Blaze Bayley Joins Iron Maiden's Rock Hall Nomination

0:00It's March 30th. I'm Cory with the story. This is Music News Today, driven by AI and built for the culture. Blaze Bailey, the singer who fronted Iron Maiden in the mid-90s after Bruce Dickinson left, just got added to the band's rock and roll haul of. Fame nomination ballot. This is Iron Maiden's third shot at induction after Mrs. in 2021 and 2023, and they've been eligible since 2005. If they make it in, Bailey joins the party too. Bailey stepped in back in 1994, right after Dickinson bounced and handled vocals on two albums, the X-Factor in 1995, in Virtual XI in 1998. That era saw the band's popularity diva bit, but they bounced back huge when Dickinson returned in 1999 with the comeback album Brave, New World. Fans were fired up when Bailey got left off the initial ballot, calling it a big oversight since almost every other X-member made the cut. Radio host Eddie Trunk pointed out the randomness in these decisions and even saw it as a good sign that Maiden might finally get voted in.

1:04Even with this update, Iron Maiden's lead singer Bruce Dickinson has zero love for the rock haul. He's called it vulgar and said he'd refuse any induction, insisting rock and roll belongs on the stage, not in a Cleveland museum. For now, the band keeps playing a couple Bailey era tracks like Sign of the Cross in their sets, showing that chapter still lives on as they eye this. Name a negation.