DREAM THEATER Frontman JAMES LABRIE Reflects On Band's "Best Metal Performance" Grammy Award - "Truly Amazing"
October 30, 2022, a year ago
The 64th annual Grammy Awards took place in Las Vegas, NV back in April, and Dream Theater were victorious in the "Best Metal Performance" category for their song "The Alien", beating out Deftones, Gojira, Mastodon, and Rob Zombie.
Frontman James LaBrie has shared the following message regarding the win:
"This post is long overdue. Winning a Grammy was a long sought after and for the most part elusive accolade. Having the Academy recognize and conclude that our music (albeit not your typical musical offering) was to be acknowledged and better yet, awarded, is truly amazing. I cannot thank first and foremost the support and love from our fans and for being there over all these years. Just as integral and supportive I have to thank my family Karen, Chloe, and Chance. Thank you everyone, here’s to many more years of great music and shows."
Watch Dream Theater guitarist, John Petrucci, accept the band's award at the pre-telecast ceremony, below.
"Wow, this is absolutely insane," said Petrucci his acceptance speech. "On behalf of the entire band, I'd like to thank the Recording Academy and everybody who voted for us. You know, they used to tell us our songs were way too long, we used weird time signatures and there were too many guitar solos. In fact, this song is in 17/8, so try to tap your foot to it. But we just won a Grammy, so I'm glad we didn't listen... All the Dream Theater fans around the world, you guys rock. We love you. For fans of prog and prog metal, stay true to your art. And it's alive and well."
