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Metallica Dubbed 'Best Rock Band Of Past 30 Years'

• 1st Jun 2011

Kerrang! magazine has voted Metallica as the 'Greatest Rock Group Of The Past 30 Years'.

Drummer Lars Ulrich commented on the accolade: “It gives me a very warm and fuzzy feeling that Kerrang! Magazine have voted Metallica as the band that most changed their lives.”

“I remember the first issue of the magazine in 1981. I had made a pilgrimage to England because I was obsessed with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. I travelled all over the country and that first issue accompanied me everywhere.”

The announcement is part of the magazine's 30th anniversary celebrations, with the top ten looking like this:

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

Notable exceptions include Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam – who, one could argue, could take the places of My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park and Bullet For My Valentine.

MSD