Iron Maiden - How Bruce Dickinson joined the band

Iron Maiden had released two albums and been through two different singers before Bruce Dickinson was anointed as their leader. The group had been forced to remove their former frontman, Paul Di’Anno, after his alcohol and drug usage had worsened, leaving them searching for a new vocalist. Before Di’Anno, they were fronted by Paul Day, who Harris sacked for his lack of stage presence. As the band’s chief songwriter, Harris wanted somebody charismatic to lead Iron Maiden and do his creations justice. However, it wasn’t until he found Dickinson that the guitarist finally felt full contentment with their line-up after finally securing the jigsaw’s pivotal piece. When the vacancy became available in Iron Maiden, Dickinson was already in Samson, but he was already friendly with the group. They became friends when they recorded respective albums in the same studio complex, and he left a mark on his future bandmates. However, despite Maiden already being on their way to superstardom, it wasn’t an easy decision