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4/6/2006
Finally a Bruce DVD. Here are the details.
The 3 DVD set will include the following contents:
Disc 1 - Live: Dive Dive Dive – Originally released on PMI in 1991. 70 Minute feature of Bruce live in Los Angeles. Skunkworks Live – Originally released by Castle/JVC in 1997. 60 Minute Live feature of Bruce performing in Gerona, Spain.
Disc 2 - Live Bootleg!: Scream For Me Brazil – Previously Unreleased 104 minute feature of Bruce performing in Sao Paulo, Brazil on his 2000 Tour.
Disc 3 - Studio Extras: Promo Videos: 'Tattooed Millionaire', 'All The Young Dudes', 'Dive Dive Dive' (Single), 'Born In '58', 'Tears Of The Dragon', 'Shoot All The Clowns', 'Back From The Edge', 'Inertia', 'Accident Of Birth...', 'Killing Floor', 'The Tower', 'Chemical Wedding', 'The Road To Hell', 'Abduction'.
Extras: 1. Tyranny Of Souls EPK – Filmed interview with Bruce about the creative processes of making an album together with him talking about each individual song (60 minutes). 2. Interview about each promo video and the thoughts and ideas behind them (60 minutes). 3. Biceps of Steel – Short feature of Bruce in SAMSON, released in 1981.
Bruce comments on the upcoming release, stating, "It’s fantastic to share all of this stuff with my fans. These DVDs contain rare material that people either won’t know exists or have been unable to buy. The Samson video has changed hands for absurd amounts of money, and although we spent loads of time and had and lots and lots of fun making the promos, because MTV didn’t show them many of won’t have been seen. It was high time they were all chucked together in one package.”
10/31/05
The Dave Ingraham interview is now complete and available
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3/22/05 Bruce Dickinson Bruce Dickinson is an artist who has influenced thousands of singers,
musicians and fans alike in his outstanding role as the front man of legendary
band Iron Maiden. He has achieved great success as a solo artist, and is also
acclaimed as a Radio DJ, TV presenter, pilot, author and voice of modern music.
Tracklisting – Tyranny Of Souls 9/14/04 The Shay Baby interview is now complete and available
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An audio transcript of Bruce on the Allan Handelman Show is available HERE.
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New Solo album Tyranny of Souls
Released May 24th 2005 on Sanctuary Records
It has been seven years since Dickinson released his last solo album, The Chemical
Wedding, which received massive critical acclaim while exploring intriguing
and dark themes. The intervening years have seen him make a highly successful
return to Iron Maiden, with two huge albums and record breaking live shows and
tours.
Tyranny Of Souls, Bruce’s new solo venture, sees him return once again
to collaborate with guitarist/producer/writer Roy Z. The album’s cover
is adorned with a 15th century depiction of Hell by Hans Hemling and the music
continues along this path to explore dark, apocalyptic themes. Delving into
science, theology and of course, his love of flight, with thought provoking,
intelligent and menacing lyrics that are sure to leave the listener’s mind
unsettled, Tyranny Of Souls is pure Dickinson. Heavy riff-laden songs and explosive
virtuoso guitar work from Roy joined with the definitive Dickinson soaring vocals,
makes this ground breaking album a tour de force of modern Metal.
It was following on from the end of the last Maiden tour that Bruce saw an opportunity
to work alongside Roy again.
“With Maiden, once the band has finished up on the tours, we all tend to
go our separate ways and do our own thing for a while until it’s time to
saddle up again for the next album. I knew I could seize the chance to work
with Roy in between his work on the new Judas Priest album. We both work quickly
together which I like and the recording is very organic so it came together
quite easily. I’m very proud of it.”
Mars Within (Intro), Abduction, Soul Intruders, Kill Devil Hill, Navigate The
Seas Of The Sun, River Of No Return, Power Of The Sun, Devil On A Hog, Believil,
A Tyranny Of Souls
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Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the mad composer, has returned to bring the masses not one, but two new offerings from his Extraterrestrial Prog-Metal concoction known simply as Ayreon. As exhibited by the album titles alone, you can guarantee that you're in for a wild aural ride with these Inside Out Music America releases. The Universal Migrator is a 2-part conceptual piece that discusses the personal aspects of sci-fi themes like interstellar exploration and time travel.
The first disc, 'Universal Migrator part I: The Dream Sequencer', is very Prog and atmosphere-centric, much like his previous effort, 1998's 'Into The Electric Castle: A Space Opera' and features such notable musicians in the field as Clive Nolan (Arena), Johan Edlund (Tiamat), Lana Lane, and Neal Morse (Spock's Beard).
Disc Two, 'Universal Migrator part II: Flight of the Migrator' is much more cutting edge, symphonic Melodic Metal and features the many talents of some very noteworthy musicians: Ed Warby (Gorefest, Elegy), Michael Romeo (Symphony X), Erik Norlander, Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery); and incredible vocal participation by the likes of Russel Allen (Symphony X), Ralf Scheepers (Gamma Ray, Primal Fear), Andi Deris (Helloween), Fabio Lione (Rhapsody), Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius), Ian Parry (Elegy) and yes, Bruce Dickinson of the legendary Iron Maiden!!
Although many of the special guests contribute their vocal and instrumental talents, Lucassen is practically a one-man band! The Dutch musician, who made a a name for himself with Bodine and Vengeance, plays electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, analog synthesizers and keyboards on both parts of ' Universal Migrator.' The use of analog synthesizers certainly contributes directly to the warm sound of these albums.
The progressive rock and progressive heavy metal genres aren't exactly high-profile mainstream media darlings, so perhaps it's useful to make some musical comparisons to let people know what kinds of impressive sounds the Ayreon CDs will fill their ears, brains and hearts with. Lucassen's fluid, dreamy guitar style, for example, recalls that of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. And the airy synthesizer and keyboard textures, particularly on 'Universal Migrator part I: The Dream Sequencer,' can be favorably linked to cutting-edge new age music.
'Universal Migrator part I: The Dream Sequencer' and 'Universal Migrator part II: Flight of the Migrator' are available separately.
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10/3/00
IT appears as though the rumor of Bruce Dickinson's movie, 'The Chemical Wedding', will happen. Though not necessarily with MALCOLM McDOWELL and ROGER DALTREY starring, according to what Bruce said on Radio 2 yesterday (I am trying to get a transcript of the interview). In other news, accoring to Metal Edge ALICE COOPER and BRUCE DICKINSON will be presenters at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, to be held in Stockholm, Sweden on November 16.8/31/00
Pictures are up! Go to the Misc page.8/14/00
I had the fortunate pleasure of seeing Maiden in Pittsburgh then taking "The Goose" to Philadelphia for the show. Click here to read the entire story. Pictures soon to come.7/11/00
The Dickinson/Halford duet on "The one you love to hate," can be found at: http://clik.to/exciter. The song sounds great. Thanks to Imagikafan from the BD Bulletin Board.6/14/00
I have updated the Sounds page with "Black Night," live from London in 1990. Also, Sanctuary's Metal-is.com website has a recent interview with Bruce. Click here to read it!!5/18/00
Bruce appeared on VH-1's The List, hosted by K.D. Lang. The category was best albums of the 1990's. Bruce's choices were Catherinw Wheel(album name I forgot), SoundGarden - BadMotorFinger, & Garbage(album name I forgot). Bruce was in top form and funny as always. The other guest on the show were: A guy from The Goo Goo Dolls, an actor from the WB betwork and some actress I've never heard of.4/27/00
Sanctuary's Metal-is.com website has a recent interview with Bruce. Click here to read it!!4/21/00
I have update the Sounds page with "Riding with the Angels," from the Tattoeed Millionaire tour in London 1990.3/9/00
I have finally finished transcribing the Roy Z interview. My apologies for taking so long, but time was not on my side. You can go to the Interviews section or you can just click here.2/18/00
The Roy Z interview took place yesterday and went very well. I only had about 25 minutes but I managed to get alot of information. Some highlights were: The Tribe will be on Air Raid in Europe and Sanctuary in the US, so look for a summer release of the new CD. Look for a possible US tour as well as a European tour this year. Roy is already writing for the new album, which is more aggressive than Standing...and hopes to have it out by years end. I hope to have the entire interview up in the next week or so.2/11/00
I have updated the Sounds page with Tears of the Dragon (Acoustic Chillout). Sorry it is in Real Audio format due to limited space. Also, the Roy Z interview is coming real soon possibly in the next week or two. Stay tuned!2/2/00
I have updated the Sounds page with a live acoustic version of "Rescue Day"(not the full version)in MP3. There has not been much Bruce news of late besides his work with Rob Halford. Hang tight and stay tuned. I added a link below for Tickets.com12/31/99
I have updated the Sounds page with 3 songs from Adrian's days in Urchin. They are "She's a Roller," "Black Leather Fantasy," and "Long Time No Woman." All MP3. I hope to have some new interviews next year with Bruce, Adrian & Roy Z.11/22/99
I have updated the Sounds page with 4 songs from Adrian's solo project, A.S.a.P. I am still trying to finalize a Roy Z interview, however, it may not happen until next year due to scheduling conflicts. No new Bruce info as of yet. I hope to have an interview with him next year.11/11/99
Believe it or not, the long awaited Adrian interview during the Skeleton Crew days, after The Untouchable days is close to being started again. I also plan on adding some songs from the ASAP b-sides in the coming weeks. Go to the Misc page for the tab to "Fog on the Tyne."11/2/99
I have updated the Albums section with my brief review of Scream for Me Brazil. I will be updating some pictures of Bruce from my 1997 interview and the tab for "Fog on the Tyne" in the next week or two.10/11/99
The live album has been pushed back to Nov 2 in the US. I should have my copy this week so stay tuned for my review. I have also added the new cover to the album section. The following was taken from the offical sites forum on why the unusual cover: Why the Piranha? Basically I asked Riggsy to come up with something based on Edward Munch, ie his famous painting "The Scream". I wanted to have Edison doing a version of the pose but with an ice pick in one hand embedding it into his skull, and the other hand being a rotating saw blade with copious chunks of wood, brain and blood splattering all over the cover. it took two and a half months for derek to come up with his painting and I think, alas, that something was lost in the translation. what we ended up with was edison looking a trifle askance as if someone had stepped inadvertently on his toe. The neccesity to release the album before the next century led to Rod (Smallwood) coming up with the idea of the the snarly fish, which is actually Brazilian in connotation and does not involve a soccer shirt! I myself was sceptical until I saw the actual picture and I must say that I quite like it. it is certainly different, and having seen it alongside a bunch of rival CD issues it really stands out. Oh the trials and tribulations of the label type thang. by the way, the record is released on Air Raid in the states as well and there are no plans for a change of cover.9/21/99
I have updated the Sounds page with "Ballad of Mutt" and "Winds of Change." Both are from the Tattooed Millionaire single.
9/17/99
I have updated the Misc page with The Cleveland pictures. Most of the ones I took did not come out, however I did manage to get a couple of good ones. I also included the backstage pictures of me and the band, though I had to cut my brother out, sorry Harv!
9/7/99
The Bruce with Megadeth performance has been confirmed, twice! On Saturday night I accidentally came across the VH1 Rock Show and their was highlights of Bruce singing "Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath," with MegaDeth. Bruce was in his normal casual attire and had a lyric sheet in hand to sing the song. Also, John Von Draugr, the original poster of the message on the Maiden BB said, Bruce was in NYC. I was actually there at the show. He really kicked a**. He sounded better that night then on the Nativity in Black, at least that is my opinion. In "Scream for me Brazil" news, it has been reported, by Rob, that CD Europe is selling the new CD with a bonus track.
9/3/99
So you want "Scream for me Brazil" before anyone else. Well, thanks to Jeff Bruck for sending in the following: The Japan release date is 9-22-99, it is available for preorder through CD Europe. Also, thanks to Brian Shepherd a.k.a sheppyman, for sending this in: I heard that a day or two ago Bruce did a guest appearance at a benefit show with Megadeth in NYC. He sang "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" and the crowd went crazy (from the Maiden bb). Lastly, for those of you who live in Chicago and for those around the globe, check out Revelations an Iron Maiden tribute band.
8/30/99
From Hard Radio: Even though Mr. Air Raid Siren, BRUCE DICKINSON, will be focusing all his energies on IRON MAIDEN all the way through 2001, there will be plenty for fans of Dickinson, the solo artist, to cheer about. In addition to his upcoming live album, Scream For Me, due out in October, Bruce has let slip that he intends to release a compilation album of sorts, tentatively titled Catacombs, some time next spring. "It'll be all stuff from the crypt - songs from the Accident of Birth and The Chemical Wedding sessions, weird stuff like the ECW track, maybe even some early stuff I did that preceeded Tattooed Millionaire, like the original version of 'Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter'. You know, really dig around and find some interesting things. People may have some of the tracks on B-sides - a lot of people won't. Nobody will have all of it or even fifty percent of it, so it'll be a really good fun, interesting record." As for Scream For Me, the album has now been scaled back from a double to a single disc. Explains Bruce: "Originally the idea was to do a CD-ROM with it, so it was gonna have a couple of extra tracks music-wise and some video footage and a photo gallery - stuff like that. There are two reasons why we canned it: One is - as it is right now, the CD comes in at 71 minutes, which is perfect for a single CD. The only track on the CD-ROM would've been 'Jerusalem', which is kind of a weird track to just have stuck out there on its own. The price difference and what I can only describe as the BS factor - manufacturing and everything else - it's just not worth it. We're far better off, particularly because I think CD-ROM is gonna be sort of outdated in a very short period of time because DVD is gonna come in. Basically, we could put together a terrific DVD package down the line, which could use any stuff like this. There just didn't seem any point to me in putting a CD-ROM out and complicating the whole issue. This way it makes it really clear what it is - one CD, 71 minutes of music, live album." Also scheduled to be released on Air Raid are all four SAMSON albums featuring Dickinson, namely Survivors, Head On, Shock Tactics, and Live at Reading as well as the reissue of the classic Metal For Muthas compilation which includes rare cuts by Iron Maiden, Angel Witch, Samson, and Praying Mantis among others. "We've been working on remastering 'Metal For Muthas' for the 20th anniversary of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. That'll come out this year - EMI have given us the go ahead to put it out."8/27/99
Yes there has been an overhaul to the original site. Everything should still work, though some pages may have the old look to it, I am in the process of cleaning everything up. I didn't realize that this would take forever and I am not even getting paid for this. On to the story, a good of mine, Paul, who lives in LA, was in Maui, with his significant other to visited a local bar and here's what happened: On Monday night, we went to this club called Hapa's to listen to some live music. These long-haired guys walk in and they kind of look familiar, but I don't think much of it. The second guy steps around the first to order a drink and it's none other than Dave Murray! Thie first guy then became clear, Janick Gers. And right behind then was Adrian with his wife. They were really nice. I didn't talk to them for long because I didn't really want to bother them. I told them that I was a big fan and shared our story about going to see them, the car breaking down, and us trying to make it home on stolen parts (this was in Washington DC 1988). They all had a good chuckle. They said that they were on holiday for a short time and were out enjoying some local music and relaxing.
The poll results are as follows, to the question, What is your favorite Dickinson/Smith
song from 83-88?
1. 2 Minutes to Midnight - 114 votes
2. MoonChild - 97 votes
3. Flight of Icarus - 95 votes
4. Back in the Village - 34 votes
5. Sun and Steel - 15 votes
