Research Catalog

Title

What does this button do? : an autobiography / Bruce Dickinson.

Author

Dickinson, Bruce, 1958-

Publication

• New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Description

x, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm

Summary

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. But Iron Maiden's front man -- first from 1981 to 1993, and then from 1999 to the present -- is just one of the many hats Bruce wears. In addition to being a singer and songwriter, he is an airline captain, aviation entrepreneur, motivational speaker, beer brewer, novelist, radio presenter, and film scriptwriter. He has competed as a world-class level fencer. Dickinson turns his unbridled creativity, passion, and anarchic humor to reveal 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.

Subjects

• Rock musicians
• England
• Autobiographies
• Biography
• Iron Maiden (Musical group)
• Rock musicians > England > Biography
• Heavy metal (Music)
• Dickinson, Bruce, 1958-

Genre/Form

• Autobiographies.
• Biography.

Note

• "Originally published as What Does This Button Do? in the UK in 2017 by HarperCollinsPublishers"--Title page verso.

Contents

Born in '58 -- Life on Mars -- If you want skool, you got it -- Angelic upstart -- The kipper's revenge -- An unexpected journey -- Lock up your daughters -- Minibusted -- Going to the dogs -- Dope opera -- A heavy metal crusade -- Ham of the gods -- Neighbour of the beast -- The big dipper -- On the bandwagon -- New battery -- Organ pipes -- Powerslave -- Iron curtains -- Snow, leather and bondage -- The boys from Brazil -- Much ado about cutting -- You'll believe a drummer can fly -- Double dutch -- You cannot be serious -- Moonchild -- Slaughtering daughters -- Fault lines -- Wing nut -- Out of the frying pan -- Into the fire -- Radio pirate -- Edison and the light bulb moment -- Brain swap -- Feet wet in the goose -- To fly, to swerve -- Black September -- A close shave -- The spruce Bruce -- What could possibly go wrong? -- Bruce air -- Alchemy -- Bitter experience -- To ride the storm -- Fuck cancer.

Call Number

JME 18-241

ISBN

• 9780062468130
• 0062468138

OCLC

1007728266

Author

Dickinson, Bruce, 1958- author.

Title

What does this button do? : an autobiography / Bruce Dickinson.

Publisher

New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

JME 18-241