JUDAS PRIEST, AC/DC And JEFF BECK Walk Away With Awards At The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards
January 31, 2010, 14 years ago
Legendary UK metallers JUDAS PRIEST have walked away with the award for "Best Metal Performance" for their song 'Dissident Aggressor', taken from their album A Touch Of Evil - Live. Australia's AC/DC also walked away with a Grammy in the category "Best Hard Rock Performance" for their song 'War Machine', taken from the album Black Ice. Guitarist JEFF BECK took home the award for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" beating out STEVE VAI, amongst others.
Other nominees in the Hard Rock / Metal categories included:
Best Hard Rock Performance
AC/DC - 'War Machine' (winner)
ALICE IN CHAINS - 'Check My Brain'
LINKIN PARK - 'What I've Done'
METALLICA - 'The Unforgiven III'
NICKELBACK - 'Burn It To The Ground'
Best Metal Performance
JUDAS PRIEST - 'Dissident Aggressor' (winner)
LAMB OF GOD - 'Set To Fail'
MEGADETH - 'Head Crusher'
MINISTRY - 'Señor Peligro'
SLAYER - 'Hate Worldwide'
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards were held this evening (January 31st) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
