Back in the summer of 1994 I had just left school and I got myself a summer job with an IT-company working in Lloyds' of London (the insurance market - and the building's mad - all aluminium pipes on the outside and very high-tech looking).

One day I was asked to go a brokers office just round the corner from the Lloyds' building as they were having a problem with one of their data bases... So off I merrily strolled looking forward to a nice walk in the sun.

As I leave the Lloyds' building I see a scene of total organised chaos before me... A man in flight suit (complete with biggles hat, goggles and scarf) is trying to be balanced by two people on the back of a rather pissed off looking donkey (which is again being help by another two people). First of all I thought I was finally cracking up but no... "Hmm I think that looks like that chap Bruce-whats-his-name from Iron Maiden... Sod work I'm gonna watch this."

Well they get to a stage where Bruce is perched on this pissed off donkey and pass him a giant golden carrot hanging off the end of this stick - it was getting more bizarre by the second and naturally by now quite a crowd of onlookers had gathered to watch the spectacle. The camera guys were ready but no... Every time it looked like the two people holding the donkey tried to let go the psycho donkey from hell goes bonkers trying to chuck off Bruce (who was by now melting in his Biggles suit in the baking summer sun).

This went on for good 10 minutes until someone in the crew thought "Sod this we'll bring on the stunt donkey..." So on comes donkey number two much I think to Bruce's relief. Hmm, the fun was over. This beast was far to gentle to provide more fun entertainment, so off I went to work, thinking no more of the matter.

Later that afternoon I was wandering through Lloyds' back to the office, and in the entrance they have a load of guys in dark suites and ear pieces sitting in the lobby... Hmm gotta be to do with that video I thought... I go up to "the room" (the main trading/market floor) and lo and behold there was Bruce Dickinson strolling around looking at the notice boards, the Luetine Bell, and the slip and claim for the Titanic and the photo of her and the iceberg that struck her. Anyway, no one was with him what all this stuff was to him, so I wandered over introduced myself and explained a few things about the place to him which was quite cool. Once done I gave my farewells and left for my office.

A few months later I'm at home on a Saturday lunch time watching the Chartshow and the rockchart comes on... "Cool", I think. Yeah first they play Soundgardens Jesus Christ Pose. Then comes on the "Shoot all the Clowns" video... I immediately recognised the video! I'm like "oh my god! I remember seeing this being filmed!" Then, part way through the video there is this shot of a guy in a pin stripe suite coming down in a glass lift on the outside of the Lloyds' building... And as I camera moves in and the lift comes down... oh my god it was me!! I'd ended up being cast as one of the clowns! LOL, I don't think Bruce could have chosen a more uncity like clone if he tried! But that's my claim to fame of how I got in a Bruce Dickinson video... and I still think it would have been cooler if they'd kept the psycho donkey from hell.

Guy Thomas, 2001