Biography bruce dickinson

English heavy metal singer (born )

This article is about the Iron Maiden singer. For the fictional music producer, see More Cowbell.

Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August ) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

Dickinson has performed in the band across two stints, from to and from to the present day.

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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 s while attending school in Sheffield and university in London. In , 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 to join Iron Maiden, replacing Paul Di'Anno, and debuted on their 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 s and early