The 65th Grammy’s will be held on February 5th, 2023 at the Crypto Arena (formerly the Staples Center) in Los Angeles. It will broadcast live on CBS and stream live on demand on Paramount+ from 8 – 11:30 p.m. ET.
The original list of nominees was announced back on November 15th, with 4 different sections under the Rock category. Ozzy Osbourne takes the lead with the highest amount of nominations in the rock category. Machine Gun Kelly has also been nominated for his first Grammy for his latest album, “Mainstream Sellout”. While some in the rock community don’t see Machine Gun Kelly as a true rock n roller, the singer has said in the past they he was snubbed by the award show and has been waiting 10 years for this recognition and now it will give him some closure.
If it were up to me, I would just hand all the awards to the prince of darkness, but you can find the full list of Rock nominees below:
Best Rock Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.
- So Happy It Hurts
Bryan Adams - Old Man
Beck - Wild Child
The Black Keys - Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile - Crawl!
Idles - Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Holiday
Turnstile
Best Metal Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.
- Call Me Little Sunshine
Ghost - We’ll Be Back
Megadeth - Kill Or Be Killed
Muse - Degradation Rules
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi - Blackout
Turnstile
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 Summer
Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Blackout
Brady Ebert, Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile) - Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile) - Harmonia’s Dream
Robbie Bennett & Adam Granduciel, songwriters (The War On Drugs) - Patient Number 9
John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo & Andrew Wotman, songwriters (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck)
Best Rock Album
For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.
- Dropout Boogie
The Black Keys - The Boy Named If
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Crawler
Idles - Mainstream Sellout
Machine Gun Kelly - Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne - Lucifer On The Sofa
Spoon
Many in the rock community have commented on how in recent years Rock has been ignored by music award shows, yet has a ton of talent and major fan base. Trunk Nation host and former VH1 That Metal Show host Eddie Trunk comments on this a lot on Twitter, although things don’t seem to change. Like he suggests, metalheads should just start their own award show.
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