Slash is Double Nominee in ‘Classic Rock’ Hall of Honour Awards

Classic Rock magazine in the U.K. has announced the nominees for this year’s Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards. Slash, Rage Against the Machine, KISS and AC/DC are all up for two awards each. They will also face off against Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and the Jeff Beck Band for the prestigious Band of the Year award.

Alice Cooper will host the ceremony, which will be held at London’s Roundhouse on November 10.

Nominees are:
Best New Band
The Union
Taking Dawn
Reckless Love
Urban Voodoo Machine
White Wizzard
Alberta Cross

Album of the Year
Cheap Trick: The Latest
Bigelf: Cheat the Gallows
Slash: Slash
KISS: Sonic Boom
Wolfmother: Cosmic Egg
Iron Maiden: The Final Frontier
Pearl Jam: Backspacer
Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way to Blue
Lynyrd Skynyrd: God & Guns
Gaslight Anthem: American Slang
The Scorpions: Sting in the Tail
Europe: Last Look at Eden
Ratt : Infestation
Foreigner: Can’t Slow Down
Black Crowes: Before the Frost…
Steve Hackett: Out of the Tunnel’s Mouth

Band of the Year
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Rage Against The Machine
Kiss
Bon Jovi
Slash & Friends
Jeff Beck Band

Event of the Year
High Voltage
Download
Mott The Hoople reunion
Rage Against The Machine’s Christmas No. 1 and free concert
The Stooges’ reunion
Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin" entering the Top Ten

Reissue of the Year
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St
Judas Priest: British Steel
The Beatles: Reissues
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years
AC/DC: Backtracks
Jimi Hendrix: Reissues
Nazareth: Reissues
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
Where the Action Is: LA Nuggets 1965-1968
David Bowie: Station to Station

Source : gibson.com