10 Hard Rock Bands Who Had TWO Great Singers

10. Paul Di'Anno/Bruce Dickinson - Iron Maiden

Any prospective metal fan who discovers Iron Maiden for the first time is normally sold on Bruce Dickinson's voice. From his high notes to his intense vibrato, they don't call him the Air Raid Siren to be cheeky. He was and still is a legend in metal history.

Then again, there was also another equally strong singer who could've taken the band in an even heavier direction (and no, it's not Blaze Bayley.) Back in Maiden's early years, Paul Di'Anno was the band's original frontman whose voice gave the band its own distinct character. Being from a more punk rock background, Di'Anno's vocal quality in his lower register gave the band a great barker up front.

This was actually a very unusual move for this time in metal. When most bands were trying to out-do each other in terms of who could hit the highest note, Maiden's early work set them apart from the pack with Di'Anno's more gutteral vocal delivery. As the years went on though, the music wasn't suited to Di'Anno's style, leading Maiden to trade him in for one of the greatest metal vocalists to touch a microphone. Regardless of who was taking center stage, the early days of Maiden laid the blueprint for all of modern metal going forward.