Album: Red Dragon Cartel (2014)
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  • Former Iron Maiden leader Paul Di'Anno lent his vocal chops to this track. Jake E. Lee recalled to Classic Rock Revisited: "To me, the first Iron Maiden album was it. They were more punky then and they were more 'F--k you!'"

    "We were in the studio and we were trying to decide who should sing on that song and Brent Fitz, who is the drummer in Slash's band, and played a couple of songs on the record, listened to it and we were wracking our brains on who would sound good on that," Lee continued. "Brent goes, 'How about Paul Di'Anno?' I said, 'Paul Di'Anno? I haven't heard that name in like thirty years. Where did that come from?' He said, 'I was just listening to some early Maiden today.' I thought that could be awesome. He recorded in England and I've never met the guy."

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