Tag Archives: Grammys

Stagehand “accidentally” pulled Metallica’s plug at the Grammys

Posted by on February 13, 2017

The Grammys were one hell of a night. Adele got a redo, while Twenty One Pilots claimed their award pantsless, since that’s what how they first watched the awards together (we wish we were making that up). We have already said what we didn’t like about the awards, but James Hetfield”s mic disappearance during the Metallica/Lady Gaga collaboration topped the list, and […]

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Metallica featured in ‘Carpool Karaoke’ commercial during Grammys

Posted by on February 13, 2017

At a certain point, let’s say after Metallica and Lady Gaga performed, the commercials were about as interesting as the performances at last night’s Grammys. It’s no secret that Metallica had several technical issues and no one really knew what was going on with Beyonce’s performance. But some ads like Chick-Fil-A’s Cows VR one with it’s Starship/Mannequin flashback, were […]

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About last night… The Grammys disappoint metal again

Posted by on February 13, 2017

We’ll start off by saying this – we know, the Grammys don’t care much about metal. Music’s Biggest Night (or so they call it) has paid lip service to metal since 1989, the first year they gave an award to heavy stuff. After making their network debut with a blistering version of “One,” Metallica promptly […]

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Metallica and Lady Gaga’s Grammy performance marred by Grammys

Posted by on February 12, 2017

  When we first heard about Lady Gaga sharing the stage with Metallica, our first thoughts were, how can a pop icon mix with metal legends? We would’ve thought the performance would be a known track from the Black Album such as “Enter Sandman.” However, the performance was not what any of us would’ve expected. First […]

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Megadeth win Best Metal Performance Grammy

Posted by on February 12, 2017

In a ceremony before the televised portion of the Grammy Awards, Megadeth picked up their first-ever Grammy Award for Dystopia. Dave Mustaine seemed happy, saying that he’d spoken to Kenny G about being nominated so many times without winning, but Kenny had been nominated without winning over 20 times. He also stated “it’s a little weird […]

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Metallica and Lady Gaga will perform “Moth Into Flame” at tonight’s Grammy Awards

Posted by on February 12, 2017

Whether you like it or not, Lady Gaga will share the stage at the 59th annual Grammy Awards Ceremony with Metallica at the Staples Center in Los Angeles tonight at 8PM on CBS. According to a Twitter post, a photo of the production sheet revealed this year’s Grammy Awards schedule. Looking at it closely, you […]

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Metallica performs “One” with Lang Lang in Beijing

Posted by on January 19, 2017

Yesterday (18), Metallica performed in Beijing for the first time in the history of their career. While we managed to dig up a few fan clips, today we have professionally shot footage of their performance of “One” featuring the reunited guest musician Lang Lang, which we saw at 2014’s Grammy Award ceremony. Metallica are performing […]

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Grammy exec explains category confusion

Posted by on December 8, 2016

Many have struggled to understand why certain artists and bands gets nominated in the rock and metal categories at the Grammy Awards. There have been many surprises over the years with the awards and the ceremony, including previous winners like Led Zeppelin’s live album Celebration Day consisting of 40 year-old songs, CBS cutting off Nine Inch Nails […]

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Metallica, Gojira, Baroness, Disturbed, Periphery comment on Grammy nominations

Posted by on December 7, 2016

Yesterday the nominations were announced for the 59th annual Grammy Awards, and we were surprised to see a few legitimate metal artists make the cut.  It didn’t take long for many of the artists in question including Metallica, Gojira, Baroness, Disturbed, and Periphery, to make statements about their nominations. Gojira received not only their first Grammy […]

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Interview: Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo speaks to aspiring music pros at Grammy Camp

Posted by on August 9, 2016

  Despite two albums with Beartooth and a whole other career with Attack Attack! before that, Caleb Shomo is only 23 years old. The combination of his experience and his youth made him perhaps the perfect host for a songwriters workshop at the Grammy Camp for talented high school students. During the session, which was […]

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