ZZ TOP: Living Legends
ZZ Top to be honored at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards in November.
ZZ Top will be presented with the Living Legend Award at Classic Rock magazine's Classic Rock Roll of Honour ceremony on November 13th in London. Previous winners include Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, Jimmy Page, Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop. And in categories in which the readers of the U.K. magazine can vote, they include:
Band of the Year - awarded to the most exciting rock band of the last 12 months:
Black Sabbath
Guns n' Roses
Joe Bonamassa (Joe's not a band)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rush
ZZ Top
Reissue of the Year - awarded to the best-embellished reissue of the last 12 months, nominees include:
Heart - Strange Euphoria (a box set)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung box set
Judas Priest - Single Cuts: The Complete U.K. Singles Collection
Pink Floyd - reissues
Roxy Music - The Complete Studio Recordings
Small Faces - reissues
Whitesnake - Box O’ Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982
The Who - Quadrophenia: The Super Deluxe Edition
Film/DVD of the Year - nominees include:
George Harrison - Living In The Material World
Mott the Hoople - The Ballad of Mott The Hoople
Pink Floyd - The Story of Wish You Were Here
Rock of Ages
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls Live In Texas
Album of the Year - nominees include:
Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Joe Bonamassa - Driving Towards Daylight
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Slash - Apocalyptic Love
Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
Event of the Year - what was the most exciting talking point of the last 12 months? Nominees include:
Aerosmith kisses and make up
Black Sabbath reunites
Download Festival 2012
Lou Reed and Metallica pool forces for Lulu
Queen works with Adam Lambert
Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney get silenced at Hyde Park

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