Both Iron maiden and Rod Smallwood took awards home from the Classic rock awards last night.
Full list of winners (Culled from classic rock magazine's web site)
Here’s who won what on this mega-nite of mega-nites:
Best New Band – ROADSTAR. Award collected by Roadstar, natch.
Best Reissue – QUEEN for A Night At The Opera. Award collected by Queen manager Jim Beach.
DVD Of The Year – WHITESNAKE’s Live… In The Still Of The Night. Award collected by no less a person than Mr David Coverdale himself!
Event Of The Year – The return of the MONSTERS OF ROCK festival. Award collected by Danny Bowes and Luke Morley from Thunder and Steve Homer from Live Nation.
Comeback Of The Year – THE NEW YORK DOLLS. The Dolls couldn’t be there, but they supplied us with a special thank-you film direct from, er, New York.
Band Of The Year – WHITESNAKE. Award collected by that man Cov again!
Classic Album – DEF LEPPARD’s Hysteria. Award collected by Ian Hunter on behalf of the Leps, who supplied us with a special thank-you film direct from the States where they are currently touring.
Metal Guru Award – RONNIE JAMES DIO. Award collected by The Man On The Silver Mountain himself.
Album Of The Year – IRON MAIDEN for A Matter Of Life And Death. Award collected by Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith.
VIP Award – ROD SMALLWOOD. Award collected by the legendary Iron Maiden manager in person.
Classic Songwriter – QUEEN. Award collected by Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Tommy Vance Inspiration Award – PHIL LYNOTT. Award collected by Philomena Lynott and Scott Gorham.
Living Legend – ALICE COOPER. Award collected by Mr Vincent Furnier Esq.
For all the inside scam on the awards, be sure to check out the issue of Classic Rock that goes on sale on December 13!
Photo of Bruce and Adrian collecting their award can be seen on this page:
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page ... _from_last
