Tattooed millionaire (1990)

Tracks
Son of a Gun
Tattooed Millionaire
Born In 58
Hell on Wheels
Gypsy Road
Dive! Dive! Dive!
All the Young Dudes
Lickin' the Gun
Zulu Lulu
No Lies

Recording info
Recorded at Battery studios, London
Produced by Chris Tsangarides
Live B-sides produced by Mick McKenna

Lineup
Bruce Dickinson - Vocals
Janick Gers - Guitars
Andy Carr - Bass
Fabio Del Rio - Drums

Special Guests:
Don Airey - Keyboards
Chris Tsangarides - Harmonica

Singles
(releasedate, top chart position)

Tattooed Millionaire, (28/4-90), No.18 (5 weeks)
All the Young Dudes, (23/6-90), No.23 (5 weeks)
Dive! Dive! Dive!, (25/8/90), No. 45 (2 weeks)
Born In 58, No info

Promo videos
Tattooed Millionaire, All the Young Dudes, Dive! Dive! Dive!, Born In 58

"Tattooed Millionaire" was recorded when Bruce and the lads in Iron Maiden had a year off. 1989/90 was a busy year for Bruce with recording this solo album, starring in a TV-series and publishing a book. To get a band together he contacted a friend he met during his time in Samson, Janick Gers. Back then he was guitarist with Ian Gillan who Samson supported on tour in 1980. Other musicians are Andy Carr, bassplayer in the band Three rivers and drummer Fabio Del Rio who then was with the band Jagged Edge.

The album was recorded in Battery studios in London and was produced by Chris Tsangrides. It featured the Mott the Hoople cover All the young dudes (also released as single) which Bruce changed the words for. In the line "My brother's back at home with the Beatles and the Stones" he exchanged the word "brother" to "father", since he thought it was such a long time the original words were written that it fitted better to have his father back at home with the Beatles and the Stones.

The album was a way for Bruce to ventilate his workoholism but he did nothing that he thought would scare people off as it was made "under the watchful eye of the collective", i.e. Iron Maiden.

Promo photos

Promo material

A book that was given away for free at signingsessions to promote the album. It has 28 pages and measures 8 x 6.5 cm and contains a short story on how the album came together and a section on "things you never knew about Bruce Dickinson".