Paul was born on
May 17, 1959, and was the vocalist on
Iron Maiden's first two albums,
Iron Maiden and
Killers. He was fired in 1981 because the rest of the band though he was abusing his
voice, and would not be able to sing the songs anymore.
After that, he's been in numerous bands. With
Gogmagog he recorded an
e.p. called
I Will Be There (
1985) which also had former Iron Maiden drummer
Clive Burr on drums. With his own band
Di'Anno he released an album with the same name in
1984.
Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone was the name of the band after that, who released
Fighting Back in
1986 and
Children Of Madness in
1987.
In
1990 he also recorded a live album with
Praying Mantis, called
Live At Last, which also featured former Iron Maiden guitarist
Dennis Stratton.
Paul's band
Killers released an album in
1992, called
Murder One. After that they were touring a lot, and in
1997 they released
Menace To Society
In
2000, Paul released the album
Nomad.
At live concerts, the band always plays a few old Iron Maiden songs, because that is what he still is most famous for. He even contributed to an Iron Maiden tribute cd, on which he sings on four of his old songs.