Paul Day (musician)

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Paul Day
Birth namePaul Mario Day
Born (1956-04-19) 19 April 1956 (age 68)
Whitechapel, London, England
Genres Heavy metal, progressive rock, hard rock, glam rock
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1975–present

Paul Mario Day (born 19 April 1956) is an English singer who was the original lead vocalist of heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1975 to 1976. [1]

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Iron Maiden

Day was the first lead singer for Iron Maiden from December 1975 to October 1976. On the Iron Maiden The Early Days DVD it was mentioned that Day was fired because he did not have enough stage charisma. He was replaced by Dennis Wilcock. [1] Years later he claimed co-authorship of the Iron Maiden song "Strange World". [2]

Further activities

He later formed a band called More that played at the Donington Monsters of Rock Festival in 1981, [3] and also had onetime Iron Maiden guitarist Paul Todd (who was in Iron Maiden for two days and never recorded or played live and only did a photo session with them), [4] Def Leppard drummer Frank Noone in the line-up. [5] He was lead singer of Wildfire in 1983 to 1984. In 1985 the Sweet were re-formed by Andy Scott and Mick Tucker then featuring Paul Day. He recorded a live album at the Marquee Club in London as lead singer of Sweet in 1986. [6] After this engagement he has lived in Australia since 1986 and is the lead vocalist of two bands from Newcastle, New South Wales. He has performed covers of rock songs with the band Defaced and sang and wrote for Crimzon Lake, now disbanded, an unsigned hard rock band. [7] Currently he is in contact with the Australian progressive metal band Buffalo Crows in appearance as a guest musician. He is still claimed to be a New Wave of British Heavy Metal-Style musician. [8] [9]

In 2013, Day recorded vocals for a jingle for Canberra Toyota, a Toyota car dealership located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. [10]

Recently, Day is reported to live in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. [8]

Trivia

42 years after Iron Maiden had been formed, the original 1975-line-up by Steve Harris met in London at 29 December. Only the former drummer Ron Matthews was absent, but Paul Mario Day (vocals), Dave Sullivan and Terry Rance (guitars) appeared. [11]

Discography

More

Atlantic: [12]

Wildfire

Mausoleum Records: [13]

The Sweet

Crimson Lake

Buffalo Crows

Compilation

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  8. 1 2 https://metalrulz.com/interviews/buffalo-crows/, MetalRulz in conversation with Richard Crowfoot (Lead Vocals, Guitar) of Buffalo Crows: Buffalo Crows – Paul Mario Day..., 2021 Metal Rulz - Heavy Metal music website
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  10. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/canberratoyota/photos/a.364933756926452/517603168326176 [ user-generated source ]
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  13. 1 2 https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/1032725-Wildfire-3, Wildfire
  14. ↑ Sweet - Live at the Marquee, London - 1986 - Full Concert (OFFICIAL) , retrieved 21 December 2023
  15. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/3644191-Crimzon-Lake, Crimzon Lake
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