# Bruce Dickinson's "The Chemical Wedding"

**URL:** https://forum.troygrady.com/t/bruce-dickinsons-the-chemical-wedding/96023
**Category:** General Music Discussion
**Created:** [March 31, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/bruce-dickinsons-the-chemical-wedding/96023 "2026-03-31T19:46:22Z")
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### Author: ![Drew](https://forum.troygrady.com/user_avatar/forum.troygrady.com/drew/32/605_2.png) [@Drew](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/Drew)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/bruce-dickinsons-the-chemical-wedding/96023/1 "2026-03-31T19:46:22Z")

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Kinda forgot about this album until it crossed my mind in the context of a thread elsewhere about how low you can realistically tune on a 25.5" guitar (this was a 24.75" Les Paul in A Standard, so low), and I’ve been rocking it at work on one earbud ever since.

I love the title track:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4fcW_YVFTwk/maxresdefault.jpg "Bruce Dickinson - Chemical Wedding (2001 Remaster) [Official Audio]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fcW_YVFTwk)

…and that’s probably the best point to start, but the album closer (well, there’s a few other tracks on the 2021 remaster, but not the original) is worth a nod too:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iyAqNjjdLNs/maxresdefault.jpg "Bruce Dickinson - The Alchemist (2001 Remaster) [Official Audio]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyAqNjjdLNs)

…because I’ve always loved how they end this one - drop the intensity way down, and then quote the chorus of the title track, to end the song. It’s almost wistful, somehow? Just a haunting way to wind down the album.

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### Author: ![eric\_divers](https://forum.troygrady.com/user_avatar/forum.troygrady.com/eric_divers/32/10828_2.png) [@eric\_divers](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/eric_divers)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/bruce-dickinsons-the-chemical-wedding/96023/2 "2026-03-31T21:37:24Z")

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> [@Drew](#):
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> this was a 24.75" Les Paul in A Standard, so low

Demilich (underground brutal death metal band, extremely weird, songs about 2e AD&D) tuned to A standard on Explorers, so no surprise there.

Evergrey tunes to drop G on 25.5" Caparisons, and Tom Englund claims to have no intonation issues. I am suspicious, however.
