Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
| Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Quality performances in the hard rock genre |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 1990 |
| Last awarded | 2011 |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance was an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards until 2011.
The Academy recognized hard rock music artists for the first time at the 31st Grammy Awards (1989). The category was originally presented as Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, combining two of the most popular music genres of the 1980s.[1]Jethro Tull won that award for the album Crest of a Knave, beating Metallica, who were expected to win with the album ...And Justice for All. This choice led to widespread criticism of the Academy, as journalists suggested that the music of Jethro Tull did not belong in the hard rock or heavy metal genres.[2][3] In response, the Academy created the categories Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance, separating the genres.
The band Living Colour was presented the first award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990. From 1992 to 1994 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal. As of 2011, the bands Foo Fighters, Living Colour, and The Smashing Pumpkins share the record for the most wins, with two each. American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to musicians or groups originating from Australia twice and from the United Kingdom once. Alice in Chains holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with eight.
The award was discontinued in 2012 due to a major overhaul of Grammy categories. After 2012, quality hard rock performances were shifted to the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. However, in 2014, the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category was split, returning the stand-alone Best Metal Performance category and recognizing quality hard rock performances in the Best Rock Performance category.[4] According to the Recording Academy, "It was determined that metal has a very distinctive sound, and hard rock more closely aligns with rock and can exist comfortably as one end of the rock spectrum."[4]
Contents
1 Recipients
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Recipients
Chris Cornell, lead singer of the 1995 award-winning band Soundgarden, performing in 2005
Billy Corgan of the two-time award-winning band, The Smashing Pumpkins
1999 award winner, Robert Plant, performing in 2007
Metallica, the 2000 award-winning band, performing in 2008
Linkin Park, the 2002 award-winning band
The two-time award-winning band, Foo Fighters
Wolfmother, the 2007 award-winning band, performing at the Beale Street Music Festival
The 2009 award-winning band, The Mars Volta
| Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | Living Colour | "Cult of Personality" |
| [5] |
1991 | Living Colour | Time's Up |
| [6] |
1992 | Van Halen | For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge |
| [7] |
1993 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Give It Away" |
| [8] |
1994 | Stone Temple Pilots | "Plush" |
| [9] |
1995 | Soundgarden | "Black Hole Sun" |
| [10] |
1996 | Pearl Jam | "Spin the Black Circle" |
| [11] |
1997 | The Smashing Pumpkins | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" |
| [12] |
1998 | The Smashing Pumpkins | "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" |
| [13] |
1999 | Page and Plant | "Most High" |
| [14] |
2000 | Metallica | "Whiskey in the Jar" |
| [15] |
2001 | Rage Against the Machine | "Guerrilla Radio" |
| [16] |
2002 | Linkin Park | "Crawling" |
| [17] |
2003 | Foo Fighters | "All My Life" |
| [18] |
2004 | Evanescence & Paul McCoy | "Bring Me to Life" |
| [19] |
2005 | Velvet Revolver | "Slither" |
| [20] |
2006 | System of a Down | "B.Y.O.B." |
| [21] |
2007 | Wolfmother | "Woman" |
| [22] |
2008 | Foo Fighters | "The Pretender" |
| [23] |
2009 | The Mars Volta | "Wax Simulacra" |
| [24] |
2010 | AC/DC | "War Machine" |
| [25] |
2011 | Them Crooked Vultures | "New Fang" |
| [26] |
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
See also
- Timeline of heavy metal music
References
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- General
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- Specific
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^ "Grammy 2009 Winners List". MTV. February 8, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
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External links
- Official site of the Grammy Awards
- Rock on the Net – Grammy Awards: Best Hard Rock Performance
