Historically, the Grammy In Memoriam segment tends to ignore heavy metal icons
The death of Vinnie Paul, from Pantera , last year devastated the metal community. Yesterday, February 10th, the 61st Grammy Awards left a bitter taste when the drummer did not appear in the In Memoriam segment.
The tribute serves to honor musicians and members of the music community who died in the previous year. Historically, the award has ignored several heavy metal icons who have passed away. Among them, Jeff Hanneman of Slayer, Peter Steele of Type O Negative , and Paul Gray of Slipknot .
The organization, however, listed Vinnie Paul on its website among the hundreds of names of those who have recently died.
Fans quickly noticed the absence and flooded Twitter with comments about the exclusion.
The #GRAMMYs left Vinnie Paul out of their 'In Memoriam' segment.
The drummer from PANTERA really isn't worth the mention???
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🖕 pic.twitter.com/f4H5Axw7Zy— Graham Hartmann (@grahamwire) February 11, 2019
Was Vinnie Paul omitted from the #Grammys "In Memoriam" tribute? What a crock of shit.
— Aaron (@BloodGrin946) February 11, 2019
@RecordingAcad so why wasn't Vinnie Paul in the In Memoriam? #VinnePaul #GrammyAwards2019
— Claudia (@Dollface12089) February 11, 2019
I understand the #Grammys mostly hate rock music, but really leaving off Vinnie Paul of the In Memoriam? I mean I'm not surprised, but cmon
— Ben Stoffel (@bstoffel350) February 11, 2019
the grammys really left vinnie paul out of the in memoriam segment pic.twitter.com/aXn3xNElYF
— shane(lle)🦇 (@moontallica) February 11, 2019
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