Tom Morello, a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination panel, says Iron Maiden is the Rock Hall’s “most egregious oversight.”
Morello opened up about his feelings for the English heavy metal band during a recent interview with Sirius XM‘s Eddie Trunk.
“My argument was this. If you’re a little league player, your dream as a young baseball player is to have such a career that you would end up in the baseball hall of fame,” Morello said. “I said, ‘A lot of young rock and roll guitar players have no respect for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.’ None of their favorite bands are in it.”
The Hall needs to be “a place that everyone who loves rock and roll aspires to be in because their heroes are there. And you don’t have that right now,” according to the Rage Against the Machine guitarist.
“I will chew my leg off like a coyote in a trap if I can’t get Iron Maiden in,” he added. “While there are many other deserving acts, Iron Maiden for me is the last most egregious oversight in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
Comparing Iron Maiden to “the gold standard of metal bands,” Morello pledged that he will do all he can “to get, with whatever limited influence I have, to get Iron Maiden in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
Morello has previously thrown his weight behind artists such as KISS, MC5, Randy Rhoads and Judas Priest.
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