{"id":4177,"date":"2025-10-14T02:08:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/1989-bruce-dickinsons-history-of-rock-codpieces-arena-heavy-metal-bbc-archive\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T02:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:08:50","slug":"1989-bruce-dickinsons-history-of-rock-codpieces-arena-heavy-metal-bbc-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/1989-bruce-dickinsons-history-of-rock-codpieces-arena-heavy-metal-bbc-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"1989: BRUCE DICKINSON&#8217;s History of ROCK CODPIECES | Arena: Heavy Metal | BBC Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gDNipG9ZWgc?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson documents the fascinating history of the rock codpiece &#8211; from the romantically nostalgic codpiece sported by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, to Gene Simmons&#8217; studded (and padded) sexually charged netherwarmer, to the multi-fuctional firework-and-saw codpiece slung between the legs of W.A.S.P.&#8217;s Blackie Lawless.<\/p>\n<p>Clip taken from Arena: Heavy Metal, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 7 April, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website &#8211; https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/archive<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gDNipG9ZWgc\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson documents the fascinating history of the rock codpiece &#8211; from the romantically nostalgic codpiece sported by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, to Gene Simmons&#8217; studded (and padded) sexually charged netherwarmer, to the multi-fuctional firework-and-saw codpiece slung between the legs of W.A.S.P.&#8217;s Blackie Lawless. Clip taken from Arena: Heavy Metal, originally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":4178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8529,8544,8541,8542,1023,1019,15,1022,1021,8527,1020,8535,8536,8545,8543,8532,8531,8534,8533,8530,8526,8539,8537,1026,1025,1027,8540,8528,1024,1028,8538],"class_list":["post-4177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-1980s-rock-music","tag-80s-fashion","tag-80s-metal","tag-80s-rock-fashion","tag-archive","tag-archive-bbc","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-archive","tag-british-tv-nostalgia","tag-bruce-dickinson","tag-classic-tv","tag-codpiece","tag-codpiece-history","tag-funny-metal-videos","tag-gene-simmons-codpiece","tag-heavy-metal-fashion","tag-heavy-metal-music","tag-heavy-metal-outfit","tag-heavy-metal-style","tag-icons-of-classic-rock","tag-iron-maiden","tag-jethro-tull","tag-kiss-band","tag-legendary-television","tag-nostalgia","tag-retro-tv","tag-rock-costume","tag-rock-history-music","tag-the-bbc-archive","tag-vintage","tag-w-a-s-p-band","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}