Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies at 56March 14, 2013 - 10:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 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, Sky News reported. Burr, who had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, died peacefully in his sleep at home in London having been in poor health for several years, the band said in a statement. "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," said Iron Maiden founder and bassist Steve Harris. "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." 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 US that turned the group into an international act. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |