Killers Live at the Whiskey

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Live at the Whiskey
Paul Dianno Live at the Whiskey cover.jpg
Live album by
Released21 November 2000
Recorded Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles
Genre Metal
Label Spitfire
Paul Di'Anno chronology
New Live & Rare
(1998)
Live at the Whiskey
(2000)
Screaming Blue Murder - The Very Best of Paul Di'Anno's Killers
(2002)

Killers Live at the Whiskey is a live album by the former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno and his band Killers. [1] The title of the CD has been misspelled as the name of the club is actually written without the e. The album contain songs from Di'Anno's solo career and four songs from his back catalogue with Iron Maiden.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Impaler
  2. Wrathchild
  3. Song for You
  4. Marshall Lockjaw
  5. Children of the Revolution
  6. Three Words
  7. Protector
  8. Die by the Gun
  9. Remember Tomorrow
  10. Phantom of the Opera
  11. Sanctuary

Personnel

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