Iron Maidenin Bruce Dickinson nimeää Ian Gillanin omaksi ”rockjumalakseen”: ”Deep Purplen ’Speed King’ sai minut innostumaan rockista”
Englantilaisen heavy metal -legenda Iron Maidenin laulaja Bruce Dickinson on vieraillut BBC:n The Rock Show With Johnnie Walkerin ohjelmassa kertomassa omista musiikillisista vaikutteistaan.
Dickinsonilta kysyttiin haastattelussa, ketä muusikkoa hän pitää omana ”rockjumalanaan”, ja hän nimesi omaksi isoimmaksi vaikuttajakseen Deep Purplen Ian Gillanin. Dickinsonin mukaan bändin ”Speed King” -kappale sai aikoinaan nuoren Dickinsonin innostumaan rockmusiikista.
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Dickinson kertoi haastattelussa aiheesta sekä Ian Gillanin tapaamisesta seuraavaa:
”So there I was as a young spotty teenager — just a teenager, I should hasten to add — and there was this noise coming through somebody’s door. And I opened it, and I [went], ’What on earth is that?’ And it was ’Speed King’ by Deep Purple off ’Deep Purple In Rock’. And that was what got me started.
Having said all that, I met Ian Gillan. Not only did I meet him, I actually went on tour with him when I was in a band called Samson.
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I’m in a studio. We’ve done an album in Ian Gillan’s studio. We’ve all been at the pub and had a few pints. In walks my god Ian Gillan and goes, ’Hey, what a great vocalist. Who’s the singer?’ At that moment, I felt the sudden urge to vomit. I ran out of the room, puked up for about 45 minutes in the toilet when in comes my idol, kicks the door and goes, ’C’mon, mate. Out you come. Let’s get you wiped down with a towel.’ He put me in a taxi and sent me home. I’ve never forgotten that, and he’s never let me forget it either.”