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Clive Ronald Burr (8 March 1956 – 12 March 2013) was an English musician. He was the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1979 to 1982. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Together with fellow Iron Maiden member Dennis Stratton , he joined Praying Mantis for the recording of their 1996 live album Captured Alive in Tokyo City .
In December 1982, drummer Clive Burr was fired from the band and replaced by Nicko McBrain, who previously played for Trust. [53] Although Harris said the dismissal took place because his live performances were affected by offstage activities, [54] Burr later claimed he was unfairly ousted from the band. [55]
At the suggestion of Stratton, Sampson was replaced by Clive Burr, with whom the band recorded their self-titled debut album in 1980. [18] Later that year, Stratton was replaced by Adrian Smith (the band's original choice), due to musical and personal differences brought about by Stratton choosing to travel with the road crew instead of the ...
Iron Maiden in 1981: (left-right) Steve Harris, Clive Burr, Paul Di’Anno, Adrian Smith and Dave Murray (Robert Ellis/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ... After being fired from Iron Maiden in 1981 ...
Harris's playing is often unusually prominent in the mix on Iron Maiden's recordings; he generally uses a tone with a treble-heavy EQ and compression to accentuate the attack on the strings. Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers has commented that "Steve taught himself in a way that nobody can really copy it. People say it's like a lead guitar, but ...
Dennis Stratton (born 9 October 1952 [1]) is an English guitarist best known as a member of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden [2] from December 1979 to October 1980. He was also the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of Praying Mantis from 1990 to 2006, [3] recording six studio albums with the band.
The Number of the Beast is Iron Maiden's only album to include songwriting credits for Clive Burr, and was the band's first album to feature writing by guitarist Adrian Smith. [3] In addition, the release saw Steve Harris adopt a different approach to writing, which would cater more to new vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
In December 1982, drummer Clive Burr ended his association with the band due to personal and tour schedule problems and was replaced by Nicko McBrain, previously of French band Trust, as well as Pat Travers and Streetwalkers. [1]