Iron Maiden: The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Iron Maiden is one of the most popular and influential heavy metal bands of all time.

They have been in the forefront of Metal for almost three decades never once slowing down or

giving up on their fans. Not only have they continued to have a huge fan-base throughout their

nearly thirty year run, but they have also continuously released new albums that remain

consistently good. The idea that such an influential and popular rock band has not yet been

inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is insane.

Iron Maiden has one of the largest fan-bases of any metal band today. This can be

proven by simply looking at their touring numbers. The Final Frontier World Tour is one of

their most recent world tours, they performed to

Iron Maiden has taken metal to new heights and to corners of the globe that no one would

have ever thought possible “The Band took metal to many new froneiers; to Poland and behind

the iron curtain in 1985, around South America initially in 1992 and many times since. To the

Middle East in 2007 in the same year and many other places around the world the places that

rarely gets visited by major bands” (“The Band”). They have not only been the first heavy metal

in these countries that have previously been considered untouchable, but they have also become

extremely popular in these places. Their recent album “The Final Frontier” debut as the No. 1

best selling album in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and over 20 other countries and at

No. 4 in the U.S. (Cobo 12). The Final Frontier world tour that accompanied the album went to

even more new locations around the globe including Singapore, Indonesia, and South Korea

going to five continents in sixty six days.

The only real argument against them being in the Rock and Roll hall of fame is the

In 2012 their album “The Number of the Beast”

was even voted the best British album of the past sixty years according to a national public

survey that took place in the UK (“The Band”). You don’t get voted best British album of the

past sixty years by having a tiny niche audience. So is it any wonder that after almost 34 years

they have over 85 million albums sold, have done over 2,000 live performances, in almost 59

countries, 15 studio albums, and have tens of millions of fans (“The Band”) Iron Maiden

remains one of the most popular heavy metal bands of all time?

So why is it that one of the most popular heavy metal bands that has effected the lives of

tens of millions of fans all-round the globe is not yet in the Rock and Roll hall of fame while pop

acts and Rap groups like Madonna and Run DMC have been inducted? They have effected the

lives of millions of people all over the world. They have one of the largest fan bases in heavy

metal today. They have been pioneers in the genre bringing metal to new places all over the

world. Iron Maiden must be inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of