Will Chinese Democracy be nominated for a Grammy?

[faldor]

I would hope so, but I'm not sure how much we can count on Universal at this point.  It just strikes me that their relationship with GNR isn't the greatest at this stage in the game, at least stateside.

[faldor]

Nope!

http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

Category 15

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

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Bob Dylan
Track from: Together Through Life
[Columbia]


Change In The Weather
John Fogerty
Track from: The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
[Verve Forecast]


Dreamer
Prince
Track from: LotusFlow3r
[NPG Records]


Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia]


Fork In The Road
Neil Young
Track from: Fork In The Road
[Reprise]



 

 

Category 16

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

Can't Find My Way Home
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
Track from: Live From Madison Square Garden
[Reprise]


Life In Technicolor II
Coldplay
Track from: Prospekt's March EP
[Capitol]


21 Guns
Green Day
Track from: 21st Century Breakdown
[Reprise]


Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]


I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
U2
Track from: No Line On The Horizon
[Interscope]



 

 

Category 17

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

War Machine
AC/DC
Track from: Black Ice
[Columbia]


Check My Brain
Alice In Chains
[Virgin]


What I've Done
Linkin Park
Track from: Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keynes
[Warner Bros.]


The Unforgiven III
Metallica
Track from: Death Magnetic
[Warner Bros.]


Burn It To The Ground
Nickelback
Track from: Dark Horse
[Roadrunner Records]



 

 

Category 18

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

Dissident Aggressor
Judas Priest
Track from: A Touch Of Evil ? Live
[Epic]


Set To Fail
Lamb Of God
Track from: Wrath
[Epic]


Head Crusher
Megadeth
Track from: Endgame
[Roadrunner Records]


Se?or Peligro
Ministry
Track from: Adios...
[13th Planet]


Hate Worldwide
Slayer
[American / Columbia]



 

 

Category 19

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

A Day In The Life
Jeff Beck
Track from: Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's
[Eagle Records]


Warped Sister
Booker T. Jones
Track from: Potato Hole
[ANTI]


Playing With Fire
Brad Paisley
Track from: Play
[Arista Nashville]


Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'
Brian Setzer Orchestra
[Surfdog Records]


Now We Run
Steve Vai
[Favored Nations Entertainment]



 

 

Category 20

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.)

The Fixer
Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
[Monkeywrench; Publishers: Innocent Bystander, Jumpin' Cat Music, Theory of Color, Write Treatage Music.]


I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr., songwriters (U2)
Track from: No Line On The Horizon
[Interscope; Publishers: Universal Music Publishing, Upala Music.]


21 Guns
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tr? Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
Track from: 21st Century Breakdown
[Reprise; Publishers: WB Music Corp./Green Daze Music.]


Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
[RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music.]


Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]



 

 

Category 21

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

Black Ice
AC/DC
[Columbia]


Live From Madison Square Garden
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
[Reprise/Duck]


21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
[Reprise]


Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
Dave Matthews Band
[RCA Records / Bama Rags Recordings, LLC.]


No Line On The Horizon
U2
[Interscope]

[bigcash2002]

I have a feeling that it won't be nominated

[Buddha_Master]

So fucking ridiculous it wasn't nominated. Its the best goddamn album. Really fuck you Grammy's. F U and Fuck YOU! Having said that, the Grammy's can go fuck themselves.

[Chief]

eh Grammys are overrated anyway but it would have been nice to get some recognition there!

[Pinball Wizard]

It's a shame that Chinese Democracy didn't get at least nominated to something...

Category 21

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

Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
Dave Matthews Band
[RCA Records / Bama Rags Recordings, LLC.]

Go Dave Matthews, go! I love this album, I hope it wins!! 

[XxWickeds10xX]

I loved "Democracy", a couple of clunkers IMHO. But overall a really solid rock cd. That being said, Im not suprised it wasnt nominated, and really, who cares? Like Axl would have been there to accept? 

It got barely any radio play, not one video to put a "face" to, and no tour. I think I seen maybe 2 commercials for it. No push by the label except that piss poor deal with Best Buy, and no press interviews. I havent heard a "Democracy" tune on the radio or Sirius in a looooong time.

Basically this album went under the radar except for the GnR community.

Lets face it the album is all but forgotten now, except for those us who really follow them.

[Buddha_Master]

Clunkers? Your HO, IMHO blows. I think Scraped is the weakest but hardly a clunker. Say what songs on CD you consider to be "Clunkers" so I can laugh at you some more.

You know what else blows? The Grammy's. The Grammy's blow. So cool of them to only nominate the safe and the easy. They are no better then MTV now, whose balls dropped off long ago.

[LunsJail]

Axl basically said he doesn't give a shit about the Rock N Roll HOF. So I don't imagine he's losing any sleep over not being nominated for Grammys. I have found the Grammys are given to either flavor of the month or guys like Sting who released their best work years ago but get nominated on lifetime achievement. It's really not much of a barometer for what people remember 10 years from now.

That being said, the lack of promotion for CD pretty much guaranteed it being overlooked for Grammys.

[jarmo]

I guess the record company doesn't feel like it deserved a nomination....

Isn't that what these awards are based on?




/jarmo

[Buddha_Master]

Yea probably.

I will just have to keep telling myself that the Beatles never won a Grammy either.

[LIGuns]

I'll watch paint dry before I watch the GRAMMY'S!!

[peter7411226]

I guess the record company doesn't feel like it deserved a nomination....

Isn't that what these awards are based on?




/jarmo

Actually nominations are voted on by academy members which consist of people in the industry. You have to apply to be an academy member.

[Bitch Slap Rappin]

You know it would be wild if it did. That goes for all of the previous LP/CD releases as well.
But they really don't need too. We fans already know G&R is the stuff and we don't need a committee to let us know by giving an award to G&R. Besides I don't think Axl cares too much about those things. Right??? 

[jarmo]

I guess the record company doesn't feel like it deserved a nomination....

Isn't that what these awards are based on?




/jarmo

Actually nominations are voted on by academy members which consist of people in the industry. You have to apply to be an academy member.

So you're saying record companies have nothing to do with who gets nominated and wins?




/jarmo

[daviebuckethead]

I loved "Democracy", a couple of clunkers IMHO. But overall a really solid rock cd. That being said, Im not suprised it wasnt nominated, and really, who cares? Like Axl would have been there to accept? 

It got barely any radio play, not one video to put a "face" to, and no tour. I think I seen maybe 2 commercials for it. No push by the label except that piss poor deal with Best Buy, and no press interviews. I havent heard a "Democracy" tune on the radio or Sirius in a looooong time.

Basically this album went under the radar except for the GnR community.

Lets face it the album is all but forgotten now, except for those us who really follow them.

i think you've summed up the last 12-14 months really. Gunss shot themselves in the foot........

[+Rocker+]

I guess the record company doesn't feel like it deserved a nomination....

Isn't that what these awards are based on?




/jarmo

Actually nominations are voted on by academy members which consist of people in the industry. You have to apply to be an academy member.

So you're saying record companies have nothing to do with who gets nominated and wins?

/jarmo

I get your point, but not for having a big label you're gonna be nominated, there'se some requirements to be nominated, an important one is to have a HIT, unfortunately, Chinese Democracy, did have none.

[XxWickeds10xX]

Clunkers? Your HO, IMHO blows. I think Scraped is the weakest but hardly a clunker. Say what songs on CD you consider to be "Clunkers" so I can laugh at you some more.

  Settle down tough guy, its my opinion. Maybe you need to get outside for a while, away from the computer.

I Think "This I Love" and "Prostitute" were the clunkers. I skip those 2 tracks everytime. They are just not for me. Again, MY OPINION.

See, and one of my favs is "Scraped", so I think your fuckin HO blows.  See how that works?

[Buddha_Master]

Clunkers? Your HO, IMHO blows. I think Scraped is the weakest but hardly a clunker. Say what songs on CD you consider to be "Clunkers" so I can laugh at you some more.

  Settle down tough guy, its my opinion. Maybe you need to get outside for a while, away from the computer.

I Think "This I Love" and "Prostitute" were the clunkers. I skip those 2 tracks everytime. They are just not for me. Again, MY OPINION.


See, and one of my favs is "Scraped", so I think your fuckin HO blows.  See how that works?

I got a job dude. Luckily its a really good job where I get paid and have time to bullshit with know it all characters like yourself. Having said that, my HO does not in fact blow. Your HO must be the only O that blows if we are to assume that eliminating all possibilities whatever is left must be the truth. And really man, calling the song Prostitute a "Clunker" only helps prove the point. I mean, yea you may not have any love in your life, never had a woman who you felt a real connection to, that would instantly create a disconnect with Axl on TIL. IMHO the song is beautiful and Axl's voice is intimate (brave).

But, like your Jesus I will forgive you. I know in time you will bang your head on the wall that there was a time you didn't like these songs on Chinese Democracy.

Maybe in time the Grammy's will see the error in their ways and redeem themselves for not paying Chinese Democracy its much deserved respect.

[charl!edontsurf]

I find the conspiracy theories about the record labels hilarious.

Of course everyone on this message board loves the band and the album, just like everyone loves Pearl Jam on their boards. It's hard to have an objective opinion within a community like this.

I think Chinese Democracy would have received votes had it been in the public conscience and/or on the radar. Albums released in the latter part of the year suffer due to have a whole year of shelf life and over-exposed (not GnR's case) singles. Of course they deserved a nod, but it's not surprising that nobody remembers the album exists outside of this wonderland.