Black Sabbath triumphed at this year's Classic Rock
Roll of Honour, picking up three prizes including the living legend award.
The Birmingham
band also won album of the year for 13 and event of the year, after 13 topped
album charts worldwide and scored them their biggest US hit.
Previous living
legend winners include ZZ top, Jimmy Page and Iggy Pop.
Other winners
announced at this year's London ceremony include Led Zeppelin, The Rolling
Stones and Fleetwood Mac.
Following their
Hyde Park live shows and a Glastonbury headline set this summer The Rolling
Stones were named band of the year, while best new band went to The Temperance
Movement.
Manic Street
Preachers founding member and guitarist James Dean Bradfield was named winner
of the Musicians' Union Maestro Award.
Late Irish
guitar legend Rory Gallagher was honoured with the Tommy Vance Inspiration
Award and The Virginmarys won the Breakthrough Award.
Shep Gordon,
manager of Alice Cooper for more than 40 years, was honoured with a special VIP
Award.
The prize also
recognises his work as a film producer and humanitarian, and how he has helped
to sculpt the careers of a host of friends in the entertainment industry.
A documentary
film charting Gordon's career, directed by Mike Myers and entitled SuperMensch:
The Legend of Shep Gordon, recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
"This
year's winners are a who's-who of British pioneers," said Classic Rock
Magazine's editor-in-chief Scott Rowley.
"And with
the Temperance Movement and Virginmarys coming through there's still hope for
the future of British rock too."
Now in their
ninth year, the awards were handed out during a ceremony at Camden's
Roundhouse, hosted by former Marillion frontman Fish.
Five of the
categories were voted for by readers including re-issue of the year, which was
won by Fleetwood Mac's 35th anniversary edition of Rumours, and film of the
year won by Led Zeppelin's Celebration Day.
Readers also
decided the winners of best new band, album of the year and band of the year.
Mott the Hoople
were honoured with the outstanding contribution award, while Wilko Johnson won
the innovator.
Other winners
included John Mayall's classic album Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton, Zakk
Wylde being named metal guru and the spirit of prog award, won by Alex Lifeson.
Source: BBC
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