Paul Mario Day, the original vocalist of metal icons Iron Maiden, has died at age 69.

Recruited by bassist Steve Harris in late 1975, he performed with the band for only ten months before departing, according to Billboard. 

“When I sang in Iron Maiden, it was a new pub band and nobody wanted to see or hear them,” Day later recalled of the band. “We were all nobodys all trying to make the best music we could and fighting for an audience.”

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