Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance

{{Short description|Honor presented to recording artists for quality hard rock performances}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance

| awarded_for = Quality performances in the hard rock genre

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| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

| country = United States

| year = 1990

| year2 = 2011

| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]

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The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance was an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards from 1990 to 2011.

The academy recognized hard rock music artists for the first time at the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989. The category was originally presented as Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, combining two of the most popular music genres of the 1980s.{{cite journal|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=February 23, 1989|title=Grammys to McFerrin and Chapman|journal=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/23/arts/grammys-to-mcferrin-and-chapman.html|access-date=August 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518002559/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/23/arts/grammys-to-mcferrin-and-chapman.html|archive-date=May 18, 2013|url-status=live}} Jethro Tull won that award for the album Crest of a Knave, beating Metallica, who were expected to win with the album ...And Justice for All. This choice led to widespread criticism of the academy, as journalists suggested that the music of Jethro Tull did not belong in the hard rock or heavy metal genres.{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound|volume=1|editor=Hoffmann, Frank|publisher=CRC Press|year=2005|edition=2|page=542|isbn=978-0-415-93835-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xV6tghvO0oMC&q=grammy+jethro+tull&pg=PA542|access-date=August 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526234017/http://books.google.com/books?id=xV6tghvO0oMC&lpg=PA542&dq=grammy%20jethro%20tull&pg=PA542#v=onepage&q=grammy%20jethro%20tull&f=false|archive-date=May 26, 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|last=Holden|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Holden|date=February 14, 1990|title=The Pop Life|journal=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/14/arts/the-pop-life-884490.html|access-date=August 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518000412/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/14/arts/the-pop-life-884490.html|archive-date=May 18, 2013|url-status=live}} In response, the academy created the categories Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance, separating the genres.

The band Living Colour was presented the first award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990. From 1992 to 1994, the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal. The bands Foo Fighters, Living Colour, and the Smashing Pumpkins share the record for the most wins, with two each. American artists were presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it was also presented to musicians or groups originating from Australia twice and from the United Kingdom once. Alice in Chains holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with eight.

The award was discontinued in 2012 due to a major overhaul of Grammy categories. In 2012 and 2013, quality hard rock performances were honored in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. However, in 2014, the category was split, returning the stand-alone Best Metal Performance category and recognizing quality hard rock performances in the Best Rock Performance category.{{Cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/the-recording-academy-elects-new-national-officers-and-approves|title=The Recording Academy Elects New National Officer and Approves Continuing Evolution of Grammy Awards Categories at Spring Trustees Meeting|date=June 4, 2013|access-date=June 4, 2013|publisher=Recording Academy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612070324/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/the-recording-academy-elects-new-national-officers-and-approves|archive-date=June 12, 2013|url-status=live}} According to the Recording Academy, "It was determined that metal has a very distinctive sound, and hard rock more closely aligns with rock and can exist comfortably as one end of the rock spectrum."

Recipients

Image:Chris Cornell Montreux Jazz Festival 2005.jpg, lead singer of the 1995 award-winning band Soundgarden, performing in 2005]]

Image:Billy Corgan pic.jpg of the two-time award-winning band The Smashing Pumpkins]]

Image:Robert Plant.jpg award winner, Robert Plant, performing in 2007]]

Image:Metallica at The O2 Arena London 2008.jpg, the 2000 award-winning band, performing in 2008]]

Image:Mike Shinoda, Mr. Hahn & Chester Bennington, Linkin Park @ Sonisphere.jpg, the 2002 award-winning band]]

Image:Foo Fighters Live 21.jpg]]

Image:Wolfmother closeup.JPG, the 2007 award-winning band, performing at the Beale Street Music Festival]]

Image:The Mars Volta.jpg award-winning band The Mars Volta]]

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef"\|Year{{ref\|1\|[I]}} ! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef"\|Performing artist(s) ! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef"\|Work ! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable\|Nominees ! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable\|Ref.
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1990 \| Living Colour \| {{sort\|Cult of Personality\|"Cult of Personality"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Aerosmith – "Love in an Elevator" Great White – "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" Guns N' Roses – G N' R Lies Mötley Crüe – "Dr. Feelgood"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0hYpAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,4056376&dq\|title=Here's list of nominees from all 77 categories\|work=Deseret News\|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company\|date=January 12, 1990\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|location=Salt Lake City, Utah\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0hYpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=woQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,4056376&dq\|archive-date=March 13, 2016\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1991 \| Living Colour \| {{sort\|Time's Up\|Time's Up}} \| {{smalldiv\| AC/DC – The Razors Edge Faith No More – "Epic" Jane's Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual Mötley Crüe – "Kickstart My Heart"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6CAaAAAAIBAJ&pg=3882,2017387&dq\|title=List of Grammy nominations\|date=January 11, 1991\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|work=Times-News\|location=Hendersonville, North Carolina\|publisher=The New York Times Company\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073710/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6CAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZiQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3882,2017387&dq\|archive-date=March 13, 2016\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1992 \| Van Halen \| {{sort\|For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge\|For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge}} \| {{smalldiv\| AC/DC – "Moneytalks" Alice in Chains – "Man in the Box" Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion I}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920108/1469119/grammy-nominations-span-streisand-seal-seattle-symphony\|title=Grammy nominations span Streisand, Seal, Seattle Symphony\|date=January 8, 1992\|work=The Seattle Times\|publisher=The Seattle Times Company\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926021735/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920108&slug=1469119\|archive-date=September 26, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1993 \| Red Hot Chili Peppers \| {{sort\|Give It Away\|"Give It Away"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Alice in Chains – Dirt Faith No More – Angel Dust Guns N' Roses – "Live and Let Die" Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Pearl Jam – "Jeremy"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1993/01/08/grammy-nominees-4/\|title=Grammy nominees\|date=January 8, 1993\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|work=The Baltimore Sun\|publisher=Tribune Company\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902075657/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-08/features/1993008073_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo\|archive-date=September 2, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1994 \| Stone Temple Pilots \| {{sort\|Plush\|"Plush"}} \| {{smalldiv\| AC/DC – "Highway to Hell" (live) Living Colour – "Leave It Alone" Robert Plant – "Calling to You" The Smashing Pumpkins – "Cherub Rock"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19940107&id=V6ssAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707\|title=Sting, Joel top Grammy nominations\|date=January 7, 1994\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|first=Mary\|last=Campbell\|work=Star-News\|publisher=The New York Times Company\|location=Wilmington, North Carolina\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073141/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19940107&id=V6ssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6RQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707\|archive-date=March 13, 2016\|url-status=live}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/36th-annual-grammy-awards \|website=grammy.com \|access-date=May 7, 2019 \|title=36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993) \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406100418/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/36th-annual-grammy-awards \|url-status=live \|archive-date=April 6, 2019}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1995 \| Soundgarden \| {{sort\|Black Hole Sun\|"Black Hole Sun"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Alice in Chains – "I Stay Away" Beastie Boys – "Sabotage" Green Day – "Longview" Pearl Jam – "Go"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-17089-story.html\|title=The 37th Grammy Nominations\|date=January 6, 1995\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|work=Los Angeles Times\|page=2\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530082353/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-01-06/entertainment/ca-17089_1_vocal-performance?pg=2\|archive-date=May 30, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1996 \| Pearl Jam \| {{sort\|Spin the Black Circle\|"Spin the Black Circle"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Alice in Chains – "Grind" Primus – "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (live) Van Halen – "The Seventh Seal"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html\|title=List of Grammy nominees\|date=January 4, 1996\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|publisher=CNN\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207073959/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html\|archive-date=December 7, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1997 \| The Smashing Pumpkins \| {{sort\|Bullet with Butterfly Wings\|"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Alice in Chains – "Again" Rage Against the Machine – "Bulls on Parade" Soundgarden – "Pretty Noose" Stone Temple Pilots – "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq\|title=Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards\|date=January 8, 1997\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|first=Mary\|last=Campbell\|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\|publisher=Journal Communications\|page=8B\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712192922/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ci4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq\|archive-date=July 12, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1998 \| The Smashing Pumpkins \| {{sort\|The End Is the Beginning Is the End\|"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Bush – "Swallowed" Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench" Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" Rage Against the Machine – "People of the Sun"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq\|title=Grammys' dual Dylans\|first=Mary\|last=Campbell\|date=January 7, 1998\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\|publisher=Journal Communications\|page=8B\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208130500/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fC4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq\|archive-date=December 8, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1999 \| Page and Plant \| {{sort\|Most High\|"Most High"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Kiss – "Psycho Circus" Marilyn Manson – "The Dope Show" Metallica – "Fuel" Pearl Jam – "Do the Evolution"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772 \|title=1999 Grammy Nominees \|date=November 27, 1998 \|access-date=July 8, 2010 \|work=NME \|publisher=IPC Media \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011030229/http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772 \|archive-date=October 11, 2012 }}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2000 \| Metallica \| {{sort\|Whiskey in the Jar\|"Whiskey in the Jar"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Alice in Chains – "Get Born Again" Buckcherry – "Lit Up" Kid Rock – "Bawitdaba" Korn – "Freak on a Leash" Limp Bizkit – "Nookie"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html \|title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations \|publisher=CNN \|access-date=July 8, 2010 \|date=January 4, 2000 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722190443/http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html \|archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2001 \| Rage Against the Machine \| {{sort\|Guerrilla Radio\|"Guerrilla Radio"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Kid Rock – "American Bad Ass" Limp Bizkit – "Take a Look Around" Pearl Jam – "Grievance" Stone Temple Pilots – "Down"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ \|title=43rd Grammy Awards \|date=February 21, 2001 \|access-date=July 8, 2010 \|publisher=CNN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106040823/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ \|archive-date=November 6, 2008 }}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2002 \| Linkin Park \| {{sort\|Crawling\|"Crawling"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Alien Ant Farm – "Smooth Criminal" P.O.D. – "Alive" Rage Against the Machine – "Renegades of Funk" Saliva – "Your Disease"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/\|title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees\|date=January 4, 2002\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|publisher=CBS News\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010122104/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/04/entertainment/main323197.shtml\|archive-date=October 10, 2003\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2003 \| Foo Fighters \| {{sort\|All My Life\|"All My Life"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Godsmack – "I Stand Alone" P.O.D. – "Youth of the Nation" Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows" System of a Down – "Aerials"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2003-01-08/entertainment/17470880_1_vanessa-carlton-norah-jones-steve-mcqueen-sheryl-crow/2 \|page=2 \|title=Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23 \|date=January 8, 2003 \|access-date=March 1, 2022 \|work=San Francisco Chronicle \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716044643/http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-01-08/entertainment/17470880_1_vanessa-carlton-norah-jones-steve-mcqueen-sheryl-crow/2 \|archive-date=July 16, 2011}}{{cite web \|title=Foo Fighters \|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/foo-fighters/14694 \|website=grammy.com \|access-date=March 1, 2022 \|archive-date=March 1, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301190014/https://www.grammy.com/artists/foo-fighters/14694 \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2004 \| Evanescence & Paul McCoy \| "Bring Me to Life" \| {{smalldiv\| Audioslave – "Like a Stone" Godsmack – "Straight Out of Line" Jane's Addiction – "Just Because" Queens of the Stone Age – "Go with the Flow"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html\|title=They're All Contenders\|date=December 5, 2003\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|work=The New York Times\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003628/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html\|archive-date=March 5, 2016\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2005 \| Velvet Revolver \| {{sort\|Slither\|"Slither"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Incubus – "Megalomaniac" Metallica – "Some Kind of Monster" Nickelback – "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" Slipknot – "Duality"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm\|title=Grammy Award nominees in top categories\|date=February 7, 2005\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|publisher=Gannett Company\|work=USA Today\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628185751/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm\|archive-date=June 28, 2011\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2006 \| System of a Down \| {{sort\|B.Y.O.B.\|"B.Y.O.B."}} \| {{smalldiv\| Audioslave – "Doesn't Remind Me" Nine Inch Nails – "The Hand That Feeds" Robert Plant – "Tin Pan Valley" Queens of the Stone Age – "Little Sister"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/09gram-list.html\|title=The Complete List of Grammy Nominations\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|date=December 8, 2005\|page=1\|work=The New York Times\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503165707/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/09gram-list.html\|archive-date=May 3, 2015\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2007 \| Wolfmother \| {{sort\|Woman\|"Woman"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Buckcherry – "Crazy Bitch" Nine Inch Nails – "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" System of a Down – "Lonely Day" Tool – "Vicarious"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_show/list.aspx#04 \|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061220160454/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=December 20, 2006 \|title=49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List \|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences \|access-date=July 8, 2010 }}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2008 \| Foo Fighters \| {{sort\|The Pretender\|"The Pretender"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Evanescence – "Sweet Sacrifice" Ozzy Osbourne – "I Don't Wanna Stop" Queens of the Stone Age – "Sick, Sick, Sick" Tool – "The Pot"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581272/20080210/story.jhtml\|title=Grammy 2008 Winners List\|date=February 10, 2008\|publisher=MTV\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605084144/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581272/20080210/story.jhtml\|archive-date=June 5, 2009\|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2009 \| The Mars Volta \| {{sort\|Wax Simulacra\|"Wax Simulacra"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Disturbed – "Inside the Fire" Judas Priest – "Visions" Mötley Crüe – "Saints of Los Angeles" Rob Zombie – "The Lords of Salem"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604545/20090208/story.jhtml\|title=Grammy 2009 Winners List\|date=February 8, 2009\|publisher=MTV\|access-date=July 8, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001031948/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604545/20090208/story.jhtml\|archive-date=October 1, 2010\|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2010 \| AC/DC \| {{sort\|War Machine\|"War Machine"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Alice in Chains – "Check My Brain" Linkin Park – "What I've Done" (live) Metallica – "The Unforgiven III" Nickelback – "Burn It to the Ground"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx#04 \|title=The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List \|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences \|access-date=July 8, 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618185140/http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/52nd_show/list.aspx \|archive-date=June 18, 2010 }}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2011 \| Them Crooked Vultures \| {{sort\|New Fang\|"New Fang"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Alice in Chains – "A Looking in View" Ozzy Osbourne – "Let Me Hear You Scream" Soundgarden – "Black Rain" Stone Temple Pilots – "Between the Lines"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/breaking/newsletter/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,4822287.htmlstory\|title=53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list\|access-date=December 2, 2010\|work=Los Angeles Times\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191629/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,2463095.htmlstory\|archive-date=July 13, 2011\|url-status=live}}

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! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef"|Year{{ref|1|[I]}}

! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef"|Performing artist(s)

! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef"|Work

! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable|Nominees

! scope="col" bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable|Ref.

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1990

| Living Colour

| {{sort|Cult of Personality|"Cult of Personality"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0hYpAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,4056376&dq|title=Here's list of nominees from all 77 categories|work=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|date=January 12, 1990|access-date=July 8, 2010|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0hYpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=woQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,4056376&dq|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1991

| Living Colour

| {{sort|Time's Up|Time's Up}}

| {{smalldiv|

AC/DC – The Razors Edge
Faith No More – "Epic"
Jane's Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
Mötley Crüe – "Kickstart My Heart"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6CAaAAAAIBAJ&pg=3882,2017387&dq|title=List of Grammy nominations|date=January 11, 1991|access-date=July 8, 2010|work=Times-News|location=Hendersonville, North Carolina|publisher=The New York Times Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073710/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6CAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZiQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3882,2017387&dq|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1992

| Van Halen

| {{sort|For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge|For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920108/1469119/grammy-nominations-span-streisand-seal-seattle-symphony|title=Grammy nominations span Streisand, Seal, Seattle Symphony|date=January 8, 1992|work=The Seattle Times|publisher=The Seattle Times Company|access-date=July 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926021735/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920108&slug=1469119|archive-date=September 26, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1993

| Red Hot Chili Peppers

| {{sort|Give It Away|"Give It Away"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1993/01/08/grammy-nominees-4/|title=Grammy nominees|date=January 8, 1993|access-date=July 8, 2010|work=The Baltimore Sun|publisher=Tribune Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902075657/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-08/features/1993008073_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo|archive-date=September 2, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1994

| Stone Temple Pilots

| {{sort|Plush|"Plush"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19940107&id=V6ssAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707|title=Sting, Joel top Grammy nominations|date=January 7, 1994|access-date=July 8, 2010|first=Mary|last=Campbell|work=Star-News|publisher=The New York Times Company|location=Wilmington, North Carolina|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073141/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19940107&id=V6ssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6RQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/36th-annual-grammy-awards |website=grammy.com |access-date=May 7, 2019 |title=36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406100418/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/36th-annual-grammy-awards |url-status=live |archive-date=April 6, 2019}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1995

| Soundgarden

| {{sort|Black Hole Sun|"Black Hole Sun"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-17089-story.html|title=The 37th Grammy Nominations|date=January 6, 1995|access-date=July 8, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|page=2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530082353/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-01-06/entertainment/ca-17089_1_vocal-performance?pg=2|archive-date=May 30, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1996

| Pearl Jam

| {{sort|Spin the Black Circle|"Spin the Black Circle"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Alice in Chains – "Grind"
Primus – "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (live)
Van Halen – "The Seventh Seal"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|title=List of Grammy nominees|date=January 4, 1996|access-date=July 8, 2010|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207073959/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|archive-date=December 7, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1997

| The Smashing Pumpkins

| {{sort|Bullet with Butterfly Wings|"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Alice in Chains – "Again"
Rage Against the Machine – "Bulls on Parade"
Soundgarden – "Pretty Noose"
Stone Temple Pilots – "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|title=Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards|date=January 8, 1997|access-date=July 8, 2010|first=Mary|last=Campbell|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|publisher=Journal Communications|page=8B|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712192922/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ci4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|archive-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1998

| The Smashing Pumpkins

| {{sort|The End Is the Beginning Is the End|"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Bush – "Swallowed"
Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench"
Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"
Rage Against the Machine – "People of the Sun"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq|title=Grammys' dual Dylans|first=Mary|last=Campbell|date=January 7, 1998|access-date=July 8, 2010|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|publisher=Journal Communications|page=8B|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208130500/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fC4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq|archive-date=December 8, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1999

| Page and Plant

| {{sort|Most High|"Most High"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772 |title=1999 Grammy Nominees |date=November 27, 1998 |access-date=July 8, 2010 |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011030229/http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2000

| Metallica

| {{sort|Whiskey in the Jar|"Whiskey in the Jar"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html |title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 8, 2010 |date=January 4, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722190443/http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2001

| Rage Against the Machine

| {{sort|Guerrilla Radio|"Guerrilla Radio"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ |title=43rd Grammy Awards |date=February 21, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2010 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106040823/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ |archive-date=November 6, 2008 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2002

| Linkin Park

| {{sort|Crawling|"Crawling"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Alien Ant Farm – "Smooth Criminal"
P.O.D. – "Alive"
Rage Against the Machine – "Renegades of Funk"
Saliva – "Your Disease"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/|title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees|date=January 4, 2002|access-date=July 8, 2010|publisher=CBS News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010122104/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/04/entertainment/main323197.shtml|archive-date=October 10, 2003|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2003

| Foo Fighters

| {{sort|All My Life|"All My Life"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Godsmack – "I Stand Alone"
P.O.D. – "Youth of the Nation"
Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows"
System of a Down – "Aerials"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2003-01-08/entertainment/17470880_1_vanessa-carlton-norah-jones-steve-mcqueen-sheryl-crow/2 |page=2 |title=Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23 |date=January 8, 2003 |access-date=March 1, 2022 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716044643/http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-01-08/entertainment/17470880_1_vanessa-carlton-norah-jones-steve-mcqueen-sheryl-crow/2 |archive-date=July 16, 2011}}{{cite web |title=Foo Fighters |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/foo-fighters/14694 |website=grammy.com |access-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301190014/https://www.grammy.com/artists/foo-fighters/14694 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2004

| Evanescence & Paul McCoy

| "Bring Me to Life"

| {{smalldiv|

Audioslave – "Like a Stone"
Godsmack – "Straight Out of Line"
Jane's Addiction – "Just Because"
Queens of the Stone Age – "Go with the Flow"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html|title=They're All Contenders|date=December 5, 2003|access-date=July 8, 2010|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003628/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2005

| Velvet Revolver

| {{sort|Slither|"Slither"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Incubus – "Megalomaniac"
Metallica – "Some Kind of Monster"
Nickelback – "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good"
Slipknot – "Duality"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|title=Grammy Award nominees in top categories|date=February 7, 2005|access-date=July 8, 2010|publisher=Gannett Company|work=USA Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628185751/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2006

| System of a Down

| {{sort|B.Y.O.B.|"B.Y.O.B."}}

| {{smalldiv|

Audioslave – "Doesn't Remind Me"
Nine Inch Nails – "The Hand That Feeds"
Robert Plant – "Tin Pan Valley"
Queens of the Stone Age – "Little Sister"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/09gram-list.html|title=The Complete List of Grammy Nominations|access-date=July 8, 2010|date=December 8, 2005|page=1|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503165707/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/09gram-list.html|archive-date=May 3, 2015|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2007

| Wolfmother

| {{sort|Woman|"Woman"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Buckcherry – "Crazy Bitch"
Nine Inch Nails – "Every Day Is Exactly the Same"
System of a Down – "Lonely Day"
Tool – "Vicarious"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_show/list.aspx#04 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061220160454/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2006 |title=49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=July 8, 2010 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2008

| Foo Fighters

| {{sort|The Pretender|"The Pretender"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Evanescence – "Sweet Sacrifice"
Ozzy Osbourne – "I Don't Wanna Stop"
Queens of the Stone Age – "Sick, Sick, Sick"
Tool – "The Pot"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581272/20080210/story.jhtml|title=Grammy 2008 Winners List|date=February 10, 2008|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605084144/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581272/20080210/story.jhtml|archive-date=June 5, 2009|url-status=dead}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2009

| The Mars Volta

| {{sort|Wax Simulacra|"Wax Simulacra"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604545/20090208/story.jhtml|title=Grammy 2009 Winners List|date=February 8, 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001031948/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604545/20090208/story.jhtml|archive-date=October 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2010

| AC/DC

| {{sort|War Machine|"War Machine"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx#04 |title=The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=July 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618185140/http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/52nd_show/list.aspx |archive-date=June 18, 2010 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2011

| Them Crooked Vultures

| {{sort|New Fang|"New Fang"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Alice in Chains – "A Looking in View"
Ozzy Osbourne – "Let Me Hear You Scream"
Soundgarden – "Black Rain"
Stone Temple Pilots – "Between the Lines"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/breaking/newsletter/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,4822287.htmlstory|title=53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list|access-date=December 2, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191629/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,2463095.htmlstory|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=live}}

^{{{note|1|[I]}}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Multiple wins

;2 wins

Multiple nominations

;8 nominations

Alice in Chains

;5 nominations

Pearl Jam

;4 nominations

;3 nominations

;2 nominations

References

;General

{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 4, 2011|archive-date=December 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219095456/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|url-status=live}} Note: User must select the "Rock" category as the genre under the search feature.

;Specific

External links

[http://www.grammy.com/ Official site of the Grammy Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507010400/http://www.grammy.com/ |date=2014-05-07 }}
[http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/hardrock.htm Rock on the Net – Grammy Awards: Best Hard Rock Performance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312094206/http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/hardrock.htm |date=2013-03-12 }}

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Category:2011 disestablishments in the United States

Category:Awards disestablished in 2011

Category:Awards established in 1990

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