Well there it is. A night of winners, losers, performances we hated, performances we loved, tributes to fallen stars and fans bitching via social media about how the Grammys continue to suck because their favorite artist didn't win. So how about we kick off the "who should have won/lost" debate by giving you the list of winners from this evening's Grammy awards? Down below, you can see the winners of the Album, Record and Song of the year as well as the Best New Artist… Read More
On today's Rock it Out! Blog, we go through the nominees for the 2012 Grammy Awards. We offer up Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist. Then we go through Best Rock Album, Best Alternative Album, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance and Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Also joining me on the episode are Bryanstars, Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop and Jess Paul of Wrecked… Read More
Well there it is. The Grammy. The award that artists strive to win and the one that bloggers and fans hate. Primarily because, as fans, we feel that OUR favorite bands deserve all the accolades and fuck the rest. But this award ceremony offers us a place to vent our frustrations and reaffirm our hatred for genres and artists we can't stand. There's gonna be a lot of hate for one Justin Bieber again...even if he isn't nominated… Read More
Way to ruin the surprise, Grammys. Spin came across a tweet (via Yahoo's Amplifier) that was put out last night from the Grammy account that read the following. See if you can find the… Read More
Well here we are again. The time when the old, white men of the recording industry decide to bestow their blessings on artists who they feel should get a Grammy award while the rest of us pull out our hair because the real talents didn't get any recognition. We should first be proud, however, that Arcade Fire are up for Album of the Year with The Suburbs and Florence + The Machine and Mumford & Sons are up for Best New Artist. It's talent that definitely… Read More
Tonight is the night where the biggest and brightest stars in music come together to congratulate each other for winning awards based on the amount of records they sold the quality of their records and songs. But here's something you may not have known. A ton of the awards are handed out prior to the televised show that you see due to time constraints. Since so many of those awards were already handed out… Read More
First off let me just say that I am not a fan of the Grammy awards. Most of the time they nominate albums that either flew under the radar or sell millions of copies. This year's Grammys are no different as the nominees were just announced and I am just as disappointed. If you want to see the full list of nominees then click right here. Now being that this is a rock music blog we're going… Read More
