3. The IRON MAIDEN Family Tree: Bruce Dickinson
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This article is from the Iron Maiden FAQ, by Vartan Narinian vsn@pobox.com and Steve Payne Sirpapa@aol.com with numerous contributions by others.
3. The IRON MAIDEN Family Tree: Bruce Dickinson
Recorded everything with IRON MAIDEN since the THE NUMBER
OF THE BEAST sessions up until A REAL DEAD ONE (Sep 1981 - Sep 1993).
OTHER WORKS:
STYX - (Help, any more information?)
SPEED (?) - recorded nothing - were a cross between the STRANGLERS and
JUDAS PRIEST, with keyboards.
SHOTS (1977 - 1979) - based on street theatrics, sounded more like Deep
Purple and Ian Gillan Band stuff as well as SPEED, but more hard
rock. Also never recorded.
SAMSON (Jun 1979 - Aug 1981) - Recorded SURVIVORS (1979) for the band
but never released it. Dickinson was on this album but as guitarist
and harmonica player. He was a kind-of member at this time since he
said he didn't want to join the band until he graduated from
college, which by this time was only two weeks away). A previous
version of SURVIVORS was already on the presses and so they wrote
HEAD ON, and then toured in support of the two albums. Last album
with Bruce (aka Bruce Bruce) was SHOCK TACTICS, in 1981. In 1990
Paul Samson released LIVE AT READING '81 with Dickinson. During his
tenure with SAMSON, SAMSON were regarded the most popular, equalled
only by DEF LEPPARD, IRON MAIDEN, and SAXON. Paul Samson continued
on with SAMSON with Nicky Moore (formerly with TIGER). The first 3
albums also had former IRON MAIDEN drummer Thunderstick (Spring 1977
- Mid 1977).
OTHER PROJECT (1986?) - Appeared on "Lone Wolf", the B-side of XERO's
"Oh Baby" single.
MR. BEAN & SMEAR CAMPAIGN (1992) - Together with Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean)
and TASTE, Bruce Dickinson recorded ELECTED (Alice Cooper) to raise
charity funds. The CD single contains:
1. (I want to be) ELECTED
Mr. Bean & Smear Campaign (Featuring Bruce Dickinson)
2. (I want to be) ELECTED
Smear Campaign (Featuring Bruce Dickinson)
3. THE MANIFESTO
Mr. Bean
The second track is the song ELECTED by TASTE with Bruce on vocals. The
third track is an election manifesto read by Mr. Bean. The first track
is a mix of both. Apparently there is also a video.
The whole thing is rather humorous, it probably is more so if you
are British.
BRUCE DICKINSON SOLO PROJECT - released an album TATTOOED MILLLIONAIRE
with future Maiden guitarist Jannick Gers in 1990, as well as wrote
"Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter" for the Nightmare On Elm
Street Part V - The Dream Child soundtrack. Though disbanded soon
after the tour, it will probably be resurrected in some form or
another soon enough. Solo band also included Andy Carr on bass, and
Fabio Del Rio on drums, and toured a little while Mid 1990.
THE EARTHQUAKE ALBUM / ROCK AID ARMENIA (1990) - This is a compilation
the sales of which went towards helping the people of Armenia stricken
by the 1990 earthquake. The first track is SMOKE ON THE WATER '90 and
is a sort of all-star performance of the classic DEEP PURPLE song.
Bruce sings the 2nd verse of the song. (This performance also features
names like Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Tony Iommi, Dave Gilmour,
Roger Taylor, Brian May, Bryan Adams, Keith Emerson and others).
BALLS TO PICASSO (1994) - Bruce's continuing solo project.
NATIVITY IN BLACK (1994)- The Black Sabbath Tribute features Bruce on
the vocals in "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath," with Godspeed.
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