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Loudwire's Joe DiVita sat down with #BruceDickinson of #IronMaiden at Brooklyn's Saint Vitus Bar to discuss #TheMandrakeProject, Bruce's upcoming solo album and accompanying series of comic books. Bruce chats about how the idea for a comic began, it's dark story, working with songwriting partner Roy Z on the solo album and how it's different from writing with Iron Maiden, his first-ever recorded guitar solo and a lot more. 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - What Is the Medallion? 02:26 - How 'The Mandrake Project' Was Conceived 09:27 - Partnering With Z2 Comics 13:39 - Writing With Roy Z vs. Iron Maiden 17:53 - Returning to Metal on 'Accident of Birth' 20:04 - Writing 'Balls to Picasso' Meeting Roy Z 22:53 - Roy Z's Guitar Tone 23:43 - Playing Guitar First Solo 25:05 - Can't Play Piano (But Does) 27:29 - Finding Live Bassist Tanya O'Callaghan 30:30 - Flying Space Travel 35:29 - Pilots Retiring at 65 41:40 - Scary Co-Pilot Incident Support our channel by picking up merch here → If you're new, Subscribe! → Go here → Like us → Follow us → Music: Riffs Two by Alexander Nakarada () Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License Follow us → Get our newsletter →
