Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone (ENGLAND)

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Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone (ENGLAND)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 25 Feb 2021, 18:06

Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone - Fighting Back (1986) (Japan Remastered 2016)

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Year : 1986 (Japan Remastered Edition 2016)
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 152 mb


Bio:

Paul Andrews (born 17 May 1958)better known as Paul Di'Anno, is an English singer best known as the first vocalist to record with heavy metal band Iron Maiden, from 1978 to 1981.In his post-Maiden career, Di'Anno has issued numerous albums over the years, as both a solo artist and as a member of such bands as Gogmagog, Di'Anno's Battlezone, Praying Mantis, Killers and Rockfellas.After the breakup of his self-titled band, Di'Anno formed Strike with DeeRal (guitar) who recruited drummer Bob Falck (who had used the name Sid Falck while playing drums in Overkill) and the Hurley brothers John (2nd guitar) and Chaz (bass). The project was eventually named Battlezone, after a name straight from a comic book,upon the vocalist's return to Britain in 1985.Paul had previously known guitarists John Wiggins and John Hurley from bands such as Deep Machine and Iron Cross.The band's initial line-up comprised Di'Anno, guitarists John Wiggins & John Hurley, bassist Laurence Kessler and Adam Parsons on drums. The latter had gone under the stage name A.D. Dynamite whilst in Aunt May. However, Parsons left shortly after to replace Vince Hoare in the London-based glam band Belladonna (formed by former Hell's Belles vocalist Paul Quigley, with Paul Lewis, Jeff Fox and Neil Criss)and Falck reappeared on the scene in time to record the band's first album written by Di'Anno & DeeRal Fighting Back. 1986 also saw the enrollment of former Lonewolf and Tokyo Blade guitarist John Wiggins.Battlezone performed a club tour of America in 1987 to promote the début Fighting Back, but musical differences, arguments and physical fights within the band led to the departure of John Hurley and Bob Falck after the first tour. According to Di'Anno's book The Beast, Hurley had become an "egomaniac" and the drummer Falck a "liability", so they were thrown out the band. Their places were taken by ex-Persian Risk members Graham Bath and Steve Hopgood respectively, following the tour's completion.The second album to be released was entitled Children of Madness and achieved considerable commercial success. It featured a track entitled "Metal Tears", which is about a guy who was unable to have a steady relationship and built a female robot who he subsequently fell in love with. The original idea came from a book titled "Clone".However, the track received criticism from the media for being very similar to a track (entitled "London") on Queensrÿche's Rage for Order lbum.Guitarist Graham Bath, who had been recruited to play second guitar, wasn't enthusiastic about touring, so he was fired from the band. Peter West, the bassist, recommended a replacement Alf Batz, who joined just in time to go to New York for the video shoot."The video for "I Don't Wanna Know" was played in rotation on MTV in the US.Drugs and infighting again put a strain on the band. Towards the end of the final tour, most members had quit leaving Di'Anno to complete the tour with a backing band in order to fulfil his contract.Subsequently, American guitarist Randy Scott, along with Dave Harman on guitar and Eddie Davidson on bass, signed up with Battlezone. However, the band were without proper management and disbanded shortly after.Following the breakup of Battlezone, Di'Anno and Hopgood formed the power metal band Killers releasing four albums. Hurley would later form glam rock band L.O. Girls and release the "Twelve Bore Honeymoon" single in 1990 and "Just Can't Say I Love You" in 1993. During 1990, Di'Anno fronted Praying Mantis for a tour of Japan, which was recorded for the subsequent Live at Last album release with ex-Iron Maiden guitarist Dennis Stratton. Wiggins joined a reformed Tokyo Blade in 1995.By 1998, Di'Anno had resurrected the name Battlezone. Joining him were Wiggins and fellow ex-Tokyo Blade members bassist Colin Riggs and drummer Marc Angel. Second guitars were supplied by the Brazilian Paulo Turin. This line-up cut the album Feel My Pain, released by the fledgling "Zoom Club" label. Working titles for the album included "Spoon Face" and "Smack", both containing references to heroin use. The album had a heavier edge compared to the first two Battlezone albums. The band undertook a sold-out Brazilian tour in January 1998, with erstwhile Killers colleagues bassist Gavin Cooper and guitarist Nick Burr joining on this South American tour.The band toured Brazil in the same year playing a three-week tour to sold-out audiences up to 6000 fans a night. Being brought back down to earth, Battlezone upon their return home put on a gig at the Walthamstow Royal Standard with an audience of only a hundred or so and a gig at JB's Dudley in the West Midlands attracting fewer than a dozen fans. A live track from the Walthamstow gig later appeared on a compilation of all three Battlezone albums, entitled Cessation of Hostilities. Ex-Battlezone bassist Gavin Cooper joined Lionsheart in December 2004, then moved onto Statetrooper in May 2005. The bassist subsequently joined the ranks of Magnum singer Bob Catley's solo band for UK dates in April 2006.In mid-2008, a Battlezone compilation entitled The Fight Goes On was released as on the Phantom Sound & Vision label as a 3-CD box set featuring all 3 Battlezone studio albums.

Album:

Fighting Back is the first album released by the British heavy metal band Battlezone, with ex-Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno.All songs by John Hurley, except "(Forever) Fighting Back" by Bob Falck. Lyrics by Paul Di'Anno.This CD is driven almost entirely by the fact that they have one of rocks best vocalists behind the mic. It's doubtful that this band would have had a shot in hell of getting a record deal had the famous vocalist not become the focal point. This release was an important one for Paul as it was one of the early ones that challenged his legacy with Iron Maiden, and set the stage for much of his solo career to come for better or worse...The songwriting is hardly interesting with only "Welcome to the Battlezone" and a few others having standout choruses of any kind. The production is a bit thin, and the overall feel is one of musical disposability. If any man OTHER than Paul Di'Anno had approached this CD it would probably have been eaten by time and dust. Thankfully for Paul (and his band) the CD benefits from his incredible pipes lifting these songs from totally pointless NWOBHM cheese and into listenable old-school heavy metal.Paul Di'Anno sadly may never get the credit he deserves because he is constantly saving average material from being totally forgotten by adding a sense of melody and power that most bands could never find. This CD, of course, is no different. Di'Anno freaks like me have to own this, the rest may want a solid listen before they go to pick this up.The bands next release though...would allow for more qaulity in the songwriting and more room for Paul to shine as he did with Iron Maiden. (Though, sadly, his most famous releases lack his best vocal performances that are heard on his later records such as "Feel my Pain".

Line Up:

Paul Di'Anno - Vocals - See also: Paul Di'Anno, ex-Battlezone, ex-Gogmagog, ex-Killers, ex-Di'Anno, Rockfellas, ex-Iron Maiden, ex-Praying Mantis & Paul Di'Anno, Dennis Stratton, ex-The Almighty Inbredz, ex-The Pedophiles
John Hurley - guitar, backing vocals
John Wiggins - guitar, backing vocals
Pete West - bass
Bob Falck - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians:

Dave Montgomery - backing vocals

Production:

Ian Richardson - producer, engineer

Tracklist:

01. (Forever) Fighting Back (02:22)
02. Welcome To The Battlezone (03:26)
03. Warchild (02:51)
04. In The Darkness (04:11)
05. The Land God Gave To Caine (07:20)
06. Running Blind (04:44)
07. Too Much To Heart (04:47)
08. Voice On The Radio (03:10)
09. Welfare Warriors (04:40)
10. Feel The Rock (03:11)
11. Rising Star (04:01)


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 25 Feb 2021, 18:06

Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone - Children Of Madness (1987) (Japan Remastered Edition 2016)

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Year : 1987 (Japan Remastered Edition 2016)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 152 mb


Bio:

Paul Andrews (born 17 May 1958)better known as Paul Di'Anno, is an English singer best known as the first vocalist to record with heavy metal band Iron Maiden, from 1978 to 1981.In his post-Maiden career, Di'Anno has issued numerous albums over the years, as both a solo artist and as a member of such bands as Gogmagog, Di'Anno's Battlezone, Praying Mantis, Killers and Rockfellas.After the breakup of his self-titled band, Di'Anno formed Strike with DeeRal (guitar) who recruited drummer Bob Falck (who had used the name Sid Falck while playing drums in Overkill) and the Hurley brothers John (2nd guitar) and Chaz (bass). The project was eventually named Battlezone, after a name straight from a comic book,upon the vocalist's return to Britain in 1985.Paul had previously known guitarists John Wiggins and John Hurley from bands such as Deep Machine and Iron Cross.The band's initial line-up comprised Di'Anno, guitarists John Wiggins & John Hurley, bassist Laurence Kessler and Adam Parsons on drums. The latter had gone under the stage name A.D. Dynamite whilst in Aunt May. However, Parsons left shortly after to replace Vince Hoare in the London-based glam band Belladonna (formed by former Hell's Belles vocalist Paul Quigley, with Paul Lewis, Jeff Fox and Neil Criss)and Falck reappeared on the scene in time to record the band's first album written by Di'Anno & DeeRal Fighting Back. 1986 also saw the enrollment of former Lonewolf and Tokyo Blade guitarist John Wiggins.Battlezone performed a club tour of America in 1987 to promote the début Fighting Back, but musical differences, arguments and physical fights within the band led to the departure of John Hurley and Bob Falck after the first tour. According to Di'Anno's book The Beast, Hurley had become an "egomaniac" and the drummer Falck a "liability", so they were thrown out the band. Their places were taken by ex-Persian Risk members Graham Bath and Steve Hopgood respectively, following the tour's completion.The second album to be released was entitled Children of Madness and achieved considerable commercial success. It featured a track entitled "Metal Tears", which is about a guy who was unable to have a steady relationship and built a female robot who he subsequently fell in love with. The original idea came from a book titled "Clone".However, the track received criticism from the media for being very similar to a track (entitled "London") on Queensrÿche's Rage for Order lbum.Guitarist Graham Bath, who had been recruited to play second guitar, wasn't enthusiastic about touring, so he was fired from the band. Peter West, the bassist, recommended a replacement Alf Batz, who joined just in time to go to New York for the video shoot."The video for "I Don't Wanna Know" was played in rotation on MTV in the US.Drugs and infighting again put a strain on the band. Towards the end of the final tour, most members had quit leaving Di'Anno to complete the tour with a backing band in order to fulfil his contract.Subsequently, American guitarist Randy Scott, along with Dave Harman on guitar and Eddie Davidson on bass, signed up with Battlezone. However, the band were without proper management and disbanded shortly after.Following the breakup of Battlezone, Di'Anno and Hopgood formed the power metal band Killers releasing four albums. Hurley would later form glam rock band L.O. Girls and release the "Twelve Bore Honeymoon" single in 1990 and "Just Can't Say I Love You" in 1993. During 1990, Di'Anno fronted Praying Mantis for a tour of Japan, which was recorded for the subsequent Live at Last album release with ex-Iron Maiden guitarist Dennis Stratton. Wiggins joined a reformed Tokyo Blade in 1995.By 1998, Di'Anno had resurrected the name Battlezone. Joining him were Wiggins and fellow ex-Tokyo Blade members bassist Colin Riggs and drummer Marc Angel. Second guitars were supplied by the Brazilian Paulo Turin. This line-up cut the album Feel My Pain, released by the fledgling "Zoom Club" label. Working titles for the album included "Spoon Face" and "Smack", both containing references to heroin use. The album had a heavier edge compared to the first two Battlezone albums. The band undertook a sold-out Brazilian tour in January 1998, with erstwhile Killers colleagues bassist Gavin Cooper and guitarist Nick Burr joining on this South American tour.The band toured Brazil in the same year playing a three-week tour to sold-out audiences up to 6000 fans a night. Being brought back down to earth, Battlezone upon their return home put on a gig at the Walthamstow Royal Standard with an audience of only a hundred or so and a gig at JB's Dudley in the West Midlands attracting fewer than a dozen fans. A live track from the Walthamstow gig later appeared on a compilation of all three Battlezone albums, entitled Cessation of Hostilities. Ex-Battlezone bassist Gavin Cooper joined Lionsheart in December 2004, then moved onto Statetrooper in May 2005. The bassist subsequently joined the ranks of Magnum singer Bob Catley's solo band for UK dates in April 2006.In mid-2008, a Battlezone compilation entitled The Fight Goes On was released as on the Phantom Sound & Vision label as a 3-CD box set featuring all 3 Battlezone studio albums.

Album:

Children of Madness is the second album by Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone. It was released in 1987.Paul Di’Anno’s post-‘Maiden life was full of turmoil and personnel changes, resulting In a ‘mixed-bag’ of efforts in both particularly the 1980’s with some poor efforts, interlaced with stronger moments. Battlezone first came to my knowledge about 4 years ago, when I picked up ‘Children of Madness’, which I had somewhat mixed feelings about. After initial disdain, a resurrection of the album into regular rotation has seen my renewed interest, and growth of respect for the band. I found that the Battlezone releases were easier to come by then the ‘Paul Di’Anno’ or Gogmagog stuff, but luckily, that worked out well because these albums are much better (and heavier).Anyhow, ‘Children of Madness’ a decent mix of the more melodic influenced material Di’Anno became interested in after ‘Maiden, with enough roughness and balls to keep interesting. Both Guitarists on this one have their credentials in great, yet often ‘melodic’ (you may want to read: ‘soft’) heavy metal/NWOBHM acts Persian Risk and Tokyo Blade respectively, which certainly comes through in tracks like the love-themed ‘I Don’t Wanna Know’ and others. I think this a strong mix; retains touches of what Di’ Anno attempted with the almost AOR/Glam self-titled ‘ Di’Anno’, and the melodies attempted in the Gogmagog EP (featuring an all-star cast including Clive Burr), which was pretty awful.One good example of this melodic/softer sound done well is the ballady love song ‘Metal Tears’, which comes with an excellent name by the way. Slow, emotional minor chords interlaced with soaring emotive, yet sad vocals are interspersed with increasingly energetic and ‘metal’ sounding bridges and riffs. Good arranging by the band-mates to put this piece together just right. Theres also a production influence with something like a siren softly coming in through the background, which adds to the powerful ambience of the piece. The chorus vocal in this one sounds awfully like Tate from Queensryche, which far, far from a bad thing. This one gives additional depth with some emotive backup chorus vocals too, which sound like the guitarists. A strong, yet softer piece.In contrast, ‘Whispered Rage’ and others kick things off with a decidedly ‘metal’ feel, reminiscent of W.A.S.P. or early ‘Maiden riffs. Subject matter is a bit ‘harder’ while melodic guitar touches are still interspersed throughout. Galloping riffage, mixed with powerful classic Di’Anno verse vocals are hallmarks here. Again one could draw some (admittedly rather weak) comparisons with Queensryche. I enjoy the lyrics and the high pitched screams layered alongside several of the vocals -- Great stuff.‘Rip it Up’ evokes typical aggressive mid-80’s heavy metal attitude and lyrics with just the right touches of melody again. The lyrics are about rockin’ out across the world and ‘Ripping it Up’, so typically energetic, anthemic qualities are found of course. There’s some interesting background vocals in the second chorus, which are reminiscent of what Rob Halford does on Judas Priest form this era. It’s an incredibly high pitched yet rough scream, under the normal pitched held vocal, which I really love in my metal! It gives it that excellent enthusiasm you want out of it.Overall, the album is much like above – Paul gives us plenty of rough and ready ‘street’ attitude (the type of attitude one would expect from a hard drinkin’ pub dwelling East Londoner) in his lyrics, and has an aggressive delivery of his vocals. There’s some neat guitar work, with some definite talent being displayed due to the experience of both axemen in some truly legendary NWOBHM acts. The melodic feel of much of the riffage sounds almost like American melodic stuff of the same era, almost AOR-ish at times. This is perhaps best evidenced in ‘Passion Play’ – a romantic, yet not overly sappy number later in the album.Those sceptical of Gogmagog or the Di’Anno titled stuff would be well advised to check out Battlezone. Though it’s quite ‘soft’ in comparison to his ‘Maiden stuff, Battlezone holds a rough tinge to it which results directly from the character of Di’Anno himself, while still exploring readily the melodic themes prevalent in aforementioned projects. Don’t go into Battlezone expecting Killers or Iron Maiden however, as Paul had very little to do with writing the stuff on those albums, and seems to be drawn to more melodic heavy metal type material. It is done well however, and the quality guitaring makes it listenable for sure. ‘Fighting Back’ is perhaps the better album to go after though, being harder, but this one is recommendable.

Line Up:

Paul Di'Anno - Vocals - See also: Paul Di'Anno, ex-Battlezone, ex-Gogmagog, ex-Killers, ex-Di'Anno, Rockfellas, ex-Iron Maiden, ex-Praying Mantis & Paul Di'Anno, Dennis Stratton, ex-The Almighty Inbredz, ex-The Pedophiles
Graham Bath - guitar
John Wiggins - guitar
Pete West - bass
Steve Hopgood - drums

Production:

Ian Richardson - producer, engineer

Tracklist:

01. Rip It Up (02:54)
02. I Don't Wanna Know (03:29)
03. Nuclear Breakdown (05:01)
04. Torch Of Hate (03:04)
05. Whispered Rage (04:50)
06. Children Of Madness (05:30)
07. Metal Tears (06:13)
08. It's Love (03:47)
09. Overloaded (03:24)
10. The Promise (03:50)
11. To The Limit (03:55) (Japan Bonus Track)

+ Video "I Don't Wanna Know" (Official Video)


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Re: Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone (GBR)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 24 Jún 2022, 07:00

Paul Di’Anno’s Battlezone - Killers In The Battlezone 1986-2000 (3CD) (Box Set Edition) (2022)

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Year : 1986 / 1987 / 2000 (Cherry Red Records Edition 2022)
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 350 mb


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Paul Andrews (born 17 May 1958)better known as Paul Di'Anno, is an English singer best known as the first vocalist to record with heavy metal band Iron Maiden, from 1978 to 1981.In his post-Maiden career, Di'Anno has issued numerous albums over the years, as both a solo artist and as a member of such bands as Gogmagog, Di'Anno's Battlezone, Praying Mantis, Killers and Rockfellas.After the breakup of his self-titled band, Di'Anno formed Strike with DeeRal (guitar) who recruited drummer Bob Falck (who had used the name Sid Falck while playing drums in Overkill) and the Hurley brothers John (2nd guitar) and Chaz (bass). The project was eventually named Battlezone, after a name straight from a comic book,upon the vocalist's return to Britain in 1985.Paul had previously known guitarists John Wiggins and John Hurley from bands such as Deep Machine and Iron Cross.The band's initial line-up comprised Di'Anno, guitarists John Wiggins & John Hurley, bassist Laurence Kessler and Adam Parsons on drums. The latter had gone under the stage name A.D. Dynamite whilst in Aunt May. However, Parsons left shortly after to replace Vince Hoare in the London-based glam band Belladonna (formed by former Hell's Belles vocalist Paul Quigley, with Paul Lewis, Jeff Fox and Neil Criss)and Falck reappeared on the scene in time to record the band's first album written by Di'Anno & DeeRal Fighting Back. 1986 also saw the enrollment of former Lonewolf and Tokyo Blade guitarist John Wiggins.Battlezone performed a club tour of America in 1987 to promote the début Fighting Back, but musical differences, arguments and physical fights within the band led to the departure of John Hurley and Bob Falck after the first tour. According to Di'Anno's book The Beast, Hurley had become an "egomaniac" and the drummer Falck a "liability", so they were thrown out the band. Their places were taken by ex-Persian Risk members Graham Bath and Steve Hopgood respectively, following the tour's completion.The second album to be released was entitled Children of Madness and achieved considerable commercial success. It featured a track entitled "Metal Tears", which is about a guy who was unable to have a steady relationship and built a female robot who he subsequently fell in love with. The original idea came from a book titled "Clone".However, the track received criticism from the media for being very similar to a track (entitled "London") on Queensrÿche's Rage for Order lbum.Guitarist Graham Bath, who had been recruited to play second guitar, wasn't enthusiastic about touring, so he was fired from the band. Peter West, the bassist, recommended a replacement Alf Batz, who joined just in time to go to New York for the video shoot."The video for "I Don't Wanna Know" was played in rotation on MTV in the US.Drugs and infighting again put a strain on the band. Towards the end of the final tour, most members had quit leaving Di'Anno to complete the tour with a backing band in order to fulfil his contract.Subsequently, American guitarist Randy Scott, along with Dave Harman on guitar and Eddie Davidson on bass, signed up with Battlezone. However, the band were without proper management and disbanded shortly after.Following the breakup of Battlezone, Di'Anno and Hopgood formed the power metal band Killers releasing four albums. Hurley would later form glam rock band L.O. Girls and release the "Twelve Bore Honeymoon" single in 1990 and "Just Can't Say I Love You" in 1993. During 1990, Di'Anno fronted Praying Mantis for a tour of Japan, which was recorded for the subsequent Live at Last album release with ex-Iron Maiden guitarist Dennis Stratton. Wiggins joined a reformed Tokyo Blade in 1995.By 1998, Di'Anno had resurrected the name Battlezone. Joining him were Wiggins and fellow ex-Tokyo Blade members bassist Colin Riggs and drummer Marc Angel. Second guitars were supplied by the Brazilian Paulo Turin. This line-up cut the album Feel My Pain, released by the fledgling "Zoom Club" label. Working titles for the album included "Spoon Face" and "Smack", both containing references to heroin use. The album had a heavier edge compared to the first two Battlezone albums. The band undertook a sold-out Brazilian tour in January 1998, with erstwhile Killers colleagues bassist Gavin Cooper and guitarist Nick Burr joining on this South American tour.The band toured Brazil in the same year playing a three-week tour to sold-out audiences up to 6000 fans a night. Being brought back down to earth, Battlezone upon their return home put on a gig at the Walthamstow Royal Standard with an audience of only a hundred or so and a gig at JB's Dudley in the West Midlands attracting fewer than a dozen fans. A live track from the Walthamstow gig later appeared on a compilation of all three Battlezone albums, entitled Cessation of Hostilities. Ex-Battlezone bassist Gavin Cooper joined Lionsheart in December 2004, then moved onto Statetrooper in May 2005. The bassist subsequently joined the ranks of Magnum singer Bob Catley's solo band for UK dates in April 2006.In mid-2008, a Battlezone compilation entitled The Fight Goes On was released as on the Phantom Sound & Vision label as a 3-CD box set featuring all 3 Battlezone studio albums.

Album:

Three classic albums from NWOBHM stalwart and former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno.Includes his two mid-80s albums as Battlezone where he was joined by Tokyo Blade’s John Wiggins.Plus his later band Killers, caught live in 2000.Paul Di’Anno’s name will probably always be inextricably linked to that of Iron Maiden, the world conquering metal band he fronted from 1978-1981, recording their first two ground-breaking albums, ‘Iron Maiden’ in 1980 and ‘Killers’ in 1981. After Bruce Dickinson joined at the end of 81, with Iron Maiden going onto worldwide success, Di’Anno fronted a series of bands in the early 1980s, including Lonewolf, Di’Anno and the NWOBHM super-group, Gogmagog, before forming Battlezone in 1985.Battlezone came about when Di’Anno joined forces with Tokyo Blade’s John Wiggins plus John Hurley from Deep Machine, both on lead guitar, with the line-up completed by Peter West on bass and Bob Falck on drums. Signing to Powerstation Records, they released ‘Fighting Back’ in 1986, produced with Ian Richardson.By the time Battlezone came to record 1987’s ‘Children Of Madness’, for Raw Power, Hurley and Falck had been replaced by guitarist Graham Bath and drummer Steve Hopgood, both from Persian Risk. Making plenty of headway in the States due to some heavy touring, they even made it onto MTV with the track ‘I Don’t Wanna Know’. Unfortunately, the band were unable to capitalize on their hard work and split up shortly after.Joining forces with Battlezone’s Graham Bath and Steve Hopgood, Paul Di’Anno’s new band, Killers, was completed by Cliff Evans on bass and Gavin Cooper on guitar, that line up is featured on CD3 recorded live at Los Angeles’ Whisky A Go Go in 2000. A real treat for Iron Maiden fans, the band revisits and embraces the songs that originally made their singer famous, with versions of ‘Wrathchild’, ‘Remember Tomorrow’, ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ and ‘Sanctuary’, alongside originals such as ‘Impaler’ and ‘Protector’, as well as T Rex’s ‘Children Of The Revolution’.‘Rising Star’, a track which originally appeared on the ‘Warchild’ compilation is included as a ‘Fighting Back’ bonus track on CD1, and ‘To The Limit’ originally only a Japanese exclusive, plus ‘Drawn Under’ from the 1989 ‘Elementals: UK HM’ compilation, are added as bonus tracks to ‘Children Of Madness’ on CD2. This 3CD set is completed with an essay from rock and NWOBHM expert, John Tucker.

Line Up:

Paul Di'Anno - Vocals - See also: Paul Di'Anno, ex-Battlezone, ex-Gogmagog, ex-Killers, ex-Di'Anno, Rockfellas, ex-Iron Maiden, ex-Praying Mantis & Paul Di'Anno, Dennis Stratton, ex-The Almighty Inbredz, ex-The Pedophiles
John Hurley - guitar, backing vocals
John Wiggins - guitar, backing vocals
Pete West - bass
Bob Falck - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians:

Dave Montgomery - backing vocals

Tracklist:

CD1: Fighting Back (1986)

01. (Forever) Fighting Back
02. Welcome To The Battlezone
03. Warchild
04. In The Darkness
05. The Land God Gave To Caine
06. Running Blind
07. Too Much Heart
08. Voice On The Radio
09. Welfare Warriors
10. Feel The Rock (Bonus Track)
11. Rising Star (from Warchild)

CD2: Children Of Madness (1987)

01. Rip It Up
02. I Don’t Wanna Know
03. Nuclear Breakdown
04. Torch Of Hate
05. Whispered Rage
06. Children Of Madness
07. Metal Tears
08. It’s Love
09. Overloaded
10. The Promise
11. To The Limit (Japanese Exclusive Track) (Bonus Track)
12. Drawn Under (from Elementals) (Bonus Track)

CD3: Killers: Live At The Whisky (2000)

01. Impaler
02. Wrathchild
03. A Song For You
04. Marshall Lokjaw
05. Children Of The Revolution
06. Three Words
07. Protector
08. Die By The Gun
09. Remember Tomorrow
10. Phantom Of The Opera
11. Sanctuary


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