Fernando Souza discusses the qualities that constitute a ‘good album’, and why Bruce Dickinson’s ‘Skunkworks’ is one of the most underrated albums of all time. How do we define a good album? The Oxford Dictionary of English defines ‘good’ as an adjective to describe something pleasant, enjoyable or satisfying. The …

Bruce Dickinson took to the stage in front of thousands of screaming fans at a sold out Toronto show last Saturday night but the intrepid frontman was flying over Hamilton in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s prized Lancaster Bomber before he took to the stage. Museum CEO and pilot David …

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson performed his one-man ‘What Does This Button Do?’ speaking show on Saturday night, February 8th, at Sala Radio in Bucharest, Romania, and you can see his highly entertaining repertoire in the fan-filmed video footage below. Bruce’s ‘An Evening With…’ performances feature an unscripted question-and-answer session …

A Mission To Play Heavy Metal In The Bosnian War, December 1994 Back when I was in Bruce Dickinson’s band, I woke up way too early one day with the phone ringing. It was Bruce. “Morning!” he said chirpily. I looked through the curtains. He was right. “Yeah, morning!” I agreed. …

A Mission To Play Heavy Metal In The Bosnian War, December 1994.  Re-Cap: In Part 1 of this feature I was telling the rambling tale of the time I went to Bosnia with the Bruce Dickinson band during the Siege of Sarajevo. In Part 2 we pick up at dawn …

In parts 1 and 2 I’d been going on about the time I went to Sarajevo during the Bosnian War with the Bruce Dickinson band. We pick up the tale with a day off in the besieged city after the gig… Your Humble Narrator So, what do we do on …

This is a book that analyses the song lyrics of Bruce Dickinson on his solo albums from ‘Tattooed Millionaire’ up to ‘Tyranny of Souls’, album by album and song by song. In case you’re not aware, I played bass and took part in the writing process and development of the …

There’s a few bands who have brought out their own branded alcoholic beverage this past few months so Iron Maiden are not the first to do this but they’ve done it in their own unique style and launched it with the typical class that permeates all Maiden product. Pictures by …