My Take
Paul Di'Anno doesn't get nearly enough credit for what he built. Before Bruce Dickinson polished Iron Maiden into arena-rock legends, Di'Anno was the scrappy, street-level voice that made those first two albums feel genuinely dangerous — equal parts punk snarl and heavy metal firepower, and that combination was electric. Running to the Hills and The Number of the Beast get all the glory, but go back and listen to Prowler or Wrathchild and you'll hear a raw energy that's almost irreplaceable. His post-Maiden years were rough — health battles, legal trouble, the kind of life that doesn't make for a tidy biography — but he kept performing, sometimes in a wheelchair toward the end, because music was clearly all he had and all he needed. He passed in October 2024 at 66, and the metal world quietly lost one of its founding voices. Rest easy, Paul.
Overview
Paul Andrews (17 May 1958 – 21 October 2024), better known by his stage name Paul Di'Anno, was an English heavy metal singer. He was the lead vocalist for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981. In his post-Maiden career, Di'Anno issued numerous albums over the years, as both a solo artist and as a member of bands such as Gogmagog, Di'Anno's Battlezone, Killers, Rockfellas, and Warhorse.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paul Di'Anno
- Name (Japanese)
- ポール・ディアノ
- Reading
- ぽーる・でぃあの
- Born
- May 17, 1958 – October 21, 2024
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dog
- Origin
- Chingford, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- songwriter / singer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Leyton Sixth Form College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.pauldianno.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.