Deep Purple, You Me At Six Among Kerrang! Award Winners
Last night’s (June 12) Kerrang! Awards saw old and new rock heroes from Deep Purple to 5 Seconds Of Summer taking home honours. In a star-packed ceremony at the Troxy in London’s East End, awards also went to Fall Out Boy, You Me At Six and Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides.
Hosted by Andrew WK and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, the event saw You Me At Six, whose latest Virgin album ‘Cavalier Youth’ topped the UK charts earlier this year, win the Best British Band category. Fall Out Boy had a triumphant night, taking both Best International Band and Best Event for their Save Rock and Roll tour.
Capitol’s Australian newcomers 5 Seconds Of Summer, who topped the charts both at home and in the UK with ‘She Looks So Perfect’ (going double platinum in their native country in the process), landed the Best International Newcomer title. Biersack, lead vocalist with Californian rockers Black Veil Brides, was the recipient of the Hottest Male award.
Perhaps the biggest moment of a typically raucous night came when Deep Purple were inducted into the Kerrang! Hall Of Fame, joining a list of previous inductees that includes Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, Slayer and Machine Head. The rock figureheads were at the ceremony to accept their award, presented by Taylor Momsen of the Pretty Reckless, who herself took home the Hottest Female gong.
Other awards included Status Quo’s Kerrang! Services To Rock title and Bring Me The Horizon as Best Live Band, while the Ramones took the Kerrang! Icon trophy.
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edso n santos
June 13, 2014 at 5:39 pm
DEEP PURPLE, precursos de um estilho chamado rock in roll, o que mais dizer…
Ken in East Yorkshire
June 15, 2014 at 1:55 am
Deep Purple, along with Black Sabbath, invented heavy metal, “Deep Purple in Rock” and “Black Sabbath” were the first 2 proper heavy metal albums, Sabbath the dark moody side, and “In Rock” the fast aggressive screaming energy side. Any fan of heavy rock/metal, however new, what ever age, should have “Deep Purple in Rock”, “Fireball”, “Made in Japan”, “Paranoid”, “Master of Reality”, and Uriah Heep’s “Very heavy very humble” and “Demons and Wizards”, in that order, to appreciate where this wonderful brand of music came from. Along with Opeth, Dream Theater and Judas Priest, these are my favourite bands.
David
June 16, 2014 at 3:40 pm
I think it’s extremely ironic that a band that got their name from a Deep Purple-album got an award before the actual Deep Purple… People seem to have forgotten just how important of a band Deep Purple really is. They actually might even have had a bigger impact on the Hard rock-scene than Black Sabbath and even Led Zeppelin… It seems the music industry is run by musical idiots…