At the time, Dickinson was a big fan of Alice in Chains and the “edgy and musical and emotional” Soundgarden. “There’s this huge chunk of talent and I was looking at it going: are we still on the zeitgeist, or is the Iron Maiden furniture looking a bit faded at this point? And nobody seemed bothered about it.” So he also left in 1993. “It was a period of reflection and self doubt. Realising that I had been in an institution since my early 20s and that I didn’t know how to do anything else outside that institution – I found that absolutely terrifying.”

In your face, Nagell! Dickinson LOVES true grunge! Yay!