Anyone ever met Paul D'Anno?

[renard_ruse]

Anyone ever met Paul Di'Anno?

He was the first singer of Iron Maiden before Bruce Dickinson. Back in the day, after he left Maiden, he was signing copies of his band Battlezone's new album at a record store across town. Me and my buddy rode our bikes all the way across town to get our old Maiden albums autographed by him. He not only signed our Maiden records but gave us free autographed copies of his new Battlezone album and actually chatted with us for several minutes. I've read over the years what a dick he supposedly is, but he was really nice to a couple of dweeby 15 year olds when he could have just ignored us. Of course there was only one other fan there to meet him, but he still didn't have to talk to us or give us free albums.

 

[nerfhearder]

Hell for all I know he lives next door. Never heard of him until just now.
I do have one neighbor that looks sort of heavy metal-ish. Maybe I should ask if he's your guy. His wife is really hot so I don't mind going over for a bit.

 

[renard_ruse]

Hell for all I know he lives next door. Never heard of him until just now.
I do have one neighbor that looks sort of heavy metal-ish. Maybe I should ask if he's your guy. His wife is really hot so I don't mind going over for a bit.

Why not, you never know. I heard he was living in Brazil and is married to a Brazillian woman now. Anyway, he was not particularly famous, but old school metallers know of him.

I just felt like recollecting on something completely out of context, hence the thread.