Paul Samson (born Paul Sanson, June 4, 1953, died August 9, 2002) was a guitarist closely associated with the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (frequently abbreviated as NWOBHM) is a heavy metal music movement that started in the late 1970s in Britain, and achieved

After a period in several obscure bands, Samson formed his own eponymous outfit, Samson, in 1978, consisting of Chris Aylmer on bass, and Clive Burr on drums. Samson was a British Hard rock band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson. Clive Burr (born March 8 1957, East Ham, East London) was the Drummer in the British band Iron Maiden. Burr left, and eventually joined Iron Maiden, and was replaced by the controversial Thunderstick, who wore a gimp mask on stage. For other uses see Iron maiden. Thunderstick (aka Barry Graham or Barry Purkis was a Drummer for the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden briefly in 1977. At a time when the also masked Cambridge Rapist was making the news, he became a target for criticism. In 1979, the line-up was expanded to a four piece with the addition of Bruce Bruce on vocals. Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British singer Airline pilot, radio show

The band enjoyed a strong cult following in the best years of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal releasing the albums Survivors, Head On and Shock Tactics, until 1981 when Thunderstick left, and Bruce Bruce, who changed his name back to his real surname of Dickinson at this point, left to join Iron Maiden. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (frequently abbreviated as NWOBHM) is a heavy metal music movement that started in the late 1970s in Britain, and achieved For other uses see Iron maiden.

The talented vocalist Nicky Moore was recruited as replacement and Mel Gaynor then Pete Jupp took over drums, and this line-up released the commendable albums Before the Storm and Don't Get Mad Get Even. Mel George Gaynor (born 29 May 1960 Balham London, England) is a British Musician. These two albums sold in higher quantities than the first three, and the band toured more countries and played to bigger audiences than the Bruce/Thunderstick lineup, although the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was by now said to be a spent force. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (frequently abbreviated as NWOBHM) is a heavy metal music movement that started in the late 1970s in Britain, and achieved The band finally threw in the towel in 1984.

Samson spent the subsequent years in a variety of solo and group projects, including various temporary reformations of Samson, and had success as a producer, and also as a blues player, spending a year in Chicago. Samson was a British Hard rock band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression He played on the recording of the Ram Jam 1977 rock hit Black Betty. Ram Jam was an American 1970s rock band best known for their 1977 Top 20 hit " Black Betty " Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays " Black Betty " ( Roud 11668) is a 20th century African-American Work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter

In 2002 he died of cancer, whilst recording a new Samson album with Nicky Moore. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled

External links

• The Official Paul Samson Website
• Paul Samson at Allmusic
• Samson at Allmusic