Bruce Dickinson

In 1983, he married his first wife, Jane. The marriage ended in a divorce in the year 1987.

In 1990, he married Paddy Bowden and the couple have three children together. He is a trained pilot and holds an airline transport pilot's licence.

Paul Bruce Dickinson was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England to Bruce Dickinson, an army mechanic and Sonia Dickinson, who worked part-time at a shoe shop.

He attended the Manton Primary school in Worksop, where he lived with his grandparents. He later moved into his parents’ home in Sheffield, at the age of six, where he attended the Sharrow Vale Junior.

At the age of 13, he was enrolled at the Oundle, a school in Northamptonshire. He also developed a passion for heavy rock here.

In 1976, he returned to Sheffield, where he attended a local comprehensive school. It was here that he first became a member of a band, ‘Styx’, which eventually split.

In 1977, he became a part of the band ‘Speed’, along with multi-instrumentalist, Paul ‘Noddy’ White. He wrote his own material for the band and also learnt to play the guitar.

In 1980, he gave the vocals for the band ‘Samson’, for the album titled, ‘Head On’. The album featured the tracks, ‘Take It Like a Man’ and ‘Hard Times’.

In 1982, after he became a part of the heavy metal band, ‘Iron Maiden’, he made his vocal debut with the band’s third studio album titled, ‘The Number of the Beast’.

In 1983, he gave the lead vocals for the ‘Iron Maiden’s’ fourth studio album, ‘Piece of Mind’. The album was both, a critical and a commercial success in U.K. and North America.

In 1984, he gave the lead vocals for the ‘Iron Maiden’ album, ‘Powerslave’, which was their fifth studio album. The album featured the singles, ‘2 Minutes to Midnight’ and ‘Aces High’.

In 1986, he delivered the vocals for the album titled, ‘Somewhere in Time’, which was the sixth studio album of the band ‘Iron Maiden’. The singles featured in the album were, ‘Wasted Years’ and ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’.

His album ‘Accident of Birth’ was ranked at 338th position on the list of ‘The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time’ by ‘Rock Hard’, a heavy metal magazine that operates in more than five countries.

His fifth solo album, ‘The Chemical Wedding’ was well-received and in 2005 it was ranked at number 388 position on ‘Rock Hard’ magazine’s list of ‘The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time’.