Best New Band

* THE UNION
* TAKING DAWN
* RECKLESS LOVE
* URBAN VOODOO MACHINE
* WHITE WIZZARD
* ALBERTA CROSS

Album Of The Year

* CHEAP TRICK - The Latest
* BIGELF - Cheat The Gallows
* SLASH - Slash
* KISS - Sonic Boom
* WOLFMOTHER - Cosmic Egg
* IRON MAIDEN - The Final Frontier
* PEARL JAM - Backspacer
* ALICE IN CHAINS - Black Gives Way To Blue
* LYNYRD SKYNYRD - God & Guns
* THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - American Slang
* SCORPIONS - Sting In The Tail
* EUROPE - Last Look At Eden
* RATT - Infestation
* FOREIGNER - Can't Slow Down
* THE BLACK CROWES - Before The Frost…
* STEVE HACKETT - Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth

Band Of The Year

* AEROSMITH
* AC/DC
* RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
* KISS
* BON JOVI
* SLASH & FRIENDS
* JEFF BECK BAND

Event Of The Year

* High Voltage
* Download
* MOTT THE HOOPLE Reunion
* RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Gets To No. 1 And Plays Free Finsbury Park Show
* THE STOOGES Reunion
* JOURNEY's "Don't Stop Believing" Goes Top 10

Reissue Of The Year

* THE ROLLING STONES - Exile On Main St
* JUDAS PRIEST - British Steel
* THE BEATLES - Reissues
* BLACK SABBATH - The Dio Years
* AC/DC - Backtracks
* JIMI HENDRIX - Reissues
* NAZARETH - Reissues
* KING CRIMSON - In The Court Of The Crimson King
* Where the Action Is: La Nuggets 1965-1968
* DAVID BOWIE - Station To Station

DVD/Film Of The Year

* "Oil City Confidential"
* "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage"
* "Saxon: Heavy Metal Thunder"
* "The Doors: When You're Strange"
* "The Runaways"