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Bruce Dickinson

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Also known as Paul Bruce Dickinson

English heavy metal singer (born 1958)

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Bruce Dickinson is an English heavy metal singer born in 1958, best known as the lead vocalist of the influential band Iron Maiden. He is considered one of the most important figures in heavy metal music due to his powerful voice and dynamic stage presence.

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  • Mandrake Project
  • Iron Maiden
  • What does this button do?: Die Autobiografie
  • Bruce Dickinson's MANDRAKE Project Issue No. 3
  • Bruce Dickinson's MANDRAKE Project Issue No. 2

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1958-08-07
bruce dickinsonheavy metalmetalpilotreino unidovocalist

Discography

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Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He has performed with the band during two periods, from 1981 to 1993 and from 1999 onward. Dickinson is noted for his wide vocal range and theatrical stage presence. Dickinson began his musical career in the 1970s performing with local pub bands while attending school in Sheffield and later studying at university in London. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bruce+

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Quotes

  • “Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue.”
  • “(On performing in Costa Rica for the first time) It was like finding some weird tribe in the middle of the jungle and, you know, they all come out and go: "Fear of the Dark. Favorite Album." What?!?”

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Dickinson has performed in the band across two stints, from 1981 to 1993 and from 1999 to the present day. He is known for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence.

Dickinson began his career in music fronting small pub bands in the 1970s while attending school in Sheffield and university in London. In 1979, he joined British new wave heavy metal band Samson, with whom he gained some popularity under the stage name "Bruce Bruce" and performed on two studio records. He left Samson in 1981 to join Iron Maiden, replacing Paul Di'Anno, and debuted on their 1982 album The Number of the Beast. During his first tenure in the band, they issued a series of US and UK platinum and gold albums in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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