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Doug Sampson was born on 30 June, 1957 in Hackney, London, England, is a British drummer (born 1957). Discover Doug Sampson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Drummer
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 30 June 1957
Birthday 30 June
Birthplace Hackney, London, England
Nationality London, England

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1949

Prior to joining Iron Maiden, Sampson was a member of one of Steve Harris' previous groups, Smiler, along with Dennis Wilcock, Mick Clee (born 1949) and Tony Clee (b. 1949) in 1975, after which he was asked to join Iron Maiden at their inception in the same year.

1957

Douglas William Sampson (born 30 June 1957) is an English musician.

1978

He was the drummer for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1979.

He declined to join at the time as he was "a bit fed up with the whole rock band thing" because he was "completely skint," but accepted a further invitation from Steve Harris at Dennis Willcock's last gig to replace Barry Purkis in 1978 after he had taken up drumming again in a Southern Rock group called Janski.

Following a year of rehearsing the band began playing small pubs with the band, during which they gained a large following, a highlight being a gig at London's famous Marquee club.

Doug participated in the recording of Iron Maiden's demo, later released as The Soundhouse Tapes, on 31 December 1978, Prowler and other tracks from it appeared in the charts of Neal Kay's Heavy Metal Soundhouse club, published weekly in Sounds.

1979

Iron Maiden eventually signed to EMI in 1979, following up by recording further demos, one song from these sessions ("Burning Ambition") was included on the B-Side of "Running Free".

It is a collection of songs from three live shows and one live radio broadcast, recorded by the BBC between 1979 and 1988.

Sampson can be found on the BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show, 14 November 1979 disc.

Sampson eventually left the band on 22 December 1979, following health issues brought about by the band's extensive touring schedule driving up and down the country in vans at night in a hectic schedule freezing half to death in the van and a lack of sleep contributing to fatigue and illness.

Although he calls leaving Maiden "a blow," he states that "After leaving Iron Maiden he had a jam with Chop Pitman and Tony Hatton from EL34 and they formed a new band Airforce when joined by Sam Sampson, Doug's brother who was the vocalist from local legends Sam's Apple Pie. Airforce played heavily in the London circuit including nights including the Ruskin Arms and the Marquee supporting Shy."

2002

Sampson also played on Iron Maiden's BBC Archives released in November 2002 as part of the Eddie's Archive box set.

2015

In 2015, Sampson was invited to be a guest at The Legacy Projects charity fund raising gig supported many former members of Iron Maiden.

Sampson brought down his Smiler drum kit that he also used in Iron Maiden and was swamped for autographs and photos, Sampson's old band, Airforce performed a set and had also contributed a track ("War Games") to the Origins of Iron compilation, which featured nine tracks by former members of Iron Maiden.

2016

After seeing the response from fans, in 2016, Sampson rejoined Airforce after a 20-year absence.

He recorded three new tracks with the band and released their career-retrospective album, Judgement Day on 15 July 2016 via WatchOut Records.

2017

Sampson finally returned to the stage, in April 2017.

At just his second show back with Airforce, the band headlined the inaugural "Burr Fest" event, at The Lounge, in London.

The event raised money for the MS Action Fund, in memory of Sampson's Iron Maiden successor, Clive Burr.

Airforce have recorded a new EP The Black Box Recordings: Volume 1, which was released on 21 July 2017.

The EP was the first material to feature the reunited trio of Chop Pitman, Tony Hatton, and Doug Sampson, with new vocalist Dilian Arnaudov.

The band then recorded The Black Box Recordings: Volume 2, a Special Soundhouse Edition of the EP featuring a rough mix and featuring Sampson's old Iron Maiden bandmate Paul Di'Anno, as a special guest vocalist on the track "Sniper" got its first public airing at the Born Again Heavy Metal Sound House event on 22 December in London.

2018

Sampson and Airforce will be recording an as yet untitled album in 2018 and can be found performing home and abroad in 2018.