Di'Anno was a band featuring former
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...
singer
Paul Di'Anno
Paul Andrews (born 17 May 1958), better known by his stage name Paul Di'Anno, is a British/Brazilian heavy metal singer who was the lead vocalist for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981.
In his post-Maiden career, Di'Anno has issued numerous albu ...
, whom the band was named after.
The band has released the albums ''
Di'Anno
Di'Anno was a band featuring former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno, whom the band was named after.
The band has released the albums '' Di'Anno'' and ''Live from London''. In the year 2000, the album ''Nomad'' was released under the band nam ...
'' and ''Live from London''. In the year 2000, the album ''Nomad'' was released under the band name of Di'Anno, with different musicians.
The initial line-up featured Paul Ward on guitar, Lee Slater (ex-Minas Tirith) on guitar, Mark Venables (ex-Minas Tirith) on keyboards, Kevin Browne (ex-Minas Tirith) on bass and Mark Stewart (ex-Minas Tirith) on drums.
For the album, drummer Stewart was replaced by Dave Irving, who in turn was replaced by ex-Def Leppard, Waysted and Roadhouse drummer Frank Noon.
After this, Paul Di'Anno was hired to join
Gogmagog with future Iron Maiden guitarist
Janick Gers
Janick Robert Gers (; born 27 January 1957) is an English musician who is best known as one of the three guitarists in heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He initially joined to replace Adrian Smith, but remained in the band after Smith rejoined. G ...
, former Iron Maiden drummer
Clive Burr
Clive Ronald Burr (8 March 1957 – 13 March 2013) was an English drummer. He was a member of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1979 to 1982.
Career
Previously a member of Samson, Burr joined Iron Maiden in 1979. Auditioning and joining ...
, along with other musicians to form this "supergroup".
Discography
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Di'Anno
Di'Anno was a band featuring former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno, whom the band was named after.
The band has released the albums '' Di'Anno'' and ''Live from London''. In the year 2000, the album ''Nomad'' was released under the band nam ...
'' (1984)
* ''
Live from London'' (1985)
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Nomad
A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the popu ...
'' (2000)
English heavy metal musical groups
New Wave of British Heavy Metal musical groups
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