IRON MAIDEN Bassist Steve Harris On Knighthood - "It's Nice That People Might Think Of Me Like That, But..."
May 16, 2007, 17 years ago
As previously reported, fans of IRON MAIDEN have a petition running demanding leader/bass guitarist Steve Harris to be recognised in the next list of UK honours.
UK scribe Dave Ling spoke briefly to Steve Harris on the phone for an upcoming Classic Rock story. At the end of their conversation he asked him about the petition to include him in the government's next honours list. As expected, Steve finds the whole thing hilarious. "I'm sure it'll never happen, and if it did I wouldn't want it," he chuckles. "It's nice that people might think of me like that, but it probably started as a joke that got out of hand. It's not me. You know me; it's not what I'm about. Imagine if you had to call me Sir all the time. A Crystal Palace fan to a West Ham fan... you wouldn't do it, would you?"
There are also petitions to get Lemmy Kilmister from MOTÖRHEAD and DEEP PURPLE's Ian Gillan onto the honours list as well.
