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Kerrang! honors Lostprophets
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
August 25, 2006 at 12:18:00 PM | more stories by this author

Welsh rockers scoop up Best British Band and Best Album at 25-year-old magazine's annual event; AC/DC frontman Angus Young lands Kerrang! Legend award.

Twenty-five years on and seeing a resurgence in popularity, UK-based rock mag Kerrang! held its annual awards show last night in East London, and Welsh band Lostprophets took home two of the 12 awards doled out.

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Lostprophets garnered the awards for Best British Band and Best Album for Liberation Transmission, which hit stores in June.

The 13th annual awards, voted on by the magazine's readers, also tabbed two rock veterans for lifetime recognition awards. AC/DC frontman Angus Young was crowned Kerrang! Legend, while Slayer took home the Hall of Fame award. Kerrang! editor Paul Brannigan called AC/DC "one of the most important and influential rock bands in history."

A pair of American acts took home an award each, with My Chemical Romance garnering the Best Band on the Planet award and Fall Out Boy landing Best Video for "Sugar We're Going Down."

Muse won Best Live Band while Bullet For My Valentine picked up the Best Single award for "Tears Don't Fall."

Teenage rockers Bring Me the Horizon were named Best British Newcomers, while Aiden took home the prize for best new international act.

The full list of winners:


Best Band on the Planet: My Chemical Romance

Best British Band: Lostprophets

Best British Newcomer: Bring Me the Horizon

Best International Newcomer: Aiden

Best Live Band: Muse

Best Single: Bullet For My Valentine, "Tears Don't Fall"

Best Album: Lostprophets, Liberation Transmission

Classic Songwriter: Placebo

Best Video: Fall Out Boy, "Sugar We're Going Down"

Spirit of Independence Award: The Prodigy

Kerrang! Hall of Fame: Slayer

The Kerrang! Legend: Angus Young

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fletaknaack
Tu as des beaux yeux.
Posted 11/07/2009 6:15pm
maurinetuplano
nice colors
Posted 11/07/2009 6:11pm
lanitafelkins
Qui est-ce?
Posted 05/28/2009 7:47pm
xXxMCRIsLoVexXx
MCR, best band on the planet, yes indeed I do agree!! They inspire me!!
Lost Prophets, best british band, I do agree with that. Rooftops vid and song = my fave.
Aiden, It's better than nothing.
Bullet, tears, best single, oh my how much I agree on that!! It was sooo awesome!!
Fall Out Boy, I disagree, there were other videos that were better.
On top of everything, My Chemical Romance is LOVE! =]
Posted 11/04/2006 2:04am
GCrocksPS
hey hang on a minute weren't these voted for by everyone else except kerrang? Have you not thought it might be the fans fault that MCR was voted best band on the planet seen as they voted for that band?
Posted 08/29/2006 2:46am
ZeeDeevel
Uh...what exactly happend to this magazine? That list just made me lose all respect I had for Kerrang!...Best band on the planet, MCR...yeah, i just puked a little. What's with this list? AC/DC the most influential rock band?? Me thinks Kerrang knows less about music than they assume...and Slayer....wow. Plus, wouldn't Brian Johnson of AC/DC be the frontman? I didn't think guitarists, despite their popularity, were the frontmen.
Posted 08/28/2006 12:45pm
gamefreak1876
bullet for my valentine should have won best album,the poison is one of the best metal cds ever imo.
Posted 08/26/2006 3:00pm
graphikal
Lostprophets, the sellout band who wanted to cash into the untimely bad haircut trend before it's uncool. I was reading the full list of awards K! gave out and apparantly My Chemical Romance is the best band in the world 'evari bodieez!!'. Kerrang did sellout a long time ago since they started putting rap on their channels.
Posted 08/26/2006 4:59am
MikeAAA
Kerrang!: covering the world of skinny white boys with bad haircuts who play whiny mope-rock and nu-emo. Zzing!
Posted 08/25/2006 4:06pm
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