Dickinson presented his own radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2002 to 2010, and has also hosted television documentaries, authored novels and film scripts, created a beer with Robinsons Brewery and competed at fencing internationally. Following Astraeus' closure, he created his own aircraft maintenance and pilot training company, Cardiff Aviation, in 2012. He undertook a career as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-reported ventures such as captaining Iron Maiden's converted charter aeroplane, Ed Force One, during their world tours. Outside his career in music, Dickinson has pursued a number of other activities. His younger cousin, Rob Dickinson, is the former lead singer of British alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, while his son, Austin, fronted the metalcore band Rise to Remain. Since his return to Iron Maiden, he issued one further solo record in 2005, Tyranny of Souls. He re-joined the band in 1999, along with guitarist Adrian Smith, with whom he has released six subsequent studio albums.
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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.ĭickinson 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 left Samson in 1981 to join Iron Maiden, replacing Paul Di'Anno, and debuted on their 1982 album The Number of the Beast. 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 is considered to have a wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence.ĭickinson began his career in music fronting small pub bands in the 1970s while attending school in Sheffield and university in London.
Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English musician who is the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1981.
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