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INTERVIEW TO PAUL DI ANNO - italian version
Well,
this is the third time in the last three years you are in Italy… Maybe because
your family is of Italian extraction. Do you still have any relative or
friend here?
Oh, yeah, my family is from Sicilia, Napoli… my mum is from Milano, where
there is my aunt, I have also cousins in Napoli, Palermo… tomorrow is going
to be fantastic, I'll go to Napoli and see my cousin Marco and Franco.
What does fascinate you more of this country?
Well, it's very strange… my family went to Brazil in the '60s. In San Paolo
there's my all life, my home, my wife is Brazilian, my Kids are Brazilian,
I am a… kind of a half, yeah, so, when I go home, is fantastic but, when
I come back to play in Italy, you know… corazon! It means very much for
me to be in Italy, so I'm totally concentrate to play here in this moment;
also in the next five months I'll come back in Italia… I'll be living in
Pescara and in Sicilia, but first I have to go to Brazil to marry my wife
again!
Axtra
are the band who join your Italian shows…
Yeah, they're playing with me because Killers are supposed to make a new
record, they are very busy. They will play at Sweden Rock, the big festival,
with me this year, but I don't think Killers are gonna be round much longer,
so.. I don't need 'em, I have those guys, Axtra, I'll probably play only
with Italian bands.
How has this collaboration with Axtra and other bands begun?
The day I met 'em we were in Milano, there was a fan competition, they played
Kiss covers, Megadeth stuff, and I was there to judge the competition; I
went on the stage and starting playing Anarchy in UK together. That was
fucking fantastic, we had a great time, Children Of The Damned came to see
ustoo, we are all friends, even out of stage. The same thing happened with
in London during a convention at Ruskin Arms, where I met Clive Burr.
How is your relationship today with…
With Iron Maiden?
No, with Clive Burr…
Oh, with Clive is fantastic, he's still one of my best friends, but I don't
want to talk about Iron Maiden!
As many people think today, you are the best singer Iron Maiden ever
had: how does this make you feel?
Well, I never think about it… The only thing I know is that I do much more
since I left Iron Maiden, I'm very happy to play my solo albums. I have
to introduce myself back in Europe, that's the reason why I'm playing Maiden
stuff.
You won't play Maiden songs in the future?
Maybe one, or two, that's quite enough!
In America I don't need to do this, I performed there for 20 years!
After Maiden your life has been full of projects, collaborations and
you published several albums; what satisfied you more?
I first did my solo albums, they were very different; everyone said to me
to make heavy metal records, and I answered fuck you, I won't do that. That
with Killers I think is the best collaboration I did.
I red you made a trip to India last January, where you had the chance
to take part to a movie which deal with Indian culture.
Yeah, I'm making a movie very soon, when all this will be finished, I'll
go back to India and make this movie.
Could you talk me about this particular experience?
Well, India is fantastic, people are great, they don't have so much money,
so we played for nothing; in fact, is not about money, we play just because
we love to play, we have fun. In Mexico, in Brazil, there's the same situation,
shows are very cheap, I don't like people have to pay a lot of money to
come to my shows.
What are your Live and studio projects for the future?
Oh, a lot of things, first of all we have to record a live album, maybe
something like the show we played tonight; then I have 8 new songs ready
for another solo album, and two Killers songs… not good stuff. After touring,
I'll come back home for a while and then we'll see what is going to happen.
BF & MP
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