DREAM THEATER Wins 'Best Metal Performance' GRAMMY For 'The Alien'
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DREAM THEATER was honored with a Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which is being held tonight (Sunday, April 3) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. DREAM THEATER was nominated for "The Alien", a track from its 2021 album "A View From The Top Of The World".
DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci accepted the award on the band's behalf. "Wow, this is absolutely insane," he said in his acceptance speech. "On behalf of the entire band, I'd like to thank the Recording Academy and everybody who voted for us. You know, they used to tell us our songs were way too long, we used weird time signatures and there were too many guitar solos. In fact, this song is in 17/8, so try to tap your foot to it. But we just won a Grammy, so I'm glad we didn't listen... All the DREAM THEATER fans around the world, you guys rock. We love you. For fans of prog and prog metal, stay true to your art. And it's alive and well."
The nominees in the "Best Metal Performance" category were as follows:
* "Genesis" - DEFTONES
* "The Alien" - DREAM THEATER
* "Amazonia" - GOJIRA
* "Pushing The Tides" - MASTODON
* "The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition)" - ROB ZOMBIE
Ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has congratulated his former bandmates on their first-ever Grammy Award.
Not long after news broke of DREAM THEATER's win, Portnoy shared an Instagram screenshot of Loudwire's coverage of the honor and wrote in a caption: "Congrats to my friends...Very happy for you guys!"
Keyboardist Jordan Rudess, who joined DREAM THEATER in 1999, replied to Portnoy's post: "Thanks buddy!! Thanks for hiring me many years ago!!!!"
This was DREAM THEATER's third Grammy nomination. The band's previous Grammy nominations were for the song "On The Backs Of Angels", from 2011's "A Dramatic Turn Of Events" album, and the single "The Enemy Inside" from 2013's "Dream Theater".
Portnoy, who co-founded DREAM THEATER 37 years ago, abruptly quit the band in September 2010 while on tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD. He has since been replaced by Mike Mangini (ANNIHILATOR, EXTREME, STEVE VAI).
The eligibility period for the 64th annual Grammy Awards was September 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021.
The 2022 ceremony will be the first since The Recording Academy announced that it has made significant changes to its awards process to ensure that the Grammy Awards rules and guidelines are transparent and equitable. The show no longer uses anonymous review committees to determine its nominees. Now, all nominees are based solely on thousands of votes from the Academy's voting members. They also changed the number of categories in which Academy members can vote and added two new awards.
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
