Alice Cooper wants Iron Maiden to be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: “They have their own army out there”

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Alice Cooper said he wanted Iron Maiden to be inducted next.Cooper shouted out the British heavy metal legends – who are set to head out on the road this summer with their ‘Run For Your Lives’ tour of the UK and Europe – during a Q&A session on last month’s Rock Legends Cruise.The band have been eligible to join the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame since 2004, although they’ve only been nominated twice, in 2021 and 2023.

Cooper, meanwhile, Cooper was inducted by Rob Zombie in a 2011 ceremony.When the ‘Poison’ singer was asked which artists he’d like to see inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Cooper mentioned Maiden, saying: “I mean, come on – Iron Maiden.

How can you diss Iron Maiden? They have their own army out there.”The band’s frontman Bruce Dickinson touched on interactions with their army of fans recently, relating it back to wanting to “bow out with dignity” rather than succumb to backing tracks and becoming “Disneyland Maiden“.“Only recently this guy, a big fan, said to me, ‘It’s so great to see Maiden still doing it,’” he explained. “I said, ‘Yeah, and we’re doing it for real!’ There’s no detuning.

This guy said, ‘Lots of bands use backing tracks now…’ I said: ‘No! No, no!’“[If we use backing tracks,] that’s the day I quit,” he added. “Or the day we stop.