2nd Annual Revolver Golden Gods Official Press Release
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Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:38 PM
Press release:
2ND ANNUAL REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS
PRESENTED BY EPIPHONE
SET FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 8 AT CLUB NOKIA
IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
LEMMY KILMISTER OF MOTÖRHEAD TO RECEIVE
REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ROB HALFORD TO RECEIVE REVOLVER GOLDEN GOD AWARD
TELEVISION BROADCAST SET FOR
SATURDAY, MAY 22 ON VH1 CLASSIC
CONCERT WITH ROB ZOMBIE, FEAR FACTORY,
AS I LAY DYING, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA AND
BRIAN POSEHN’S ALL STAR BAND FT. SCOTT IAN, BRENDON SMALL,
JOHN TEMPESTA & JOEY VERA
WITH SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY ZAKK WYLDE
TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 VIA TICKETMASTER
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America’s first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music awards show is back! The second annual REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS presented by Epiphone will take place Thursday, April 8, returning to Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. The show will later be televised on VH1 Classic Saturday, May 22 (air time TBA). Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 19 via Ticketmaster.
This year, hosting duties for the Golden Gods will be shared between musician, activist and entrepreneur Andrew W.K. and lead singer of FOZZY, professional WWE wrestling superstar, actor and author Chris Jericho. The nominees in nine different categories--plus the recipients of this year’s prestigious Golden God Award and the Revolver Golden Gods Lifetime Achievement Award--were revealed today at a press conference held at The Rainbow Bar & Grill on the world famous Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. Both hosts were on hand, along with Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), Vinnie Paul (Hellyeah, Pantera), Chuck Billy (Testament) and Kat Von D (“LA Ink”), along with Marc Columbo and Cory Proctor (Free Reign, NFL Dallas Cowboys) to announce the nominees.
New for this year, fans everywhere can cast their vote beginning today to choose who will take home the awards for “Best Guitarist,” “Best Drummer,” “Best Vocalist,” “Album of the Year,” “Best Live Band,” “Best Underground Band,” “Most Metal Athlete,” “Hottest Chick(s) in Metal” and “Comeback Of The Year.” Voting starts today at: www.revolvermag.com/goldengods and ends on Wednesday, March 31. The complete list of nominees in each category are listed below.
The Revolver Golden God Award is given to one special honoree a year who embodies all that is metal. This year, the accolade will go to Judas Priest frontman and Metal God Rob Halford, and it will be presented to him by last year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner, the legendary Ozzy Osbourne. (Last year Revolver honored metal legend Dave Mustaine of Megadeth with the Golden God Award.) This year’s recipient of the Revolver Golden Gods Lifetime Achievement Award is none other than hard rock icon Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy has fronted Motörhead, the loudest band on the planet, for 35 years, and his background includes being Jimi Hendrix’s roadie in the ‘60s before joining Hawkwind. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Them Crooked Vultures) will do the honor of presenting Lemmy with his Revolver Golden Gods Lifetime Achievement Award.
Adding to the celebration of all that is best in metal this year, the GOLDEN GODS AWARDS will also include hard rocking musical numbers by Rob Zombie, Fear Factory (who will make their first LA appearance ever with their new line-up), As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada and last year’s host Brian Posehn’s all-star band featuring Scott Ian, Brendon Small, John Tempesta and Joey Vera, with a special performance by Zakk Wylde. More performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
"As a diehard fan of hard rock and metal who still can’t quite figure out how he ended up as the editor-in-chief of Revolver magazine, I am beyond stoked to attend the 2010 Golden Gods, let alone work on it behind the scenes,” states Revolver’s Editor in Chief Brandon Geist. “An award show celebrating the true power and artistry of this most overlooked, vilified, and misunderstood form of music has been long overdue. But award shows can be lame, self-congratulating affairs, which is why I’m particularly excited that most of this year’s winners will be picked not by some mysterious panel of snotty critics or the incestuous members of whatever ‘academy,’ but by the fans. Metal has always been all about the fans; it’s music for diehard fans by diehard fans. So power to the people, and may the best maniacs win!"
The nominees for the 2010 REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS presented by Epiphone are:
BEST GUITARIST
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Tony Iommi (Heaven & Hell)
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Street Sweeper Social Club)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Slash
Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)
BEST DRUMMER
Chris Adler (Lamb of God)
Brann Dailor (Mastodon)
Dave Grohl (Them Crooked Vultures)
Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, Fear Factory)
Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold)
BEST VOCALIST
Jonathan Davis (Korn)
Ronnie James Dio (Heaven & Hell)
Neil Fallon (Clutch)
Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
Serj Tankian (Serj Tankian, System Of A Down)
Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alice in Chains, Black Gives Way to Blue
Heaven & Hell, The Devil You Know
Mastodon, Crack the Skye
Megadeth, Endgame
Slayer, World Painted Blood
Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures
BEST LIVE BAND
The Devil Wears Prada
Lamb of God
Metallica
Motörhead
Rob Zombie
Slayer
BEST UNDERGROUND BAND
Behemoth
Between the Buried and Me
The Black Dahlia Murder
Converge
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Obituary
MOST METAL ATHLETE
Josh Barnett (MMA fighting)
Marc Colombo, Cory Procter, and Leonard Davis (NFL football)
Chris Jericho (WWE wrestling)
Mike Piazza (MLB baseball)
Jason Ellis (Pro skateboarding)
Jolene Van Vugt (Pro motocrosser)
HOTTEST CHICK(S) IN METAL
Pearl Aday (Pearl)
Maria Brink (In This Moment)
Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf)
Alexia & Anissa Rodriguez (Eyes Set to Kill)
Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
AC/DC
Alice in Chains
Anvil
Fear Factory
Heaven & Hell
KISS
Golden Gods are about celebrating all that is the wonder and amazement of Heavy Metal. The first annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards in 2009 was hosted by comedian Brian Posehn and featured musical performances by Megadeth, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, All That Remains and Suicide Silence, plus special DJ Slipknot’s Corey Taylor. Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne was honored the Revolver Golden Gods Lifetime Achievement Award. Check out more from last year’s stellar awards show here.
MarkSKULnBONEZ_ - 4/5/2010 10:47:25 AM LOL Dave brah your funny as shit specially wen you talk to yourself under different identities brah.While you be taking the pink Ritalin pill brah it sure be working brah cos you be ables to remember all theose log ons and passwords and to say the right thing for the right identity brah.Keep up the good work brah,I'm sure Lee Kerbal will surely visit KNAC.com sometime and take note of how much we miss him and his music brah.Persistence pays off brah one day Lee Kerbal be acknowledging our existence brah and that day I,the SKULL himself,be rewarding you wit a special nut massage brah.
bodybuilderblob - 4/3/2010 9:42:51 AM You cant make the love that you can make on a man at Haulover Beach and thats why I invented the sport of Noob Gooblin because the lifeguards cant see whats going on underwater brahs but if you get out of the water with a big ole hard on the brah will blow his whistle on you and make you leave to the mens room at the parking lot brah.
EricTheRed2010 - 4/1/2010 8:59:55 AM Dont worry yourself moron its coming soon enough. I'm sure your grandpa dad is shitting his depends more often these days when the mail comes. LMFAO!
MarkSKULnBONEZ_ - 3/29/2010 11:15:09 AM ROTFLMAO@THE SKULLPUSSIES....Cmon,Dave...where's all the aggro??Where's the ten ton hammer??I dare you SKULLPUSSIES!!Bring it on ladies!!
bodybuilderblob - 3/29/2010 7:59:11 AM Blobber feels better about sweet sweet jeffy missing but I'm still kind of sad because I know he maybe make the dead and rotting someone and I need his mandook to make me lift the weights that I can make.I got a pair of his underwears but I really need him because I miss the love I can make up in him and celabrate the man body that jesus can make brah. I'm not gay though.
MarkSKULnBONEZ_ - 3/28/2010 1:19:13 PM Hey Dave, did you forget to mail order a set of balls along with the legal notice and threats we sent Lee Kerbal??At least you need to download some steel balls pretty soon so we can carry out our lame internet tough boy threats LMFAO!!!!
OsuthyQueef - 3/28/2010 12:05:08 PM Maybe one day you'll get over it. I kind of doubt it though
MarkSKULnBONEZ_ - 3/27/2010 1:02:42 AM Anybody noted that me pals Eric and Dave have dropped all the aggro they were bustling with a week ago-'We're dropping a ten ton hammer on his head,just wait for what you got comin,it's gonne hit you like a storm....' and have now resorted to the lame'bleed for the goat,we own you schoolboy taunts'??OWNED??I guess not.BeatdownontheSKULLS??Thats more like it,'brahs' ROTFLMAO!!!!
bodybuilderblob - 3/26/2010 7:57:51 AM oh sweet sweet Jeffy brah I miss you so bad and just want to hold you and make the love up in you that I can make and things to be like they were brah. I aint gay though.
MarkSKULnBONEZ_ - 3/25/2010 11:31:04 AM Tortured turds are what I'm droppin these morning brahs.Never been so constipated all my life.Must be those damn Tacos and beans,brah.Taco Bell sucks but it's me life brahs.
OsuthyQueef - 3/22/2010 9:28:44 AM "tortured words" Lol thats so true
DavaDethh - 3/22/2010 7:46:30 AM Thats it little owned bitchboy, bleed your tortured words out on these pages for the goat as we all laugh at your constant pain we cause you. KNAC, The Skull Crew and SATAN are ripping your soul apart! LMFAO! Come on big man bleed for the goat bitch! LMFAO!
bloboverlord - 3/20/2010 2:12:41 PM Lets go kill little people, lets go kill the skull trolls hiding under freeway overpasses.
homofury - 3/19/2010 8:07:21 PM let's go kill white people!
KnacsWiseMan - 3/18/2010 11:31:33 PM It's pretty clear the Skullhomo team(DaveDope,ErictheChump and OsuthyQueer)posts outnumber the purported Lee Kerbal posts(that includes supposed Blob and bodybuilder posts)by at least 4 to 1.So it follows who's owned and who's not.If the Skullhomo team really didn't give a damn, and if Lee Kerbal was indeed half the loser the Skullhomo team think he is,they wouldnt spend so much time posting about him here.And whatsoever happened to that 'letter' that was supposed to stop 'Lee' in his tracks and was built up as such??Lee's not afraid of the Skulls?Oh cmon 'The Skull' could surely do better than that??
