10 Most Important Member Changes In Rock Music History
1. Bruce Dickinson Replaces Paul Di’Anno - Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson is so synonymous with Iron Maiden these days that it's hard to imagine they ever released an album without him on it.
Well, get ready for this - they released two of them!
The band's self-titled debut release came out in 1980 on EMI Records. Leading the charge was singer Paul Di'Anno, who had been introduced to bassist Steve Harris by Maiden drummer Doug Sampson.
Di'Anno's raw vocal sound helped create the mixture of punk and metal that the band were after and the first album became an underground hit. The album Killers quickly followed suit, as did a live EP called Maiden Japan.
Then, in a tale as old as time, Di'Anno was fired for unprofessional behaviour and drug usage.
And in came Brucey.
Dickinson's first appearance on a Maiden record was only the megahit The Number of the Beast. The new singer's wailing vocals added a whole new dimension to the act and he's been there ever since, bar a six-year hiatus in the 90s.
The voice of so many of their best songs, Bruce Dickinson and Iron Maiden are a match made in Heaven... or should that be Hell?