Foo Fighters, Dream Theater, and St. Vincent ran the table of the heavy music awards at the 64th annual Grammy Awards. Foo Fighters cleaned up in the Rock categories winning Best Rock Performance for “Making a Fire” and Best Rock Song for “Waiting On A War” – and Best Rock Album for 2021’s Medicine At Midnight (Roswell Records). The award is a posthumous accolade for drummer Taylor Hawkins, who passed away on March 25th. Long-running legendary prog metal band Dream Theater won for best Metal Performance for “The Alien” from their album “A View From The Top Of The World” released last fall 2021 (InsideOut Music). The band beat the most crowded field in the rock categories including Deftones, Mastodon, Gojira, and Rob Zombie, all past winners. St. Vincent won for Best Alternative Music Album Vocal or Instrumental for the song “Daddy’s Home.”

Winners in Rock categories – courtesy of https://www.Grammy.com

Rock

 

Best Rock Performance

For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.

 

Shot In The Dark – AC/DC

 

Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A) – Black Pumas

 

Nothing Compares 2 U – Chris Cornell

 

Ohms – Deftones

 

Making A Fire – WINNER – Foo Fighters

 

Best Metal Performance

For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.

 

Genesis – Deftones

 

The Alien – WINNER – Dream Theater

Amazonia – Gojira

Pushing The Tides – Mastodon

 

The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition) – Rob Zombie

 

Best Rock Song

A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

 

All My Favorite Songs – Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson & Ilsey Juber, songwriters (Weezer)

 

The Bandit – Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)

 

Distance – Wolfgang Van Halen, songwriter (Mammoth WVH)

 

Find My Way – Paul McCartney, songwriter (Paul McCartney)

 

Waiting On A War – WINNER – Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

 

Best Rock Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.

 

Power Up – AC/DC

 

Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A – Black Pumas

 

No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1 –Chris Cornell

 

Medicine At Midnight – WINNER – Foo Fighters

 

McCartney III – Paul McCartney

 

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

Vocal or Instrumental.

 

Shore – Fleet Foxes

 

If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power – Halsey

 

Jubilee – Japanese Breakfast

 

Collapsed In Sunbeams – Arlo Parks

 

Daddy’s Home – WINNER – St. Vincent