{"id":502795,"date":"2026-06-30T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/502795\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:03:10","slug":"im-glad-its-happened-so-the-americans-will-stop-banging-on-about-it-iron-maidens-steve-harris-doesnt-seem-too-excited-about-their-rock-roll-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/502795\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m glad it\u2019s happened so the Americans will stop banging on about it\u201d Iron Maiden\u2019s Steve Harris doesn\u2019t seem too excited about their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction five decades after your debut might sound like the kind of milestone that leaves a band celebrating. But don\u2019t expect Iron Maiden<\/a> to make too much of a fuss about it.<\/p>\n

Speaking in the latest issue of Metal Hammer<\/a>, bassist Steve Harris<\/a> and frontman Bruce Dickinson<\/a> make it clear that while they\u2019re grateful for the recognition<\/a>, it\u2019s never been something they\u2019ve spent much time thinking about.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the band ever discussed turning down this year\u2019s induction, Harris says there was never much of a conversation to begin with.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, there have only been comments from a couple of members of the band here and there,\u201d he says. \u201cBruce has his own strong feelings about it, which is his opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, the bassist says the honour has never meant all that much to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s never really bothered me one way or the other, because awards aren\u2019t what we do this for,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut in a weird way I\u2019m glad it\u2019s happened so the Americans will stop banging on about it. To me, if you get offered something, you say, \u2018Thank you very much.\u2019 But did I lose sleep over getting it or not getting it? No.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dickinson \u2013 who famously said he didn\u2019t \u201cgive a monkey\u2019s\u201d about the Rock Hall or its approval<\/a> after the band missed out on induction in 2023 \u2013 sounds equally unfazed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t even summon the energy to be vitriolic about it,\u201d he says. \u201cI appreciate that a significant number of people are happy for us. That\u2019s nice. It\u2019s not something we\u2019re bothered about.\u201d<\/p>\n

The members, who won\u2019t be attending the ceremony due to Iron Maiden\u2019s Australia tour<\/a>, say they probably wouldn\u2019t have gone anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t do those sort of things,\u201d Harris says. \u201cI didn\u2019t even go to the recent red carpet thing for the documentary. It\u2019s not me.\u201d<\/p>\n

And for anyone hoping the occasion might spark a Live Aid-style reunion featuring every current and former member, the band has already shut down the idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. That\u2019d just be cheesy,\u201d says Harris.<\/p>\n

Dickinson agrees, arguing that those kinds of all-star performances rarely make for great music: \u201cThose kind of things make some people feel, \u2018Oh great, what an event\u2019, but musically usually it\u2019s a mess,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI absolutely don\u2019t have any problem with Blaze [Bayley, former vocalist] or any of those other guys on the bill \u2013 I love Blaze, he\u2019s a fantastic guy. But we\u2019re not planning on having Nicko [McBrain, former drummer] playing three drums during the show or anything like that. No, people have paid money to see this incarnation of Iron Maiden. It will be an Iron Maiden set. This is the band, this is what you get.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iron Maiden first became eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, but weren\u2019t nominated until 2021 and 2023 before finally making this year\u2019s class. The 2026 inductees also include Oasis<\/a>,\u00a0Billy Idol<\/a>, Wu-Tang Clan<\/a>, Joy Division\/ New Order and Phil Collins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction five decades after your debut might sound like the kind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-502795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}