55th Grammy Winners

The winners at the 55th annual Grammy Awards have been revealed.

The big winner of the night was Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, who took home a whopping four Grammys including Producer Of The Year and Best Rock Album with "El Camino".

A handful of artists took home three awards including Gotye for Record Of The Year, Best Pop Duo Performance with Kimbra, and Best Alternative Album with "Making Mirrors".

Mumford & Sons won the coveted Album Of The Year award, but didn't expect it. Maybe they should have, because "Babel" sold a record-breaking 600,000 in its first week in the US, and 1.7 million sales in total since its launch.

"We had six nominations and during the pre-telecast one after another went to (other bands)," singer Marcus Mumford told Billboard on the night. "We resigned ourselves (to not winning). Last year was Adele's year and this year will be the Black Keys'. It's not just bulls--t, we really didn't care about winning."

Sir Paul McCartney also won a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album with "Kisses On The Bottom".

Not everyone was happy with the Grammy ceremony. Slipknot singer Corey Taylor voiced his concern that the Grammys give too little coverage to heavy music:

I'm happy for Halestorm, but sad because the Grammys don't respect our genre AT ALL. We get one category and it's not even televised.

— The Boogie Knight (@CoreyTaylorRock) February 11, 2013

But rock wasn't completely ignored. Here's the full list of rock-related Grammy winners. Who do you think deserved to win in certain categories? Post you opinion in the comments.

2013 Grammy Award Winners:

Album of the Year:

"Babel" - Mumford & Sons

Record of the Year:

"Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye Featuring Kimbra

Best Rock Performance:

"Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:

"Love Bites (So Do I)" - Halestorm

Best Rock Album:

"El Camino" - The Black Keys

Best Rock Song:

"Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys

Best Alternative Music Album:

"Making Mirrors" - Gotye

Best Country Solo Performance:


"Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood

Best Country Duo Performance:


"Pontoon" - Little Big Town


Best Country Album:

"Uncaged" - Zac Brown Band 


Best Country Song:

Blown Away - Carrie Underwood (Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters)

Best Americana Album:


"Slipstream" - Bonnie Rait

Best Blues Album:

"Locked Down" - Dr. John

Comments

[jody97]

Fuck this.

[Dimarzio45]

I stopped paying attention to the Grammys when I heard Jethro Tull won Best Heavy Metal Album of the Year in the 80's.

[biff022]

Over ...And Justice For All. For reals.

[travislausch]

Crest Of A Knave was a pretty weak Jethro Tull album on top of it.

[repoTHEemo]

"The flute is a heavy, metal, instrument."

[sonofgkex]

I was going to read the list, then I saw the banner to the left asking me if I liked asian women. Yes, banner. Yes I do. Then I came down here and agreed with everyone about how shit the grammys are.

[animemetalhead]

I get those banners too, but they get me in trouble with my girlfriend, so I had to read the list anyway

[lemmon182]

Fuck this big time. I'm pretty sure Gotye's album was released in 2011? Even though it's good to see a fellow Aussie on there, surely there was a halfway decent album made in 2012 that could've won lol

[UniformRecon]

I literally forgot about "Somebody that I used to know" until the Grammys. The song is completely irrelevant now, so it definitely shouldn't have won. Hell, at least people are still making shitty parodies of "Call Me Maybe", no matter how bad it is.

[Dimarzio45]

I'm mad you reminded me of "Somebody That I used To Know". lol

[Witt1975]

I hated that song too until I heard this version...

[MetalRock4ever]

dafuq? I don't usually complain about the list of winners, but this is sht...

[Rick_Diculous]

Jack White's performance was the highlight of that show.

[vppark2]

The end performance wasn't too bad aside from LL Cool J.

[UniformRecon]

LL Cool J was so annoying for the whole show. "Follow us all on Twitter, #Grammys #JackWhite #Adele, Like us on FaceBook" The whole thing stank of social media advertising. Please get someone else to host next year...

[Trentaru]

I don't think that was just LL Cool J's fault, I feel like no matter who hosts they are push the crap outta their social media.

[UniformRecon]

I was a bit excited for the Black Keys with Dr. John, but you couldn't hear Dr. John at all, so it was basically pointless. Also Lonely Boy is a shit song.

[CJSchecter96]

really? jack whites so weird. i liked the band tribute. but corey taylor said it right, the grammys are crap. they dont even televise the good categories

[Braykah]

Regarding the winner of the hard rock/metal award: I'm still laughing.

[crazysam23_Atax]

Me too. If they truly think Halestorm is good music, they're f*cked in the head. Of course, that's the problem; they act like it's all about "good music", when it's really about what they consider socially acceptable and popular.

[The_Dayman]

I hate Halestorm. Almost as much as I hate people who think they decide what is and isn't "good music".

[nscar]

Halestorm is one of the few bands keeping good Rock alive- they're incredibly talented. Not that the standard is particularly high these days anyways

[crazysam23_Atax]

"Incredibly talented"?...yeah, no.

It really doesn't take a whole lot of talent to write their kind of music.

[Dimarzio45]

nscar- I think you meant to say "Incredibly mediocre talent". I'll assume you meant that because I'd like to think the rock scene has a bright future.

[paulohd2]

You're forgetting the fact that Lzzy is an incredible singer.

[Second Rate]

Halestorm is one of the few bands keeping good rock alive? I'm sorry, but you may as well stop listening to the genre if you think that. Halestorm's music is basically a combination of the watered down hard rock peddled by Nickelback and Theory of a Dead Man crossed with the "i'm a vapid *****" lyrics of 1990s pop singers like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. There is nothing redeeming about their music at all, and this band would be completely written off if their singer/guitarist didn't have a vagina.

[Dimarzio45]

Check AND Mate.

[IrishConnor1994]

The fact that they chose 2 nominees, Megadeth and Anthrax for songs they released in 2011 shows how much the people at the Grammys pay attention to metal.

[kcmoon5150]

I hate fun.

[UniformRecon]

They're not bad as musicians, they're just too overplayed. I'm already sick of that Some Nights song. One of my friends wanted to cover it for his band, and to me it felt like he just said "I want to cover Smells Like Teen Spirit." Overexposure is killing all of these potentially able bands.

[JadenCaruso]

I thankfully started listening to the radio right when Some Night's radioplay was dwindling on my local rock station so it doesn't feel overplayed to me. That's my reward for not listening to the radio :3

[Trentaru]

Their album was cool even though it feels like they have identity issues with their music, I agree Some Nights and We Are Young are overplayed and awful

[SstanN]

halestorm? Metal? The hell?

[crazysam23_Atax]

It's Hard Rock/Metal. It covers both genres, which is bullshit.

[RockerBandit]

I think they saw Explorers and Flying Vs and assumed that was "metal" enough for the dubstep jumping, black eyed peas listening audience that the grammys still actually appeal to.
This is why the metal scene has the Golden Gods and whatever Kerrang passes off as an award ceremony, because the grammys aren't relevent to anyone but the pop and mainstream artists.

[KISSmyass666]

Fuck the grammys.

[Nakama]

I can think of worse ambassadors for metal, imagine if someone like Bring Me The Horizon won..
That said, rock and metal are ridiculously under-represented.

[ProphetToJables]

Gotye, Carrie Underwood, Mumford & Sons.

Yup, epitome of rock right there my friends.

[Rick_Diculous]

You're saying this as if those artists won awards in the rock category.

[sonofgkex]

ALthough he's right about their general suckage

[spiff-corgi]

Since when does Gotye suck?

[Dimarzio45]

Leave Now.

[thewoodsterix]

Gotye is awesome - you should really listen to his albums - sure 'Somebody I used to know' isn't particularly innovative but the way that guy manipulates his sounds and creates his textures is really something to be admired.

[ZakkyChan]

People need to listen to his previous album 'Like Drawing Blood'.

[Jozef23]

Like Drawing Blood is one of the best albums in Australian music history. He's got such a great voice and he's an excellent musician. He really needs more respect on these forums, all the metalheads just judge him on that one song, which isn't a bad song at all.

[spiff-corgi]

HOLD THE FUCK UP. Why when I defend Gotye do I get 4 thumbs down, and when someone else does this they get 5 thumbs up? Like... what the **** is the consensus here? Is he good or not?

[Danjo's Guitar]

The article said "These are some Rock related artists".

[ProphetToJables]

"But rock wasn't completely ignored. Here's the full list of rock-related Grammy winners. Who do you think deserved to win in certain categories? Post you opinion in the comments."

[PRSTremontiSE]

Blown Away is actually very deserving of "best country song" imo. At least it's not about beer and tractors.

[umbrella666]

Mumford & Sons deserve their fame...I'm a big metal head but I love Mumford so much...really they earned it all to me...they're incredibly talented and they write with true emotion...not just to make a hit.

[FallenDestiny]

The Grammys are absolute shite.

[azrael4h]

Now why would you go and insult shite like that?

[dvanhandel96]

The Grammys are pointless.

[I.shower.naked]

How did Anthrax not win?

[Burkz]

If Anthrax or Megadeth would have won, i would be happy, now im not.

[Camron62\m/]

How did Halestorm win? How did Lamb of God not win? Questions that will never be answered, and might as well be ignored...

[IrishConnor1994]

The judgement of who ever chooses the winners for rock and metal, and music in general has always been questionable.

[ScottStewart1]

I totally forgot about LoG. Resolution was brilliant

[rabidgoon]

the grammys suck and metal sucks - they'd be [erfect together.

[jpcl]

Combines well with UG articles too. Around 10% of less are actually of musical interest. The rest is just rumours (some even made by UG), or stupid pointless celebrity/politics gossip.

That and the fact UG writers can't submit a article that's well written from start to finish. Do they even give any care of what they write?

[MetalHermit]

I will **** you up.

[Freddiez79]

You sir are the one who sucks

[coffinpilot]

Arse bollocks **** arse .

[coffinpilot]

Ok . Bollocks Arse it is .

[crazysam23_Atax]

You're an ignorant goon.

[thejohnoparty]

a little hypocritical, no?

[CalumCanavan]

Come back when you can find the 'p' key.

[Vermillionpart2]

Billy Talent should've at least been nominated for something... Dead Silence was amazing.

[vppark2]

I'm surprised not even The Gaslight Anthem was nominated.

[hotdogs585]

I'm disappointed but not surprised about Gaslight. The people that select this shit are completely clueless, and have been for a long time. Best thing to do as real music fans is not tune in and give them any ratings. 59' Sound is one of my favorite albums of all time.

[Cavalcade]

Are Canadian bands even eligible?

[offspringfan41]

Don't think so, but the Juno nominees will be released in a week. Pretty sure we'll see BT there

[IrishConnor1994]

Canadians are eligible for Grammys. It just doesn't happen often

[Mouloudo]

" love bites ( so do I)"... CHEEZEEEYY

[MyCoatz]

Least Mumford and sons play their instrurmants. Ill take an actual musician winning over someone who doesnt write, or play their own music.

[anvil is god]

These awards are a ****ing joke all around.

[Darth Wader]

The Gaslight Anthem should have been nominated and won for best album, song, etc.

[Pactorn]

^This

[Nero Galon]

Totally.

[hotdogs585]

Man, I love The Gaslight Anthem. Good to see them getting approval on here.

[iommi600]

How long until someone bonds the words "hipster" and "garbage"?

But yea, I quite disliked this too (except for Black Keys).

[Dallen_007]

No he doesn't. He's been nominated a couple times, but no wins.

[Javis425]

Bring on the downvotes, I was happy to see Halestorm win

[Braykah]

Here you go, good sir.

[mpk3432]

Halestorm are brilliant, and Lzzy Hale marks the first woman to ever win the hard rock/metal award

but the black keys being classed as rock?? shows how much the pop world knows...

[Molomono]

"...first woman to ever win..."

Reminds me of The Hurt Locker, even though it's a feat to be the first woman to win.... gender, race or what not shouldn't be the reason someone wins.

I always thought it was about the final product, the composition. However lately it's quite obvious that that's not the case. Actually i doubt it ever really was.

[coffinpilot]

Exactly why I get enraged about the Black music awards , anyone white should be wearing a white pointy hat if thats the attitude taken .
Having said that , is the Country Music Awards KKK backed ?
Green , blue , black , white , man , woman , don't matter music is music .

[crazysam23_Atax]

If you think Halestorm are "brilliant", then you don't know what brilliant is.

Also, your 2nd comment is stupid. Listen to "Lonely Boy". Clearly very rock, with some heavy blues influence.

[TheRealEffect]

Well metal fans. 40 years of whining that metal did not get into the Grammy's. When will you learn?

[coffinpilot]

I'm not whining .

[Chronologo]

Judas Priest won a Grammy last year so your opinion is invalid

[zomgguitarz1234]

Who cares if the grammys don't give a shit about metal. It's all a bunch of promotional shit that businesses probably rig anyways. If you all want to be apart of that fine by me though.

[crazysam23_Atax]

That's the problem. It's more about money and ratings and so on than it is about actual music.

[Trentaru]

Most of the time yes but not all the time, and that is the problem sometimes its based on popularity and ratings and other times they try to be "artistic", for example two years ago Justin Heber lost best new artist to Esperanza Spalding(a jazz bassist/singer)

[rocker222]

I havn't even heard of some of these bands.....

[theotherguy7145]

Don't know about anyone else, but I'm happy about metal not being included. I prefer music from smaller labels like Earache over huge companies anyway in general. The more distanced from the big monopolies it is the better.

[awsomebadas5]

the grammys are bullshit, they have 5 categories for pop, 3 for dance, 100000 for gay and talentless, and 1 for metal. That is
hard rock and metal. rly?! not even a single category for metal.
corey taylor is right, the gramys have fallen just to mainstream crap. I need to remind myself why i even bother with this crap.

[ilovemySG]

I thought Sting was great..

[RJDfan666]

I fail to see how carrie underwood and gotye (or whatever the hell is name is) is "Rock-Related".

[TimmyTheWALRUS]

You forgot to mention Tenacious D winning the Comedy Album Grammy...

[Braykah]

The Grammys is the comedy itself.

[DeanThaBean]

Good lord, goyte literally has 2 good songs and wins all this grammy shit?

[JBailey23]

Metalheads will be hating as they obviously already are....but i found this years grammys actually enjoyable to someone who enjoys every genre. Look at the winners y'all. I prefer those artist compared to all the crap we've had to endure the past few years. No gaga, no bieber...nothing of that sort. Downvote if you want but thats my opinion.

[bifteksupernova]

i had never heard of halestorm so ilistened to their winning song, and the closest comparison i can make is paramore. seriously

[Cavalcade]

Is this supposed to be a bad thing?

[bifteksupernova]

it is when they win a grammy for best metal performance

[fanA7X6661]

There is no Halestorm comparison. They rock. Plain and simple.

[crazysam23_Atax]

I'm really coming to the conclusion that Halestorm fans will eat up just about anything because of Lizzy Hale. I get that she's hot by some people's standards. What I don't get is how their music is good.

[thejohnoparty]

I'm really coming to the conclusion that porcupine heads like yourself can't grasp the concept of musical taste. Everyone's is different. Get the heck over it and stop being so pretentious.

[Dimarzio45]

Porcupine heads? Dude, it's 2013. But at least you clean it up. haha

[thejohnoparty]

dude, what is your point?
the current year is no excuse to have a head of a porcupine.
that never looked good on anyone. ever.

[Dimarzio45]

Hahaha. Well played, good sir. Well played.

[MetallicaAnders]

does the up- and downvote buttons have a new design?

[marcelaguiar]

Best "Americana Album"?? I didnt even know that was a music genre.

[Danjo's Guitar]

I like how everyone is blaming the Grammys for the fact that Metal music isn't commercially popular. I'm surprised Halestorm got something, I didn't think they were very big. I guess if the Grammys were actually objective you'd have a reason to complain, but we all know its an award for being popular, and the fact is that Metal just isn't one of the most popular genres.

[crazysam23_Atax]

That's the problem, man. It's not objective at all. It's all about popularity.

[UncleBluck]

Thye Grammys are a reflection on what type of music is being bought by primarly girls between the ages of 8 - 15.....

[Freddiez79]

Anthrax should have won!

[Wolfinator-x]

What people call "metal" today is ****ing horrid. There's no reason to be surprised.

[fifopher]

Boring.

[rocker91]

The fact that they put hard rock and metal into one category is evidence enough that the Grammy's are worthless.

[purplexing]

garbage

[*DEADLY*]

Hard Rock /Heavy Metal. You are right it's not metal it is HARD ROCK...which Halestorm is for sure.

[bearmod]

I stopped caring about the Grammys a long time ago. All they do is pick a bunch of household names and give them awards they don't deserve.

[Trentaru]

Really I didn't resize Esperanza Spalding is a bigger household name than Justin Bieber

[Horsedick.MPEG]

Oh no, my favorite obscure band didn't win.

what
the
f*ck?

[Cavalcade]

I know, right? Because we all know Grammies are metal as fvkk.
(I'm agreeing with you.)

[third(-)eye]

YAWN.

[GuitarGod610]

I take comfort in knowing that the only thing being measured is popularity and not quality or substance.

[Alice2Mudgarden]

Mumford sucks. These awards are a sham

[sjsteakley]

Pat Metheny won his 20th grammy.....of course none of you seem to care, because your 'metal' was ignored.

[Second Rate]

Pat Metheny? He has good technique, but his music is the guitar equivalent of Kenny G. How he is considered fusion of any sort is beyond me.

[Jonagorn]

The Grammys basically award the worst bands.

[Kueller917]

I'm pretty displeased with the grammys like most people, but I don't see the big deal about metal not being represented. I bet there's a bunch of people who follow ___ genre who complain about not being represented.

[jordo246]

And one of them is metal so what's your point?

[Dimarzio45]

Point is everyone's genre is potentially misrepresented.

[Kueller917]

My point is that sometimes it seems like people think metal deserves to be popular more than other things, and people from other genres think their genre deserves to be the most popular too. Then in the even it does become popular people complain about the amount of generic artist (since popularity needs to happen with appeal).
Popularity arguments are pretty damned either result. I don't find it worth bothering about.

[6-String_Madman]

Metal is not supposed to be "popular more than other things". It doesn't strive to be popular. But one thing is for sure - with all the stereotyping, condemnation and discrimination it endured for almost half a century now despite the quality and technicality of it's craft, I guess the genre should get the respect it deserves.

After all, the Grammy's is not "supposed" to be a popularity contest but an award giving body for musicians (regardless of genre) who give out quality music for all the listeners. But sad realities of it all are: no. 1 - it only seemed as a popularity contest now (it no longer functions based on it's design) and no. 2 - for many decades now, Metal is not represented equally with other genres.

Now, I hope everyone understands what all of us Metalheads (fans and musicians) are rambling about.

[Gexzilla]

-Here's the full list of rock-related Grammy winners. -


who the **** are all these people?

[burnummaster]

Grammys are just rich people patting people on the back who made them money

[Way Cool JR.]

It was like fricken torture trying to watch this crap. All the popular music nowadays has gone way down hill in the past 20 some odd years. Kind of sad IMO.

[Kueller917]

Hardly. I've heard so much shit that passed as chart toppers from the 80s.

[Way Cool JR.]

Most all the chart toppers from then were great, as were the 70s and before. The 80s IMO were actually one of the best decades for every type of music not just Rock and Metal.

[Kueller917]

I don't know a lot of 80's pop stuff doesn't do it for me very much with the exception of a few (most of which I attribute to nostalgia).
It's all taste in the end anyways so I'll stop dragging out the argument.

[latinromans]

You got to be kidding me, even pink floyd became painfully cheesy in the eighties, now cheesy doesn't necessarily mean bad, muse is cheesy as shit and I love em. It's just that a lot of eighties radio material try's to be emotional and epic but comes off as the musical equivalent of a soap opera, and the hair metal is simplistic to the point of me feeling a couple IQ points less just for listening to it. Although to be fair I feel the same away about most mainstream bands right now as well so it's really just business as usual.

[KcBrown]

Pink Floyd wasn't really Pink Floyd anymore after they lost Waters.

[bevski208]

More to the point, Esperanza Spalding won 2 Grammys. She's pretty incredible, so I haven't completely lost faith in the Grammys just yet.

[latinromans]

saw her on the daily show about a month ago and I was amazed, any tips on songs to check out?

[thingstodo]

I'm just going to listen to and appreciate whatever music it is that I enjoy, and not give a **** about how some pompous assclowns who don't even listen to the genre(s) judge something which they know nothing about. Any awards show which judges the merit of something so subjective such as music can't possibly make any sense.

[nscar]

The Black Keys: Sell out and you too can win multiple Grammy's

[Freddiez79]

Lol man you will up set the little black keys fan boys and if you talk about them to much Patrick carney will sue you.

[onetonryan]

Frankly, I prefer that metal is not "mainstream". The last time metal was popular, the record companies gave us Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, et al and beat us over the heads with them. So I'd ask the Grammy's to please keep metal off the invite list. We are doing just fine on our own.

[Cavalcade]

Halestorm has a new fan now, f all y'all.

[crazysam23_Atax]

STOP STARING AT HER BOOBS; they don't make the music good.

[Cavalcade]

"STOP LIKING THAT THING YOU LIKE, MUSIC IS OBJECTIVE." -crazysam23_Atax

[ADomenick91092]

Dude, there are these things called "opinions." As it turns out, you're not the only one who's allowed to have one. Don't you have something better to do than continuously comment with the usual "STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE" shtick?

[the_messenger66]

Well, Reznor won a grammy again. Can't be mad at that.

[LazyHardRocker]

I still like Halestorm and think they deserved it more then most of the other acts on the list. Problem?
PS: Fuck the Grammys and all the modern garbage they give awards to. /rant off

[MasterWhit10]

Mumford And Sons are the best! So glad they won.

[bushmaster_six]

I only scrolled all the way down here to say that I don't give a sweet and sour FUCK about the Grammy's. If I had one, I'd use it to bludgeon the first person I saw that also had a Grammy, and was proud of having it.

[Cavalcade]

From your little fantasy, it sounds like you give many fvcks, both sweet and sour. But mostly sour.

[Chronologo]

I love metal, and as much I would like it to be more recognizable in mainstream media I really don't care about the grammy's. We know how the so called industry works, If it's not radio friendly and doesn't fall into society conformative standars there's almost no chance for it to win. But I'm happy that Priest got one last year

[ruyagatu]

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[metal_swayne]

It's increasingly obvious year by year that the people voting for the hard rock/heavy metal grammy award have no f***ing clue what constitutes a good metal song. That Halestorm song is terrible, the other 5 nominated songs were exponentially better. Lamb of God got robbed, and Megadeth deserves to win once, they've gotten nominated 11 times and never won!

[shaynebeardy]

I dont know why people bother with the grammys especially for metal! Fugg em

[scguitarking927]

If I ever become a famous musician and make it the grammies...more importantly get to perform at the grammies...Fuck whatever type of music I play, it's going to Reign Blood....SLAYER!!!! Just to mess with everyone

[Camron62\m/]

I heard the Bob Marley Tribute was awesome during the show. Didn't watch the Grammy's, ironically i was getting high and chilling. With a poster of his in the room lol.

[Rockeagle540]

This is NOT about talent, its a ****ing BEAUTY CONTEST, ****ing disgraceful

[losing battle]

I want to win one just to urinate on it and throw it away on stage.

[ne14t]

Well I guess I can't call The Black Keys hipster douches anymore, now they are just common mainstream ****tards.

[Wisthler]

Any artist who is nominated for a grammy should feel completly humilliated...

[HabsFan4916]

Halestrom over Megadeth, Antharax, iron Maiden, and Lamb of God?!?! This is almost as bad as Jethro Tull in the 80's.

[Dimarzio45]

The difference is Jethro Tull had immense talent and originality. Halestrom is like recycled 90's music with modern day clothes on. BUUUUT, that's my OPINION.

[IrishConnor1994]

That's why I don't mind the fact that the Grammys ignore metal. Even if they did have a few metal awards, they would still be giving them to the wrong bands. They never judge talent, remember when Justin Beiber and Drake dominated last year?

[GenerationKILL]

The newest Black Keys album has more originality, attitude and bombastic sound then practically ANYTHING else out there in hard rock or even metal right now.

Does Corey Taylor want more respect for metal? Then maybe metal should bring back more attitude and originality. You can deny it all you want, but I'd say, right now 80-90 percent of LISTENABLE metal sounds interchangable. Whether its the same shreddy guitars in some dropped tuning, or the same screamy/cookie monstery vocals.

IMO the only two original and cutting edge metal bands right now are Mastodon and Revocation.

That Black Keys album KILLS and unlike alot of other crap coming out, it won so many awards because in 15 years from now it won't sound dated...

UNLIKE Corey Taylor's first albums with Slipknot OR Stone Sour.

*I also say this AS a Stone Sour AND and Metal fan, but even I can see the genres current limitations compared to the burgeoning indie rock scene...

[Rockeagle540]

Hate to say it, your right.....sad to see metal falling

[Dimarzio45]

Why are you comparing the Black Keys to Corey Taylor?

[jordo246]

You don't listen to Opeth or Mastodon do you

[GenerationKILL]

No, I just heard the word "mastodon" and assumed they sounded cool.

"The Hunter" and any of their other albums sounded better then almost anything else "metal" that comes out. Possibly because they site bands like Neurosis as in influence instead of the usual megadeth/iron maiden/metallica/black sabbaths...

Also, I would say Opeth is recently less metal and more prog-rock, especially on their newest album "Heritage"

So yeah, you can try and condescend me some more, but I've probably already listened to everything you thought was cool and already drew my own conclusions about it.

Thanks for playing, though.

[Dimarzio45]

Nice to know you're so much better than the rest of us.

[Bleak91]

You know what? I never cared about the Black Keys... now I'm curious to hear something of them :/

[Human371]

A little late... now, no disrespect, they are still good, just used to be much more energetic. But look at some of what has won. I use the standard in this day and age that if the mainstream is lauded it it likely sucks. I hate to be that way but it's unfortunately becoming more true.

[Human371]

A little late... now, no disrespect, they are still good, just used to be much more energetic. But look at some of what has won. I use the standard in this day and age that if the mainstream is lauded it, it likely sucks. I hate to be that way but it's unfortunately becoming more true.

[megaluisdeth]

Orbitron should have won a Grammy.

[PeterPdeC]

I don't recognize anything on that list...

[Bocob]

Guys, it's just the grammys... that doesn't say sh*t about the music that we like. Look at half the artists that got a grammy and see if they're doing the same thing in 20 years time.

[DarthPew]

I'm just glad Esperanza Spalding won a couple of Grammy's

[xijack]

good list, Gotye deserves it with his unique approach and great songs, The Black Keys are fabulous and go Dr John and Bonnie Rait , I will say the problem with metal is it's not very good to listen to, not bad circus act though

[Anjohl]

Megadeth was the correct answer.

[gocool]

dear lord, it should be the "granny" awards..

[crispykids]

In the past, music was an art form in mainstream society. People actually had an overall more respect for the music itself, not the image or money in can create and produce. Will we ever go back to that when people were able to make good music and not garbage that's recycled by different artists (I'm talking to you Nicki Minaj). I don't know but greed and shitty image has poisoned our culture today.

[thegreenBJ]

nd i thought FUN also won something

[Nethero]

Megadeth, Anthrax, Iron Maiden, and Lamb of God were all nominated and you chose Halestorm. You had one job to do, Grammys!

[beau05]

I don't fully agree with Corey Taylor on this one. Metal (in all its glory, regardless of sub-genre) has never really needed respect from the masses to survive. Its sort of like cockroaches, you can try killing them off, but if you step on the wrong one, thousands more will be waiting in the wings to take its place, thats how its always been.

[MrCheezus]

Wouldn't it be awesome to see Slipknot perform with John Mayer? No!

[rgt42dx]

why care?

[apartzero]

Then who or what actually went away?

[AcePilot]

Hey, Ultimate-Guitar, stop telling us about pop and country, because we don't give a shit.

[INSULIN]

I WON FIRST GRAMMY FOR EMOTH=I COMNINED EMO AND GOTH TO MAKE WORST MUSIC EVER

[Sphinx07]

Good for Mumford and Sons for their snooze tunes. They're not for me. For the record Gotye can go to bed knowing that everytime that flaming piece of shit "Somebody That I Used to know" is played, a box of kittens is killed and a Girl Scout is kicked down a flight of stairs. Good job dillhole.