Bruce Dickinson explains why Iron Maiden fans are so loyal to the band: “Iron Maiden fans are a little bit like plywood”

Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden have already had a long career and remain one of the brightest stars in the metal world. Over the course of their career, the band has managed to amass an admirably enthusiastic and loyal fan base that embraces each new album with open arms and fills one arena after another.

Now, in a recent episode of Anders Botters’ Tiny TV, Bruce Dickinson, the band’s frontman, reflects on why their fans are so loyal to Iron Maiden.

“I can’t speak for every individual Iron Maiden fan, obviously, and I can’t imagine what each of them is individually thinking and what kind of nuance they get out of what we do. Because I think people get different things out of different parts of what we do. You’ve got all kinds of shades of opinion, but they all congregate around a central core, which is, ‘Yeah, it’s Iron Maiden, stupid.’ That’s it”, Dickinson says and continues:

“To put it superficially, I would say that Iron Maiden fans are a little bit like plywood — we get a new layer every year, and they all just stick together, so eventually we get a table that’s, like, ten feet thick… And, of course, we’ve got people that started in 1983, ’84, and we’ve got people that started in the year 2000, 2005, 2015 — generations and generations.”

Iron Maiden’s new album “Senjutsu” was released in September.