Bruce, Beer, British Airways and Bentley
In the May 2004 issue or Revolver Magazine, Bruce is interviewed with a twist. Instead on focusing on Maiden, it goes about some of his favorite books, movies and other alike."Favorite Sh*t with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson
by Paul Semel
Favorite Offstage Refreshment
Beer
« I’m a big fan of independent local breweries. My favorite beer is brewed about 500 yards from my house, Fuller’s Extra Special Bitter. It’s not something you want to drink a lot of – a couple of pints will make quite happy. More than that and you’re doing damage. »
Favorite Beast
Tigers
« They’re beautiful, they’re elegant, they’re intelligent and they’re really wonderful predators. They’re the great white sharks of the land. »
Favorite Books You Never Wrote A Song About
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
« We just thought it’s such a huge book that it would be silly to write a song about it. It’s almost as daft as imagining you could make a movie out of it. Though, of course, someone did rather well. »
Favorite Fencing Foil
« You tend to customize your own equipment when you start fencing competitively, so I prefer a medium-to-firm-stiffness blade with a Hungarian handle and a German point. »
Favorite Airplane
« If it flies, I’m interested. For jet airplanes, I would pick the English Electric Lightning, the SR71 Blackburd, the Concorde, of course, and the Coment, which was the world’s first jet airliner. In terms of piston-engine airplanes, I would pick the De Havilland Mosquito, which was a twin engined light bomber and the Lancaster Bomber which bombed Germany flat in the second World War. »
Favorite Airline
Astraeus or British Airways
« I actually fly for Astraeus –I’m flying a load of people tomorrow morning. But if I’m a passenger, I tend to choose British Airways, because I know a few pikots there and I know the airplanes are well-maintained. »
Favorite Sci-Fi Movies
Forbidden Planet (1956), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1961) and Quartermass and the Pit (1967)
« They’re quite deep movies, all three. The human element and the plot are among in all of them, though the science element in all of them is pretty cool, too. They’re all fairly predicative of possible futures. »
Favorite Iron Maiden-influenced Band
Dream Theater
« I just think they write some pretty cool tunes and are a bery good live band. They do their own thing without sounding like Maiden. »
Favorite Non-Iron Maiden-influenced Band
Deep Purple circa 1971
« They were just awesome. From their instrumental virtuosity and scloing to teir offstage antics and craziness, they were the most amazing rock band on the planet. »
Favorite Luxury Car
Bentley Continental GT
« It’s a monster, basically. It goes like shit on a shovel. But I’m never likely to buy one. It’s a waste of fucking money. »
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I agree about beer and LOTR