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This years "Revolver Golden Gods Awards" was nothing short of amazing! My trip started on the "Black Carpet". It was a full on rock'n roll circus. Everyone from Alice Cooper to Rob Zombie. You wouldn't believe who stopped by! A lot of artists let go of some pretty big announcements. Rob Zombie told us that Ginger Fish (Ex Marilyn Manson Drummer) would now take over drum duties for his band. Anthrax announced that Joey Belladona was back on Vocals, and they were tearing through a brand new album. Vinnie Paul gave a great message to the people of Japan, as well as some news on a new Hellyeah album. Over all it was just an insane, incredible experience!

This year I grabbed interviews with: Full Metal Jackie, Vinnie Paul, Wayne Static, Devildriver, William Shatner, Dino Cazares, Asking Alexandria, Volbeat, The Murderdolls and more! I'll be uploading videos and playing the interviews on my show in the coming days.

Inside Club Nokia is where the real show was. Live performances included: Asking Alexandria with Sabastian Bach doing Skid Row's "Youth Gone Wild". Duff McKagen's "Loaded" recruited Corey Taylor of "Slipknot/Stone Sour" for a cover of Judas Priests "Electric Eye". Devil Driver had a ton of guests on stage, including Max Cavalera, Jamey Jasta, Mike Vallely for a Black Flag cover. Volbeat recruited Scott Ian for their cover of "I Only Want To Be With You". THEN Avenged Sevenfold took the stage after winning a ton of awards. They blew the roof off the joint! Duff McKagen picked up his bass for a cover of GnR's "It's So Easy". Vinnie Paul got behind the kit to cover Pantera's "Mouth Of War". The place was erupting the whole time!!!! I'll be counting the days till Revolver Golden Gods 2012. Make sure to watch the full show on Vh1 next month to catch me in the crowd screaming like a little kid on Christmas. As for now, here is this years list of winners and some killer photos from the Black Carpet!

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* Golden God Award: Alice Cooper (presented by Rob Zombie)

* Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award: MÖTLEY CRÜE (presented by Corey Taylor of SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR)

* Honorary Headbanger Award: William Shatner (presented by Scott Ian of ANTHRAX and THE DAMNED THINGS and comedian Brian Posehn)

* Best Guitarists Award: Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance of AVENGED SEVENFOLD (presented by Robb Flynn of MACHINE HEAD and Wayne Static of STATIC X)

* Best Drummer Award: Mike Portnoy for his work with AVENGED SEVENFOLD (presented by Vinnie Paul of PANTERA/HELLYEAH)

* Best New Band Award: BLACK VEIL BRIDES (presented by Duff McKagan of LOADED/VELVET REVOLVER/GUNS N' ROSES)

* Most Metal Athlete Award: Skateboarder Mike Vallely (presented by Chino Moreno of Deftones)

* Best Vocalist Award: M. Shadows of AVENGED SEVENFOLD (presented by Taylor Momsen of THE PRETTY RECKLESS and Sebastian Bach)

* Best Live Band Award: RAMMSTEIN (presented by Charlie Benante of ANTHRAX and Mike Portnoy)

* Comeback of the Year Award: MURDERDOLLS (presented by David Coverdale of WHITESNAKE)

* Album of the Year Award: AVENGED SEVENFOLD's "Nightmare" (presented by Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez of ALICE IN CHAINS)

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