Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson spoke with The Telegraph, where he said that he is not interested in being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame:
“I don’t want to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Because we’re not dead yet.
“Some people feel almost actively threatened by metal. Not by the nature of the music.
”But by the fact that it doesn’t conform to their worldview of what pop music should be, which is: pop music is disposable, darling. Well, we don’t make disposable pop music.”
Even though artists are eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single, iconic hard rock and metal bands like MAIDEN and MOTÖRHEAD have yet to be recognized by the institution, which inducted GUNS N’ ROSES in that group’s first year of eligibility.
IRON MAIDEN was on the ballot for the second time this year, but the institution’s voters snubbed them once again.