Defenders Of The Faith, le forum Metal

Barry Clayton, the man behind the spoken-word introduction to "The Number Of The Beast", the title track of IRON MAIDEN's classic 1982 album, has died at the age of 80.

During the recording sessions for "The Number Of The Beast", the band reportedly asked the famous horror film actor Vincent Price to read the intro text to the title song. However, according to MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, Price refused to do it for anything less than £25,000. The bandmembers then heard of someone who read ghost stories at Capital Radio and got him to do it instead. The man was Clayton, who had no interest in MAIDEN, but obliged when he was asked to put on a Vincent Price kind of voice.

According to the Islington Tribune, Clayton was a resident of Islington, which is in Greater London, England, for 40 years. He was a pioneer of black television and radio programming. He produced the "Black Londoners" radio program for the BBC — the first black daily radio program — from its first airing in 1974 until 1988 when he left to join Capital Radio.

Clayton's deep, booming voice is forever etched in the minds of IRON MAIDEN fans, thanks to the way he spoke those famous, ominous words that start "The Number Of The Beast":

"Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea
For the Devil sends the beast with wrath
Because he knows the time is short
Let him who have understanding
Reckon the number of the beast
For it is a human number
Its number is six hundred and sixty six."

The_Pastor a écrit :Dernier hommage qui trouve tout son sens à l' intitulé du topic et à cette intro cultissime :

660 Approximate number of the Beast

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668 Neighbor of the Beast

Gasp Ounet a écrit :Il était moins cher que Vincent Price, quelque part il a contribué à l'underground

Ganash a écrit :
N'empêche que c'est sans doute l'inconnu que j'ai le plus écouté

MetalMetalMetal a écrit :

Ganash a écrit :
N'empêche que c'est sans doute l'inconnu que j'ai le plus écouté

Moi c'est Pascal Légitimus.

MetalKilouche a écrit :

Ganash a écrit :
N'empêche que c'est sans doute l'inconnu que j'ai le plus écouté

Moi c'est Pascal Légitimus.

Globox666 a écrit :Je crois savoir que dans les milieux autorisés, on pleure Jean Michel Rabrougeau qui a cuit un steak à Paul Di Anno en 1980 dans une baraque à frites de Dunkerque et qui est mort hier suite à une glissage en sortant de sa douche sur un cd de Di Anno encore sous cellophane. Sa tête a heurté la cuvette des chiottes, il est mort sur le coup, il n'a pas souffert.

1 minute de silence, merci.