TATTOOED MILLIONAIRE was released 
in May 1990 on CD, LP and MC.
This album was recorded when Bruce and 
the lads in Iron Maiden had a year off. 
1989/90 was a busy time 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 was then 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,  over and  all,  is a standard  Heavy Metal-album  anno 1990,  and
therefor  nothing too exhilarating.  Bruce  says that  when he  did this album
he did nothing  that he  thought  would  scare people off,  it was made "under
the watchful  eye  of  the collective"  (i.e. Iron Maiden) and a  way for him to
ventilate  his  workoholism.  

It contains following songs: 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.

   This album was the second Bruce 
Dickinson work. It was recorded with
the  help  of  TRIBE OF GYPSIES
Roy Z all guitars, Eddie Casillas
bass, Dave Ingraham drums, Doug 
Van Booven  percussion and  two
tribes  Mario Aguilar and  Dean 
Ortega  were played  on  "Shoot
All  The  Clowns";  drums  on
"Tears  Of  The  Dragon" Dickie
Fliszar.
   "Ball To Picasso"  was
released on LP, CD, MC through 
EMI  on June 6. 
   It contains following songs:
Cyclops, Hell No, Gods Of War,
1000 Points Of Light, Laughing
In The Hiding Bush, Change Of
Heart, Shoot All The Clowns, 
Fire, Sacred Cowboys, Tears Of 
The Dragon.

   "1994 was a pretty mental year for the
band and myself. God knows how many 
miles we clocked up tearing around the 
planet from Bradford to Hong Kong and Los 
Angeles to Tokyo, but it was certainly 
worth every dose of jet lag for the live 
performances that resulted.
   The band that did it is now permanent, 
which is one of the main reasons for 
releasing this live format. It seemed such a 
shame not to have a permanent record of 
such a terrific year.
   We recorded the last show on the UK tour,
at the Marquee in London. We had also 
recorded another gig live in studio A at Metropolis studios in Chiswick. This was for an 
abortive U.S. radio session. 
   Comparing the two is difficult, and they each have their strong points in showcasing 
different aspects of the band. No apologies, therefore, for including different versions of the 
same song. If you're into the music, you'll love it.
   Here's a brief run down of how the band came to be. I found guitarist Alex Dickson first,
 having known him for 5 years anyway. Together we toured the world with a couple of 
acoustic guitars, doing the groundwork for the gigs that followed. I didn't have a 
clue who to get on bass and drums until Myke Gray of the band "Skin" steered me in the 
direction of Chris Dale and Alessandro Elena. It was a real pleasure to offer them the job, 
and I had secret hopes that we would evolve into a permanent unit.
   The final gig of 1994 was in Sarajevo. The route into the city was dangerous and 
anyone in the band or crew could have pulled out at any time without fear of any comeback. 
No-one did. We all came back feeling a bit different about life, the universe and everything
else. I have never felt such a bond in a band as developed between us in the 4 days we spent
in Bosnia."
                                                                         Bruce Dickinson                                                  
                                                                            January 1995
 
 "ALIVE IN STUDIO A" contains following songs: Cyclops, Shoot All The Clowns, Son 
Of A Gun, Tears Of The Dragon, 1000 Points Of Light, Sacred Cowboys, Tattooed 
Millionaire, Born In '58, Fire, Change Of Heart, Hell No, Laughing In A Hiding Bush.

"ALIVE AT THE MARQUEE" contains following songs: Cyclops, 1000 Points Of Light, 
Born In '58, Gods Of War, Change Of Heart, Laughing In The Hiding Bush, Hell No, 
Tears Of The Dragon, Shoot All The Clowns, Sacred Cowboys, Son Of A Gun, Tattooed 
Millionaire.   

The name Skunkworks comes from the 
Lockheed Martin project that built the 
U-2 (the aircraft that penetrated the 
Iron Curtain), the SR-71 Blackbird, 
and the F-117A Stealth Fighter. The 
choice came about presumably a result 
of Bruce's interest in aircraft. Lockeed 
Martin itself got its name from Al 
Capp's "Li'l Abner" comic strip which 
featured the "Skonk Works", where 
Appalachian hillbillies ground up skunks, 
old shoes, and other foul-smelling 
ingredients to brew fearsome drinks and 
other products. This could well be a 
description of the latest offering from Skunkworks, the band, which mixes some amazing 
guitar work with just the right amount of processing, vocal gymnastics, and features a strong
rhythm section, making for a potent musical brew.
Finding Dickson, according to Bruce, "was like finding a soulmate." All the tracks in the 
Skunkwords album were composed solely by the two of them (with exception of Innerspace, 
where bassist Chris Dale contributed his talents also). Perhaps the similarity in their last
names has something to do with it. Once they both got together, they soon recruited Dale 
and Alessandro Elena (for the drums), and Skunkworks was born.

SKUNKWORKS contains following songs: Space Race, Back From The Edge, Inertia,
Faith, Solar Confinement, Dreamstate, I Will Not Accept The Truth, Inside The 
Machine, Headswitch, Meltdown, Octavia, Innerspace, Strange Death In Paradise.

The best album of this year! 
Late in 1996, Bruce unexpectedly parted ways with 
Skunkworks in order to pursue "heavier material". 
He got back together with Roy Z. and the Tribe of 
Gypsies (his backing band from Balls to Picasso) 
and began writing "more traditional metal".

Soon afterward, Bruce's ex-Iron-Maiden-bandmate 
Adrian Smith heard some of the new material and 
liked it so much that he wanted to contribute to the 
album. Adrian and Bruce co-wrote several songs, 
and Bruce was so happy with the result that he 
invited Adrian to play guitar on the album and even 
go on tour with the band. Although Adrian was committed to his own band, Psycho Motel, he 
made time in his schedule to accommodate his old friend. In the end, Adrian wound up 
playing on 12 of the 17 recorded tracks (co-writing 3 of them), and he plans on joining 
Bruce's band for roughly the first 2 months of their late-spring tour. Accident of Birth was  
released on May 12 in Europe and on June 3 in North America. 
One final note: the band will be incorporating at least 3 Iron Maiden songs
into their new setlist ("The Prisoner", "2 Minutes to Midnight", and
"Flight of Icarus" have been mentioned). All tour dates you'll find in new official site. 

ACCIDENT OF BIRTH contains following songs: Freak, Toltec 7 Arrival, Starchildren, 
Taking The Queen, Darkside Of Aquarius, Road To Hell, Man Of Sorrows, Accident Of 
Birth, The Magician, Welcome To The Pit, Omega, Arc Of Space.  (Ghost Of Cain is a 
bonus track on american version)