What Does This Button Do?

An Autobiography

Bruce Dickinson

• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780062468147
• eBook ISBN:
  9780062468154
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music Biographies

A New York Times–bestselling memoir by multifaceted lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, one of the most successful, influential, and enduring rock bands ever.
Singer. Songwriter. Airline captain. Aviation entrepreneur. Motivational speaker. Beer brewer. Novelist. Radio presenter. Screenwriter. World-class fencer. Icon . . .
All of these things and much more, Iron Maiden's legendary front man Bruce Dickinson is one of the most unique and interesting men in the world. In this long-awaited memoir, Bruce contemplates the rollercoaster of life, and recounts—in his uniquely polished voice—the explosive exploits of his eccentric British childhood, the meteoric rise of Maiden, summoning the powers of darkness, the philosophy of fencing, brutishly beautiful Boeings, and dismissing cancer like an uninvited guest.
Bold, honest, intelligent, and funny, this long-awaited memoir captures the life, heart, and mind of a true rock god.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• 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
• Photos Section
• Afterword
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Credits
• Copyright
• About the Publisher