KILLERS - MURDER ONE / 1992 NWOBHM PAUL DI'ANNO IRON MAIDEN 12" LP FIRST PRESS

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Killers was formed back in the summer of 1991. Cliff Evans was living in New York with Arnie Goodman, the manager of Fastway. Steve Hopgood, who played in Battlezone with Di'Anno previously, called Evans and outlined his plans for a new band. Di'Anno and Hopgood flew over to New York from the U.K. where they formed a band.
Within a few days, Killers had hired John Gallagher (from Raven) to play bass on a short-term basis. Former member of [(Drive She Said)] and New York session player Ray Detone was brought in on second guitar.
Killers then played 2 days of showcases at Arnie Goodman's New York City studio for several major record companies including Virgin, EMI, Sony and BMG. Representatives flew into New York from all over the world to see Killers play. They played only Iron Maiden songs because the band had not written any material. Maiden songs played included "Phantom of the Opera" and "Wrathchild" which evidently impressed a BMG representative enough to give the band a $250,000 contract. BMG were unaware that these songs had been recorded previously.
Once Killers had the record deal, they started to write the first album entitled Murder One. Rob Fraboni was recruited to produce the record. The band moved to Binghamton, where they stayed in a motel in which the owner had a set up rehearsal studio. The album was written in about in two weeks. Fraboni then took Killers to White Crow Audio (Burlington, Vermont) to record the drums which took about half a day. Finally, vocals and final mixing were performed at The Powerstation in New York.
Nick Burr left Killers after the completion of Murder One and was replaced by former Battlezone and Persian Risk guitarist Graham Bath. For the next 18 months the band toured around the world playing to fans all over Europe, Japan and coast to coast across the USA. Track listings:
1. Impaler 04:00 2. The Beast Arises 04:45 3. Children of the Revolution (T. Rex cover) 03:38 4. S & M 07:31   5. Takin' No Prisoners 05:47   6. Marshall Lokjaw 04:35 7. Protector 04:53   8. Dream Keeper 05:31 9. Awakening 05:22   10. Remember Tomorrow (Iron Maiden cover) 05:36
Band members: Paul Di'Anno Vocals Steve Hopgood Drums Nick Burr Guitars Cliff Evans Guitars Gavin Cooper Bass