I say Paul Di'Anno as the 1st 2 albums kick the others arses with perhaps the exception of 'Number Of The Beast'.
Killers is a very underrated album.
― Bruce Watson, Monday, 15 September 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)
Also, The Trooper. Ooh, and Die with Your Boots On!
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 15 September 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)
Both great, but very different. Di'anno had a thuggish brutality to his delivery that Dickinson sorely lacks (Paul's "punk roots" are often cited here), but Dickinson's range is undeniable (though points off for that Katherine Hepburn-ish vocal wobble). Also, I never saw Di'Anno perform, but Dickinson's stage presence is also worthy of considerable credit.
Anyone hear Dickinson's version of "Bohemian Rhapsody"? It's truly, truly awful.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 September 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)
Battlezone....hopefully not named after the simillarly-titled arcade game.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 September 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)
I can't pick. "Running Free" vs. "Wasted Years." Impossible to call.
(I do think the instrumentals on the first two albums are a bit plodding.)
― mte, Monday, 15 September 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)
Yeah, like I'm the first one to come up with that line on one of these threads.
Sorry.
― mte, Monday, 15 September 2003 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)
seven years pass...
I heard a story from a friend of mine who went to the UK on a vacation and he found himself at a bar with Paul Dianno. But the locals said to not approach him because he was volatile and crazy. And that he provied it by sitting by himself at the bar muttering to himself the whole time.
Don't know if that's true but I do know that one time I had an assignment to interview him for an international magazine when he did the Killers project and met him at the huge highrise in Manhattan where BMG/RCA lived. I got there early, around 11, and did the interview. It cwent well, really nice guy.
As we left the room, Dianno said "Okay, what's next?" and the lady said "That's it for today," and you could see how crestfallen he was to be in NYC for press and be done after one single interview.
Anyway, his fraud was tax evasion. He shoulda hired a better accountant. Or not lied to the UK government.
As for the thread topic, I always preferred the Dianno stuff. Sure Maiden got really epic, but as a kid (before it was common) I liked punk and metal and hardcore and I always thought that Dianno's gruff vocals and spirit owed much more to the punk realm than anything they would do with Bruce.
I know I am in the minority on that one, though... Still, we can all agree that both shit all over Blaze, I think.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:48 (fifteen years ago)
nine months pass...