METALLICA Voted "Most Influential Rock Group Of The Last 30 Years" By Kerrang! Readers; Top 10 List Available
June 2, 2011, 13 years ago
According to a report from RockAAA.com, METALLICA has been voted the most influential rock group of the last 30 years by readers of UK-based Kerrang! Magazine. The poll is included in the next issue of Kerrang!, which celebrates 30 years since the magazine launched in June, 1981.
Paying tribute to IRON MAIDEN who placed third, Ulrich said: “Iron Maiden have been the blueprint for everything that we have ever wanted to do.”
The Kerrang! readers' Top Ten list is as follows:
1) METALLICA
2) GREEN DAY
3) IRON MAIDEN
4) SLIPKNOT
5) MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
6) LINKIN PARK
7) BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
8) BLINK 182
9) OZZY OSBOURNE
10) FOO FIGHTERS
As previously reported, Metallica frontman and former Downey resident James Hetfield was inducted into the Downey High School 2011 Hall Of Fame on May 27th. He received a special induction for attending Downey High his freshman and sophomore years.
Hetfield moved to Brea the summer before his junior year after his mother died of cancer.
Check out video footage of Hetfield's acceptance speech below:
Downey Assistant Principal Lisa Lucke said the plan to induct Hetfield into the Hall of Fame has been in the works for years.
"He's a very private person, and he's usually on tour this time of year so it was really just about trying to align schedules," she said. "We're all excited and hoping he can come."Read more at this location.
