And the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Act goes too....

[mattbrood]

Foo Fighters???

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=169656

uke:

 

[zedowns]

Don't get why Foo Fighters are nominated in both the metal and rock categories, but whatever.

 

[mattbrood]

Don't get why Foo Fighters are nominated in both the metal and rock categories, but whatever.

My point exactly. Why combine genres? They're totally different

 

[Formerly known as Chris F5]

Not like we know this wasn't going to happen

 

[Stingray11214]

The Grammy's have become one big circle-jerk for the major labels. Next.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

They put out the better album of everyone else, so they deserve it. Also Dave Grohl is the most talented man in rock and roll alive today so he deserves every award ever for every and all years.

 

[nomisofsiman]

You know, over the years I have always bitched about the grammys in terms of these categories. Nowadays, I just don't care anymore (and don't know why I ever did). They're such a joke now. As for Foo Fighters though, I may not listen to them, but they are a good band for what they are. I would much rather them get it than a number of other bands.

 

[VenomGA]

going by the list of nominees, if you didn't see The Foo Fighters winning then you don;t know how the Grammy's work. It's always been a popularity contest, regardless of talent (although in this case, Dave Grohl does have TONS of talent).

 

[VenomGA]

not to mention, this was the best HARD ROCK/Metal Performance not just Metal....remember they combined the 2 categories this year.

 

[Palabra de Dios]

THEY ALREADY HAVE A ROCK CATEGORY. IT'S A JOKE.

And I seriously have never understood the Foo Fighters' appeal, I guess. All the 'popular' songs/albums whatever...they just don't move me. At all. Never have. And I like some alternative/hard rock. I'm a long time fan of bands like Incubus and 311, but the Foo Fighter have never been a band I've enjoyed. And so for them to go up against actual metal bands like Mastodon, Megadeth, and Dream Theater, and just nip it away after already winning in other categories...well, the Grammys have been a joke pretty much forever...I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[dcowboys311]

Well, let's see here.


Sum 41 - suck
New Mastodon - suck
New Megadeth - suck
New Dream Theater - pretty damn good
New Foo Fighters - pretty damn good

So, it's not that surprising IMO.

 

[DuchessOfDork]

The Grammy's have become one big circle-jerk for the major labels. Next.

This.

I really wish they wouldn't mash "hard rock" with "metal".. but lets face it, people who watch the grammys usually don't know what metal is, anyway.

 

[mattbrood]

Foo Fighters/Dave Grohl are a decent pop rock band..but "hard rock" or "metal"?? Uhhhh...No

 

[mattbrood]

This.

I really wish they wouldn't mash "hard rock" with "metal".. but lets face it, people who watch the grammys usually don't know what metal is, anyway.

Right! Watching the shocked look on the interviewers face in this video when they tell her that "On The Backs of Angels" is a 9 minute song! Priceless!

http://www.grammy.com/videos/dream-theater

 

[DuchessOfDork]

Right! Watching the shocked look on the interviewers face in this video when they tell her that "On The Backs of Angels" is a 9 minute song! Priceless!

http://www.grammy.com/videos/dream-theater

lol..

I'd love to see them give an award to an actual metal band, one day. Would be pretty awesome. Last year they gave it to Iron Maiden, right? But it felt like they were giving it to them more because Iron Maiden has deserved it for the past 30 years.

 

[mattbrood]

lol..

I'd love to see them give an award to an actual metal band, one day. Would be pretty awesome. Last year they gave it to Iron Maiden, right? But it felt like they were giving it to them more because Iron Maiden has deserved it for the past 30 years.

Yeah, I agree. El Dorado was not a song worthy of a Grammy, but I am glad Maiden was recognized

 

[nailz]

They put out the better album of everyone else, so they deserve it. Also Dave Grohl is the most talented man in rock and roll alive today so he deserves every award ever for every and all years.

Fill my head with more wisdom, for my brain is a petulant sponge for your pus like words of brilliance.

 

[skyrefuge]

Don't hate on the Foo Fighters, they're on your side! Here's Dave Grohl's speech after winning Best Rock Album:

"This is a great honour, because this record was a special record for our band. Rather than go to the best studio in the world down the street in Hollywood and rather than use all of the fanciest computers that money can buy, we made this one in my garage with some microphones and a tape machine...

"To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what's important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.

"It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head]."

It wasn't quite Sacheen Littlefeather, but in a night of going-with-the-flow, it stood out as the only "statement" anyone made. Then again an hour later he went out and performed "with" deadmau5, so who knows!

As far as the "metal" category goes, be happy that it wasn't eliminated outright like polka was a couple years ago! And the total number of awards was dropped from 109 to 78 this year, so a lot of other stuff got merged/dropped too.

Neil

 

[AeonicSlumber]

Fill my head with more wisdom, for my brain is a petulant sponge for your pus like words of brilliance.

I was 100% srs. Prove my opinion wrong. Dude has worked with everyone from Kurt Cobain to Josh Homme to King Diamond to Steven Pearcy to Lemmy to Wino and was even supposed to work with Chuck Schuldiner before he died (he did though raise funds for Chuck's cancer treatment). He even most recently played with Foos live on a moving truck to interrupt a Westboro Baptist Church protest. I can't think of a more versatile, competent, original, talented musician and songwriter in rock and roll alive today.

I never saw that quote, Skyrefuge. That was incredible. I think my bar for respect for the dude has raised even higher.

 

[Pelata]

lol..

I'd love to see them give an award to an actual metal band, one day. Would be pretty awesome.

1990 Metallica One
1991 Metallica Stone Cold Crazy
1992 Metallica Metallica
1993 Nine Inch Nails Wish
1994 Ozzy Osbourne I Don't Want to Change the World
1995 Soundgarden Spoonman
1996 Nine Inch Nails Happiness in Slavery (live)
1997 Rage Against the Machine Tire Me
1998 Tool Ænema
1999 Metallica Better Than You
2000 Black Sabbath Iron Man
2001 Deftones Elite
2002 Tool Schism
2003 Korn Here to Stay
2004 Metallica St. Anger
2005 Motörhead Whiplash
2006 Slipknot Before I Forget
2007 Slayer Eyes of the Insane
2008 Slayer Final Six
2009 Metallica My Apocalypse
2010 Judas Priest Dissident Aggressor (live)
2011 Iron Maiden El Dorado