Skunkworks

O próprio descrevendo a “fase Skunkworks” no encarte de “The Best Of Bruce Dickinson” (2001):

“‘Alive In Studio A’ and ‘Skunkworks’ go together because they were recorded by the same band and were part of the same conception. My idea was to submerge myself in a band identity called Skunkworks. David Bowie tried the same thing with Tin Machine. It didn’t work for him either.

In case you think that ‘Skunkworks’ was therefore a waste of time let me assure you that it wasn’t. I learned a huge amount about myself on that album. I had a lot of fun, I also almost gave up music as career.

‘Skunkworks’ was a low point in terms of career, comercial success and yet I remember it very fondly, and I still like the record a lot. When ‘Skunkworks’ producer Jack Endino remarked to me that making that record was like stitching Frankenstein’s monster together he was referring to the vastly disparate musical visions of the four of us.

Frankenstein’s stitching unravelled shortly afterwards and I am relieved to say I am still good friends with all of his limbs“.