Bruce Dickinson

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, one of the most successful, influential and enduring rock bands ever. Pioneers of Britain’s nascent Rock & Metal scene back in the late 1970s, Iron Maiden smashed its way to the top, thanks in no small part to the high-octane performances, operatic singing style, and stage presence of its second, but twice-longest-serving, lead singer, Bruce Dickinson. As Iron Maiden’s front man—first from 1981 to 1993, and then from 1999 to the present—Dickinson has been, and remains, a man of legend. But OTT front man is just one of the many hats Bruce wears. In addition to being one of the world’s most storied and well-respected singers and songwriters, he is an airline captain, aviation entrepreneur, motivational speaker, beer brewer, novelist, radio presenter, and film scriptwriter. He has also competed as a world-class level fencer. Often credited as a genuine polymath Bruce, in his own words (and handwritten script in the first instance!), sets forth many personal observations guaranteed to inspire curious souls and hard-core fans alike. Dickinson turns his unbridled creativity, passion, and anarchic humour to reveal some fascinating stories from his life, including his thirty years with Maiden, his solo career, his childhood within the eccentric British school system, his early bands, fatherhood and family, and his recent battle with cancer. Bold, honest, intelligent and very funny, his memoir is an up-close look inside the life, heart, and mind of one of the most unique and interesting men in the world; a true icon of rock.

An Autobiography

What Does This Button Do?

Bruce Dickinson. Do czego służy ten przycisk? Autobiografia

The Adventures of Lord Iffy Boatrace

Julian Doyle

Jack Parsons was a brilliant chemist, member of Cal Tech propulsion unit that invented the rocket fuel used for the US space flight to the moon. He was also a fanatical believer in the Magyck of Aleister Crowley the aging occultist who considered himself 'The Beast' incarnate. In 1947 Jack Parsons and L. Ron Hubbard were performing Crowley's mystic rituals in a house in Pasadena, California.Parsons wrote excitedly to his occult leader, Crowley: 'I have had the most devastating experience of my life. I have been in direct touch with One who is most Holy and Beautiful as mentioned in your "Book of the Law". First instructions were received through Lafayette Ron Hubbard the seer. I have followed them to the letter. There was a desire for incarnation. I am to act as an instructor, guardian, guide for nine months; then it will be loosed on the world...' Crowley wrote despairingly to a disciple about Parsons: 'It appears that he has given away both his girl and his money to this writer of science fiction and is now invoking my ritual to produce a Moonchild. I am fairly frantic...' Nine months later while being visited by two students from Cambridge, Aleister Crowley died of cardiac degeneration. Missing from his personal possessions was his magical diaries and his pocket-watch. His funeral took place in the Chapel of the Brighton Crematorium. The final rites were performed by the novelist Louis Marlowe reading extracts from Crowley's "Book of the Law". "The Brighton Echo" denounced the whole ceremony as a Black Mass. In 1952 Jack Parsons was blown up in his laboratory in Pasadena. L. Ron Hubbard died on his yacht as leader of the Church of Scientology.But did the issue end with these three deaths? Would Crowley, as he claimed, ever return from death to rule the world? Why did US astronauts name a crater on the moon after Jack Parsons? Is L. Ron Hubbard really dead? What had been generated by the ceremony in California that seemed to signal Crowley's demise? And what happened to them missing pocket-watch? Unanswered questions till, late in the twentieth century, Dr. Joshua Mathers brought a 'state of the art 'Interactive Suit' from Cal Tech California to Cambridge in England to begin an experiment that, unknown to mankind, changed the course of our planet.

Chemical Wedding

Skunkworks (CD).

Bruce Dickinson En selvbiografi - What does this button do? Kan indeholde spor af heavy metal "Jeg var bumset, gik med anorak og cowboybukser med svaj, hvor der med kuglepen var skrevet ’Purple’ og ’Sabbath’ på lårene, og kørte en øredøvende, ikke-cool knallert. Åh jo, og så ville jeg være trommeslager ..." Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maidens legendariske frontfigur, er en af verdens mest ikoniske sangere og sangskrivere. Men Bruce er også pilot, luftfartsentreprenør, motivationstaler, ølbrygger, forfatter, radiovært, filmmanuskriptforfatter og international fægter. I Bruce Dickinson – en selvbiografi reflekterer Bruce over livets op- og nedture. Han fortæller – på sin egen anarkistiske måde – om sin excentriske britiske opvækst, Iron Maidens eksplosive gennembrud og om at påkalde sig mørke kræfter. Han skriver om fægtningens filosofi, om hvorfor fly er så smukke og om sin kamp mod kræften. Denne med længsel ventede selvbiografi er modig, ærlig, intelligent og sjov. Den indfanger et rockikons liv, følelser og tanker og vil garanteret glæde både inkarnerede fans og andre.

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