PAUL DIANNO - "Steve Harris And Myself Agree That The Production On The First Two IRON MAIDEN Albums Could’ve Been Better"
Roy Hilmar Svendsen of IBergen.no spoke to
PAUL DIANNO (ex-
IRON MAIDEN) recently about a number of topics including his extremely limited covers opus, The Classics – The Maiden Years, available only through Di’Anno's own website.
http://www.pauldianno.com/”That record can never be better than the originals," DiAnno explains, "but I wanted to update the songs a bit. Both Steve Harris and myself agree that the production on the first two Iron Maiden albums could’ve been better, so I wanted to give the songs a more modern sound. Besides, I sing better now, and wanted to show people that my voice still rocks these classics,” says Di’Anno.
When asked about his participation in the DVD called Iron Maiden – The Early Years, Di’Anno states:
”I wasn’t directly involved in the release of that. They asked me to contribute, and I did an interview in London that was shot for the DVD. It was fun doing something with them again after all these years.”
Di’Anno continues, ”Todays Iron Maiden is a completely different band from when I was in it. Steve wanted to take the band in the direction they went early on, which I wasn’t too happy about. He might’ve been right though? I’m not a big prog rock fan, but I wish them all the best. They will always be the best!”
”We meet at airports here and there from time to time, but that’s about everything we have to do with each other. We’re good friends though, there’s no bad blood there at all,” says Di’Anno.
He rates 'The Number Of The Beast' as one of his personal favorites, even though it’s recorded by his predecessor, Bruce Dickinson, on vocals.
”It’s just a fantastic song! Besides that, 'Sanctuary' and 'Murders In The Rue Morgue' are my favorites. I don’t know much about the Blaze Bayley period.”
(Thanks MaidenNorway.com)
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