Nominees announced for Golden God Award

(23 Feb 2010) SHOTLIST AP Television Los Angeles, 17 February 2010 1. Wide pan left to Rainbow bar and grill 2. Medium pan right Revolver magazine signage 3. Wide pan right heavy metal musicians and Revolver Golden Gods Awards organizers pose for photos 4. Medium tilt up Kat Von D fashion 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew WK/Host: "It''s a great privilege, a true privilege, to introduce Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead!" 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lemmy Kilmister/Recording artist, with Motorhead: "It is my pleasure to announce the 2010 Revolver Golden God Award is going to Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford! Who is facing the wrong way. Rob''s award will be presented to him by none other than another metal legend, and last year''s Revolver Golden Globe lifetime achievement award winner Ozzy Osbourne." 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rob Halford/Recording artist, with Judas Priest: "I''m honored to receive this Golden God award, especially from my friend and last year''s lifetime achievement award winner Ozzy Osbourne. Where''s Oz?" (Off-camera, unidentified: "He''s in bed. He''s sleeping." "He''s at the Roxy.") "From his start in the ''60s and Jimi Hendrix''s roadie, to his stint in Hawkwin, to his 35 years of fronting the loudest band in the planet, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead is this year''s Revolver Golden God lifetime achievement award recipient." 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Zakk Wylde/Recording artist, with Black Label Society: "The Revolver, Golden God, this is for the best set of pipes award, the nominees are Jonathan Davis (Korn), Ronnie James Dio (Heaven & Hell), Neil Fallon (Clutch), Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour), Serj Tankian (Serj Tankian, System Of A Down)." 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Mustaine/Recording artist, of Megadeth: "Revolver Golden God album of the year nominees: That''s Alice in Chains for ''Black Gives Way to Blue.'' OK, they''re not winning. Heaven & Hell, for The Devil You Know, Mastodon for Crack the Skye, Slayer for World Painted Blood, Them Crooked Vultures for the self-titled album, you guessed it, Them Crooked Vultures, and Megadeth for Endgame." 10. Wide side of building zoom in to Megadeth album poster featuring Mustaine 11. Wide heavy metal musicians pose for photo 12. Close on guitar tilt up Zakk Wylde posing for photos 13. Medium zoom to close Lemmy Kilmister 14. Medium tilt up Lemmy Kilmister STORYLINE HEAVY METAL AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Heavy metal heavyweights were on hand for the Revolver Golden God Awards nominations in Los Angeles last week. Among the rockers who gathered for the event were Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) and Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne). "It is my pleasure to announce the 2010 Revolver Golden God Award is going to Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford!" Kilmister said. "Who is facing the wrong way. Rob''s award will be presented to him by none other than another metal legend, and last year''s Revolver Golden Globe lifetime achievement award winner Ozzy Osbourne." Fans can vote on awards for "Best Guitarist," "Best Drummer," "Best Vocalist," "Album of the Year," "Best Live Band," "Best Underground Band," "Most Metal Athlete," "Hottest Chick(s) in Metal" and "Comeback Of The Year." Voting is at www.revolvermag.com/goldengods. Performances at the second annual Golden God Awards will include Rob Zombie, Fear Factory, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada. The awards will be held 8 April in downtown Los Angeles, set to air on VH1 Classic on 22 May. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/865152365a9605c4aa7972a7f52fd92f

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