On February 10, 2008, the 50th annual Grammy Awards ceremony will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here are the nominees for the Rock and Metal categories:
BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
- Evanescence - "Sweet Sacrifice"
- Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
- Ozzy Osbourne - "I Don't Wanna Stop"
- Queens of the Stone Age - "Sick, Sick, Sick"
- Tool - "The Pot"
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
As I Lay Dying - "Nothing Left"
King Diamond - "Never Ending Hill"
Machine Head - "Aesthetics of Hate"
Shadows Fall - "Redemption"
Slayer - "Final Six"
BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL
Metallica - "The Ecstasy of Gold"
Rush - "Malignant Narcissism"
Joe Satriani - "Always with Me, Always with You"
Bruce Springsteen - "Once Upon a Time In the West"
Steve Vai - "The Attitude Song"
BEST ROCK SONG
Daughtry - "It's Not Over"
Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"
White Stripes - "Icky Thump"
Lucinda Williams - "Come On"
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Daughtry - Daughtry
John Fogerty - Revival
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL
Beck - "Timebomb"
Paul McCartney - "Only Mama Knows"
John Mellencamp - "Our Country"
Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"
Lucinda Williams - "Come On"
BEST ROCK DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
Daughtry - "It's Not Over"
Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
Nickelback - "If Everyone Cared"
U2 - "Instant Karma"
The White Stripes - "Icky Thump"
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