Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, never one to censor himself, has reportedly taken a couple of potshots at Metallica and Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford.
According to Loudwire, the singer recently chastised Halford for apparently using a teleprompter to help him remember lyrics during live shows. “People pay good money and you can’t even remember the sodding words,” exclaims Dickinson. “The daftest one I ever saw was Breaking the Law.”
Also, back in 2011 Dickinson told Metal Hammer that Iron Maiden were a much better band than Metallica.
“I got into trouble for saying that we’re better than Metallica … and, it’s true!” Dickinson added, “They might be bigger than us and they might sell more tickets than us and they might get more gold-plated middle-class bourgeoisie turning up to their shows but they’re not Maiden. I did say it’s a bit of a wind-up. I thought, if I’m going to turn into an a–hole, I might as well, you know, go for it!”
In a new interview with the Guardian, Dickinson’s comments were brought up to Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, who offered a humble response. “I will never argue with that,” says Ulrich. “I will always support Bruce Dickinson in whatever nonsense he says. That’s part of the fun. So go Iron Maiden! It’s fine.”
additional source: loudwire.com
153 Responses
No, no. Maiden up until Somewhere In Time is better than Metallica. Maiden post Somewhere In Time is just godawful. I’d rather listen to fucking Justin Bieber than listen to The Final Frontier again. Metallica only ever made one shit album, that was Lulu. Now if he said Maiden has a bigger influence than Metallica, then I’d agree. But if he’s gonna sit there and say that current Maiden is better than Current Metallica, then he’s just a fucking moron. And I’m not defending Metallica, ok. I have no fucking reason to. This is just my opinion. And if Halford needs a teleprompter then so fucking be it. Stupid Ass-Hole’s just upset because Priest has been, is and always will be a better band then Maiden. And on his comments about punk, motherfucker has no idea what he’s talking about. Plain and simple, Bruce Dickinson is an idiot in a band that hasn’t been worth a damn since 1986.
I thought Bruce and The Metal God were great friends. Maybe not!
Really? Is bruce friggin serious??? Wow what a douche! The last great maiden album was brave new world…………… Everything else was ass. Metallica is over the hill but overall a waaaaaaayyyyyyy better band than maiden. Sorry but it’s fact!
30 plus years on…. bruce really?? i think you proved your self long ago , as did ‘tallica and priest.. can we all just get along an rock?? are we back in middle school??
Blah,Blah,Blah////These guys, even though they may be, or have been larger than life to us,are only human.I’ve seen Halford quite a few times and he’s always delivered,and so what if he uses a teleprompter how many albums do priest have,and they’re no spring chickens!!Enjoy each other, each day these bands can give it a go…There will come a time when you wished he could be using that teleprompter and playing great hard rock/metal music!! I don’t know if I’m mistaken but didn’t Axl Rose use a teleprompter on the Illusion tour? I could be wrong,hey at least Lars doesn’t let little things bother him,the proof is in the ticket sales,who cares who thinks whose better.They’re all better than the crap main stream music tries to slam down into our ear drums….I would love to listen to the”Winery Dogs” on mainstream radio,At least we have Eddie and a few other diehards to help get new great music out there,with the limited air time they get on their respective radio shows…..I have and always enjoy all three no matter what B.D.thinks,maybe he has a bad case of L.ead.S.ingers.D.isease……..