Metallica, Slayer, Satch, Rush and Others Get Grammy Nominations
On February 10, 2008, the 50th annual Grammy Awards ceremony will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here are the nominees for the Rock and Metal categories:
BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
- Evanescence - "Sweet Sacrifice"
- Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
- Ozzy Osbourne - "I Don't Wanna Stop"
- Queens of the Stone Age - "Sick, Sick, Sick"
- Tool - "The Pot"
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
As I Lay Dying - "Nothing Left"
King Diamond - "Never Ending Hill"
Machine Head - "Aesthetics of Hate"
Shadows Fall - "Redemption"
Slayer - "Final Six"
BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL
Metallica - "The Ecstasy of Gold"
Rush - "Malignant Narcissism"
Joe Satriani - "Always with Me, Always with You"
Bruce Springsteen - "Once Upon a Time In the West"
Steve Vai - "The Attitude Song"
BEST ROCK SONG
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Daughtry - "It's Not Over"
Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"
White Stripes - "Icky Thump"
Lucinda Williams - "Come On"
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Daughtry - Daughtry
John Fogerty - Revival
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL
Beck - "Timebomb"
Paul McCartney - "Only Mama Knows"
John Mellencamp - "Our Country"
Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"
Lucinda Williams - "Come On"
BEST ROCK DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
Daughtry - "It's Not Over"
Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
Nickelback - "If Everyone Cared"
U2 - "Instant Karma"
The White Stripes - "Icky Thump"
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