Greta Van Fleet

https://youtu.be/ZVtgxBrSpro

DewieCox said:

FrankY59 said:

Grammy winners Best Rock Album...discuss.

Insuring it means less than it ever did.

Hahah

FrankY59 said:

Grammy winners Best Rock Album...discuss.

Creed has a Grammy, too.

I'm glad a few people are listening to rock out there in the world these days, but GVF makes me cringe. 

PJ_Soul said:

FrankY59 said:

Grammy winners Best Rock Album...discuss.

I think their album sucks, but I don't care about any of the other albums that were nominated either, so I don't give a shit. I'm really glad they didn't beat an actual good album. That would piss me off a bit. What is the time frame for those shitty album nominees btw???

It's usually Oct 1 - Sept 30.

PJ_Soul said:

So let's get this straight about some studio albums and the Grammys ..... 

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Presence - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

CODA - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

..... From the Fires - Greta Van Fleet - Nominated and winner

Most of the rock categories were established after Zeppelin ended. So really the category that Zep would have shot at was best album....but stuff like Stevie Wonder and the Star Wars soundtrack got nominated in that category back in the 70's over them. It's crazy, but Zeppelin weren't really critical darlings in their day. Strange. 

There did seem to be some retroactive grammys given out in the 90's to some all-time great bands that didn't get the nod in their heyday. The Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge beat Vs and Superunknown for best rock album. Page and Plant's Most High beat Do The Evolution, Fuel by Metallica, and Dope Show by Marilyn Manson. Good tune...not a better hard rock performance than those other three. And Pink Floyd won best instrumental (or something like that) for Marooned from Division Bell. 

Typing up this post was the most I've thought about the grammys since Grievance was nominated but lost to Guerrilla Radio by Rage in like 2001. The whole ceremony and "honor" of the grammys seems pretty meaningless to rock bands. I guess that's why Stone Gossard's was collecting dust in the corner of his basement in the PJ20 movie. 

It's easy to shit on the Grammy's...too easy.
I am as much a drinker of haterade as anybody, but this one I have to pass on that sweet sip.
Sure, for bands that have made it to the big stage, the Grammy's mean little.  But for bands still trying to break through??  For bands, artists, and groups who work behind the scenes in studio work, on feature films and TV, etc etc...the Grammy's are very important.
Someone mentioned Star Wars soundtrack, in at least a somewhat doubtful way... Fuck yes John Williams deserves a fuck ton of Grammy's!  More than half the bands in the RRHOF!  
Duuh duh, dut dut-uh duhhhh duh.
Iconic.  The Star Wars theme is better music, and will last longer in human memory than anything Roxy Music, ELO, or the Zombies, for instance.

Ledbetterman10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

So let's get this straight about some studio albums and the Grammys ..... 

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

Presence - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

CODA - Led Zeppelin - Not nominated

..... From the Fires - Greta Van Fleet - Nominated and winner

Most of the rock categories were established after Zeppelin ended. So really the category that Zep would have shot at was best album....but stuff like Stevie Wonder and the Star Wars soundtrack got nominated in that category back in the 70's over them. It's crazy, but Zeppelin weren't really critical darlings in their day. Strange. 

There did seem to be some retroactive grammys given out in the 90's to some all-time great bands that didn't get the nod in their heyday. The Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge beat Vs and Superunknown for best rock album. Page and Plant's Most High beat Do The Evolution, Fuel by Metallica, and Dope Show by Marilyn Manson. Good tune...not a better hard rock performance than those other three. And Pink Floyd won best instrumental (or something like that) for Marooned from Division Bell. 

Typing up this post was the most I've thought about the grammys since Grievance was nominated but lost to Guerrilla Radio by Rage in like 2001. The whole ceremony and "honor" of the grammys seems pretty meaningless to rock bands. I guess that's why Stone Gossard's was collecting dust in the corner of his basement in the PJ20 movie. 

Its difficult to remember as time passes but "mainstream classic rock"  was far more alternative in its day than 90s alternative rock

If my math is correct, while the Beatles were an active band (not counting post 1971 wins) the Beatles were 5 wins 14 losses when nominated for a grammy.

Wow. The number one seller of all time by a thousand miles was 5-14 during their recording career, forgetting all the "oops we screwed up" awards after they parted ways.

If anyone here is interested, or knows someone that is, I have to sell my pair of tickets to the Sunday night show in Atlanta.