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David Ingraham
Bruce Dickinson is a heavy metal singer, whose career has spanned more than three decades. In early 1989, during his first tenure in Iron Maiden, Zomba asked Dickinson to contribute a track for the film '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'', providing a budget, a studio, and a producer, Chris Tsangarides. Dickinson took up the opportunity and called an old friend of his, former Gillan guitarist Janick Gers. Shortly after meeting, they had " Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" ready for the studio, which was recorded with the assistance of bassist Andy Carr and drummer Fabio del Rio. Impressed with the results, Zomba convinced Dickinson to record a full album using the same line-up, leading to 1990's ''Tattooed Millionaire''. A supporting tour followed, for which an unavailable Del Rio was replaced by drummer Dickie Fliszar. To concentrate on his second solo effort, '' Balls to Picasso'', Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1993 and collaborated with American producer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer who has been the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1981 to 1993 and 1999–present. 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. Dickinson quit Iron Maiden in 1993 (being replaced by Blaze Bayley) to pursue his solo career, which saw him experiment with a wide variety of heavy metal and rock styles. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe Of Gypsies
Tribe of Gypsies are a San Fernando Valley, California-based Latin rock group, best known for band leader/guitarist Roy Z who has produced, written for, and played with such well-known artists as Judas Priest, Rob Halford, Sepultura and Bruce Dickinson who has used various members of Tribe of Gypsies to record his solo albums starting with 1994's ''Balls to Picasso''. History Tribe of Gypsies was founded in 1991 by guitarist Roy Z after the breakup of his band Driver, then situated in the New England area. Upon returning to his hometown of Los Angeles, Z decided to pursue a musical direction closer to his Latin roots and recorded a 5-song demo with the help of vocalist Robbyn Garcia and bassist Kelly Pattrik. The tape found its way into the hands of Ole Bergfleth, owner of the upstart Dream Circle label in Germany. He quickly signed the band and Z began to assemble a line-up to write and record the first Tribe of Gypsies album. He would recruit bassist Eddie Casillas, whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dive! Dive! Live!
''Dive! Dive! Live!'' is the first live video recorded by heavy metal singer Bruce Dickinson. It was filmed at Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club on Sherman Way, Reseda, California, on 14 August 1990, while finishing the ''Tattooed Millionaire'' US tour leg. The video was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich—who also worked on Iron Maiden's ''Live After Death''—and the backing band was the same as on "Tattooed Millionaire", save drummer Dickie Fliszar, who replaced Fabio del Rio to perform during the tour. The set-list consisted practically of all the songs from the ''Tattooed Millionaire'' sessions, except for "Darkness Be My Friend" from "All The Young Dudes" single. It included " Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" and some cover versions played throughout the tour, like Deep Purple's "Black Night", AC/DC's "Sin City". "Riding with the Angels" is a song composed while Dickinson still played with Samson. On an interview in the Anthology DVD release, Bruc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctuary Records Group
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and is as of 2013 a subsidiary of BMG Rights Management solely for reissues. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest music management company in the world. It was also the world's largest independent owner of music intellectual property rights, with over 160,000 songs. History The company was formed in 1979 by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor, who met as undergraduates at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1979, they discovered Iron Maiden in a London pub and went on to manage the group. They named the record company after the band's song "Sanctuary," which was released as a single in 1980, and later included on American pressings as well as the reissued CD version of their 1980 eponymous debut album. Sanctuary Records has historically signed artists with long-term appeal that have had a long career and steady fan base. Between 1989 and 1991, Sanctuary was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles
''Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles'' (''BW&BK'') is a Canadian heavy metal magazine. Although based in Toronto, Canada, ''BW&BK'' features writers from the US, Germany and the UK, allowing the magazine to represent metal music from an international prospective. Covering many facets of extreme music, ''BW&BK'' features a reviews section which reports on current records circulating through the underground metal world, a Metal Forecast section which tracks the release date of upcoming recordings, and a website (named just BraveWords) which reports current metal news. ''Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles'' was founded by former ''M.E.A.T.'' magazine staffer Tim Henderson and author Martin Popoff in 1994. History Early 1990s Henderson, who had published several photocopied issues of a newsletter called ''Metal Tim Bits'' (the title a play on the Tim Bit donut served at the popular Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons), encountered Popoff in the Toronto HMV's metal section and Popoff began dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyranny Of Souls
''Tyranny of Souls'' is the sixth studio album released by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson on 23 May 2005. The cover art is one of the panels of Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation, a work by renaissance artist Hans Memling. It is his first solo album since rejoining Iron Maiden in 1999 and his most recent studio album as a solo artist to date. The songwriting on the album was split between Roy Z and Dickinson. During composition, Roy sent recordings of riffs to Dickinson, who was on tour with Iron Maiden. Dickinson subsequently wrote lyrics and melodies. Roy also served as the album's producer and played all guitar parts as well as some supplemental bass guitar and piano parts. The other players on the album were all connected to Roy Z through different projects. Z, bassist Ray "Geezer" Burke, and keyboardist Maestro Mistheria all contributed to vocalist Rob Rock's 2003 release, ''Eyes of Eternity''. Drummer Dave Moreno and bassist Juan Perez were members of Z's Latin ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Bruce Dickinson
__NOTOC__ ''The Best of Bruce Dickinson'' is a compilation album released in 2001 by Bruce Dickinson. Two versions were released; a single disc version and a bonus disc version. On the front cover, the album title is imposed upon the seal of the demon Astaroth. Disc 1 is a selection of songs from his previous solo albums, with the addition of two new songs, "Broken" and "Silver Wings", both of which were written by Dickinson and guitarist/producer Roy Z. Disc 2 contains rare songs, most of which have appeared as b-sides on singles. The track "The Voice of Crube" is an explanation of the various songs, narrated by Bruce (for whom 'Crube' is an anagram). Track listing Personnel * Bruce Dickinson – vocals * Roy Z – guitar, piano, mellotron * Adrian Smith – guitar * Janick Gers – guitar * Eddie "Cheddar" Casillas – bass * Alex Dickson – guitar * Andy Carr – bass * Chris Dale – bass * Doug Vanbooven – percussion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scream For Me Brazil
''Scream for Me Brazil'' is a live album by Bruce Dickinson, recorded in São Paulo, Brazil and released in 1999. The actual concert set list consisted of eighteen songs, but six of them were cut out from this release. The songs in question were three Iron Maiden songs; "Powerslave", "2 Minutes to Midnight" and "Flight of Icarus" as well as three of Dickinson's own songs; "Jerusalem", "Taking the Queen" and "Tattooed Millionaire". "Jerusalem" from this concert was later released on ''The Best of Bruce Dickinson'' compilation album in 2001. Background The album was released when guitarist Adrian Smith embodied his return to Iron Maiden and was considered a valuable conclusion of Dickinson's solo career. The first part of the concert consists entirely of the songs from the album '' The Chemical Wedding'', and then the inevitable "Tears of the Dragon" begins to remake Dickinson's classics. The album does not include songs from ''Skunkworks'' and ''Tattooed Millionaire''. The album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson Album)
''The Chemical Wedding'' is the fifth solo album by English heavy metal singer Bruce Dickinson, released on 15 September 1998 through Dickinson's own label Air Raid Records. The record draws some inspiration from the works of William Blake, featuring sung and spoken excerpts of his prophetic works and poetry (notably "And did those feet in ancient time" on the track "Jerusalem"), and with cover art from his painting ''The Ghost of a Flea'', although the name of the album and its title track derive from the Rosicrucian manifesto the '' Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz''. As with the previous album, it featured Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith, then a member of Dickinson's solo outfit. This is the last Dickinson's album before he and Adrian Smith rejoined Iron Maiden the following year. The film, '' Chemical Wedding'', with a screenplay by Dickinson, was released in May 2008. It features the title track from the album on its soundtrack, but concerns a story about th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Smith
Adrian Frederick "H" Smith (born 27 February 1957) is an English guitarist best known as a member of heavy metal band Iron Maiden, for whom he also writes songs and performs backing vocals both live and in the studio. Smith grew up in London and became interested in rock music at 15. He soon formed a friendship with future Iron Maiden guitarist Dave Murray, who inspired him to take up the guitar. After leaving school at 16, he formed the band Urchin, which he led until their demise in 1980. He joined Iron Maiden in November 1980, replacing Dennis Stratton. Following a short-lived solo project called ASAP, he left Iron Maiden in 1990 and, after a year-long hiatus, formed the band The Untouchables which later became Psycho Motel. In 1997, Psycho Motel was put on hold when Smith joined the band of former Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson. Smith and Dickinson would both return to Iron Maiden in 1999, after which the band gained new success. During his second tenure with Iron Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accident Of Birth
''Accident of Birth'' is the fourth studio album by Bruce Dickinson, released on 3 June 1997 through Castle Communications sub-label Raw Power in the UK and through CMC International in the US. Dickinson's second collaboration with guitarist/producer Roy Z, the album is markedly different in style from his previous effort ''Skunkworks''. As well as Roy Z, Dickinson was also joined for the album by fellow former Iron Maiden member Adrian Smith; both Dickinson and Smith would later return to their former band in early 1999. Thanks to the slightly bigger success of this album compared to his previous solo releases, Dickinson would continue to work with Roy Z on his subsequent albums '' The Chemical Wedding'' (1998) and ''Tyranny of Souls'' (2005). Album artwork The cover art was produced by Derek Riggs, best known for being the creator of Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie and the artwork on all of Iron Maiden's albums/singles/posters/tour brochures throughout 1980–1990 (and sporadically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skunkworks (album)
''Skunkworks'' is the third studio album by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, released in 1996. It is the first and only studio album recorded with the musicians Dickinson put together for the tour supporting the album ''Balls to Picasso''. They disbanded by the end of 1996. Overview Bruce Dickinson had intended ''Skunkworks'' to be the debut album of a band by the same name. However, his label would not issue the record under any name other than Bruce Dickinson. The album moved from Iron Maiden's Heavy metal music, heavy metal style to an alternative metal sound similar to bands such as Rush (band), Rush and Soundgarden. The album name refers to the Skunk Works, Lockheed code name for an elite military design group. It was produced by Jack Endino, best known for Nirvana (band), Nirvana's debut album ''Bleach (Nirvana album), Bleach''. "I had this argument with (my manager) Rod Smallwood, Rod," Dickinson recalled, "and he told me, 'You're a heavy metal singer. You can't cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
