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Then he puts out balls to picasso which was a little bit better yeah i enjoyed that you know i like tears of the dragon and you know those kind of songs
yeah
you got a change of heart then you put out a live album which i did not listen to maybe we'll check it out one day when we run out of shit to do and 1996 skunkworks is coming out around the same time as old virtual 11 oh And it was recorded in Milton Keynes in England.
And it was produced by a guy called Jack Endino.
This guy is an American.
And his credits also include, wow, I mean, Soundgarden, Bleach, Nirvana's Bleach.
So clearly, I've heard Bruce talk about, you know, he likes the grunge era, you know, and this time he's into that kind of music.
Makes sense, yeah.
So he's trying to go for that.
I thought, oh, at least he's honest about it.
Yeah, yeah.
And it's kind of cool because the cover, Skunk Wars cover, you said it's the plane thing, right? That's what I'm thinking.
Yeah, this reminds me of like a Pink Floyd cover, doesn't it?
Yeah, that's trippy, huh?
You know, the old like... reflected artwork kind of thing.
Looks like a very Pink Floyd to me.
And yeah, basically, yeah, it was recorded with the musicians that Bruce had put together for the Balls to Picasso tour or whatever.
And, you know, he had this idea, which is kind of cool.
Yeah.
But he wanted the band to be called Skunk Works.
Oh, okay.
Which is not a bad name, is it? No, it's not a bad name.
But come on, it's Bruce Dickinson.
He's like, guys, I want to call the song Skunk Works.
Yeah.
Then he puts out balls to picasso which was a little bit better yeah i enjoyed that you know i like tears of the dragon and you know those kind of songs
yeah
you got a change of heart then you put out a live album which i did not listen to maybe we'll check it out one day when we run out of shit to do and 1996 skunkworks is coming out around the same time as old virtual 11 oh And it was recorded in Milton Keynes in England.
And it was produced by a guy called Jack Endino.
This guy is an American.
And his credits also include, wow, I mean, Soundgarden, Bleach, Nirvana's Bleach.
So clearly, I've heard Bruce talk about, you know, he likes the grunge era, you know, and this time he's into that kind of music.
Makes sense, yeah.
So he's trying to go for that.
I thought, oh, at least he's honest about it.
Yeah, yeah.
And it's kind of cool because the cover, Skunk Wars cover, you said it's the plane thing, right? That's what I'm thinking.
Yeah, this reminds me of like a Pink Floyd cover, doesn't it?
Yeah, that's trippy, huh?
You know, the old like... reflected artwork kind of thing.
Looks like a very Pink Floyd to me.
And yeah, basically, yeah, it was recorded with the musicians that Bruce had put together for the Balls to Picasso tour or whatever.
And, you know, he had this idea, which is kind of cool.
Yeah.
But he wanted the band to be called Skunk Works.
Oh, okay.
Which is not a bad name, is it? No, it's not a bad name.
But come on, it's Bruce Dickinson.
He's like, guys, I want to call the song Skunk Works.
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