By: Staff
Out of all the hugely influential bands that have rocked arenas over the years, Metallica was the one voted as the most influential rock group of the last three decades by readers of Kerrang! Magazine, the storied British music periodical.
Lars Ulrich, drummer of Metallica, said that “it gives me a very warm and fuzzy feeling that Kerrang! magazine have voted Metallica as the band that most changed their lives.”
He also reminisced a bit about Kerrang! “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 traveled all over the country and that first issue accompanied me everywhere.”
Ulrich continued, paying tribute to #3 on the list, metal legends Iron Maiden. “Iron Maiden has been the blueprint for everything that we have ever wanted to do.”
The top 10 of the list, which will be printed in the next issue of Kerrang!, are below:
01. METALLICA
02. GREEN DAY
03. IRON MAIDEN
04. SLIPKNOT
05. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
06. LINKIN PARK
07. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
08. BLINK 182
09. OZZY OSBOURNE
10. FOO FIGHTERS
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