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.
