The 65th annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 in Los Angeles, and the event will be aired live on CBS and Paramount+. On Tuesday, the Grammys announced nominations for all 91 categories.
In the “Best Metal Performance” category, the nominees are: Ghost — “Call Me Little Sunshine”; Megadeth — “We’ll Be Back”; Muse — “Kill Or Be Killed”; Ozzy Osbourne — “Degradation Rules”; Turnstile — “Blackout.”
In the “Best Rock Performance” category, the nominees are: Bryan Adams — “So Happy It Hurts”; Beck — “Old Man”; The Black Keys — “Wild Child”; Brandi Carlile — “Broken Horses”; Idles — “Crawl!”; Ozzy Osbourne (featuring Jeff Beck) — “Patient No. 9”; Turnstile — “Holiday.”
In the “Best Rock Song” category, the nominees are: Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Black Summer”; Turnstile — “Blackout”; Brandi Carlile — “Broken Horses”; The War On Drugs — “Harmonia’s Dream”; Ozzy Osbourne (featuring Jeff Beck) — “Patient No. 9.”
Last year, the Foo Fighters swept the awards in the rock division and Dream Theater took home “Best Metal Performance” for their song, “The Alien,” from 2021 album “A View From The Top Of The World.” Dream Theater beat out the Deftones, Gojira, Mastodon and Rob Zombie.
The Foo Fighters won “Best Rock Performance” for “Making A Fire,” “Best Rock Song” for “Waiting On A War” and “Best Rock Album” for “Medicine at Midnight.” In the “Best Rock Performance” category the Foos beat out AC/DC, Black Pumas, Deftones and the late Chris Cornell.
In the “Best Rock Song” category, they topped Weezer, Kings of Leon, Mammoth WVH and Paul McCartney. In the “Best Rock Album” category, they beat AC/DC, Black Pumas, Chris Cornell and Paul McCartney. The Foo Fighters were scheduled to play but canceled following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. The Grammys paid tribute to Hawkins in a video montage while the band’s song “My Hero” played.
FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho previously told Eddie Trunk that honors like the Grammys and the Rock Hall and their perceived views on the rock genre weren’t worth getting upset over.
“I don’t think it’s worth getting angry about because we know that the arenas are still full, rock ’n’ roll is alive and well, and we shouldn’t worry what the Grammys think or what the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame [thinks],” he said. “Who gives a sh*t anyways? It’s like Chuck D. said: ‘Who cares if I won a freakin’ Grammy?’ I think that most of the bands feel that way.”
