Bruce Dickinson

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Naty said:
Has anyone bought this book yet? It seems interesting...

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Here's an extract from the book: http://brigitteschon.de.tl/Extract-from-the-book.htm
Little interview with the author: http://www.bookofhours.net/beta/brigitte_jan2016.htm
And Chris Dale also did a little review: http://www.metaltalk.net/columns2015/20150847.php
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Yes, I got it for Christmas. I'm on with the chapter about Chemical Wedding at the moment. I can't decide if I like the book, overall. It's an analysis of Bruce's solo songs, and reads almost like an academic text. It's not a leisurely, fun read, although it is informative. Some of the intepretations I was already familiar with, but it did point out things about some of his work that hadn't struck me before.

Oh, and the author couldn't get permission to reproduce the lyrics in full, only refer to them and quote the odd line here and there. Maiden's management apparently said they get so many requests like this, they only look into the ones that come in via members of the band.
 
Niall Kielt said:
I checked this in a different site and it says that Bruces plane was being used but didnt say he was flying it. The plot thickens...
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He co-owns the plane with someone else. I read the local Guernsey paper when it happened (and saw the flight on Flightradar24 - sad eh?), and it was essentially leased. People in Guernsey were raising money for a jet charter to take the turtle to the Canary Islands. It would have cost something like £20k, but Bruce's plane was offered for £4k. There's no mention of who flew it anywhere, although there are pics of the turtle being loaded onto the plane. My guess is that if Bruce were there, he'd have been in front of that camera. ;)
 
Yeah he certainly would have been, with several branded items in the shot too! I like to hope that at least he was behind cut price cost of the plane because both Bruce and turtles are brilliant! :applause:for all involved anyway!
 
The Chemical Turtle
Tyranny of the Turtle
Navigating the Seas of the Turtle
Balls to the Turtle
Tatooed Turtle
Tears of a Endangered Turtle
 

Dont know if this has been posted before but I really enjoyed this interview by Bruce from Nights with Alice Cooper. Good insight into how the man operates, nothing new really but good all the same
 

Dickinson has writing credits on this. Very cool song.
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Did Castillas and Z had some sort of split-up after recording this album?
Ingraham said that metal was a 'detour' for him, he enjoyed it very much, but generally isn't following or listening to metal.
I'm asking because I hope that the full legendary lineup will reunite in future to do some shows.

Nothing without both Z and Smith. Nobody can replace them. I wouldn't even call substitution for Ingraham. It's his lack of modern metal drum aesthetic that made those records so special, for me.
Castillas could be replaced, I guess...He's one hell of a bassist and he's got great stage presence and interplay with other guys up there, but did mistakes live. On the other hand, Ingraham played with in-ear metronome live so bass mistakes didn't affect rhythm section that much.

16 year old me would never get permission to travel couple of countries away for some concert. But I still have such a sadness that I didn't see this band live back in the day, even considering those circumstances...
 
Casillas (without t) did very well live. Perhaps I didn't notice these mistakes. Besides liking his playing and enthousiastic performance (e.g. his interaction between him and Adrian during the non-Smith solo in King in Crimson was priceless!), I also liked him for doing backing vocals.

I have seen this band once, without Roy Z. Z preferred to do some production job with some lesser known band during the Chemical Wedding tour. I was worried, but enjoyed the gig very much. Well, I saw Adrian for the first time, and the songs were very good, but the performance by Z's replacement and the others was good too really.
 
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Bruce Dickinson speaking his mind back about his solo career, Steve Harris and some other things back in 1998.
John: Any of the new Maiden you'd fancy singing?
Bruce: I quite liked 'Futureal'. When the singer writes a track the melody is a lot more singer-friendly. Some of Steve's songs are a bugger to sing because the words are incredibly awkward. You want to leave out half of them, basically.
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And Futureal became the first Blaze song he ever did. Done (plus Man on the Edge) on the Ed Hunter Tour in 1999.
 
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