From: pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Philip  Wang)
Subject: Re: NEW : QUESTION BEST VOICE
Reply-To: pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Philip  Wang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 07:28:22 GMT

>>>rfraer@ens-lyon.fr (Ranan Fraer) writes:
>>>>From rfraer@ens-lyon.fr (Ranan Fraer)
>>
>>Lone Wolf did exist, yes, but it wasn't fronted by Paul Di'anno. Blitzkrieg 
>>vocalist Brian Ross was frontman.
>
>	Are you sure about this?  This doesn't ring true with me.  To my
>knowledge, Ross' bands have been Blitzkrieg, Satan, and Avenger ...
>I could be wrong ... but for some reason I also have Lone Wolf and
>Di'Anno together in my mind, somehow, for some reason ...

On at least a single by Lone Wolf Brian Ross sang. Never heard about Di'anno
singing for them. But both have been pretty busy since 1981, so maybe they
did.
The only other single / EP I know that an ex-or soon-to-be Maiden has 
performed on that I didn't mention previously was Xero on their "Hold On"
EP, on which Bruce Dickinson sang something. The cover shows something to
the effect of "Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden on vocals" so this must have
been 1982-83. He wasn't a member of Xero, though.
>
>>I have this EP, and the insert that came with it seems to indicate that
>>Johnathan King is a pseudonym for Di'anno/Gers/Willis/Murray/Burr. I printed
>>it out for Judex, so if you still have it if you wish to share it with the
>>rest of the group as I don't want to type it all out again. You'll see what I
>>mean about Johnathan King being a made up guy. BUT, if he does in fact exist,
>>could someone post something about him?
>
>	Isn't/wasn't he a DJ?  I've heard his name in several contexts,
>none of them relating to this EP.  Read some interviews with/about
>him too ...
>
The insert of the EP said that this guy did TV shows, one being "Entertainment 
USA." Just a bit of trivia, the band was formed by John Entwhistle and King
(at the time Entwhistle's band wasn't doing too well, so he agreed to King's
proposal as long as "the best musicians" were to join). Clive Burr was the
original choice, but he wasn't available so Cozy Powell took over because he
was planning on leaving Whitesnake (this is during the Slide It In tours).
But soon Powell got an offer to play for E.L.P. so he couldn't do it, but
Clive Burr got wind of this new band and thought it would be fun to join so
the band got their original choice.

Hmmm, now that I've listened to the EP again, the style except for the guitar
solos don't sound like anything any of the members of the band would write.
The solo is typically Gers's with weird noises coming from his Strat and is
pretty interesting, but the songs are very chorus oriented (ie they sing
the title of the song over and over and "Living In A Fucking Time Warp" and
"It's Illegal, It's Immoral, It's Unhealthy, But It's Fun" both have the
format chorus / verse / chorus / verse / chorus / guitar solo / chorus about
twenty or so times / fade out ending. Very simple rock, musically (I learned
to play most of Pete Willis's parts after the first two or three listens).
It's great listening but it has a pop kind of feel to it. Russ Ballard wrote
the title song "I Will Be There" and would almost be a cool love song that's 
not sappy, and reminds me of Sabbath's "N.I.B." But you don't hear the neat
part until the end, where Di'anno sings "When you're scared of the night, I am
the dark of night, my presence close to light, I will be there...My fire burns
so low, you're back's against the wall, I only want your soul, I will be
there..."

First three lines I may have misheard them, but last three lines are accurate.
Hey, Judex, do you have the inlay sheet I e-mailed you? If you do, post it up
if you can. People here might find it interesting to read, although some of
the things are a bit exaggerated here and there.

philip
Philip Wang                            E-mail at pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
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