Paul Bruce Dickinson , known professionally as Bruce Dickinson, is an English musician, airline pilot, and broadcaster. He is best known as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and is renowned for his wideranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence.
Dickinson was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. His mother, Sonia, worked parttime in a shoe shop, and his father, Bruce, was a mechanic in the army. Dickinsons birth hurried the young couple, then just teenagers, into marriage. Initially, he was brought up by his grandparents his grandfather was a coalface worker at the local colliery and his grandmother was a housewife. This is referred to in his song Born In 58 from the album Tattooed Millionaire.
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