Nominees
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia]
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Bob Dylan
Track from: Together Through Life
[Columbia]
Change In The Weather
John Fogerty
Track from: The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
[Verve Forecast]
Dreamer
Prince
Track from: LotusFlow3r
[NPG Records]
Fork In The Road
Neil Young
Track from: Fork In The Road
[Reprise]
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records]
Can't Find My Way Home
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
Track from: Live From Madison Square Garden
[Reprise]
Life In Technicolor II
Coldplay
Track from: Prospekt's March EP
[Capitol]
21 Guns
Green Day
Track from: 21st Century Breakdown
[Reprise]
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
U2
Track from: No Line On The Horizon
[Interscope]
Best Hard Rock Performance
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
War Machine
AC/DC
Track from: Black Ice
[Columbia]
Check My Brain
Alice In Chains
[Virgin]
What I've Done
Linkin Park
Track from: Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keynes
[Warner Bros.]
The Unforgiven III
Metallica
Track from: Death Magnetic
[Warner Bros.]
Burn It To The Ground
Nickelback
Track from: Dark Horse
[Roadrunner Records]
Best Metal Performance
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
Dissident Aggressor
Judas Priest
Track from: A Touch Of Evil - Live
[Epic]
Set To Fail
Lamb Of God
Track from: Wrath
[Epic]
Head Crusher
Megadeth
Track from: Endgame
[Roadrunner Records]
Señor Peligro
Ministry
Track from: Adios...
[13th Planet]
Hate Worldwide
Slayer
[American / Columbia]
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
A Day In The Life
Jeff Beck
Track from: Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's
[Eagle Records]
Warped Sister
Booker T. Jones
Track from: Potato Hole
[ANTI]
Playing With Fire
Brad Paisley
Track from: Play
[Arista Nashville]
Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'
Brian Setzer Orchestra
[Surfdog Records]
Now We Run
Steve Vai
[Favored Nations Entertainment]
Best Rock Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see the Song Of The Year award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
Winner
Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
[RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music.]
The Fixer
Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
[Monkeywrench; Publishers: Innocent Bystander, Jumpin' Cat Music, Theory of Color, Write Treatage Music.]
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr., songwriters (U2)
Track from: No Line On The Horizon
[Interscope; Publishers: Universal Music Publishing, Upala Music.]
21 Guns
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
Track from: 21st Century Breakdown
[Reprise; Publishers: WB Music Corp./Green Daze Music.]
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]
Best Rock Album
Vocal or Instrumental. Includes Hard Rock and Metal.
Winner
21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
[Reprise]
Black Ice
AC/DC
[Columbia]
Live From Madison Square Garden
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
[Reprise/Duck]
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
Dave Matthews Band
[RCA Records / Bama Rags Recordings, LLC.]
No Line On The Horizon
U2
[Interscope]