Tom Morello Vows to 'Chew My Leg Off' If Iron Maiden Doesn't Get into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: 'Egregious Oversight'

Tom Morello is ready to induct Iron Maiden into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

“I’m going to bite my leg off like a coyote in a trap if I can’t get Iron Maiden in,” Morello, 60, said in a recent appearance on The Eddie Trunk Podcast. “While there are many other deserving artists, Iron Maiden is, to me, the last most glaring omission from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.”

“Iron Maiden is like the gold standard of metal bands and they’re not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. And I know Bruce Dickinson said he didn’t really care. Well, as a fan, I care. I really, really care about that. So I’ll do what I can to get, [with] regardless of the limited influence I have, to induct Iron Maiden into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.”

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The band has been eligible since 2005 and has been considered twice, both times the institution’s voters did not vote for it.

There is a chance that the band will refuse if it is ever introduced. In the 2018 interview The Jerusalem Postsaid Dickinson, “I’m really glad we’re not there, and I’d never want to be there. If we ever get drafted, I’ll refuse—they won’t the hell keep my body in there.”

He voiced his objections to the Hall of Fame, saying, “Rock & roll music has no place in a Cleveland mausoleum. 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.”

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson performs on September 16, 2024 in Auckland.

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Bruce Dickinson was ready to find Iron Maiden a ‘great replacement’ if he couldn’t sing after being diagnosed with cancer

The death of original Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno was confirmed on October 21st. In a follow-up statement shared on his Facebook page on Monday, November 11, his family revealed that the cause of his death was “a rupture of the sac around the heart and blood filling from the main aorta artery and this caused the heart to stop.”

The band issued a statement honoring the late singer, writing:

“We are all deeply saddened to learn of Paul Di’Anno’s passing earlier today. Paul’s contribution to Iron Maiden was immense and helped set the course for us as a band for nearly five decades. His pioneering presence as frontman and singer, both on stage and on our first two albums, we will remain fondly remembered not only by us, but also by fans around the world.”

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Di’Anno’s replacement Dickinson admitted on Rich Roll that a cancerous tumor on his tongue almost forced him to find his own replacement.

“I was quite ready to accept that I might not be able to sing with Iron Maiden again,” Dickinson, 66, said. “Maybe I could sing, maybe I could sing, maybe I could sing in a different way, but if I can’t sing the way I have to sing with Iron Maiden, I’ll help them find a great replacement. because music is sacred.”

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