The 66th Grammy Awards took place this Sunday, February 4th, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, where, in addition to Metallica , other rock, metal, and alternative music artists received the honor.
Robert Trujillo , bassist for Metallica, was present to accept the award for best metal performance on behalf of the band. He made the following statement: “This is like a family. When you’re making an album like this, you’re playing and collaborating, and the spirit of 72 Seasons is youth and creating music together. Keep those instruments in your hands and let’s keep the youth making music and keeping the dream alive!”
Watch the awards ceremony in the player below.
The award for best rock performance went to Boygenius for "Not Strong Enough," and the band also won in the categories of best rock song and best alternative music album, The Record .
The album This Is Why, by the band Paramore, won in the best rock album category. They also won for best alternative performance, and the band were not present at the ceremony to receive their awards.
This year's nominees were chosen from recordings released between October 1, 2022, and September 15, 2023. The final vote took place between December 14, 2023, and January 2, 2024.
See the nominees for rock, metal, and alternative music in the list below.
Best Performing Metal:
Disturbed – Bad Man
Ghost – Phantom of the Opera
Metallica – 72 Seasons “WINNER”
Slipknot – Hive mind
Spiritbox – Jaded
Best Rock Performance:
Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough “WINNER”
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Metallica – Lux Aeterna
Best Rock Song:
The Rolling Stones – “Angry” ( Mick Jagger , Keith Richards and Andrew Watt – songwriters).
Olivia Rodrigo – “Ballad of a Home Schooled Girl” ( Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo – composers)
Queens of the Stone Age – “Emotion Sickness” ( Dean Fertita , Joshua Homme , Troy Van Leeuwen , Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore – composers).
Boygenius – “Not Strong Enough” ( Julien Baker , Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – composers) “WINNERS”.
Foo Fighters – “Rescued” ( Dave Grohl , Rami Jaffee , Nate Mendel , Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear – songwriters).
Best Rock Album
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Paramore – This is Why “WINNER”
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman
Best Alternative Music Performance
Alvvays – Belinda Says
Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint
Boygenius – Cool About It
Lana Del Rey – A&W
Paramore – This Is Why “WINNER”
Best Alternative Music Album:
Arctic Monkeys – The Car
Boygenius – The Record “WINNER”
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Gorillaz – Cracker Island
PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
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