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Grammy Nominated Band Avenged Sevenfold Skipping Ceremony Because Rock Gets ‘No Respect’
Variety ^ | 28 Jan 18 | Variety Staff

Posted on 01/28/2018 3:26:35 PM PST by SkyPilot

Hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold are up for a “Best Rock Song” Grammy on Sunday night for “The Stage” off of their 2016 album of the same name. But while it’s their first ever Grammy nomination, they’ll be sitting out the ceremony, says frontman M. Shadows, mainly because their category won’t be televised.

Texting to radio personality Eddie Trunk, singer M. Shadows says the trip to New York City for the Grammy Awards would be a “waste of time and money” for the band, which is currently on tour with Breaking Benjamin and Bullet For My Valentine.

Per metal site Blabbermouth, Shadows doesn’t consider their sitting out the ceremony on Jan. 28 to be a “protest,” but rather, a financial decision (travel expenses would have cost over $150,000 said Shadows) in addition to a statement on the marginalization of rock music, which he noted on Twitter is relegated to the non-televised portion of the Grammys.

Said Shadows, according to Trunk: “‘Rock Song’ of the year can’t get two minutes? … And they put us in some side venue no one gives a f— about? F— that waste of time and money.”

Also nominated for Best Rock Song are Metallica, Foo Fighters, K. Flay and Nothing More.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: avengedsevenfold; grammyawards; music; rap; rockandroll
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And you all know why Rock and Roll is no longer given any respect at the Grammy Awards.

Think ghetto........

1 posted on 01/28/2018 3:26:35 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

This makes me think of another Freeper’s post on another thread concerning the Grammy’s in which they said suppose if they gave a Grammy Awards show and nobody came?


3 posted on 01/28/2018 3:31:06 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: SkyPilot

My teenage son wanted to see Ozzy and I told him if he made honorable I would take him. The little bastard got an a on his math final the day before the semester was over which brought his math grade up to an a minus and then put him over the top for honoral by 0.02 and is grade point avg..

I took him to see Ozzy and Avenged Sevenfold was opening for them.

I was very impressed by Avenged Sevenfold.


4 posted on 01/28/2018 3:32:49 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (We need a consent decree for the FBI like Obama was slapi konda like the Irpin on police agencies.)
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To: SkyPilot

Have you watched the singing contest called The Four? I get the feeling it is not targeted at my gene pool


5 posted on 01/28/2018 3:33:56 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: SkyPilot

so sad...


6 posted on 01/28/2018 3:34:31 PM PST by Katya
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To: SkyPilot

Rock has been replaced by pure crap. It died at the hands of PC. Whitey’s music.


7 posted on 01/28/2018 3:34:54 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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To: SkyPilot

Rock is dead they say.....Long Live Rock!


8 posted on 01/28/2018 3:35:26 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: SkyPilot

I remember the 70’s when The American Music Awards were started as a protest to the Grammys neglecting rock music.


9 posted on 01/28/2018 3:38:09 PM PST by Ciexyz (I'm conservative & traditionalist, a nationalist and patriot.)
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To: SkyPilot

Take a knee in protest.

#HardRockBandsMatter


10 posted on 01/28/2018 3:43:30 PM PST by TigersEye (A Russian Bot is a Russian Bot to his last dying day!)
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To: heights
The Great Browning of America = The Great Dumbing down of America

= "The Africanization of Emily"

11 posted on 01/28/2018 3:55:26 PM PST by niteowl77
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To: SkyPilot

And there’s already a separate Latin Grammys, so then why are Latin performers still on the regular Grammys?

Why isn’t there a Black Grammys?


12 posted on 01/28/2018 3:57:06 PM PST by dfwgator
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Millennial Rock resurrection.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=greta+van+fleet

13 posted on 01/28/2018 3:58:10 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Love them, they are awesome!


14 posted on 01/28/2018 4:01:59 PM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: Ciexyz

Yes, that’s why they started the American Music Awards.


15 posted on 01/28/2018 4:12:56 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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...Think ghetto...

Ghetto has overwhelmed rock in popularity.


16 posted on 01/28/2018 4:15:41 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: sparklite2
Never watched The Four, but I bet you are correct.

I do know that the Hip Hop/Rap garbage they are selling is complete garbage. Many “artists” today cannot play an instrument, write music, or even sing (they use Autotune).

Jimmi Hendrix was an artist. Jay Z is a talentless Fraud.

17 posted on 01/28/2018 4:19:12 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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66
"Whut up?"

18 posted on 01/28/2018 4:19:31 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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Ghetto has overwhelmed rock in popularity.

That was the music industry’s goal. Scientific studies have shown that if you are bombarded by sounds and are forced to listen to something over and over again, people eventually normalize it.

19 posted on 01/28/2018 4:21:21 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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