METALLICAhas been voted the most influential rock group of the last 30 years by the readers of the British magazineKerrang!

METALLICAdrummerLars Ulrichsaid: "it gives me a very warm and fuzzy feeling that Kerrang! magazine have votedMETALLICAas the band that most changed their lives.

"I remember the first issue of the magazine in 1981. I had made a pilgrimage to England because I was obsessed with the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. I travelled all over the country and that first issue accompanied me everywhere."

Larsalso paid tribute toIRON MAIDEN, which came in at No. 3 on the list. He said: "IRON MAIDENhave been the blueprint for everything that we have ever wanted to do."

The poll is included in the next issue ofKerrang!magazine, which celebrates 30 years since the magazine launched in June 1981.

The most influential rock groups of the last 30 years, as voted by the readers ofKerrang!:

01.METALLICA
02.GREEN DAY
03.IRON MAIDEN
04.SLIPKNOT
05.MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
06.LINKIN PARK
07.BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
08.BLINK 182
09.OZZY OSBOURNE
10.FOO FIGHTERS

Source: www.Blabbermouth.Net