ROCK

2008 Winners & Nominees

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• It's Not Over
Daughtry
[RCA Records/19 Recordings]

• Working Class Hero
Green Day
Track from: Instant Karma - The Campaign To Save Darfur
[Warner Bros.]

• If Everyone Cared
Nickelback
Track from: All The Right Reasons Special Edition
[Roadrunner Records]

• Instant Karma
U2
Track from: Instant Karma - The Campaign To Save Darfur
[Warner Bros.]

• Icky Thump
The White Stripes
Track from: Icky Thump
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]


Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Sweet Sacrifice
Evanescence
Track from: The Open Door
[Wind-up Records, LLC]

• The Pretender
Foo Fighters
[Roswell/RCA Records]

• I Don't Wanna Stop
Ozzy Osbourne
Track from: Black Rain
[Epic]

• Sick, Sick, Sick
Queens Of The Stone Age
Track from: Era Vulgaris
[Interscope Recods]

• The Pot
Tool
Track from: 10,000 Days
[Volcano]


Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Nothing Left
As I Lay Dying
Track from: An Ocean Between Us
[Metal Blade Records]

• Never Ending Hill
King Diamond
Track from: Give Me Your Soul...Please
[Metal Blade Records]

• Aesthetics Of Hate
Machine Head
Track from: The Blackening
[Roadrunner Records]

• Redemption
Shadows Fall
Track from: Threads Of Life
[Atlantic]

• Final Six
Slayer
Track from: Christ Illusion
[American Recording/Columbia]


Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

• The Ecstasy Of Gold
Metallica
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical]

• Malignant Narcissism
Rush
Track from: Snakes & Arrows
[Anthem/Atlantic]

• Always With Me, Always With You
Joe Satriani
Track from: Satriani Live!
[Epic/Red Ink]

• Once Upon A Time In The West
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical]

• The Attitude Song
Steve Vai
Track from: Sound Theories Vol. I & II
[Epic/Red Ink]


Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Come On
Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)
Track from: West
[Lost Highway Records; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Lucy Jones Music]

• Icky Thump
Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)
Track from: Icky Thump
[Third Man/Warner Bros.; Publisher: Peppermint Stripe Music]

• It's Not Over
Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters
(Daughtry)
[RCA Records/19 Recordings; Publishers: Surface Pretty Deep Ugly Music, G Watt Music/EMI April Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Floating Leaf]

• The Pretender
Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo
Fighters)
[Roswell/RCA Records; Publishers: M.J. Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music]

• Radio Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Track from: Magic
[Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]


Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

• Daughtry
Daughtry
[RCA Records]

• Revival
John Fogerty
[Fantasy]

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
[Roswell/RCA Records]

• Magic
Bruce Springsteen
[Columbia]

• Sky Blue Sky
Wilco
[Nonesuch Records]

2007 Winners & Nominees

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Nausea
  Beck
  [Interscope Records]
• Someday Baby
  Bob Dylan
  Track from: Modern Times
  [Columbia]
• Route 66
  John Mayer
  Track from: Cars — Soundtrack (Various Artists)
  [Disney]
• Saving Grace
  Tom Petty
  Track from: Highway Companion
  [American]
• Lookin' For A Leader
  Neil Young
  Track from: Living With War
  [Reprise]
  
  

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Talk
  Coldplay
  Track from: X&Y
  [Capitol]
• How To Save A Life
  The Fray
  Track from: How To Save A Life
  [Epic]
• Steady, As She Goes
  The Raconteurs
  Track from: Broken Boy Soldiers
  [V2/Third Man Records]
• Dani California
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  Track from: Stadium Arcadium
  [Warner Bros.]
• The Saints Are Coming
  U2 & Green Day
  [Interscope Records/Warner Bros.]
  
  

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Crazy B****
  Buckcherry
  [Eleven Seven Music]
• Every Day Is Exactly The Same
  Nine Inch Nails
  Track from: With Teeth
  [nothing/Interscope Records]
• Lonely Day
  System Of A Down
  Track from: Hypnotize
  [American/Columbia]
• Vicarious
  Tool
  Track from: 10,000 Days
  [Volcano/Zomba Label Group]
• Woman
  Wolfmother
  Track from: Wolfmother
  [Modular/Interscope Records]
  
  

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Redneck
  Lamb Of God
  Track from: Sacrament
  [Epic]
• Colony Of Birchmen
  Mastodon
  Track from: Blood Mountain
  [Reprise/Relapse Records]
• Lies, Lies, Lies
  Ministry
  Track from: Rio Grande Blood
  [13th Planet Records/Megaforce Records]
• Eyes Of The Insane
  Slayer
  Track from: Christ Illusion
  [American]
• 30/30-150
  Stone Sour
  [Roadrunner Records]
  
  

 Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Chun Li's Flying Bird Kick
  Arctic Monkeys
  [Domino Recording]
• The Wizard Turns On...
  The Flaming Lips
  Track from: At War With The Mystics
  [Warner Bros.]
• Black Hole Sun
  Peter Frampton
  [A&M Records/New Door Records]
• Castellorizon
  David Gilmour
  Track from: On An Island
  [Columbia]
• Super Colossal
  Joe Satriani
  Track from: Super Colossal
  [Epic]
  
  

 Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Chasing Cars
  Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson, songwriters (Snow Patrol)
  Track from: Eyes Open
  [A&M Records; Publisher: Big Life Music.]
• Dani California
  Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  Track from: Stadium Arcadium
  [Warner Bros.; Publisher: Moebetoblame Music.]
• Lookin' For A Leader
  Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
  Track from: Living With War
  [Reprise; Publisher: Silver Fiddle Music.]
• Someday Baby
  Bob Dylan, songwriter (Bob Dylan)
  Track from: Modern Times
  [Columbia; Publisher: Bob Dylan.]
• When You Were Young
  Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci, songwriters (The Killers)
  [Island Records; Publisher: Universal-Polygram Int.]
  
  

Best Rock Album
(Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.)

• Try!
  John Mayer Trio
  [Aware/Columbia]
• Highway Companion
  Tom Petty
  [American]
• Broken Boy Soldiers
  The Raconteurs
  [V2/Third Man Records]
• Stadium Arcadium
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  [Warner Bros.]

• Living With War
  Neil Young
  [Reprise]