Bruce Dickinson Biography Solo Career Discography

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He has two nicknameA nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or thing's real name, (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas . As a concept, it is distinct from both pseudonym and stage name, although there may be overlap in ts, 'The Monkey' and 'The Air Raid Siren', when asked which was his favorite, I prefer 'The Monkey', as I do look like a monkey!

He is sometimes called "Conan the Librarian" after a character in the Weird Al Yankovic movie UHFUHF is a comedy cult film made in 1989. It starred "Weird Al" Yankovic, along with Michael Richards, Victoria Jackson, Fran Drescher, Kevin McCarthy, David Bowe, Gedde Watanabe, and Billy Barty. In the film, Yankovic plays George Newman, a "daydreaming lo and went by the stagename "Bruce Bruce" before joining Iron Maiden. He is also an above average guitarist, as can be seen in the Live After Death video and various videos from his solo career. He studied history at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of LondonThe University of London founded in 1836, is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the world's largest universities. Somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of all UK students attend one of its colleges, which include some of the most pres, and was active in student politics as a member of the Conservative Party.

1 Biography

1.1 Solo career

His career outside Iron Maiden started with the recording of "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" which appears on the A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child soundtrack and Disc Two of The Best of Bruce Dickinson album. A different version of the song was recorded by Iron Maiden for the No Prayer for the Dying album. The original version got him a studio deal for a full album. Along with friend and soon-to-be Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, Bruce wrote the Tattooed Millionaire album within two weeks. The result was a rather poppy rock album with surprisingly fun, solid songwriting. It was, however, far away from Iron Maiden's heavy metal sound and fantasy lyricism - the baudy sexual innuendoes of "Dive, Dive, Dive!" would never find themselves on one of Iron Maiden's releases. It is possible that some of the songs are leftover ideas from the Somewhere in Time sessions, in which Bruce presented more experimental ideas to Steve Harris who was not convinced, thus leading to a complete absence of Dickinson songwriting credits on that album.

Before the release of his second effort, Balls to Picasso, Bruce left Maiden and went through two different efforts with two sets of different collaborators. The first was with Myke Gray of the band Skin , and the second with the producer Keith Olsen . Of the second, a few songs surfaced as B-sides and one, "No Way Out... Continued" appears on the 2-disc The Best of Bruce Dickinson collection. Bruce was not happy with the majority of the material on these efforts. Salvation came at last in the form of Tribes of Gypsies guitarist Roy Z . He agreed to work with Bruce to improve the Keith Olsen album and ended replacing all of it except "Tears of the Dragon". Balls to Picasso was recorded with the Tribe of Gypsies and was a far more mature record than Tattooed Millionaire, with some very well-crafted songs, spurred along with the melodic and shredding leads of Roy Z .

The Tribe departed to tour and record under their own steam, leaving Bruce to track down another band. Bruce's new writing partner was Alex Dickson , and after touring his current song catalogue (documented on Alive in Studio A) with him and the rest of the new band, sat down to write Skunkworks. The idea was that the band would be called that, but the record company insisted Bruce's name be on the release. Bruce likened that to David Bowie attempting to do the same with Tin Machine and how it did not work for him either. The album is often described as grunge, which while not wholly accurate does convey the idea that the songs are rather short, with relatively brief guitar solos and overall less of a metal edge.

The Skunkworks entity ceased to be after the touring, and after a period of inactivity Bruce once again teamed up with Roy Z to record Accident Of Birth. Adrian Smith was asked to guest but played on the whole album and tour. The album marked a return to heavy metal for Bruce; in fact the album could be considered to be heavier than Iron Maiden. It was a big success and for the first time, a follow up was inevitable. The Chemical Wedding, a semi- concept album on the writings of William Blake followed. This record proved to be even more successful, with engaging lyrics and powerful songs. Scream for Me Brazil was a live album that documented a show of the Chemical Wedding tour, and featured songs from the last two albums and two from Balls to Picasso.

The Best of Bruce Dickinson album with two new Roy Z songs and a limited edition disc of rarities was released upon his announcement of a return to Iron Maiden.

Bruce is said to have wanted to record another album with Roy Z , but he was busy with Judas Priest vocalist, Rob Halford, and the window of opportunity was missed. As of now, a new solo album with Roy Z is likely to be released by early 2005.

2 Discography

2.1 Iron Maiden

The Number of the Beast ( 1982)
Piece of Mind ( 1983)
Powerslave ( 1984)
Live After Death ( 1985)
Somewhere in Time ( 1986)
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ( 1988)
No Prayer for the Dying ( 1990)
Fear of the Dark ( 1992)
A Real Live One ( 1993)
A Real Dead One ( 1993)
Live at Donington '92 ( 1994)
Brave New World ( 2000)
Rock in Rio ( 2002)
Dance of Death ( 2003)

2.2 Solo career

3 Bibliography

The Adventures of Lord Iffy Boatrace ( 1990), BooksEnthsiast.com
The Missionary Position ( 1992)

4 External links

Official homepage
IMDb.com Profile: Bruce Dickinson
Soundtracks for A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter" at The IMDb.com
Bruce's Rock Show at www.bbc.co.uk website
Bruce Dickinson Wellbeing Network
Bruce Dickinson and then some page

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