerpts of the interview below:

Pyromusic.net: I understand you have a new album in the works - what is the latest on that?

Paul Di'Anno: "We started to record it last year in Germany, but have since had some business problems associated with the production company involved with this project, so I may start another new album quite soon now. At the moment I am just concentrating on touring, as this is taking up 100% of my time right now."

Pyromusic.net: You were at the forefront of the creation of heavy metal as we know it today. What was it like in England playing metal when punk was the big thing and what was it like to see the music grow?

Paul Di'Anno: "It was in fact great for me as I was a fan of both metal and punk and very much into the punk attitude... somehow or other that seemed to shine through in the early Maiden days. We survived well throughout the punk period."

Read the full article at PyroMusic.net.

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3 Comments on "Paul Di'Anno Looking Into Recording A New Album"

Diamond Oz's avatar

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1. Diamond Oz writes:

I hope we do see a new album soon, The Living Dead was awesome and Paul Di'Anno is the man! Be nice to have him back in Blighty at some point too.

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# Mar 22, 2009 @ 10:39 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. brandedcfh420 writes:

Pyromusic.net: You were at the forefront of the creation of heavy metal as we know it today.

who is this interviewer? do they not know about sabbath? what a joke this interview is!!!!

# Mar 22, 2009 @ 10:53 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Diamond Oz writes:

I think they mean more in the way that heavy metal was a different thing before the NWOBHM and Iron Maiden were one of the biggest bands from that movement.

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