In a new conversation with BraveWords, Paul Di’Anno revealed that there is no bad blood between him and his former Iron Maiden bandmate Steve Harris.
“Again, the press came up with all this sh*t for that one too,” the singer said of the alleged feud between him and Harris. “For one, it’s none of their f*cking business. But number two is me and Steve talk a lot. You know, we’re always on sort of WhatsApp and stuff, but they’re mostly about West Ham football and stuff like that.”
Di’Anno added, “He called me up a couple of years back, when he was over in the Bahamas. And I was freezing me balls off in England. I go, ‘Where you calling from?’ He goes, ‘I’m in the Bahamas.’ ‘Oh, f*ck you’ [laughs]. But we keep in touch a lot and to meet up with him was absolutely brilliant. I enjoyed it. I hope he did too [laughs].”
In May 2022, Di’Anno met Harris for the first time in 30 years before the band’s concert in Croatia while Paul was getting treatment for struggling sepsis. Later in an interview with Metal Hammer, the bassist said, “It was lovely to see Paul, but obviously also sad to see him in that situation. Whatever we can do to help him, that’s what we’re doing. If you can’t help one of your own when they need it, then there’s something wrong.”
“I didn’t think any bridges needed mending. Paul had said a few things about his time in Maiden, but that’s Paul. It’s how he is and how he’ll always be. And I’ve no problem with that,” Harris also confirmed there was no problem between him and the singer. “He once called me Hitler, which some people were offended by, but I thought it was funny.”
Di’Anno made two classic albums with Iron Maiden, the self-titled one in 1980 and ‘Killers’ in 1981, before leaving in 1981. He then led other bands like Killers and Battlezone and released several solo albums.
