Grammy Nominations for Rock Fans 2009

Posted by blackdog in News & Rumors on 02 5th, 2009 | no responses
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The 2009 Grammy Awards are coming up. The Grammys don’t have a lot of interest for rock fans, but we do like it when artists that we dig are nominated. So you won’t have to read the list of mostly crappy stuff, I’m listing category of the nomination and the nomination for those that would be interesting to us rockers. I am happy that so many classic rockers are int he mix. Let us know your thoughts. Good bad and ugly.

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Inside The Fire
Disturbed
Track from: Indestructible
[Reprise]
Visions
Judas Priest
Track from: Nostradamus
[Epic]
Wax Simulacra
The Mars Volta
[Universal Motown]
Saints Of Los Angeles
Mötley Crüe
Track from: Saints Of Los Angeles
[Motley Records/Eleven Seven Music]
Lords Of Salem
Rob Zombie
Track from: Zombie Live
[Geffen/UMe]

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Heroes Of Our Time
DragonForce
[Roadrunner Records]
Nostradamus
Judas Priest
Track from: Nostradamus
[Epic]
My Apocalypse
Metallica
Track from: Death Magnetic
[Warner Bros.]
Under My Thumb
Ministry
Track from: Cover Up
[Megaforce Records]
Psychosocial
Slipknot
[Roadrunner Records]

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

Castellorizon
David Gilmour
Track from: Live In Gdansk
[Columbia]
Suicide & Redemption
Metallica
Track from: Death Magnetic
[Warner Bros.]
34 Ghosts I-IV
Nine Inch Nails
Track from: Ghosts I-IV
[The Null Corporation]
Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)
Rush
Track from: Songs For Tibet: The Art Of Peace
[Art of Peace Foundation]
Peaches En Regalia
Zappa Plays Zappa Featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock
[Strobosonic/Razor & Tie Entertainment]

Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Track from: Magic
[Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]
House Of Cards
Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway & Thom Yorke, songwriters (Radiohead)
Track from: In Rainbows
[TBD Records; Publisher: Warner Chappell Music]
I Will Possess Your Heart
Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer, Jason McGerr & Christopher Walla, songwriters (Death Cab For Cutie)
Track from: Narrow Stairs
[Atlantic; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music/Where I'm Calling From Music/Shove It Up Your Songs/Giant Beat Songs/Please Pass The Songs]
Sex On Fire
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
[RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music]
Violet Hill
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
Track from: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
[Capitol Records; Publisher: Universal Music-MGB Songs]

Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
[Atlantic]
Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]
Death Magnetic
Metallica
[Warner Bros.]
Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Modern Guilt
Beck
[DGC Records/XL Recordings/Interscope]
Narrow Stairs
Death Cab For Cutie
[Atlantic]
Evil Urges
My Morning Jacket
[ATO Records]
In Rainbows
Radiohead
[TBD Records]

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)

Please Read The Letter
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer
Track from: Raising Sand

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

Raising Sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer
[Rounder]
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Nigel Godrich, producer; Nigel Godrich, Dan Grech-Marguerat, Hugo Nicolson & Richard Woodcraft, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
[TBD Records]

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

All Summer Long
Kid Rock
Track from: Rock N Roll Jesus
[Atlantic]
Say
John Mayer
Track from: Continuum
[Columbia]
That Was Me
Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba’s Secret
[Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]
I’m Yours
Jason Mraz
Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
[Atlantic]
Wichita Lineman
James Taylor
Track from: Covers
[Hear Music]

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Waiting In The Weeds
Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
[Eagles Recording Company II]

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

Rich Woman
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Track from: Raising Sand
[Rounder]

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

I Dreamed There Was No War
Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
[Eagles Recording Company II]
Fortune Teller
Fourplay
Track from: Energy
[Heads Up International]
Steppin’ Out
Stanley Jordan
Track from: State Of Nature
[Mack Avenue Records]

Best Pop Instrumental Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)]

Jingle All The Way
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
[Rounder]]

Best Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles
[Eagles Recording Company II]
Covers
James Taylor
[Hear Music]

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Gravity
John Mayer
Track from: Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles
[Columbia]
I Saw Her Standing There
Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba’s Secret
[Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
[Columbia]
Rise
Eddie Vedder
[J Records]
No Hidden Path
Neil Young
Track from: Chrome Dreams II
[Reprise]

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Rock N Roll Train
AC/DC
[Columbia]
Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles
Track from: Long Road Out Of Eden
[Eagles Recording Company II]
Sex On Fire
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]
House Of Cards
Radiohead
Track from: In Rainbows
[TBD Records]

Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

The Blues Rolls On
Elvin Bishop
[Delta Groove Music, Inc.]
Skin Deep
Buddy Guy
[Silvertone Records]
All Odds Against Me
John Lee Hooker Jr.
[Steppin' Stone Records/CC Entertainment]
One Kind Favor
B.B. King
[Geffen Records]
Pinetop Perkins & Friends
Pinetop Perkins & Friends
[Stoneagle Music/Telarc]

Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Peace, Love & BBQ
Marcia Ball
[Alligator Records]
Like A Fire
Solomon Burke
[Shout! Factory]
City That Care Forgot
Dr. John And The Lower 911
[429 Records]
Maestro
Taj Mahal
[Heads Up International]
Simply Grand
Irma Thomas
[Rounder Records]

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)