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Marilyn Manson Performs With Johnny Depp at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:49:08 +0000

Before Marilyn Manson‘s performance, Golden Gods host Chris Jericho introduced Damien Echols, who was recently released from prison after 18 years. Echols is one of the West Memphis Three, a trio of young men who were convicted of murder without solid evidence to back it up. After much support from artists such as Manson and new discoveries such as upgraded DNA testing, which did not place any of the West Memphis Three at the scene of the crime, the three were released last year.

Korn Win 'Album of the Year' at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards

Tree Riddle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:37:53 +0000

Even though they skipped out on performing at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards, Korn were honored with the biggest award of the night — ‘Album of the Year.’ Korn were scheduled to perform at the Golden Gods Awards but canceled their performance due to an illness within the band, that didn’t hurt their standing [...]

Slash Jams 'School's Out' with Alice Cooper at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards

Tree Riddle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:34:17 +0000

Slash led the three-guitar beast that is Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators through three tunes before being joined by rock legend Alice Cooper for ‘Schools Out.’ For ‘Nothing to Say,’ Slash swapped out Avenged Sevenfold vocalist M. Shadows — who handled vocals for the track on his 2010 solo debut — with his current full-time [...]

Avenged Sevenfold Win 'Best Live Band' and 'Most Dedicated Fans' at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods

Tree Riddle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:09:22 +0000

Avenged Sevenfold took home the 2012 honor for ‘Best Live Band,’ while A7x fans were recognized as the ‘Most Dedicated’ at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards on April 11. There is no doubt that Avenged Sevenfold are an incredible live band. That being said, frontman M. Shadows even seemed surprised when his band took [...]

Slash Takes Home Riff Lord Award at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods

Joe Robinson — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:41:03 +0000

Ex-Guns N’ Roses rocker Duff McKagan hit the stage to present the Riff Lord honor — another new category at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods — one “for six-string guitar shredders,” as McKagan put it. And he was able to present the trophy to his former GN’R bandmate Slash, who beat out a field that included Zakk Wylde from Black Label Society, Scott Ian from Anthrax, Munky from Korn, Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters and Eddie Van Halen from, well, Van Halen.

Black Veil Brides Perform 'I Wanna Rock' With Dee Snider at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods

Tree Riddle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:31:27 +0000

Black Veil Brides shared the stage with Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider for a joint performance of his band’s anthemic classic ‘I Wanna Rock.’ Few bands at this year’s Revolver Golden Gods Awards have a following as feverishly determined as that of Black Veil Brides. The BVB Army — as their fans are called — [...]

Jeremy Spencer of Five Finger Death Punch Wins Best Drummer at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods

Tree Riddle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:41:19 +0000

Hellyeah presented the award for best drummer and, in what had to be an incredible honor, Vinnie Paul passed the torch to this year’s winner — Jeremy Spencer of Five Finger Death Punch.