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Iron Maiden Takes Band of the Year, Chickenfoot Gets Best New Band at Classic Rock Awards

Posted about 1 month ago
Britain's Classic Rock magazine held their annual awards on Sunday night at the Park Lane Hotel in London. The audience included award winners Iggy Pop, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi, Ginger Baker and Iron Maiden.

Chickenfoot, which is made up of veteran artists Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Michael Anthony (Van Halen) ironically took home the Best New Band prize. Album of the year went to AC/DC's Black Ice while the Band of the Year was taken by Iron Maiden.

Below are the nominees from the main six categories with the winner in red followed by the winners in the other categories.

Best New Band
  • Crippled Black Phoenix
  • Steadlur
  • New Device
  • The Parlor Mob
  • Chickenfoot
  • Diagonal
Album of the Year
  • Black Ice - AC/DC
  • Death Magnetic - Metallica
  • Folklore and Superstitions - Black Stone Cherry
  • The Ballad of John Henry - Joe Bonamassa
  • Everyday Demons - Answers
  • Chinese Democracy - Guns N' Roses
  • Consolers of the Lonely - Raconteurs
  • And You Were a Crow - Parlor Mob
  • The Devil You Know - Heaven and Hell
  • Black Clouds and Silver Linings - Dream Theater
Band of the Year
  • Kings of Leon
  • AC/DC
  • Faith No More
  • Iron Maiden
  • Metallica
Reissue of the Year
  • Eliminator - ZZ Top
  • Pyromania - Def Leppard
  • No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith - Motorhead
  • The Who Sell Out - Who
  • Ten - Pearl Jam
  • Reissues - Black Sabbath
  • Picture Book - Kinks
  • Stormbringer - Deep Purple
  • Anthology - Move
DVD/Film of the Year
  • Kissology, The Ultimate Kiss Collection - Kiss
  • Shine a Light - Rolling Stones
  • Archives - Neil Young
  • Flight 666 - Iron Maiden
  • Woodstock
  • Anvil
Event of the Year
  • Download Festival
  • The Resurrection of Anvil
  • The Return of Spinal Tap
  • Iron Maiden Get a Brit Award
  • AC/DC Take Over the World
Other winners:
  • Outstanding Contribution - Ronnie Wood
  • Tommy Vance Inspiration Award - John Bonham
  • Innovator - Ginger Baker
  • VIP Award - Don McGhee
  • Metal Guru - Biff Byford
  • Spirit of Prog - Dream Theater
  • Marshall 11 Award - Billy Gibbons
  • Childline Rocks Award - Steve Harley
  • Classic Songwriter - Paul Rodgers
  • Classic Album - Rocks - Aerosmith
  • Breakthrough - Joe Bonamassa
  • Comeback of the Year - Mott the Hoople
  • Living Legend - Iggy Pop

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