Bruce Dickinson Explains Baby-Inspired Metal Singing Technique

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson says the reason he's still able to pull of the vocal acrobatics that made him famous in the '80s is because he sings like a baby.

Speaking with BBC Breakfast (via Blabbermouth), the legendary vocalist says people who study the voice — including himself — have learned a lot from babies and how they can cry and scream their heads off without hurting themselves. 

"I mean, the racquet that comes out of that tiny little thing," Dickinson said. "And it goes on forever — they don't lose their voice, do they, ever? Babies have got no fear of just letting rip with all their diaphragm and everything."

"And they've got these tiny little lungs. My God, they make an amazing noise. So you think about that, and you think when people say, 'Oh, I can't sing.' Oh, yes, you can — you've just forgotten how to do it."

Dickinson says there's a chapter in his new autobiography, What Does This Button Do?, in which he discusses his vocal technique and how he developed it. 


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