The results are in from readers polls for Metal Edge, from their June issue. Many thanks to readers of Metal Edge online for their support!
VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
2. Bruce Dickinson – Iron Maiden
BASSIST OF THE YEAR
2. Steve Harris – Iron Maiden
BAND OF YEAR
2. Iron Maiden
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
3. Iron Maiden – Brave New World
ALBUM COVER OF THE YEAR
1. Iron Maiden – Brave New World (Tie with Pantera – Reinventing The Steel)
LIVE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
3. Iron Maiden
TOUR OF THE YEAR
2. Brave New World
MALE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
3. Bruce Dickinson – Iron Maiden
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
1. Iron Maiden
2 . Halford
Also worth noting, Burrn! magazine (Japan) published their poll results in their April issue, with Maiden cleaning up in the following categories:
Best Group – Iron Maiden
Best Album – Iron Maiden
Best Album Cover – Iron Maiden
Live Performance In Japan – Iron Maiden
Best Bassist – Steve Harris
Every award was split between Iron Maiden and fellow Sanctuary act Halford. Bruce was voted 2nd Best Vocalist, Nicko was votes 2nd Best Drummer, and BNW producer Kevin Shirley was 2nd Best Producer
Masa Itoh (supervisor of Burrn!) chose Brave New World as his favourite album, and Kaz Hirose (Editor in Chief) chose Maiden as the best band of 2000.
Thanks, Burrn!