Biography
For a unique voice Frontman Iron Maiden Bruce Dikinson received a nicknamer of a fire defense siren (Eng. Air Raid Siren). With his example, he brought up a whole generation of "coming" vocalists. And more than 40 years of creativity recorded over 20 albums, both solo and as part of groups. Bruce's performance is estimated and laid out of interest: he is not only a musician, but also producer, the pilot of civil aviation, writer, an athlete.Childhood and youth
Dickinson was born on August 7, 1958 in Wairksop, the County of Nottinghamshire. He was an unexpected and unwanted child who significantly complicated the life of 17-year-old Sony and 18-year-old Bruce. Young people had to be combined with marriage and leave the kid: In those years, an abortion was considered a serious crime in the UK.
At the birth of Dickinson called the floor, but the musician himself preferred the second name Bruce since childhood.
Elder generation helped raise an undesirable child. Grandmother and grandfather replaced Dickinson parents. It was they who taught him to brush their teeth, tie the laces and defend their own interests, showed the boy what music is. Chubby Checker and The Beatles sounded in their house.
Mother and father, unlike grandparents, considered Bruce moral and material burdens. Therefore, at the age of 12, they gave it to a private boarding house of Aundave with a 24-hour stay. Here the boy was regularly beaten, but, a scientific senior generation, he did not show his pain.
The only welcome in Aoundayle was music. Then Bruce Dickinson and met Deep Purple. The first tool that the vocalist Iron Maiden tried to master the drums began. Later it turned out that his voice is much better than coordination.
After school, the young man went in the footsteps of his father and went to the army volunteer. Six months later, he realized that he had chosen his profession. The next attempt to gain itself was received on the historical faculty of College Qwin Mary in London. Here the singer made his first rock group Speed.
Personal life
Dickinson was married twice and brought up three children. His first chosen was Eric Barnett - Windless windy in youth girl, which became known thanks to Mötley Crüe's autobiography "Dirt: recognition of the most infamous rock band in the world" (2001).The book mentions the case when the girl was climbed into the number of Nikki Six and offered intimate proximity. He, the famous depravant, did not refuse. The next day, Bruce Dickinson came to get acquainted with Mötley Crüe with his beloved. She turned out to be the very night visitor.
Later Nikki Six apologized for this story, since Dickinson did not know about treason. One way or another, by that time, the spouses broke up. They were together from 1983 to 1987.
In the 1990s, the wife of Vocalist Iron Maiden became Patrice Bowen, a psychotherapist. The sons of Austin (1990 R.) and Griffin (1992), daughter Kia (1993) were born in the Union. Both heirs went in the footsteps of the Father and play hard rock.
For a long time, the personal life of the musician was uninteresting for tabloids, and in 2019, Dickinson himself trembled the public. He said that after almost 30 years spent in family harmony, again divorces.
Patrice Bouden died in May 2020. The cause of death is not advertised, but Bruce called the incident to the tragic accident.
Now the musician lives with a liana dollet, a fitness coach.
Dickinson's voice range in Fallete reaches four octaves. In 2015, the singer almost lost him - the doctors discovered a cancer tumor on the back of the tongue. Since the disease was diagnosed at an early stage, the struggle was successful. After 7 weeks of radio and chemotherapy, several months of restoring Iron Maiden reported that cancer retreated and their leader is completely healthy.
Dickinson does not lead an "instagram". In any case, the social network does not have its verified accounts. Fresh photographs of the singer can only be seen in the tabloids and on the official Iron Maiden website. And deeper to plunge into his life allows autobiography "Why do this button you need". In the book, the celebrity says not so much about music as about their side, but no less important hobbies: piloting, fencing, cooking, writing.
The growth of the Iron Maiden vocalist is 168 cm, the weight is more than 60 kg.
Creation
Having experienced experience in Speed and Shots, Bruce Dickinson joined Samson. Working with an already glorified by the group, a representative of the new wave of British Hvei-Metal, put an imprint on the behavior of the vocalist. For example, he began smoking marijuana.
It is thanks to Samson Dickinson heard Iron Maiden. In 1981, the group lost vocalist. The place is not empty, because at hand there were a skilled artist, as the time has shown, one of the best in Hevi-Metall.
Dickinson's discography in Iron Maiden before leaving in 1993 he has seven studio albums. The singer made a creative contribution to each of them - composed songs and sometimes even arrangement. But there was a material that rockers considered unsuitable and simply funny.
Once in an interview with Bruce remembered, as he presented to Steve Harris, Father Iron Maiden, his acoustic ballads. From the height of the experience vocalist noted that they sounded like Spanish Folk. This was the first signal to be a famous musician and outside the group.
In 1993, Dikinson began a solo career. It has six albums and dozens of cult compositions, such as Tears of The Dragon (from English. "Dragon Tears"). The performer boldly experimented, he acted with Montserrat Caballe, and with Roby Halford. Electronics, Ethnic Tunes, Rock and Roll, Grunge - Bruce Dickinson tried with all their might eradicated from Hevi-Metal creativity.
In 1999, the vocalist returned to Iron Maiden and continued to create independent music. There were also cons: he went to a new tour, it was worth just going home. Due to the lack of free time, the solo career of celebrities sued no. The collection of clips Anthology (2006) became a logical conclusion.
Bruce Dickinson now
To this day, Dickinson is a vocalist Iron Maiden. As part of the tour Legacy of the Beast, the Group planned to perform in Moscow in 2020, but their plans violated a coronavirus infection pandemic. Many concerts were postponed for 2021, but Russia is not yet in the tour route. Among the countries that Iron Maiden still plans to visit when the borders will open, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France.Discography
With the Samson group:
- 1980 - Head ON
- 1981 - SHOCK TACTICS
With the Iron Maiden group:
- 1982 - The Number of the Beast
- 1983 - Piece of Mind
- 1984 - PowerSlave.
- 1986 - Somewhere in Time
- 1988 - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- 1990 - No Prayer for the Dying
- 1992 - Fear of The Dark
- 2000 - Brave New World
- 2003 - Dance of Death
- 2006 - A Matter Of Life and Death
- 2010 - The Final Frontier
- 2015 - The Book of Souls
Solo:
- 1990 - Tattooed Millionaire
- 1994 - Balls to Picasso
- 1996 - SkunkWorks.
- 1997 - Accident of Birth
- 1998 - The Chemical Wedding
- 1999 - Scream for Me Brazil
- 2001 - THE BEST OF BRUCE DICKINSON
- 2005 - Tyranny of Souls