Iron "Paul DiAnno" Maiden Poll

Heart of Metal Age : 36 Joined : 02 Apr 2007 Posts : 1714

I know that some of us may not really enjoy the Paul DiAnno days, but we have to agree that both the DiAnno era albums contain gems!

Subject: Re: Iron "Paul DiAnno" Maiden Poll Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:15 pm

DiAnno's Maiden albums are every bit as good as anything else they've ever done.
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Subject: Re: Iron "Paul DiAnno" Maiden Poll Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:30 pm

They're my favorite Maiden.
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Same here
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Gory Blister!! NICE!!!

And I pick Remember Tomorrow. They are really showing their roots on that one.
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Heart of Metal Age : 38 Joined : 12 Jul 2008 Posts : 1626

Iron Maiden, Killers & Maiden Japan are still my favorite Maiden albums. The only Dickinson album that I would give a "perfect" rating to would be Number Of The Beast.

The best thing about the DiAnno records is they were FUN, reckless abandon set to music. They sounded like the most talented, brutal garage band in history. After Dickinson joined I think they started to take themselves too seriously...a problem they never recovered from IMO.

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Out of those, I went with Rue Morgue. Otherwise, I would've picked Innocent Exile or Prowler. They're all mega classics in my book. The first two albums are legendary.

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I'd pick Sanctuary. But out of those, Remember Tomorrow is epic! And I am firmly in the Di'Anno camp, as well, for the record.
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Heart of Metal Age : 36 Joined : 02 Apr 2007 Posts : 1714

Cool, I am surprised to see less votes for Phantom of the Opera, but as I see it, Bruce did a better job with that song than Paul.

Metal novice Age : 33 Joined : 13 Jul 2008 Posts : 52

Voted for Killers. I like everything they did with Paul and I even think of Killers a their best record ever.

Subject: Re: Iron "Paul DiAnno" Maiden Poll Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:58 pm

Killers is one of my top Maiden albums and Murders In The Rue Morgue was my first and favorite DiAnno songs.
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Subject: Re: Iron "Paul DiAnno" Maiden Poll Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:25 am

I went with Remember Tomorrow" cuz it's essential Maiden to me. Piece is my all time fave Maiden, but I love the Paul DiAnno discs as much as any other Maiden album, if not more. Good poll, Moonchild. Very Happy

Subject: Re: Iron "Paul DiAnno" Maiden Poll Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:55 am

LOVE the Di'Anno years. Killers is my favorite Maiden album ever and Murders in the Rue Morgue got my vote here.
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Metal student Age : 37 Joined : 12 Feb 2008 Posts : 139

I went with Murders in this poll. I love the Di'anno era stuff and even have some of his solo stuff and Battlezone era releases as well. Just because I perfer Bruce doesn't mean that I don't hold Di'anno in high regard .
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Glad to see you enjoyed my responce there Moon lol!

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Metal graduate Age : 43 Joined : 01 Jul 2008 Posts : 456

I like all Maiden better than most bands out there but the DiAnno era was fantastic. I have a hard time choosing a favorite song but went with Phantom. In my opinion DiAnno did the songs from the first two albums better than Bruce ever did but I heard Paul's versions before Bruce ever came along and was used to hearing them done that certain way. The Bruce Maiden is great too but it almost seems like a different band to me. I just couldn't quite get into Bruce doing "Running Free" and "Wrathchild" those to me are Pauls songs and always will be.

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I went with Wrathchild. That song just makes me happy! It must be the reckless abandon detuned mentioned. I also could have voted for "Phantom." That tune has all elements in place for the epics to come and its on their debut! Awesome! headbanger

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Murder and I agree with Rex. I'm a power metal fan before a punk fan.

Subject: Re: Iron "Paul DiAnno" Maiden Poll Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:37 pm

Paul doesn't hold a candle to Bruce, he holds a flamethrower.

I'll agree that Bruce is better in an objective sense, as he has a
wider range and more raw power than Paul, but I like Paul's vocals
every bit as much. He had an attitude that came across in his vocals
that more than made up for his lack of range, IMO.
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I don't remember the last time I heard the first 2 albums. I like them. Just not alot.