“I think singers tend to be a little insecure!”: Iron Maiden leader Steve Harris recalls how he gambled everything by changing the band’s frontman

Steve Harris.

Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris says that firing singer Paul Di’Anno and replacing him with Bruce Dickinson was one of the toughest decisions he has ever made. And he admits that he was worried that changing singers might derail the band’s career.

Speaking to MusicRadar, Harris recalls how he decided to make that change in the summer of 1981.