Classic Rock magazine’s 11th annual Classic Rock Roll Of Honour in association with Nikon celebrated some of the most influential and respected musicians in rock at The Roundhouse in Camden, London, last night, 11th November.

Once again, a stellar line-up of rock royalty attended the event to celebrate what has been an incredible 12 months of music. The evening’s guests of honour and recipients of the Living Legend Award were QUEEN whose song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ first charted on November 8, 1975, 40 years ago to the week of the Awards.

Their enigmatic frontman, Freddie Mercury, was one of the greatest of all time. His vocal range and musical vision was unique, and alongside the unmistakable guitar playing of Brian May, Roger Taylor’s thunderous drumming and John Deacon‘s incredible bass lines, Queen became one of the UK’s greatest musical exports ever. Having sold in excess of 150 million albums, they have the unprecedented achievement of all four members being responsible for composing worldwide No.1 hits including We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Another One Bites The Dust, Radio Ga Ga and Under Pressure.

The award was presented to Brian May by Joe Satriani.

Previous winners of the Living Legend Award include Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, Jimmy Page, Lemmy Kilmister, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Gregg Allman and ZZ Top.

On Queen, Siân Llewellyn, Editor of Classic Rock magazine, says: “I don’t think there could be a more perfect year for us to honour Queen with the Roll Of Honour’s headline award. Almost four decades to the day that one of rock’s defining songs made its phenomenal presence known, we get to celebrate the incredible, unparalleled career of the band that made it and who changed the world’s soundscape forever.”

Earlier in the evening, the reader-voted categories saw Jimmy Page pick up Reissue Of The Year for the complete re-release of Led Zeppelin’s catalogue in deluxe box set form. Foo Fighters’ ‘Sonic Highways’, the documentary film of the recording of their album by the same name, was the winner of Best DVD/Film. Best New Band went to We Are Harlot, which was presented to them by 2014 winners The Cadillac Three. Two of the evening’s most sought-after awards, Album and Band Of The Year, were won by two true heavyweights of rock. Iron Maiden scooped Album Of The Year for their worldwide No. 1 ‘The Book Of Souls’, which was collected by frontman Bruce Dickinson, and AC/DC took the Band Of The Year gong following their triumphant world tour and the release of their 17th studio album ‘Rock Or Bust’.

Hard rock heroes Europe, who closed the show with an exhilarating live performance, were awarded The Comeback. Alice Cooper’s ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’ also celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and clinched Classic Album. The larger-than-life Noddy Holder won the Showman Award. 2015’s Maestro, an award given to masters of their instrument, went to virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani. The Tommy Vance Inspiration Award was awarded to Jimi Hendrix, and was presented to his sister Janie by his former roadie Lemmy. Nils Lofgren, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, former member of Crazy Horse and Grin, and legendary instrumentalist, picked up Outstanding Contribution, and Rod MacSween, booking agent to the stars, was honoured with the VIP Award.

 

Siân Llewellyn, says, “It was another incredible night at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour – and one that showed that rock’n’roll is in amazing health. From homegrown legends like Queen, Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden, to transatlantic stars like Alice Cooper and Nils Lofgren, from new blood like We Are Harlot, The Cadillac Three and Blackberry Smoke to road warriors like Motörhead and Europe, and musical innovators like X Japan, it’s conclusive proof that wherever and whoever you are, rock’n’roll is a universal language. And it’s one that we love.”

Also announced on the night was a new partnership which will bring the 2016 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour to Tokyo, Japan. Billy Anderson, TeamRock CEO, says, “Japan is the second largest music market in the world with a strong interest and passion for rock music. There is no better place than Tokyo to launch our presence in Asia.”

The 2015 award recipients are:

Best New Band sponsored by Mascot Label Group We Are Harlot

Film/DVD Of The Year Foo Fighters ‘Sonic Highways’

Reissues Of The Year sponsored by Universal Strategic Marketing Led Zeppelin

Album Of The Year sponsored by Roadrunner Records Iron Maiden ‘The Book Of Souls’

Band Of The Year sponsored by earMusic AC/DC

The Comeback sponsored by Orange Amplification Europe

Classic Album sponsored by Eagle Rock Entertainment Alice Cooper ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’

The Showman sponsored by Giants Of Rock (Butlin’s) Noddy Holder

The Maestro sponsored by Nikon Joe Satriani

Tommy Vance Inspiration Jimi Hendrix

The VIP sponsored by PRG / XL Video Rod MacSween

Outstanding Contribution sponsored by Chord Electronics Nils Lofgren

Living Legends sponsored by Clive Sutton Queen

Classic Rock Roll Of Honour took place on November 11, at the Roundhouse, Camden, London, and was hosted by Chris Jericho.

 

The 2015 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour takes place on Wednesday, November 11th, at The Roundhouse, London.

It’s the star-studded night where the great and good of high-voltage rock’n’roll will get together to celebrate talent both old and new – from those bands making their debut on the scene, to those who began it all…

But, of course, we couldn’t do any of this without your help. We might have come up with the nominations shortlist, but the final decision as to who will win the Album Of The Year, Best New Band, Reissue Of The Year, Band Of The Year and Film Of The Year categories rests with YOU.
AC/DC OR STATUS QUO OR LED ZEPPELIN OR IRON MAIDEN OR THE ROLLING STONES OR FAITH NO MORE OR SLASH OR CSN&Y OR RUSH OR THE BEATLES…
Following last year’s triumphant appearance at Los Angeles’ prestigious AVALON Hollywood, the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour returns to the UK to celebrate another exceptional year of rock. Led Zeppelin are once again dominating the charts with their reissues, AC/DC played triumphant stadium shows and released another acclaimed album, Faith No More returned to huge critical praise and Royal Blood continued their rapid rise, to name just a few highlights. There is also the new breed of bands coming through such as We Are Harlot, Kill It Kid and Wolf Alice looking set to stake their own claim in rock history.

With five public voted categories, the Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Rush, Halestorm and Joe Bonamassa all receive multiple nominations. Band Of The Year is populated by some of the biggest stadium acts in the world and have combined album sales of over half a billion. The Foo Fighters most recently played to over 125k at the Milton Keynes Bowl (5 September), supported by Album Of The Year nominees Royal Blood, proving rock continues to be the benchmark of quality in a world of TV pop-based talent shows.

The evenings’ host is Chris Jericho, frontman of rock band Fozzy and world renowned wrestler. With a reputation that precedes him, Jericho has wrestled for over 15 years, claimed over 30 world titles including six with WWE. An avid musician, his band Fozzy play all over the world. Fozzy released their sixth and most recent album ‘Do You Wanna Start A War’ in 2014 to critical acclaim. Jericho also hosts the TeamRock World Rock Chart every Sunday on TeamRock radio.

Siân Llewellyn, Editor of Classic Rock, says, “What a great 12 months it’s been for high-voltage rock’n’roll. And what a year for us to return to the Roll Of Honour’s spiritual home at London’s Roundhouse after celebrating its tenth anniversary in Hollywood. With fantastic new bands to celebrate and brilliant albums to consider it was trickier than ever to nail down our nomination shortlist. Put simply, it means that the Classic Rock Awards will be another brilliant evening of rock’n’roll celebration!”

The nominee’s for this year are:

Best New Band – The best new rock band of the past 12 months

Black Moth

We Are Harlot

Wilson

Crobot

Wolf Alice

Biters

King King

Messenger

FFS

Radkey

Kill It Kid

Royal Thunder

Album Of The Year – The best new album of the past 12 months

AC/DC – Rock Or Bust

The Darkness – Last Of Our Kind

Blackberry Smoke – Holding All The Roses

Halestorm – Into The Wild Life

Thunder – Wonder Days

Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Von Hertzen Brothers – New Day Rising

Faith No More – Sol Invictus

Royal Blood – Royal Blood

Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct

Robert Plant – Lullaby And…The Ceaseless Roar

Joe Bonamassa – Different Shades Of Blue

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – World On Fire

Iron Maiden – Book Of Souls

Ghost – Meliora

Motörhead – Bad Magic

Reissue Of The Year – The best reissue of the past 12 months

Led Zeppelin – IV, Houses Of The Holy, Physical Graffiti, Presence, In Through

The Out Door, Coda

Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers: Super Deluxe Edition

The Kinks – The Anthology: 1964 – 1971

Bad Company – Bad Company, Straight Shooter Deluxe Editions

Status Quo – Status Quo Live Box Set

The Allman Brothers – The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings

The Pretty Things – Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky

Bob Dylan & The Band – The Basement Tapes Complete, Bootleg Series Vol.11

The Beatles – Mono Vinyl Collection

The Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible 20

Suzi Quatro – The Girl From Detroit City

Deep Purple – The Hard Road: The Mark 1 Studio Recordings 1968 – 69

Bryan Adams – Reckless 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – CSNY 1974

Rainbow – A Light In The Black 1975 – 1984

Film (or DVD) Of The Year – The best classic rock-related film release of the past 12 months

Rush – R40

Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways

Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck

Love And Mercy

The Wrecking Crew

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks

Band Of The Year – The most exciting rock band of the past 12 months

AC/DC

Fleetwood Mac

Foo Fighters

Halestorm

King Crimson

Rush

The Who

WHO WINS? ONLY YOUR VOTE
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