We are deeply saddened to report that Clive Burr passed away last night. He had suffered poor health for many years after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and died peacefully in his sleep at home.
Steve Harris said “This is terribly sad news. Clive was a very old friend of all of us. 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. 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.”
Bruce Dickinson adds “I first met Clive when he was leaving Samson and joining Iron Maiden. He was a great guy and a man who really lived his life to the full. Even during the darkest days of his M.S., Clive never lost his sense of humour or irreverence. This is a terribly sad day and all our thoughts are with Mimi and the family”
As Maiden fans all know, Clive joined Maiden in 1979 and performed on the first three albums Iron Maiden (1980), Killers (1981) and The Number Of The Beast (1982). Prior to that he was a member of Samson, the band Bruce fronted before he too joined Maiden.
http://www.ironmaiden.com/former-iron-maiden-drummer-clive-burr-passes-away.html
You will be missed!
Up The Irons!
By: EGTC - 13th March 2013 at 21:21
Sad to hear that.
By: EELightning - 13th March 2013 at 21:19
Clive was an amazing drummer, very versatile, great talent and was without a doubt difficult to replace but they got an equally great drummer with the bonkers and the nutter of all nutters, Nicko McBrain.
The Number of the Beast was the very first album I ever bought when I was very young, in single digits, I remember saving up my pocket money for it. Although initally I didn’t really know what I was saving up for, it was just for the cool album cover. I had no idea what kind of music it was or what it sounded like, but when I finally got it it was amazing! My mother said just play it, you might like it! So I did and BOOOOOOOOOM! YES! I was an Iron Maiden fan! Sold my soul to Eddie as you’d say! And of course, all the other albums started to build up!
Seen them live countless times in all sorts of places and festivals and the special Clive Burr gigs Maiden do every now and then.
At our Guitar store, most of us our hardcore Maiden fans (I have Iron Maiden written in it’s traditional lettering tattooed down the side of my left Calf) or are at the very least rather fond of them and tomorrow we’re going to have our own little tribute to him in store by having the Iron Maiden, Killers and The Number of the Beast albums he was featured on shuffle/repeat through the working day on the store’s systems.
By: ZRX61 - 13th March 2013 at 19:43
Dead right – excuse the pun. We grow older and forget that they do too, especially when we are around the same age as our musical icons of old.
Actors too, Dustin Hoffman was on TV the other night… he’s now 75
By: Derekf - 13th March 2013 at 16:02
The three LPs mentioned are the only Iron Maiden LPs I have. For me, they went a bit “Spinal Tap” after that.
Heavy Metal doesn’t get much better then this.
RIP Clive.
By: Blue_2 - 13th March 2013 at 15:42
Very sad news. Time to get the Maiden back catalogue off the CD rack, dust it off and turn the volume up to 11 methinks…
By: charliehunt - 13th March 2013 at 15:21
Dead right – excuse the pun. We grow older and forget that they do too, especially when we are around the same age as our musical icons of old.
By: trumper - 13th March 2013 at 15:16
There seems to be an awful lot of musicians passing away at the moment.I guess we remember them in their heyday and forget how old they really are.
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