Paul Di'Anno

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Paul Di'Anno (1997-present): a Heavy Metal band from London, UK.

t would be unfair to call Paul Di'Anno a one-man solo band but it was the project that bore his name and to which vocalist Paul Di'Anno (the man) remained as the one steady member and overwhelming controller of. it has been his project of choice when he was between bands and it featured a large number of guest musicians including:

Tim "Nibbs" Carter (Saxon/ex-Air Pavilion/Dennis Stratton; bass)
Felipe Andreoli (Angra/ One Arm Away/Rec/All/Bittencourt Project (live)/Daniel Fonseca (live)/Fábio Laguna (live)/Kiko Loureiro (live)/Sons of Apollo (live)/ex-Di'Anno/ex-Firesign/ex-Freakeys/ex-Karma/4Action/Felipe Andreoli/HeavyPop/Matanza Ritual/Alírio Netto (live)/ex-Operation: Mindcrime (live)/ex-Almah/ex-Metris/ex-Projeto Brasil Guitarras/ex-Vox; bass)
Nigel Glockler (Saxon/ex-Thunderstorm/Mad Men and English Dogs/Six by Six/The Flood/Winter's Reign/ex-Air Pavilion/ex-GTR/ex-The Bernie Tormë Band/ex-Toyah; drums)
Pete Newdeck (Midnite City/Nitrate/Tanted Nation/ex-Eden's Curse/ex-Killers/ex-Steve Grimmett/ex-Blood Red Saints/ex-China Blue/ex-Seven Deadly Sins/ex-The Shock; drums)
Steve Clarke (ex-Ventflow/ex-Tank/ex-Air Pavilion; drums)
Aquiles Priester (Aquiles Priester | Gustavo Carmo/Edu Falaschi/Fábio Laguna (live)/Tony MacAlpine (live)/W.A.S.P. (live)/ex-Di'Anno/ex-Hangar/ex-Blackwelder/ex-Freakeys/ex-Midas Fate/ex-Angra/ex-Barque of Dante/ex-Noturnall/ex-Primal Fear/ex-Spartacus/ex-DragonForce (live)/ex-Almah (live)/ex-About 2 Crash/ex-Ecos do Silêncio/ex-Lucas Scariotys/ex-Stylo Livre; drums)
Steve Johnson (ex-Sinister/ex-Icarus Witch/ex-Metalourd/ex-Shades of Remembrance/ex-Civil Disobedience/ex-Concussion/ex-Dust/ex-Moon Is Full/ex-Shrine; drums)
Dave Senczak (ex-Streetfighter/ex-True Brits; guitars)
Cliff Evans (Tank/ex-Killers/Chicken Shack/Headfirst; guitars)
Marcus Thurston (ex-Siam/ex-Eden's Curse (live)/ex-Killers (live); guitars)
Ewan Superslide Salt (guitars)
Lea Hart (ex-Aciarium - The Heavy Metal Superstars/ex-Air Pavilion/ex-D-Rox/ex-Fastway/ex-Paul Di' Anno & Dennis Stratton/ex-Roll-Ups/ex-Rough Riders/ex-Slowbone/ex-True Brits/ex-Turquoise/ex-Ya Ya; guitars)
Ray Callcut (White Skies/ex-Ya Ya; guitars/bass)
Paul Airey (ex-Roll-Ups/ex-Slowbone; keyboards)
Jem Davis (keyboards)

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to release:
The Worlds First Iron Man (1997),
As Hard as Iron (1997),
Beyond the Maiden (The Best Of) (compilation; 1999),
The Masters (compilation; 1999),
The Beast Live (live; 2001),
The Classics - The Maiden Years (2006),
The Living Dead (2006),
Iron Maiden Days & Evil Nights (compilation; 2007),
The Early Iron Maiden Songbook (compilation; 2010),
Wrathchild - The Anthology (compilation; 2012),
Tales from the Beast (compilation; 2019) and
Hell over Waltrop - Live in Germany (live; 2020).

From the early 2000s onwards, Di'Anno tended to tour alone and use local Iron Maiden tribute acts as his backing band, such as Italy's Children of the Damned have been most prominent with him on every tour throughout the years.

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Di'Anno in 2023, performing his first UK show in 10 years at KK's Steelmill in Wolverhampton, England.
Photo by: Metal121 (Martin M. Morgan)
(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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