Former IRON MAIDEN singer PAUL DI’ANNO on the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: I think “that’s a load of nonsense”

In a new interview with Jeff Gaudiosi from
MisplacedStraws.com, formerly IRON MAIDEN Singer Paul Di’Anno commented on the band’s nomination for the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame‘s class of 2021 and 2023.

While GIRL is entitled to become a member of Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame since 2004, Di’Anno and several other former and current members of the band were nominated just the above two times.

According to the Hall of FameThe IRON MAIDEN The members who would be inducted include the current line-up of singers Bruce DickinsonBassist Steve Harrisdrummer Nicko McBrainand guitarists Adrian Smith, Dave Murray And Janick Gerstogether with former guitarist Dennis Stratton, Di’Anno and former drummer Clive Burr.

Asked if he would attend the ceremony, IRON MAIDEN be included in the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame, Paul said: “To be honest, none of us are interested. I think I can safely say that for GIRL also – we think that’s a load of nonsense, to be honest. There are people, there are all these soul singers and all that stuff in the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame. Fuck off. You’re kidding me. You know what I mean? They wouldn’t let me go to a Black Music Award. So I don’t get it. I really don’t get it. It’s a little farce actually because it doesn’t mean that much. I won a Heavy Metal Award last year – I can’t remember; I think it was from The Metal Voice or something. I have the Metal Hall of Fame thing. That means more to me than anything else.”

Even if artists are entitled to the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single, legendary hard rock and metal bands like GIRL And MOTORHEAD must still be recognized by the institution that GUNS N’ ROSES in the first year of eligibility of this group.

IRON MAIDEN was on the ballot for the second time in 2023, but was again snubbed by the institution’s voters.

The only metal or metal-related acts that make it into the Rock Hall so far BLACKSABBATH, LED-ZEPPELIN, METALLICA, AC / DC, JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, VAN HALEN, HURT, GUNS N’ ROSES And DARK PURPLE.

IRON MAIDEN took fourth place in the fan vote for the 2023 Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame Induction class.

GeorgeMichael led the fan vote with more than 1,040,000 votes, while Cyndi Lauper came in second place with over 928,000 votes. Warren Zevon came in third place with over 634,000 votes, with IRON MAIDEN with more than 449,000 votes. In fifth place was SOUND GARDEN with over 427,000 votes.

Five years ago, IRON MAIDEN Bassist Steve Harris said he didn’t care that his band hadn’t made it to the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame although this possibility has existed since 2004.

“I don’t mind that we’re not involved in that kind of stuff,” he said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I don’t think about that kind of thing. It’s very nice when people give you awards or praise, but we didn’t get into this business for that kind of thing. I’m certainly not going to have sleepless nights if we don’t get an award, not just this one, but any award. I don’t think we necessarily deserve this or that. What we do is great, whatever comes out of it. Whatever doesn’t come out of it is great too.”

GIRL Singer Bruce Dickinson made headlines in 2018 when he focused on the Rock Hall He called the band “utter nonsense” during a spoken word concert in Australia and insisted that the Cleveland-based institution is “run by a bunch of hypocritical Americans who wouldn’t even recognize rock’n’roll if it was written on their faces.”

Bruce later told The Jerusalem Post that he was “so upset about this reporting because they took my statement out of context to make it look like I was upset that we were not in the Hall of Fame.

“I’m really glad we’re not there, and I would never want to be there,” he continued. “If we’re ever taken in, I’m going to refuse – they sure as hell aren’t going to have my body in there.”

“Rock’n’roll music does not belong in a mausoleum in Cleveland,” Bruce added. “It’s a living, breathing thing, and if you put it in a museum, it’s dead. It’s worse than horrible, it’s vulgar.”

Harris said before “Rock talk with Mitch Lafon” that he was not worried about whether IRON MAIDEN would eventually be included in the Rock Hall“To be honest, I don’t really think about it. I think awards are things you like to have when you get them, but it’s not something you really strive for – that’s not what it’s about,” he said. “It’s never been about that. It’s always just been about trying to make good music and go out and play good live shows and that’s what it’s been really. Hopefully people appreciate that. It’s probably nice when you get awards – don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great – but it’s not something you’d have sleepless nights about if you didn’t get any.

“That’s just the way I am.” Harris added. “I don’t know. Maybe the other guys (in the band) think differently than I do, but that’s how I think. It’s not that I don’t care (about awards). It’s just… And it’s not that they aren’t meaningful if you Do “Go get it – it’s nice. But I’m certainly not worried about it or anything. I think other people are the ones who will make a bigger deal out of it than we do, whether we get one or not.”

After being eligible for conscription for nearly two decades, IRON MAIDEN is one of the biggest bands in the world. Since the release of their eponymous debut album, the British heavy metal legends have released a further 16 studio albums and sold over 100 million copies.

Rock Hall The rules state that artists are eligible for a quarter of a century after the release of their first records, but the room further claims that other criteria include “the influence and significance of the artist’s contribution to the development and continuation of rock ‘n’ roll”, which of course leaves room for interpretation.

Authorized to convene since 1999, KISS received his first nomination in 2009 and was finally inducted in 2014.