KERRANG! AWARD WINNERS 2005

• 12th Sep 2005

KERRANG! AWARDS 2005 … the winners

Best British Newcomer

Winner: Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet For My Valentine look set to follow in the footsteps of fellow Welsh men Lost Prophets, Funeral For A Friend and Feeder in becoming one of the biggest rock bands in the country. Their self titled EP of last year set tongues wagging before the band secured their position as one of the best live acts in the country supporting Funeral For A Friend. Their rapturous reception at the Kerrang Day Of Rock saw them nose out in front of a talented and promising shortlist of nominations.

Also nominated: Fightstar / Towers Of London / Nine Black Alps / THE GA* GA*S
Presented by: yourcodenameis:milo
2004 Winner: yourcodenameis:milo

Best International Newcomer – sponsored by Epiphone

Winner: Trivium

Few acts have risen as meteorically as Orlando’s Trivium this year. Already Kerrang coverstars, dubbed “The hottest metal band of the century” and following an incendiary performance at this year’s Download the winner of best International newcomer comes as little surprise. They have said they want to be the biggest band in the world, who knows which award they might pick up next year.

Also nominated: Eighteen Visions / Emanuel / Lordi / Still Remains
Presented by: Grant Nichols (Feeder) & Skin
2004 Winner: Velvet Revolver

Classic Songwriter

Winner: Trent Reznor

Starting with 1989’s seminal album ‘Pretty Hate Machine’, Trent Reznor has spent the best part of 20 years pioneering Industrial rock and crossing it over into the mainstream. 2005 has been his most successful year in some time with many hailing the single ‘The Hand That Feeds’ and album ‘With Teeth’ his best work since ‘The Downward Spiral’.

Presented by: Winner unable to attend, a short film was shown
2004 Winner: Ash

Best Video

Winner: My Chemical Romance – ‘Helena’

One of the most popular bands to pick up an award tonight, My Chemical Romance have helped make the rock video the art-form it is with a long line of ground breaking promos. For ‘Helena’ the band took on the roles of pall bearers at a funeral the like of which has not been seen before, with a huge cast of extras and borrowing heavily from the musicals of Rodgers And Hammerstein ‘Helena’ was the most ambitious video of the past year.

Also nominated: Green Day ‘Holiday’ / System of A Down ‘Bring Your Own Bomb’
Good Charlotte ‘Chronicles of Life and Death’ / Weezer ‘Beverly Hills’
Presented by: Jimmy Mistry, Michelle Marsh & Lucy Pinder
2004 Winner: Lostprophets – Last Train Home

Lifetime Achievement – Sponsored by Aloud.com

Winner: Killing Joke?

Jaz Colman’s Killing Joke have been more a force of nature than a straight forward new wave punk band since their eponymous debut album in 1980. Killing Joke have been incredibly influential on many of the biggest rock bands on the planet including Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and the Foo Fighters. It is particularly fitting the presenter of the award was Dave Grohl.

Presented by: Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
2004 Winner: Anthrax

Best British Band – sponsored by Roadrunner

Winner: Funeral For A Friend

Hailing from South Wales, the band have taken thing up a notch this year with the release of second album ‘Hours’ to fantastic reviews. They recently headlined their biggest show to date in front of 8000 crazy fans.

Also nominated: Feeder / Stereophonics / Placebo / Cradle of Filth
Presented by: Sarah Cawood & Nicole Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age)
2004 Winner: The Darkness

Hall Of Fame – Sponsored by Island Records

Winner: Iron Maiden

Quite simply, one of the few UK rock acts who are entitled to be called legendary. Their influence can be heard far and wide throughout the rock scene, and they have survived a career littered with highs and lows for over 25 years. The band are currently enjoying a popular revival and end a busy summer with a headline appearance at the 2005 Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds festivals.

Presented by: Paul Brannigan (Kerrang! Editor)
2004 Winner: Green Day

Best Single

Winner: Foo Fighters – ‘Best of You’

Dave Grohl’s post Nirvana band Foo Fighters have emerged as one of the biggest rock bands in the world over the last 11 years. Their fifth album ‘In Your Honor’, from which the single ‘Best of You’ is taken has shown another side to the band with two separate ‘acoustic’ and ‘rock’ discs.

Also nominated: Green Day 'American Idiot' / System Of A Down 'Bring Your Own Bomb’
My Chemical Romance ‘I'm Not Okay (I Promise)…’ / Nightwish ‘Nemo’
Presented by: Roger Taylor (Queen) & Sophie Howard
2004 Winner: Lostprophets – Last Train Home

Best Album – sponsored by Virgin Megastores

Winner: My Chemical Romance – 'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge’

This New Jersey five piece have had a fantastic year so far. ‘Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge’ has sold over a million albums worldwide to date, and spawned two top twenty singles. The band will perform at the Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds festivals tomorrow (26th August) – playing both sites on the same day so they can return to the US for the MTV TMA Awards, for which they have been nominated 4 times.

Also nominated: Green Day ‘American Idiot’ / System Of A Down 'Mezmerize'
Foo Fighters 'In Your Honour' / Trivium ‘Ascendancy’
Presented by: Tuomas & Marco (Nightwish) + Jason & Adam Perry (A)
2004 Winner: Muse ‘Absolution’

Best Live Band – sponsored by Carling

Winner: Green Day

Green Day’s show is now famous the world over, from pulling fans out of the crowd to play along with them to their spirited renditions of Punk standards and even Lulu’s ‘Shout’, Green Day have become a byword for the ultimate live performance. This summer’s gigs at Milton Keynes Bowl and last year’s show-stopping headline appearance at Reading Festival, to those that were present, were nothing less than some of the best rock gigs of all time.

Also nominated: Rammstein / System of A Down / Slipknot / Avenged Sevenfold
Presented by: Winners unable to attend, a short film was shown
2004 Winner: The Darkness

Best Band On The Planet – sponsored by Kerrang! 105.2

Winner: Green Day

Green Day’s second award of the night. 2004 saw the release of the band’s 7th album ‘American Idiot’, thanks to hit singles ‘American Idiot’ ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ and ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’ the album has now sold a staggering 7 Million copies worldwide. The record has also made the band household names and has been responsible for bringing politics into the living rooms of countless American kids. Green Day are deserved winners of this, most prestigious of Kerrang Awards.

Also nominated: My Chemical Romance / System of A Down / HIM / Foo Fighters
Presented by: Winners unable to attend, short film was shown
2004 Winner: Metallica

Services to Metal

Winner: Roadrunner Records

In a fickle world it's nice to know that there are some things in life you can rely on. For 25 years Roadrunner Records have nurtured, supported and shaped the world of heavy music, bringing rock fans innovative, life-changing bands like Sepultura, Fear Factory, Machine Head and Slipknot. Their record in discovering and promoting genre-shaping metal bands is second to none, and with acts like this year's K! Awards Best International Newcomer Trivium on their roster their future looks bright. Long may they keep it steel.

Presented by: Phil Alexander (Kerrang! Editor in Chief)

Icon Award – sponsored by Cadiz

Winner: Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson is a truly fitting winner of the Icon Award, instantly recognized with a notoriety that has spread all over the globe. The self-proclaimed God Of Fuck is now equally as known for his roles in films such as Party Monsters and Bowling For Columbine and most recently as a muse of Vivienne Westwood.

Presented by: Korn
2004 Winner: MC5 (first time presented)