Bruce Dickinson

Paul Bruce Dickinson (born August 7, 1958 in Worksop Nottinghamshire, England) is the lead singer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Before this, he was singer in similar band Samson from 1980 until he joined Iron Maiden with their Number of the Beast album in 1982.

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August 7 - 1958 - Worksop - Nottinghamshire - England - Lead singer - Heavy metal - Iron Maiden - Samson - 1980 - Number of the Beast - 1982

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During previous years, he was in Styx (1976) (not the American band of the same name; Styx), then went on to sing for Speed (1977 - 1978) and when this band split, he joined Shots until the summer of 1979.

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1976 - Styx - 1977 - 1978 - 1979

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Other talents include literature, writing, Olympic standard fencing, train technology and flying Boeing 757 charter jets for the UK charter airline Astraeus (which Iceland Express leases planes from) where he is employed as First Officer.

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Literature - Writing - Olympic - Fencing - Train - Flying - Boeing 757 - UK - Airline - Astraeus - Iceland Express - First Officer

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He is sometimes called "Conan the Librarian" after a character in the "Weird Al" Yankovic movie UHF, and has been nicknamed, 'The Air Raid Siren'. Dickinson went by the stagename "Bruce Bruce" prior to joining Iron Maiden. He is also an above average guitarist. He studied history at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, and was active in student politics as a member of the Conservative Party. He is not to be confused with the rock producer (in reality a sound engineer) (played by Christopher Walken) for Blue Oyster Cult in the famous Saturday Night Live "More Cowbell" skit.

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Conan the Librarian - "Weird Al" Yankovic - UHF - Nickname - Guitarist - Queen Mary and Westfield College - University of London - Student politics - Conservative Party - Christopher Walken - Blue Oyster Cult - Saturday Night Live

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Dickinson currently presents the Saturday evening "rock show" on BBC alternative rock radio station 6 Music. He has recently taken the helm of BBC Radio 2 Serial, Masters of Rock. He also presented the 5-part historical TV series about aviation; Flying Heavy Metal was shown on the Discovery Channel in the UK.

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Rock - BBC - Alternative rock - Radio - 6 Music - BBC Radio 2 - Aviation - Flying Heavy Metal - Discovery Channel - UK

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