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Full Winners Of The 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards

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Hey there my friends, I am here once again to share some music awards winners rundown from the recently held Alternative Press Music Awards. I shared this information last year as longer tenured readers might recall and it doesn’t hurt for more to learn who is getting awards for the work that they do in music. Truth be told this kind of music awards show is more in tune with what we cover here on PiercingMetal than the Grammy Awards are so let’s get down to business. I’ve left the nominees in the list as well so you can see who the winners beat out.

Best Vocalist:
Winner: Lynn Gunn (PVRIS)
Ben Barlow (Neck Deep)
Cody Carson (Set It Off)
Derek DiScanio (State Champs)
John O’Callaghan (The Maine)
Keith Buckley (Every Time I Die)

Best Guitarist Presented By PRS:
Winner: Jordan Buckley (Every Time I Die)
Ben Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
Claudio Sanchez (Coheed And Cambria)
Reba Meyers (Code Orange)
Steve Menoian (I Prevail)
Teppei Teranishi (Thrice)

Best Hard Rock Artist:
Winner: The Pretty Reckless
Bullet For My Valentine
Halestorm
Highly Suspect
In This Moment
Korn
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Full Nominees Of The 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards

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Hello my friends, its once again time to reveal the list of nominees for the Alternative Press Music Awards which also go by the APMAS in case you are following #hashtags out there on the Interwebs. I’ve been sharing this information for a couple of years now and its a blast to offer it up. With this years awards there are also two brand new categories and those are “Best New Artist Video” and “Best Hard Rock Artist”. Let’s take a look down below and when its all said and done I will add the voting link and offer up my own music scribe pontifications.

Best Vocalist:
Ben Barlow, Neck Deep
Cody Carson, Set It Off
Derek Discanio, State Champs
John O’callaghan, The Maine
Keith Buckley, Every Time I Die
Lynn Gunn, Pvris

Best Drummer Presented By Guitar Center, Remo and SJC Drums:
Arejay Hale, Halestorm
Aric Improta, Night Verses
Dean Butterworth, Good Charlotte
Frank Zummo, Sum 41
Matt Mingus, Dance Gavin Dance
Jp “Rook” Cappelletty, Machine Gun Kelly

Best Bassist:
Alex Dean, Architects U.K.
Chris Hinkley, I The Mighty
Fat Mike, Nofx
“Fieldy” Arvizu, Korn
Ryan Scott Graham, State Champs
Sergio Vega, Deftones
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Full Winners Of The 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards

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The Alternative Press Music Awards were given out the other night and while we weren’t in attendance, I wanted to be sure to line out just who won over the other nominees for your edification. There are a lot of bands on the nominees and of course winners that we’ve covered here on PiercingMetal so let’s take a look shall we?

Best Vocalist presented by SharpTone Records:
Alex Gaskarth – All Time Low
Caleb Shomo – Beartooth
Lzzy Hale – Halestorm
Kellin Quinn – Sleeping With Sirens
Corey Taylor – Slipknot
WINNER: Patrick Stump – Fall Out Boy

Best Guitarist presented by Paul Reed Smith Guitars:
Kevin Skaff – A Day To Remember
JB Brubaker – August Burns Red
Kellen McGregor – Memphis May Fire
Chad Gilbert – New Found Glory
Misha Mansoor – Periphery
WINNER: Jack Fowler – Sleeping With Sirens

Best Bassist Presented By Razor & Tie:
Ralph Sica – Being As An Ocean
Ryan Neff – Miss May I
Matthew Taylor – Motion City Soundtrack
Ahren Stringer – The Amity Affliction
Kelen Capener – The Story So Far
WINNER: Skyler Acord – Issues
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Full Nominees Of The 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards

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Since we did this awards show rundown last year, I felt that it generated enough interest among our own readership to present it to you once again. Yesterday, the nominees for the Alternative Press Music Awards were announced and you can see the full rundown as culled from their resources down below. Let’s take a look together shall we?

Best Vocalist:
Alex Gaskarth – All Time Low
Caleb Shomo – Beartooth
Patrick Stump – Fall Out Boy
Lzzy Hale – Halestorm
Kellin Quinn – Sleeping With Sirens
Corey Taylor – Slipknot

Best Guitarist:
Kevin Skaff – A Day To Remember
JB Brubaker – August Burns Red
Kellen McGregor – Memphis May Fire
Chad Gilbert – New Found Glory
Misha Mansoor – Periphery
Jack Fowler – Sleeping With Sirens

Best Bassist Presented By Razor & Tie:
Ralph Sica – Being As An Ocean
Skyler Acord – Issues
Ryan Neff – Miss May I
Matthew Taylor – Motion City Soundtrack
Ahren Stringer – The Amity Affliction
Kelen Capener – The Story So Far
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Full Winners Of The 2015 Alternative Press Music Awards

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The winners of the 2015 Alternative Press Music Awards were announced the other day and since we cited all of the year’s nominees (seen HERE in case you missed it); the time is now to share with you the artists that went home with a trophy. Let’s take a look and please pardon my listing only the winners in this post. I have a busy workload ahead so couldn’t spend any more time editing.

BEST VOCALIST presented by AXS TV:
Hayley Williams, Paramore

BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND presented by AP Japan:
The 1975

ICON AWARD presented by Artery Recordings:
X
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