VH1 Rock Honors

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The VH1 Rock Honors are an annual ceremony that pays homage to bands who influenced the sound of rock. It was first aired May 31, 2006, honoring rock icons Queen, Judas Priest, Def Leppard, and KISS.

The ceremony opened with the Foo Fighters performing the Queen classic Tie Your Mother Down. They were soon joined by Brian May and Roger Taylor. After a biography of Queen, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, and Paul Rodgers performed "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions".

Godsmack's tribute to Judas Priest followed, the band playing a medley of "Electric Eye"/"Victim Of Changes"/"Hell Bent For Leather". After Judas Priest's biography they performed "Breaking the Law", "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)" and "You've Got Another Thing Comin'".

The All-American Rejects then performed Def Leppard's "Photograph". After Def Leppard's biography they took the stage and performed "Rock of Ages" then continued to play a cover off their newest album, Yeah!, "20th Century Boy". For this performance, Joe Elliot invited Brian May to join the band.

A supergroup was then formed of Rob Zombie, Slash, Gilby Clarke, Scott Ian, Ace Frehley, and Tommy Lee. The six then performed "God of Thunder". KISS followed with their closing performance of "Detroit Rock City" and "Love Gun". This went against traditional KISS performances as they normally closed with "Rock and Roll All Nite".

The show was hosted by Jaime Pressley. In Latin America it aired on June 7.