Clive Burr
March 8, 1957 – March 12, 2013
Clive Burr is best remembered as Iron Maiden‘s first drummer. After playing in another legendary British metal band Samson for a year or two, Burr joined Iron Maiden. Replacing Doug Sampson in 1979, Burr was on board for the band’s first three albums, Iron Maiden, Killers, and their international breakthrough, Number Of The Beast. As a songwriter, Burr contributed “Gangland” and “Total Eclipse” to the Iron Maiden discography. After leaving the band in 1982, Burr played with such outfits as Trust, Alcatrazz, Dee Snyder‘s Desperado, and his own band, Stratus. In 1994, Burr was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, prompting Iron Maiden to launch the Clive Burr MS Trust Fund and staged a series of benefit concerts to help offset his mounting medical bills. In 2005, his drum kit went on display in the London Hard Rock Cafe. Clive Burr passed away in his sleep on March 12, 2013. He was 56.
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I am so saddened by Clive Burrs’ passing in March of this year. I truly loved and adored this sweet gentleman, whom I once knew many years ago back when Iron maiden came to my hometown of Ottawa, Canada in June 22nd, 1982 during the “Beast On the Road” tour. He was a powerhouse on the drums and had great technique. I’ll never forget Clive. He was truly a sweetheart, and the greatest heavy-metal drummer of all time in my eyes. R.I.P my sweet love and ex-lover from years back….I think about you every day and will mourn and grieve your death for an eternity.
Love, and Blessed Be…..Kimberly Ann Rogers XXOO
Darling Clive….Merry Christmas & Happy New year up in Heaven. I miss you every single day & life is not the same without my favorite drummer and the man I love who is you. I’ll forever remember you and love you until we are together in Heaven above.
I shall hold your hand again and give you sweet kisses like we did many years ago when we met back in the summer of ’82 when Iron maiden came to my hometown. Love eternal & thinking of you always, my sweet Clive…Love 4-ever, Kimberly Ann Rogers XXOO