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ZZ Top, The Damned and Lynyrd Skynyrd were among those honoured at the eighth annual Orange Amplification Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards on Tuesday night at a gala evening held at the Camden Roundhouse, London.<\/strong><\/p>\n The event was hosted by Duff McKagan (Guns n\u2019Roses, Velvet Revolver, Loaded) and was attended by some of the biggest names of Rock! Alchemy were once again proud sponsors of the event, this time sponsoring the re-issue of the year award. We were also honoured to have sculpted and individually crafted each award in our own Leicester studios, as we do each year along with the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards.<\/p>\n Anthrax were named Metal Gurus and manager Tony Smith was named VIP, while the late Deep Purple keyboard player Jon Lord received the Tommy Vance Inspiration award.<\/p>\n The Final award of the evening was for ZZ Top, claiming the coveted Living Legend Award presented by last year\u2019s winner, Jeff Beck. The Texan three-piece join an exclusive club including Jimmy Page, Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Classic Rock Roll of Honour 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Living Legend Award (Sponsored by Orange Amplification): ZZ Top<\/strong><\/p>\n Event Of The Year (Sponsored by Roadrunner): Ginger Raises \u00a3250k<\/strong><\/p>\n Breakthrough Act Of The Year (sponsored by Olympus): Rival Sons<\/strong><\/p>\n The Musicians\u2019 Union Maestro Award: Phil Manzanera<\/strong><\/p>\n Tommy Vance Inspiration Award (Sponsored by Lewis Leathers): Jon Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n Classic Songwriter Award (Sponsored by Sennheiser): Russ Ballard<\/strong><\/p>\n Outstanding Contribution (sponsored by Monitor Audio): The Damned<\/strong><\/p>\n Classic Album Award (sponsored by Eagle Rock): Status Quo \u2018Live!\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n V.I.P. Award (sponsored by currencies.co.uk): Tony Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/damned.jpg\" "\\"damned\\"")
<\/a>Among the winners on the night were The Damned, rewarded for their outstanding contribution to music, 36 years on from their recording debut. Rush, who received the award for Album of the Year (Clockwork Angels) and Band of the Year. As well as Tracer\u00a0who received Best\u00a0new band, having\u00a0completed their first headline tour earlier this year.<\/p>\nBringing an end to\u00a0a great evening was a 30 minute set by Lynyrd Skynyrd, who had earlier collected the Comeback Award. Scroll down to view a video from the night, as the band perform the well known ‘Sweet Home Alabama’<\/p>\n