Bright musician with a powerful vocal, Dickinson Bruce- a man of diverse interests. His life is a constant search for new opportunities for self-realization. Although the main thing for him will always be rock music, he is a vivid example of the fact that a talented person is talented in everything.
Difficult childhood
The future was born on August 7, 1958.rock idol Paul Bruce Dickinson, whose biography began with great difficulties. It was an unintentional child, his 17-year-old mother and 18-year-old father did not plan to have children, and only an accident led to the creation of a young family. It was difficult for parents to get settled in life, they worked in different, not very well-paid positions, and they gave custody of their son to grandparents. He lived a future musician in a small mining town of Worksop, his grandfather worked underground, extracting coal, and his grandmother worked at home. It was the grandfather who became for Bruce (he disliked his first name since childhood) the main educator, he tried to teach his grandson men's actions, taught to protect himself. Also, the grandparents introduced the boy to the music. When it was time for Bruce to go to school, his parents took him away again, but they practically didn’t study their son, he didn’t know the care and was often left to himself. Due to frequent family relocations, he did not have the opportunity to make friends, but in high school, when the boy began to show a clear interest in music, he was able to become a member of a musical group at school, and this marked the beginning of his musical career.
The path to the music
The beginning of the professional path is usually associated withsearches and tests, the same way went Bruce Dickinson. A photo of a musician in his youth was captured in a variety of guises: he tried himself as a drummer, guitarist, but still he managed the role of a vocalist best. Already in school, he sings in a band and gets his first vocal, rehearsal, and public speaking experience. However, Bruce has not yet thought about the professional career of a musician, considering it unattainable. Despite certain difficulties with behavior, he quite successfully finishes school, half a year tries to be a military man, and finally decides that history is his vocation, he goes to college in London. And there they meet Noddy White, who had a small set of equipment, and together they formed a band called Speed, which played a mixture of punk and hard rock. The group gives several concerts, and this experience helped Bruce to believe in himself, not only as a musician, but also as a soloist. He constantly rotates in the circle of rock musicians, meets different people, falls into the group Shots, in which he learns to play the guitar and begins to compose songs. The group performs at national concerts, one of which Dickinson is found by members of the Samson team and is invited to the vocalist. The group before Bruce came to punk, but his vocal abilities and interests led to a change in course, and Samson became one of the leading British bands playing heavy metal. While still working in a group, he meets with musicians from Iron Maiden, and after a while he is invited to this group.
Iron maiden
By joining the team, Dickinson Bruce realizes thateverything is much more serious here than in all its previous teams. There was a strict schedule of recordings, rehearsals and concerts, there was a complete set of equipment, a manager and all the attributes of a professional group. He begins to actively raise his level, writes serious songs with philosophical texts. He significantly influences the concept of the group, creating songs with mystical lyrics, using extravagant stage costumes. The new frontman of the group, Bruce Dickinson, whose photos were placed on posters and magazine covers, won a new popularity for the team. Still, his main advantage was bright vocals, people came to listen to the vocalist, and he sang with pleasure for them.
Bruce Dickinson, whose discography is in Iron Maidenhad 6 albums, worked in a group of 10 years and decided it was time to go to a single voyage. He wants to find a way to fully express his world view, which is not available to him in the group. More and more demands on himself and the team makes Bruce Dickinson, the growth of his musical ambitions led to the fact that he leaves Iron Maiden, trying to be realized in a solo format.
Solo career
The quality of the material in the latest album IronMaiden did not suit Bruce, he wanted to find himself in music outside of heavy metal, he experimented with electronic sound along with new producer Keith Olsen. However, the meeting with Roy Ramirez changed the intentions of the musician, he wanted to create a joint record with him, then to return to rock and roll. He records the Balls to Picasso album and gives a series of concerts in support of it with a new team of musicians. Then, with them, Dickinson wrote a new album, Skunkworks, in which the sound of metal and grunge was felt. But the growing disagreements in the group and dissatisfaction with the material again forced Bruce to disband the team. And in 1999, he decides to return to Iron Maiden, but does not leave his solo career. In subsequent years, he released 5 albums with the group, participated in touring tours, but he also productively works in his solo project, releasing albums with music different from Iron Maiden.
The value of Bruce Dickinson's creativity for contemporary culture
Bruce's musical career has developed verysuccessfully thanks to his unique singing manner. Critics recognize him as one of the strongest heavy metal vocalists. With his sound and philosophical texts, Dickinson changed his attitude towards heavy music, made it a cultural phenomenon that conveys strong emotions and thoughts. He introduced into the music of heavy metal complexity and meaningfulness, for which critics have called him a Renaissance man of the metal era.
Life outside music
Dickinson Bruce does not want to devote himselfonly to music, he says that he does not want in his old age to think that he has missed something. Therefore, he devoted a lot of time and effort to fencing, participated in international competitions of the highest level, reaching the final series. Bruce is also a licensed pilot, he took the plane during the Iron Maiden tour, participated in the evacuation of the British from rebel Lebanon. He created his own aircraft repair company and considers aviation his main job, and music is a hobby. Dickinson Bruce also conducts his radio show, collaborating with television companies. His life is full of a variety of activities, he also wrote two science fiction novels that were highly popular.
Personal life
In the life of Dickinson, there were two marriages, the firstlasted only four years, and the second lasts today. Bruce has three children, the eldest son is already known as the vocalist of a rock band. The musician's wife, Paddy, was able to survive his career ups, his search for himself, and even Bruce’s cancer. In 2015, he was diagnosed with a small malignant tumor. But surgery and therapy helped him to overcome the disease and fully recover.
