PAUL DI'ANNO Talks About His Latest CD, 'The Living Dead'

May 24, 2006

Former IRON MAIDEN vocalist Paul Di'Anno recently spoke to antiMUSIC's Morley Seaver about the re-release of his 2000 effort, "Nomad", with a few track list alterations, under the title "The Living Dead" (Cleopatra Records). An excerpt from the chat follows:

antiMUSIC: The title cut is phenomenal and probably your best vocal in my view. Lyrically I would assume you're addressing something. What are you talking about in this song?

Paul Di'Anno: "Thanks, as I am personally very proud of this song and think it is just about the best song I've created. The song is about oppression and the have nots of this world and the injustices to the millions of people who have fuck all in life apart from just trying to stay alive. I get to travel a lot and I get to see a lot and I am so lucky to live a privileged life, but this was my way of saying to people...when you're getting pissed at your comfortable life not fitting to your plans...think of all the poor fuckers who have no life or indeed plans. The song is also rather personal to me in ways that are far too difficult for me to explain."

antiMUSIC: In "Brothers of the Tomb", it sounds like you got your privates caught in a vice. Your voice seems to get better as you go along. Was it difficult to get the high notes on this song and some of the others? And considering you have not exactly babied your voice over the years, are you surprised you still have such an amazing range?

Paul Di'Anno: "I did this song in one take and thought my balls were gonna drop off and my eyes were gonna fucking pop out...ha-ha. Yeh you're right, I have been a mental case for a lot of my life resulting in my voice taking a hammering over a couple of decades....I guess I must have done something right, somewhere along the way...but god knows what that was??"

antiMUSIC: It says on your bio sheet that you landed a role in a Bollywood movie. What can you tell us about it and will we get to see it in North America?

Paul Di'Anno: "Unfortunately, I got into a terrible argument with the director who wanted me to wear fucking make-up for my role and I (accidentally) hit him...and that was the end of my Bollywood movie career!!!"

You can read the rest of the interview here.

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