Halestorm — featuring Lzzy Hale, one of Revolver’s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock and Metal — beat out heavyweights Anthrax, Lamb of God, Marilyn Manson, Iron Maiden and Megadeth last night to win the Grammy award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance for “Love Bites (So Do I).”
The song, the opening track from The Strange Case Of…, the band’s 2012 album, was up against “I’m Alive” by Anthrax, “Blood Brothers” by Iron Maiden, “Ghost Walking” by Lamb Of God, “No Reflection” by Marilyn Manson and “Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)” by Megadeth.
The Black Keys — those two blues- and garage-loving Ohioans best known for recording raw, stripped-down, “mid-fi” albums — picked up four Grammy awards last night. The duo, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, earned Best Rock Album for El Camino (released in December 2011), plus Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for “Lonely Boy.” Auerbach scored a bonus Grammy as Non-Classical Producer for the Black Keys’ El Camino, plus his work on Dr. John’s Locked Down album and two discs by Hacienda.
Album of the Year went to Mumford & Sons for Babel. Record of the Year went to Gotye (featuring Kimbra) for “Somebody That I Used To Know,” while Song of the Year went to Fun. for “We Are Young.”
It was a disappointing night for Jack White, who was nominated for Album of the Year, Rock Album of the Year (both for Blunderbuss) and Best Rock Song (“Freedom at 21″) but lost in every category. His Third Man Records label mates, Alabama Shakes, also lost in three categories, including Best New Artist and Best Rock Performance.
Performance-wise, White performed with both his all-female and all-male bands. Black Keys tore through “Lonely Boy” with Dr. John; a tribute to the late Levon Helm of the Band featured Zac Brown, Elton John, Mavis Staples and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, who performed “The Weight.” Bruno Mars kicked off a Bob Marley tribute with his own song, “Locked Out of Heaven,” before introducing Sting, who led the band into “Walking on the Moon.” Rihanna, Ziggy Marley and Damian Marley finally joined them for Bob Marley’s “Could You Be Loved.”
For the show’s finale, Tom Morello, LL Cool J and Chuck D performed “Whaddup.”
Other guitar-centric or noteworthy Grammy wins:
• Best Blues Album: Locked Down, Dr. John (produced by Dan Auerbach)
• Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Best Reggae Album: Rebirth, Jimmy Cliff (featuring a cover of the Clash’s “Guns of Brixton”)
• Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Dan Auerbach (of the Black Keys)
For a complete list of winners and losers, visit the official Grammy awards website at grammy.com.
source: revolvermag.com