[Buck W.]

When did JT win a Grammy?

[spinestein]

Jethro Tull won a Grammy in 1988... in the category of heavy metal.

They created the new category for heavy metal that year and the favorite to win, by far, was Metallica. Jethro Tull didn't even show up, as they also assumed that Metallica would win. Apparently, the weener Grammy voters were too afraid of the 'controversy' of the real heavy metal bands and so they took it upon themselves to reward Jethro Tull with a Grammy in that category since the Tull had never won one before, probably because their music doesn't really fit easily into any existing category.

Since I was a Metallica fan from their first album years before, I was watching the Grammys live expecting to see them win. When the group Jethro Tull's name was read off the card the WHOLE place immediately started booing very loudly and after about 10 seconds they cut to a commercial.

[rwilson99]

Best HEAVY METAL album.

Really. Metallica fans were in an uproar.

JT not metal.