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03-14-2013 #1
Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies
Was just playing a bunch of Maiden today. Definitely play more now. RIP.
http://news.yahoo.com/former-iron-ma...202549804.html
Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies
Reuters – 3 hrs ago
(Reuters) - Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, who played on the British heavy metal band's landmark first three albums, has died at the age of 56, the group said on Wednesday.
Burr, who had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, died "peacefully in his sleep at home" in London on Tuesday and had been in poor health for several years, the band said in a statement posted on their website.
"He was a wonderful person and an amazing drummer who made a valuable contribution to Maiden in the early days when we were starting out," Iron Maiden founder and bassist Steve Harris said in a statement.
"This is a sad day for everyone in the band and those around him and our thoughts and condolences are with his partner Mimi and family at this time," Harris said.
London-born Burr joined the band in 1979 and played on their self-titled 1980 debut album and its 1981 follow-up "Killers." His third and final album with the group was 1982's "The Number of the Beast," which topped the UK album chart.
Rolling Stone magazine called his drumming a "major ingredient" to the band's sound, which was noted for bringing the speed of punk rock to the heavy metal genre.
Burr left the band in 1982, a year before Iron Maiden began a string of big-selling albums in the United States that turned the group into an international act.
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey in Los Angeles; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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03-14-2013 #2
Re: Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies
No fucking way... RIP.
I'm gonna go jam to Number of The Beast for the rest of the day.
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03-14-2013 #3
Re: Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies
Peter Banks, the guitarist and founder member of progressive rock band Yes, died a few days ago at the age of 65
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03-14-2013 #5
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Re: Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies
RIP Clive.
I never understood the Nicko/Clive switch after Number of the Beast.? Both are/were great drummers, and both brought a certain flavor to IM.
RIP Clive.
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03-14-2013 #8
Re: Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies
Aww man, RIP Clive, thanks for your music!!! Up The Fucking Irons!
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03-14-2013 #10
Re: Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies
Rest in peace Clive! It was sad. Up the maidens!
Harry hol schon mal den Wagen...
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