
Rock at the Grammys
Last night the Grammy Awards took place and of course in the past the Rock category has always threw up a few shocks.
This year’s winners and nominees can be found below.
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Winner
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Nominees
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
Bob Dylan
Change In The Weather
John Fogerty
Dreamer
Prince
Fork In The Road
Neil Young
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Winner
Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Nominees
Can’t Find My Way Home
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
Life In Technicolor II
Coldplay
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
U2
Best Hard Rock Performance
Winner
War Machine
AC/DC
Nominees
Check My Brain
Alice In Chains
What I’ve Done
Linkin Park
The Unforgiven III
Metallica
Burn It To The Ground
Nickelback
Best Metal Performance
Winner
Dissident Aggressor
Judas Priest
Nominees
Set To Fail
Lamb Of God
Head Crusher
Megadeth
Señor Peligro
Ministry
Hate Worldwide
Slayer
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Winner
A Day In The Life
Jeff Beck
Nominees
Warped Sister
Booker T. Jones
Playing With Fire
Brad Paisley
Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin’
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Now We Run
Steve Vai
Best Rock Song
Winner
Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
Nominees
The Fixer
Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr., songwriters (U2)
21 Guns
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Rock Album
Winner
21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
Nominees
Black Ice
AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
Dave Matthews Band
No Line On The Horizon
U2
Producer of the year went to Brendan O’Brien who worked on Black Ice – AC/DC, Crack The Skye – Mastodon with others mentioned Pearl Jam, Killswitch Engage and Bruce Springsteen.
Neil Young also received credit with Gary Burden and Jenice Heo as they picked up the Grammy for “Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package”.
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