History Trivia / BruceDickinson

** Bruce's solo album ''Balls To Picasso'' had the WorkingTitle of ''Laughing in the Hiding Bush'' and would have had a cover by [[{{Creator/Hipgnosis}} Storm Thorgeson]], but he ultimately couldn't afford it. He went for the much cheaper option of drawing two squares on a bathroom wall and [[FaceOnTheCover posing in front of it]], while the proposed design of a nude man being dwarfed by a giant ball of garbage ended up being used for {{Music/Anthrax}}'s ''Stomp 442''.

* NamesTheSame:
** He shares his full name with a Creator/ColumbiaRecords manager/producer whose involvement with Music/BlueOysterCult led to ''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]'' [[Creator/ChristopherWalken Bruce Dickinson]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" wasn't actually produced by that Dickinson).
** Other than their names, "The Alchemist" from Maiden's ''The Final Frontier'' has nothing to do with the track of the same name on ''The Chemical Wedding''. Neither does "The Man of Sorrows", from Maiden's ''The Book of Souls''.
** And his unfinished "Wicker Man", which has been a source of frustration for him, so that when he suggested that line for Iron Maiden's Wicker Man, and Steve Harris said that should be the title, he was like "I don't want to go through that again".

* OlderThanTheyThink: The Flight 666 experiment was actually pulled off 12 years before, during the ''Skunkworks'' tour, where Bruce flew his band around Europe in a small plane for the tour.
* OneSteveLimit: He shares the first name Paul with ''[[ThePeteBest Paul]]'' [[ThePeteBest Day]], and ''Paul'' Di'Anno, both also former vocalists of Maiden. Unlike them, however [[MiddleNameBasis he's always been known as Bruce]].

* OneSteveLimit: He shares the first name Paul with ''[[ThePeteBest Paul]]'' [[ThePeteBest Day]], and ''Paul'' Di'Anno, both also former vocalists of Maiden. Unlike them, however he's [[MiddleNameBasis always been known as Bruce]].

* CreativeDifferences: How he left Music/IronMaiden in 1993, though he would rejoin them in time for ''Brave New World''.

** He shares his full name with a Creator/ColumbiaRecords manager/producer whose involvement with Music/BlueOysterCult lead to ''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]'' [[Creator/ChristopherWalken Bruce Dickinson]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" wasn't actually produced by that Dickinson).

* OneSteveLimit: He shares his "Paul" name with ''[[ThePeteBest Paul]]'' [[ThePeteBest Day]], and ''Paul'' Di'Anno, both also former vocalists of Maiden. Unlike them, however he's always been known as Bruce.

* NamesTheSame: He shares his full name with a Creator/ColumbiaRecords manager/producer whose involvement with Music/BlueOysterCult lead to ''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]'' [[Creator/ChristopherWalken Bruce Dickinson]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" wasn't actually produced by that Dickinson).

** Iron Maiden's ''The Book of Souls'' opener "If Eternity Should Fail" was written for a future solo album from Bruce. The rest of the band, especially Steve Harris, liked it so much, they instead recorded it for this album.

* {{Jossed}}: Despite what Music/MotleyCrue's Nicki Sixx might claim, "Tattooed Millionaire" is not about Bruce's then-wife having an affair with said musician.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce was approached at one point to fence for Britain in the Olympics, but turned it down.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: He's the lead singer for Music/IronMaiden and has played some pretty nasty characters during his career, but he is a good man.

* CreativeDifferences: How he left Music/IronMaiden in 1993, though he would rejoin them in time for "Brave New World".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce was approached at one point to fence for Britain in the Olympics, but turned it down.

* {{Jossed}}: Despite what Music/MotleyCrue's Nicki Sixx might claim, "Tattooed Millionaire" is not about his then-wife having an affair with said musician.

** OneSteveLimit: He shares his "Paul" name with ''[[ThePeteBest Paul]]'' [[ThePeteBest Day]], and ''Paul'' Di'Anno, both also former vocalists of Maiden. Unlike them, however he's always been known as Bruce.

* NamesTheSame: He shares his full name with a Creator/ColumbiaRecords manager/producer whose involvement with Music/BlueOysterCult lead to ''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]'' [[ChristopherWalken Bruce Dickinson]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" wasn't actually produced by that Dickinson).

** OneSteveLimit: He shares his "Paul" name with ''[[ThePeteBest Paul]]'' [[ThePeteBest Day]], and ''Paul'' Di'Anno, both also former vocalists of Maiden. Unlike them, however he's always been known as Bruce.

* CreativeDifferences: How he left Music/IronMaiden in 1993.

** OneSteveLimit: He shares his "Paul" name with ''[[ThePeteBest Paul]]'' [[ThePeteBest Day]], and ''Paul'' Di'Anno, both also former vocalists of Maiden.
*** Unlike them, however he's always been known as Bruce.

* NamesTheSame: He shares his full name with a Creator/ColumbiaRecords manager/producer whose involvement with Music/BlueOysterCult lead to ''SpellMyNameWithAThe'' [[ChristopherWalken Bruce Dickinson]] on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" wasn't actually produced by that Dickinson).