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Merlin Alderslade

"I didn't have a clear idea of what I was doing...I just felt lost." Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson on the existential crisis that helped shape one of his most beloved songs

Bruce Dickinson starting at the camera in 1994.

Bruce Dickinson has opened up on the mini-existential crisis he experienced that led to his exit from Iron Maiden in 1993 - and the solo career that followed.

The singer, who departed Maiden following the band's tour for 1992 album Fear Of The Dark, had already released one solo album, Tattooed Millionaire, in 1990 - a fun, semi-spontaneous project that Dickinson wrote with longtime friend and soon-to-be-Maiden guitarist Janick Gers in just two weeks.

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