The 2019 Grammy nominations have been revealed!
Over the last several years there has been major controversy regarding the Rock categories and the Grammy Awards. Whether it’s Metallica having mic problems or Beyonce being nominated for Best Rock Performance, there have been some issues with the nominations and the rock community has come to the determination that the Grammys suck and we’ll never watch them again. Well, they may not watch, but they’ll certainly congratulate their favorite bands on social media. This year, the nominations are actually really good in the rock department. In fact, there may only be one nomination that I think maybe doesn’t fit with the rest. Check out the nominations below as gotten via GRAMMY.com. My predictions are in bold!
Best Rock Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.
- FOUR OUT OF FIVE
Arctic Monkeys - WHEN BAD DOES GOOD
Chris Cornell - MADE AN AMERICA
THE FEVER 333 - HIGHWAY TUNE
Greta Van Fleet - UNCOMFORTABLE
Halestorm
Best Metal Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.
- CONDEMNED TO THE GALLOWS
Between The Buried And Me - HONEYCOMB
Deafheaven - ELECTRIC MESSIAH
High On Fire - BETRAYER
Trivium - ON MY TEETH
Underoath
Best Rock Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- BLACK SMOKE RISING
Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet) - JUMPSUIT
Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots) - MANTRA
Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring Me The Horizon) - MASSEDUCTION
Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent) - RATS
Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)
Best Rock Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.
- RAINIER FOG
Alice In Chains - M A N I A
Fall Out Boy - PREQUELLE
Ghost - FROM THE FIRES
Greta Van Fleet - PACIFIC DAYDREAM
Weezer
There were some albums left off the list that folks like Lou Brutus made note of.
Oh, look. Albums and songs by Disturbed, Ghost, Judas Priest and other ROCK bands are ignored for the top Grammy Awards. Again. Why the fuck are the awards so prejudiced against Rock? #Grammys
— Lou Brutus (@LouBrutus) December 7, 2018
Lou’s opinion is no surprise, but ghost does have a nomination. The only nomination that I am actually opposed to is Fall Out Boy for “Best Rock Album.” Their latest release was not anywhere near the realm of rock music. Another interesting that that I noticed is that when it comes to Greta Van Fleet, they were only nominated for material off of their ep From the Fires and not from their full length project Anthem of the Peaceful Army, which was also eligible for nomination. They were also nominated for “Best New Artist” overall. With that, I’ll leave you with another thought from the rock God himself, Lou Brutus:
THE GRAMMYS: My one overriding thought as I look at the Grammy Award nominations is that I'm thankful Kanye wasn't nominated for any Rock categories. What a farce the push for that was. #Grammys
— Lou Brutus (@LouBrutus) December 7, 2018
