Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance was an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards from 1990 to 2011.

The academy recognized hard rock music artists for the first time at the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989. The category was originally presented as Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, combining two of the most popular music genres of the 1980s.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Jethro Tull won that award for the album Crest of a Knave, beating Metallica, who were expected to win with the album ...And Justice for All. This choice led to widespread criticism of the academy, as journalists suggested that the music of Jethro Tull did not belong in the hard rock or heavy metal genres.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In response, the academy created the categories Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance, separating the genres.

The band Living Colour was presented the first award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990. From 1992 to 1994, the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal. The bands Foo Fighters, Living Colour, and the Smashing Pumpkins share the record for the most wins, with two each. American artists were presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it was also presented to musicians or groups originating from Australia twice and from the United Kingdom once. Alice in Chains holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with eight.

The award was discontinued in 2012 due to a major overhaul of Grammy categories. In 2012 and 2013, quality hard rock performances were honored in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. However, in 2014, the category was split, returning the stand-alone Best Metal Performance category and recognizing quality hard rock performances in the Best Rock Performance category.<ref name=Evolution>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to the Recording Academy, "It was determined that metal has a very distinctive sound, and hard rock more closely aligns with rock and can exist comfortably as one end of the rock spectrum."<ref name=Evolution/>

RecipientsEdit

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Chris Cornell, lead singer of the 1995 award-winning band Soundgarden, performing in 2005

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Billy Corgan of the two-time award-winning band The Smashing Pumpkins

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1999 award winner, Robert Plant, performing in 2007

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Metallica, the 2000 award-winning band, performing in 2008

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Linkin Park, the 2002 award-winning band

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The two-time award-winning band Foo Fighters

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Wolfmother, the 2007 award-winning band, performing at the Beale Street Music Festival

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The 2009 award-winning band The Mars Volta

Year^{{{#if:[I]\|[I]\|[1]}}}	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1990	Living Colour	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1990>Template:Cite news</ref>
1991	Living Colour	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1991>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992	Van Halen	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1992>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994	Stone Temple Pilots	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1994>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Soundgarden	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Pearl Jam	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1996>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997	The Smashing Pumpkins	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1997>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	The Smashing Pumpkins	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1998>Template:Cite news</ref>
1999	Page and Plant	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1999>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Metallica	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2000>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001	Rage Against the Machine	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002	Linkin Park	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2002>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003	Foo Fighters	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2003>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Evanescence & Paul McCoy	"Bring Me to Life"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2004>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005	Velvet Revolver	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2005>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006	System of a Down	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2006>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Wolfmother	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2007>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Foo Fighters	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2008>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	The Mars Volta	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2009>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	AC/DC	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2010>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Them Crooked Vultures	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2011>Template:Cite news</ref>