At last, justice has been granted. Battlezone set up camp on stage. The crowd, though small, make no reaction whatsoever and even numerous insults from Paul Dianno make no difference. Pitiful.

Paul Dianno took centre of the stage and was unstoppable with his distinct and powerful voice, which time warps you back to the days of the first Iron Maiden. It's clear to see that music's PUNK movement affected our Paul, which he mixes really well with his usual heavy metal.

Despite a few technical hitches and a screwed up guitar Battlezone goes down very well. It's hard to believe NO sound checks were made!

The crowd gasped in horror, myself included as Paul announces that his next song is in the style of HIP-HOP, more commonly associated with, dare I say it... THE BEASTIE BOYS!!! Despite our uneasiness with this, we were pleasantly surprised.

I assume the crowd went home deranged out of their tiny little minds, their lives having been emotionally scarred forever. Definitely a night to remember.

Toni: How are you?
Paul: F**ked

Toni: So, who's in your new band Battlezone?
Paul: Attila is the keyboard sampler he makes all the weird sounds, Colin's on bass, Mark plays the drums, Johnny plays guitar and me, Paul Dianno, I do the vocals.

Toni: What are your influences?
Paul: Heavy metal, hip-hop and punk. The Heavy Metal has just come with Iron Maiden really, before that I was really into punk, I have to say that I still am more into punk than any of that heavy metal shit, I only got into that when I joined Iron Maiden.

Toni: What did you do before you got involved with music?
Paul: I was a grave digger in Essex before I got involved with Iron Maiden, but when I was in Iron Maiden for the earlier part, I was a part-time butcher.

Toni: How fitting! (Chuckle from Paul) So, how long has your new band Battlezone been about for then?
Paul: Battlezone has been going for a year now, we've made it big in America and Brazil, but we'd really like to make it in England as this is where we were all brought up, it's like home.

Toni: What do you fear most?
Paul: Not fearing going on stage to sing. The day I don't feel sick before I go on stage, will be the day my singing career ends, because it will mean that I have lost the reason for doing it.

Toni: What is happiness to you?
Paul: When my singing career is over, it's to teach Islam to people who want to know. In my singing career now I think it's the privilege that Battlezone have in being able to entertain people. We find that we are able to do this because all the lyrics that we write are important to us, I write from gut reaction, ya know? I play what I want to hear.

Toni: Have you ever been arrested?
Paul: Yes, I was arrested once for being a gangster. It was more to do with the fact that I was Latino than a gangster. You know what they're like in America.

Toni: Got any Goss?
Paul: Not really, I want to change my name back to Mohammed Islam though. I really want to go back to my Muslim faith. I like prey and read the Koran and that shit, I know I have tattoos, I sing punk and that shit but I do respect my faith, I just came off the rails for a while and want to get back.

Toni: Do you think your music influences people to commit murder?
Paul: Yes, governments hopefully, those who are killing innocent people. Like in Kosovo with all the Muslims out there, getting shot for what they believe in.

Toni: Cheers for the interview see ya around.
Paul: Yer, nice meeting you see ya later