…That's Dr. Bruce Dickinson To You, Chap!

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Posted by RobInjection on July 22, 2011

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is like the real life James Bond of metal. By night, he is the singer of one of the biggest heavy metal bands of all time, by day, he's an airplane pilot, champion fencer, actor, and now, you can call him Doctor. Dickinson received an honorary doctorate in music from London's Queen Mary university. It was the same school he attended as a young lad before joining Maiden. His parents wanted him in the army, but he was all like "Maaaa, I wanna go to college first," then he joined a bunch of bands and eventually Maiden found him, and the rest, as they say…is rock and roll history. [via Blabbermouth]

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5 Comments

Flanders Putnam says:

July 22, 2011 at 4:08 pm

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does anyone even like iron maiden besides their shirts? the music, its so cheesy. hes a smart dude though, safe to say hes got a backup career or 2 when the band hangs it up
- Sliv says:
  
  July 22, 2011 at 4:26 pm
  
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  I like Maiden Pre and Post-Blaze. With the exception of Dance of Death.
  - Flanders Putnam says:
    
    July 22, 2011 at 4:41 pm
    
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    fair enough, im sure itd be fun to see them play live and stuff i just dont dig the tunes, not my style. plus bands with 3 guitar players is such a turn off, you just dont need a 3rd guitarist. ever.
Frank Injection says:

July 22, 2011 at 6:58 pm

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It's not a big deal, but I noticed there are a few misleading comments here. Dickinson didn't "start" Maiden, Steve Harris did. Bruce joined Iron Maiden on Number Of The Beast, 7 years after the band had started. Also, Bruce never "found" Maiden, he was in a marginally popular band called Samson for 3 years after graduating QMU. Iron Maiden had an interest in Samson, and went to peek in on Dickinson's vocal sessions since things weren't going good with Paul Di'anno. They eventually asked Bruce to audition for IM. The original audition tapes can be found on the internet if anyone is interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPCiP4ar27k
- RobInjection says:
  
  July 23, 2011 at 12:25 am
  
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  Oops, I meant joined instead of started, so I corrected that.
  Also, I said he found Maiden not founded. But I guess Maiden found him.