Iron Maiden on This Day in History

This Day in History: English singer-songwriter Bruce Dickinson was born on this day in 1958. He is best known for his work as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1981. The band's name comes from a medieval torture device. Bruce Dickinson is also an accomplished swordsman, an activity I expect every heavy metal frontman to be engaged in. The band has their own beer, and their own video games. They are also one of the few bands that had a generation of kids quoting Scripture in their song "The Number of the Beast", even if it's only Revelation 13:18: "Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six"...and they even had Vincent Price recite it.