Presented by Epiphone, and hosted by Chris Jericho (WWE, Fozzy) and Andrew W.K., the award show featured special appearances by Ozzy Osbourne; Slash; Dave Grohl; Rob Halford of Judas Priest; Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead; Alice Cooper; Dave Mustaine of Megadeth; Rob Zombie; Ronnie James Dio of Heaven & Hell and Dio; Kat Von D; Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society; Marilyn Manson; Jonathan Davis of Korn; Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour; Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman and Dave Lombardo of Slayer; Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez of Alice in Chains; Metallica; Scott Ian of Anthrax; Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson of Testament; Chino Moreno and Abe Cunningham of Deftones; Brett Anderson and Allison Robertson of the Donnas; Eyes Set to Kill; Between the Buried and Me; Marc Colombo, Cory Procter and Leonard Davis of the Dallas Cowboys; professional skateboarder Jason Ellis; MMA fighter Josh Barnett; and many more.