Bruce Dickinson's Favorite Storytellers in Rock + Metal

#BruceDickinson is a remarkable storyteller in his own right, exploring new ideas with #TheMandrakeProject, his solo album and comic series. So, Loudwire asks who are his own favorite storytellers in rock and metal!
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[@Sh4dow_7802]

I really like maiden but it's good to get new solo material from Bruce. There is something special about each solo record he did. Welcome home Bruce, it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home

[@3cstasy7410]

I am so glad to live in a world where Bruce Dickinson is a fan of Van Der Graaf Generator.

[@LoudwireMusic]

Us too. What's your favorite VDGG album?

[@3cstasy7410]

@@LoudwireMusic I gotta go with Pawn Hearts, but Godbluff is definitely up there

[@petershortland478]

Incredible band, you had to be really into prog to get them

[@mladent1464]

I'm convinced both Bruce's solo career and Maiden songs are filled to the brim with VdGG references. "Whatever would Robert have said to his God" in Brighter than a thousand suns has to be a Peter Hammill reference.

[@CREEPLAIR]

I'm just happy to live in a world with Bruce Dickenson

[@madman666alive4]

Not only is this great to watch but what makes so much better is that it's actually an in person interview

[@garethparr9482]

What a fascinating guy is Bruce. Wish I had a tenth of his energy and imagination. I don’t and he’s got 10 years on me 👍

[@danzifer]

Brucie telling stories about telling stories and the people who tell them. Lovely.

[@markw.loughton6786]

bruce is a legend 🙌

[@manuj4507]

a really talented guy...and tireless by the way...thank you for your work, Bruce...wonderful part of our life... ❤

[@LightingRevenant]

Love you Bruce from Mauritius, you are an inspiration🖤 One of my goals is to see you this year which is quite difficult for me living on an island far from everything but I am doing my best.

[@bucka001]

I saw a vid several years ago where Maiden was playing a concert (might have been outdoors) and before they went into a tune, Bruce cited the first lines - like stating them aloud, poetry-style - of Van der Graaf's "Plague of Lighthouse Keepers " and then said "Thank you Peter Hammill" before launching into a Maiden epic. Has anyone else seen this? I havent seen it since but have looked.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

I have long regretted missing my opportunity to by a copy of his book from a shop back in the 80's. The chances of finding a mint copy of ''The Adventures of Lord Iffy Boatrace'' is vanishingly small now

[@FergusonFiller]

dani filth is one of the best lyricists in music history

[@adamhendrickson512]

True.

[@LightingRevenant]

Definitely, this is the first person I thought. He is epic, I love writing myself, dark stories but more like in French but Dani is a great inspiration.

[@rosanafonseca5804]

Amoooo Bruce, parabéns ! 🤩😊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻♥️♥️🤘🏻♥️♥️🤘🏻♥️🎸♥️🤘🏻♥️♥️🤘🏻♥️🎸♥️🌎🌴🌷🌺🌻🌼🌹🌻🌼🌹🌺🌷🌻🌼🌹🌺🌷🌻🌼🌹🌺🌷🌼🌻🌹🌺🌷🌳🌲🌏🌍🌎♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@georgecoull1883]

Old Brucie baby boy you legend never got to meet you but met Alice Cooper in Pittsburgh

[@IanPotts-lv6os]

Making personal comments is not cool anyway great to see and hear Bruce gonna see him live again plus can't wait for maidens new album too

[@Crunch104]

BRILLIANT!

[@davidcurtis4478]

Hey Bruce! Keep Rockin' hard man! 🤘🥁🤘DC

[@maiden4greece572]

Bruuuceeeee...

[@GabrielVince]

Bruce Dickinson's inspirations are Peter Hammil, Alice Cooper, Screaming J. Hawkins, Arthur Brown and Ian Anderson. For me, the best part of Bruce comes from this field of influence. Bruce's other two influences in the field of technique and range, Ian Gillan and Dio, are secondary. If Bruce loses his voice range he will still be one of the best vocalists alive.

[@luissallard9761]

When TF does Loudwire play Iron Maiden on the radio show???

[@BaldeWorlde]

Sonata is 25 years old? 😮

[@LoudwireMusic]

Just wait til you hear it!

[@rileywiess7895]

Yes. I need this.

[@LoudwireMusic]

There will be even more to come! 😁

[@BrianM0OAB]

Interviews Bruce from Iron Maiden whilst wearing a Motorhead T/shirt.

[@MrDantres]

Relax we/they are all rockers.

[@BrianM0OAB]

@@MrDantres are you using pronouns ???

[@MrDantres]

@BrianM0OAB yes, for those guys in the video, as in 3rd person plural, it's something called 'grammar'! 🤦‍♂️

[@BrianM0OAB]

@@MrDantres Then it would simply be They.

[@MrDantres]

@@BrianM0OAB I was also talking about us, the viewers. You're a bit slow aren't you? 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@jaybee9269]

Bruce is looking a lot like Muammar Gaddafi these days.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Kenneth Cranham.

[@ThorsHammer88]

I didn’t like the first two singles :( I hope the rest of the album will be better.

[@MrDantres]

It is (although After Glow of Ragnarok is great imo)

[@dominiccrimmings6925]

What's going on with Bruce's teeth / mouth? He's developed a weird lisp and his teeth look like they're all rotting out of his mouth for some reason, especially top front ones. There's something not right there, he sounds very different to how he normally speaks.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Yes. Finally, someone else mentions it. And it's not the cancer. That was like 10 years ago.

[@iRemol]

Yeah with so much money he could do something "healthy and nice-looking". Maybe he is afraid that total teeth refreshment may affect his singing abilities?....

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

@@hugolafhugolaf It's due to that.

[@michaeldean7220]

​@@iRemolI think you may have a point there. Knowing that Bruce is one of my musical heroes my wife has always joked as to why he's not got his teeth sorted. Whilst never coming across as remotely vane you can see that he has been working out and he has a new younger wife who was a fitness trainer. However, he's leaving the teeth well alone so just maybe he fears that any mucking around in that area might effect his voice. And of course he was lucky that the cancer treatment didn't ruin his voice.

[@marcgrote7540]

​@michaeldean7220 it's why Freddie Mercury never made an effort to fix his teeth, either. It might affect the resonance of his voice by changing the shape of his mouth.

[@rabarebra]

English teeth.

[@briangerard9048]

he needs to brush more often

[@briangerard9048]

hopefully he doesn't breathe to hard on anyone

[@user-zf3xu4zr2r]

Brexit boy, having screwed over young British musicians. He must be laughing whilst counting his money.

[@lizb3139]

What's happened to his teeth? He's talking with a lisp