Name: The Recording Academy
Age: 62
Occupation: the people who do the Grammys
Last Seen: Santa Monica, CA
Bee-otched For: having rocks in their head
-Age: 62
Occupation: the people who do the Grammys
Last Seen: Santa Monica, CA
Bee-otched For: having rocks in their head
Vinnie Paul Abbott was a very accomplished man who did more in his 54 years on earth than most would ever accomplish in a lifetime.
He was the drummer of not one, but at least three bands that dominated hard rock over the past 30 years. One of those bands, Pantera was one of the few bands in the 90s that one could call an alternative to alternative. Vinnie also had to live through Pantera's break-up in the early 00s and dodging bullets as he witnessed the death of his younger brother Dimebag Darrell.
Pantera, Damageplan and Hellyeah - along with Vinnie's other side projects - all sold millions of albums. And yet, The Recording Academy thinks that he's not worthy of a tribute.
On Sunday's telecast of the Grammy Awards, Abbott's name was left out of their memorial segment. The dick move pissed off many a metalhead, leaving Halestorm's Lzzy Hale to write this scathing piece.
Of course, the tragedy of award show memorial pieces is that they're not perfect. They always honor the janitor while some of the almost-household names get omitted. Why Abbott was ignored for the segment is anyone's guess.
There's the factor that Pantera once embraced the Confederate flag. After all, Dimebag did play a guitar with the emblem on it. Plus, there's the fact that lead singer Phil Anselmo once did a Nazi salute before screaming "white power" in front of concertgoers. But were they THAT racist? Only God knows. Then again, Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd fame got memorialized, and they fly the flags at their concerts.
Then again, the late rapper XXXtentacion was also left out of the Grammy tribute. Some sources claim that it was the fact that he had several assault charges against him prior to his death last June at age 20 when he was shot.
But yes, this is the same Recording Academy who handed Jethro Tull - and not Metallica - a Grammy for Best Metal Album a long time ago. Yes, to the Recording Academy, this is metal.
Oh, and what's the dilly-o on handing Drake a RAP Grammy for "God's Plan"? Great song, but IT'S NOT FUCKING RAP!!!
Back to Lzzy's letter; she's 100% right that rock - especially the rock of today - does not get the respect that it deserves. Thankfully, there's Greta Van Fleet, though God only knows how long their Led Zeppelin shtick will last. Look at rock radio: since Telecom 96, it's only gotten worse. Many major markets like New York and Los Angeles don't have a real rock station. However, here in Michigan, it's doing well. Hell, look at Rock 105/95-5 in northern Michigan: they're neck-and-neck with old fogey rocker WKLT! Rock 105/95-5 is definitely one of the better rock stations in the state, especially since they lay off the butt rock and mostly focus on rock from the 90s onward.
You see, rock's not dead. It just needs better promotion and support from labels and radio. With Cumulus selling most of their stations in New York to Entercom, I think they should flip one of those frequencies to rock. Who knows? I think it might work. They just need to know what audience they have and do their research.
Rock's not dead. It's sleeping and it needs to wake up.
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