Iron Maiden Reigns in Metal Hammer 2003 Polls
In the February issue of Metal Hammer (issue #123), the 2003 polls results are finally in:Best Vocalist: #1 Bruce Dickinson
Best Bassist: #1 Steve Harris
Best British Band: #1 Iron Maiden
Best Album 2003: #1 Dance Of Death
Best Live Band: #1 Iron Maiden
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lol no contest!
Hah! Who says you need to be 21 to rule the music world? MTV, go to hell!
I hate metal hammer, I dont care about their stoopid polls. Ive got some hammers of 2003 and there were some polls, it looked like they got poll every month there and there were all most popular bands of UK these days of course: Murderdoll and every other shit, in that one issue was only 2 page review of Donington with one maiden photo and hundred of other bands I never heard about, argh! Stop this!
Rock Hard was celebrating 200th issue and there was only one small image of IM there, nothing else. tons of other bands and bigger articles... ![cussing[1].gif](style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cussing[1].gif)
(I just bought new issue of Czech mag ROCK SHOCK and theres 2 page interview with dave and lot of nice photos from Prague backstage... also this is pretty strange cos my interview with bruce in Banska was cancelled cos "they want to have rest during the first shows" and this month ive got 3 different interviews in czech magazines with band members before third show - prague... 
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Rock Hard was celebrating 200th issue and there was only one small image of IM there, nothing else. tons of other bands and bigger articles...
(I just bought new issue of Czech mag ROCK SHOCK and theres 2 page interview with dave and lot of nice photos from Prague backstage... also this is pretty strange cos my interview with bruce in Banska was cancelled cos "they want to have rest during the first shows" and this month ive got 3 different interviews in czech magazines with band members before third show - prague...
) welocme to the real world Zdeno
sorry to read that but if you had a ROCKHARD or KERRANG accreditation, they would have felt much less tired mate ... c'est la vie !
I like the results.
very nice indeed... as I had expected it 
Up the irons 
Best Overall Band:
1. HIM
2. Iron Maiden
3. Metallica
4. Cradle Of Filth
5. Machine Head
6. The Darkness
7. Afi
8. Funeral For A Freind
9. A Perfect Circle
10. Lacuna Coil
11. The Distillers
12. Rancid
13. Deftones
14. Marilyn Manson
15. KoRn
Best Album:
1. Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
2. Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires
3. HIM - Love Metal
4. The Darkness - Permission To Land
5. Afi - Sing The Sorrow
6. Funeral For A Freind - Casually Dressed And In Deep Conversation
7. Deftones - Deftones
8. Devildriver - Devildriver
9. Nickelback - The Long Road
10. Evanescence - Fallen
Best Single:
1. The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
2. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
3. Iron Maiden - Rainmaker
4. Lostprophets - Burn Burn
5. Murderdolls - White Wedding
Best Video:
1. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
2. The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
3. Iron Maiden - Rainmaker
4. Metallica - St. Anger
5. Lostprophets - Burn Burn
Best British Band:
1. Iron Maiden
2. Cradle Of Filth
3. The Darkness
4. Lostprophets
5. Funeral For A Freind
6. Feeder
7. Akercocke
8. Stampin' Ground
9. The Wildhearts
10. ThisGirl
Best New Band:
1. Chimaira
2. The Darkness
3. Funeral For A Freind
4. Arch Enemy
5. The Mars Volta
6. Lamb Of God
7. Devildriver
8. Evanescence
9. Avenged Sevenfold
10. Viking Skull
Best Bass Player:
1. Steve Harris
2. Chi Cheng
3. Frankie Poullain
4. Robert Trujillo
5. Adam Duce
Best Drummer:
1. Joey Jordison
2. Dave Grohl
3. Nicko McBrain
4. Lars Ulrich
5. Dave McClain
Best Singer:
1 Bruce Dickinson
2. Justin Hawkins
3. Davey Havok
4. James Hetfield
5. Maynard James Keenan
Best Guitarist:
1. Robb Flynn
2. Dave Navarro
3. Kirk Hammett
4. Zakk Wylde
5. Adrian Smith
Best Album Cover Artwork:
1. Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires
2. Metallica - St. Anger
3. Chimaira - The Impossibility Of Reason
4. Afi - Sing The Sorrow
5. HIM - Love Metal
6. The Darkness - Permission To Land
7. Deftones - Deftones
8. Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
9. Evanescence - Fallen
10. Nickelback - The Long Road
Man Of The Year:
1. Ozzy Osbourne
2. Rob Flynn
3. Davey Havok
4. Bruce Dickinson
5. Dave Grohl
6. Ville Valo
7. James Hetfield
8. Marilyn Manson
9. Tim Armstrong
10. Steve Harris
Knob Or Knobette:
1. Fred Durst
2. Justin Hawkins
3. Kelly Osbourne
4. Lars Ulrich
5. Amy Lee
Worst Band:
1. Good Charlotte
2. Limp Bizkit
3. The Darkness
4. Evanescence
5. Linkin Park
Worst Album:
1. The Darkness - Permission To Land
2. Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary
3. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
4. Metallica - St. Anger
5. The Distillers - Coral Fang
www.ironmaiden.com came 3rd in best website.
Cheers
As mentionned on IronMaiden.com
"Iron Maiden have been doing very well in the polls that big rock/metal magazines tend to run at this time of year - we'd like to say a HUGE thank you to the fans who took the time to vote for the band (and the site!), it is very much appreciated!
Metal Hammer UK
#1 in the Best Album Category
#1 in the Best British Band Category
#1 in the Best Singer Category for Bruce
#1 in the Best Bassist Category for Steve
#2 in the Best Overall Band Category
#3 in Best Single for 'Rainmaker' and also #3 in Best Video for the same.
#3 for Nicko in the Best Drummer Category
#3 for IronMaiden.com in the Best Website
The Dance Of Death artwork came in at #8 in the Album Cover poll, Adrian was voted #5 in the Best Guitarist category, and both Bruce and Steve made in into the 'Man Of The Year' vote at #4 and #10 respectively."
Cheers