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John Lennon
John Lennon


Background information
Birth name John Winston Lennon
Born October 9, 1940
Born place Liverpool, England, UK
Died December 8, 1980
Death place New York, New York, USA
Genre(s) Rock
Pop
Years active 1957—1975
Label(s) Capitol Records
Geffen Records
Parlophone Records
Apple Records
Associated acts The Beatles
The Quarrymen
Plastic Ono Band
The Dirty Mac
Yoko Ono
Website Website



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Iggy Pop, Led Zeppelin's John Bonham and Ronnie Wood Scoop Classic Rock Awards

November 3, 2009
Iggy Pop, Led Zeppelin's John Bonham and Ronnie Wood Scoop Classic Rock AwardsThe Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood has been awarded the lifetime achievement award at this years Classic Rock Awards.

The star studded event took place last night (Nov 2) at London's Park Lane hotel and saw Iggy Pop picking up awards alongside Wood, John Bonham and Cream's Ginger Baker.

Wood was awarded for his contribution to The Rolling Stones as well as The Jeff Beck Group and The Faces.

John Bonham was posthumously awarded the Tommy Vance Inspiration Award with his wife and daughter collecting the award.

Wood was handed his accolade by The Who's Pete Townshend. Guitarists Slash and Brian May also attended the awards.

Elsewhere, Iron Maiden were declared Band Of The Year with AC/DC picking up Album of the Year for 'Black Ice'.

The Spirit of Prog Award was handed to Dream Theater, with Mike Portnoy paying tribute to Radiohead and The Mars Volta in his speech.

(by David Renshaw)



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