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RIP Clive Burr (Iron Maidens 1st Drummer)
Clive Burr passed away today aged 56
He played drums on the first 3 Iron Maiden albums which included the wonderful Number of the Beast. He had been suffering from MS for the past 20 years |
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R.I.P.
Sad day for fans of classic rock. |
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This is indeed a very sad day. As a rock fan and drummer I always enjoyed watching his performances. Nico is a great drummer but there is nothing like hearing or seeing original members of a band. 56 is no age but MS is a very cruel illness especially to someone who made a living from being so active
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Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr has died at the age of 56 after suffering from multiple sclerosis.
Steve Harris, the heavy metal band's founder and bass player, said it was "terribly sad news" in an announcement on the group's 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." Burr joined Iron Maiden in 1979 and played on their first three albums. Lead singer Bruce Dickinson also paid tribute, saying: "Even during the darkest days of his MS, Clive never lost his sense of humour or irreverence." Burr played on the band's debut album Iron Maiden (1980), Killers (1981) and their number one 1982 album The Number of the Beast. He was a great guy and a man who really lived his life to the full” Megadeath bassist David Ellefson, who left his tribute on Facebook, said: "He was one of my all time favourite Metal drummers." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21771857 R.I.P.
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Was upset when i heard on planet rock earlier.
Rip Clive. |
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Sad news
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Just heard the news, very sad indeed RIP Clive.
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'tis a sad day
Clive Burr Tribute from Iron Maiden Vinyl Collectors Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjLD8RwWPE4 |
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A few dropping dead recently. Alvin Lee of Ten Years After a week or so ago for example.
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I would like to offer my condolences to Clive Burr's family and friends. May he rest in peace.
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This is indeed a very sad day. As a rock fan and drummer I always enjoyed watching his performances. Nico is a great drummer but there is nothing like hearing or seeing original members of a band. 56 is no age but MS is a very cruel illness especially to someone who made a living from being so activeHe was diagnosed with MS quite early in his life and he retired from the band when he could no longer play, really, rather than left. After he left they did a number of gigs to raise money towards the cost of his treatment. |
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Very sad, if not entirely unexpected, news.
He was diagnosed with MS quite early in his life and he retired from the band when he could no longer play, really, rather than left. After he left they did a number of gigs to raise money towards the cost of his treatment. Its in the book. |
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same age as me...
r.i.p. |
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He was fired from maiden because he was a pisshead and used to have a bucket to throw up in next to his drum kit.
Its in the book. |
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There have been many rumours about his leaving for a long time but below is the actual reason for him going as featured in Classic Rock Magazine from February 2011. Clive's answers are in quotes: Quote:
Maiden, and just how good they were with Clive powering them along, it’s perhaps more pertinent to address how it finished. This is something that has gnawed away at Clive for the best part of 30 years. Much has been written about his split from Maiden, during an exhaustive US tour in the summer of 1982. And most of it, he says dismissively, is hogwash.
“I’ve heard the stories – that it was because of drugs or too much drink,” he says. “It wasn’t anything like that.” The truth, as it often is in cases of heavy metal musical chairs, is a bit murkier, a bit more acrimonious. It started with a phone call. He doesn’t recall where he was when he got the call, he just remembers that he had to get home to London. His dad, Ronald, had died unexpectedly of a heart attack. He was just 57 years old. A US road map dotted with gigs lay in front of Maiden, but at that moment it didn’t matter, he says. “I had to get home.” Everyone seemed fine with that, he remembers. Go home, they said. Be with your family. Clive flew back to London on Concorde. Maiden brought in former Trust drummer Nicko McBrain as a replacement so the tour could continue, the show could go on. Clive and Nicko were mates. No worries. Everything was cool. “I knew Nicko,” Clive says. Nice bloke. Good drummer. At a number of earlier shows, Nicko had dressed up as Eddie to terrorise the crowd. “He loved the band, he loved being part of it all. And the rest of the band liked him.” Clive was about to find out just how much. So Clive flew home, went to his father’s funeral, spent some time with his family, and two weeks later flew back to the States to join up with Maiden, who were criss-crossing America supporting Rainbow, Scorpions, .38 Special and Judas Priest. “I got back and I could tell something wasn’t right,” Clive recalls. There was a meeting. The atmosphere was tense. There was change in the air, and Clive, still numb from the loss of his dad, could smell it. “We think it’s time for a break,” they told Clive. And that was that. After the best part of four years, three albums – not just any old albums, either, but the three albums that many Iron Maiden fan will tell you remain the band’s best work – and suddenly the dream was over, just as it was all coming true. |
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Too young.
At least he goes in the knowledge that he played on a seminal album. Not just a seminal rock album, but a seminal album. |
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This is indeed a very sad day. As a rock fan and drummer I always enjoyed watching his performances. Nico is a great drummer but there is nothing like hearing or seeing original members of a band. 56 is no age but MS is a very cruel illness especially to someone who made a living from being so active
