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2006 Grammy Nominations In Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
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This year's Grammy nominations have been announced and here are the relevant ones in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal:
Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
- Lamb Of God - Redneck (Track from: Sacrament)
- Mastodon - Colony Of Birchmen (Track from: Blood Mountain)
- Ministry - Lies, Lies, Lies (Track from: Rio Grande Blood)
- Slayer - Eyes Of The Insane (Track from: Christ Illusion)
- Stone Sour - 30/30-150
Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
- Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch
- Nine Inch Nails - Every Day Is Exactly The Same (Track from: With Teeth)
- System Of A Down - Lonely Day (Track from: Hypnotize)
- Tool - Vicarious (Track from: 10,000 Days)
- Wolfmother - Woman (Track from: Wolfmother)
In addition, Joe Satriani was nominated for Super Colossal in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance (for solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only). Underoath was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video (For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.) for their video of "Writing On The Walls." Howard Benson (Every Man For Himself (Hoobastank); Flyleaf (Flyleaf); In With The Out Crowd (Less Than Jake); One-X (Three Days Grace); The Paramour Sessions (Papa Roach); Popaganda (Head Automatica); Saosin (Saosin) (A)) was nominated for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical (A Producer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.).
You can view the massive list of 2006 Grammy nominations for all 108 categories here.
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129 Comments on "Grammy Nominations In Hard Rock and Heavy Metal"
Former Contributor
2. writes:
The grammys are such a joke as far as metal, metal shouldn't have an award here, this is just an embarassment. Eyes of the Insane is sh** compared to Cult, Consfearacy and Jihad and we all know it. St Anger winning something in 04 was an insult to all metal fans.
3. writes:
Not that I'm exactly a huge fan of the Grammys either but I guess I'll go ahead and make a few predictions.
Best Metal Performance is either going to go to Slayer or Stone Sour, and it leans toward Slayer.
Best Hard Rock Performance is pretty much a lock for Tool unless NIN somehow steals it, but I would say otherwise.
And one other thing: if Satriani doesn't win Best Rock Instrumental Performance I'm going to be p***ed beyond p***ed.
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9. writes:
They take the time to have nominees for metal categories at their precious Grammy's, but they don't even announce the winners on stage, it appears on the bottom of the screen. It's like they're placing metal in the mainstream for this one show but hiding it from all of the celebrities (they might get jealous of all of the real talent). They might as well just not have a category at all.
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17. writes:
SLAYER ARE f***ING sh**! Where the f*** is a meshuggah or napalm death nomination? LoG are awesome tho, and st. anger is better than anything slayer can cough up. you just bag metallica because its cool for "metalheads" to rip on popular music, You complain when people bag you out for looking different and complain that they don't have an open mind, slayer fans are the most narrow mined fans around. True metal=IN FLAMES or LAMB OF GOD.
oh and people=sh**
18. writes:
Did someone up there say slayer isnt mainstream?
"slayer? metal in the mainstream? their an awesome band, but i can't imagine them to be mainstream."
yea dude, slayers definately mainstream metal (although they are more mainstream extreme metal id have to say), if it werent for them, thrash death metal and black metal would either not have come to be, or probably sounded a bit different (seeing as most of those sorts of bands always list slayer as an influence)
but f*** the grammies! while mastadon slayer and log are awesome bands, theres so much better out there in the world of metal, at least in my opinion (but god damnit, mastadon are amazing)
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22. writes:
Shut the f*** up KORNDOGG you have nothing to say.
maggot_666 your the ignorant one, what telepathic powers allow you to tell that we're "bagging" Metallica because they're popular? I hope Metallica's next album rules and sells millions, but St Anger was sh**. Mastodon should win this if there is any justice in the world.
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25. writes:
I was talking about the album as a whole but yeah, the drums were sh**. St Anger was one of the better songs on the album but it was still pretty bad. Some of the riffs were cool but ruined by the 7:21 long song that only had 3-4 min of good material. The guitars were detuned and sounded pretty sh**, no solo to break up the hugeness, and Hetfields vocals sounded past it, and the backing vocals were even worse. Fix up all of those things and it would have been a good song. But it wasn't. Metallica is my favourite band btw.
27. writes:
everyone is crying about how the grammies are too "mainstream" to have metal, things dont have to underground and sound like they were recorded in a basement to get recognition. just be content that this is getting metal out to a bigger audience. this musical generation is going to sh** with all the pop, hip hop, and terrible emo sh** that plauges tv and radio. be happy that just maybe a couple people watching the grammies decide to check out the new slayer album and realize what theyre missing out on.
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29. writes:
i don't exactly get why people are freting over the grammys.
the grammys aren't anything special.
in my opinion,
i think no awards show is special.
the fans are what make the bands....not some fake a$$ trophy or award thats just gonna sit on some shelf and get dusty.
yep. just think about it.
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35. writes:
well no matter how lame and pop infected the grammys are its still nice to see metal getting a chance to have a category and at least they chose great bands it just would have been better if they chose different songs because all of those albums have better songs on them i know this because i actually listen to and like all of those bands
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36. writes:
Although yes I am glad that Metal & Hard Rock are being acknowledged.Some of the nominees should be rotated.Stone Sour nominated for Metal.They alway's seemed like a Hard Rock act to me.It just goes to show how out of touch the Grammy's are.Hence the fact that I have not watched since 1995.
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38. writes:
Nothing against gay's.But that's just because I keep getting approched by Bi Sexual women lately.Just got picked up by a couple of reasonably hot chick's last night.Unfortunatley I was working so I had to settle for their phone number.
In any event you might have a point.Stone Sour although their alter ego is SlipKnot are the most media friendly on the Metal list which does not bode well for that category.Hence my previous statement.
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39. writes:
Stone Sour should be in Hard Rock...Corey Taylor even said Stone Sour was Hard Rock...I think the reason those idiots put Stone Sour in Metal is because they knew Corey Taylor was in it, so they associated Taylor with Slipknot, and Slipknot with Metal...Those retards....Fvck the grammys...
Slayer better fvcking win...
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43. writes:
lol. most of you guys have nothing to say about the grammys. you're all talkinjg about how much slayer isnt mainstream and st. anger sucked major horse c***, and i think someone quoted Borat on a bush comment. yeah, i agree, this sucks, there is way better bands out there that should be chosen. but as fo rthe rest of the (off topic) conversations, bi-sexual women, Rush, who the hell is SOTU? and talking about how the drums were the worst part of that damn metallica song... i mean come on.. by the way, rush and SOAD both suck. (just an opinion. for anyone who disagrees, dont get your d*** in a knot. cause believe me, it hurts)lol
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45. writes:
Slayer and Tool should win, but it will be Stone Sour and Wolfmother that go home with the Grammy. Not saying that SS aren't good, just Slayer is better. And I AM saying Wolfmother blows ass; in that category Tool is the best band by far of any of them. The people who run these things have no idea about metal and hard rock-that's why the very first Metal grammy was given to Jethro Tull. I noticed Ministry is nominated. Who knew a blatant anti-Bush song would get a Grammy nomination when it's so cool and popular to hate Republican Presidents? Oh, and Satch deserves the Solo category.
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47. writes:
The grammys are pointless for metal fans. Those people have no knowledge of metal at all. I mean the first Metal award given at the grammys in the 80s was to Jethro Tull... I don't know how anybody can consider them a metal band, and how they beat Metallica that year.
48. writes:
^^^^^grammys are just based on facts such as music charts, the number records sold, etc. it really isnt based on opinion, just fact, which makes more sense than opinion, because a single opinion wont satisfy everyones musical taste. ppl cant argue against fact.
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49. writes:
The grammys are there to sell records....
People who want to look like they have the scoop on whats cool/good check it out so they can buy the winning and nominated music during the week of the grammys...For one week nearly half of the albums will be 2.99 cheaper in most stores and have a Watch the Grammys sticker on it.
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50. writes:
A good reason why metal shouldn't have a grammy. There are two types of metal albums that sell well. Awesome records where the music is widely accepted and respected among metal fans (Mastodon, Slayer) and albums which sell their soul to the mainstream to sell more records (Stone Sour).
My kid sister listens to Stone Sour alongside Akon and Ashanti for example.
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53. writes:
I think KoRNBoy is on something... but any way. yeah, i agree with with Cynic on what he said about the metal being two kinds that sell well. Good theory, it works. But as for this SOAD thing the antihippys got going here, why do you like them so much? I was with my brother at one of their shows and we got to talk to the singer and he was such an a$$hole to us. He like reeked of douche. I used to be a fan back in the old days of Chop suey and such, but now it seems their music is also coming to an end and doesnt have that special sound any more. Doe anyone else see what i mean by all of that?
56. writes:
slayer does deserve to be noticed.. they're a great band and been running over 20 years strong but are insulted way too much by people that are too p***y to listen to metal im also noticing a lack of conversation about lamb of god they're a great death metal band increasing in popularity
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63. writes:
god i hate the fact in flames will never come to australia. anyway, amongthedead, anyone who only likes system of a down for their toxicity era could not be a true fan. and their new hypnotized and mezmerized albums are not that bad. i mean you cant really listen to one single and say the whole things crap.
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66. writes:
Meh, you got a point. He does have one of the most original voices ever to be in the metal scene. He is one of those guys you can recognize if you could only hear like one lyrical word out of a song. Like Ozzy, or David from Distrurbed. But its his voice that also makes me not like the music. I love the instrumentals that they do, but the voice kind of ruins it for me. Like Chevelle... Theres a good example. I guess I was never a real fan of them anyway though. But hey, your taste, is your taste. Cant be hating metal lovers. Oh yeah, i have a question... KoRNBoy, are you related to KORNNDOG..??
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B-rad writes:
They take the time to have nominees for metal categories at their precious Grammy's, but they don't even announce the winners on stage, it appears on the bottom of the screen. It's like they're placing metal in the mainstream for this one show but hiding it from all of the celebrities (they might get jealous of all of the real talent). They might as well just not have a category at all.
That is so true
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77. writes:
slayer is the only decent metal band on their, not only do these poor confused grammy people think stone sour is metal, but they actually think buck cherry and system of a down are worth putting on there. They both suck. metal should have their reward show. and not with that nu-metal crap aka korn.
79. writes:
Hades, how could you say they don't deserve to be there?
anyway, they're in hard rock so don't need to mope about it.
and korn doesnt really try to emulate the rap lifestyle, they try to express their personal angst and depression and feelings. pretty lame but who's gonna care
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84. writes:
ok ok It is a damnation to the metal gods,the gramys belittle METAL, and wyhen they give credit to the right bands and improve the presentation from a tiny ticker right before commercial i mean i saw the F888king native american music catagory one year have a biger presentation holy sh** when do we get some of the Fu===king pie theres metal kids outhere breaking there balls even trying to establish there name and kids out there getting beat the Fu4k up in the pit and when do they get there moment to shine i guess right after the Fuijin fake a$$ reason produced Wheels Crak and Hoes hip awards or the wait stupid people listen to this award or the hey we have money so lets award them.. I mean i dont even understand this conversation i dident even know the grammys were coming up theres only one type of GRAM im worried about because i dont care and if one of those bands is the most exteam sh** you listen to well you should nut up and dive in to your favorie type of metal a little deeper weather its Black,death,nintendo what ever the F**K just try to relate with your insperation on a deeper level and listen to the sh** thats "MORE" key word, unaffected by any on the darker sides of maketing and production. Be one above in the masses. And sh** it is a dman nation to speak of metallica post Black album and back album shares a boarder with gayness Slayer OMG ok dident they have there DAY i mean i love slayer but come on lets move on. And who ever was saying something a bout Nile Yes that is IT. Lets look at the metal scale it goes 1-10 10 being most metal 1 being amost gay hmmmmmm.......NILE 10
Stone Sour - 30/30-150,Buckcherry - Crazy b****
Nine Inch Nails - Every Day Is Exactly The Same (Track from: With Teeth)
System Of A Down - Lonely Day (Track from: Hypnotize)
Tool - Vicarious (Track from: 10,000 Days)
Wolfmother - Woman (Track from: Wolfmother)========= 1.5
I dont know About Your metal Circle but mine would laugh in your face for mentioning any of these bands its shows your lack of taste and Knowledge and display were music and metal your list of priorities everytime i talk to some one new a bout metal its like a game to try and tell them a bout bands they have never hurd of and underground bands i like not ooo i like what every one else has hurd and likes and has already worn out come on IF your in To METAL well Fuc*&n GET IN TO THAT sh**!!!!!
86. writes:
#69 LOL your funny Opeth Not better than in flames LOL LOL LOL....... OK have you ever hurd of soilwork right you should listen to that....... In flames...... ok i give props BUT BETTER THAN OPETH that is were i draw the line Opeth is one of the greatest bands ever and that is atributed to there masterful song writing skills and god like musical talent the metal gods will look unfavorably upon u for making this a abomination!!
87. writes:
ok redlightsaberterror i respect opeth songwriting and their skills, and i didnt say i dont like them, i really do like them, it's just that, GOD, some of their songs could put me to sleep, god i can't stand their progressive rock approuch nowadays.
plus im really irritated that they dont stock in flames in australia
88. writes:
oh yeah by the way, why are you dissing system of a down? for god sakes their not even in the metal catergory. and besides even i dont think their metal, even though their my absolute favourite band. i find that they walk the thin line between metal and many other kinds of music, so seriously stop dissing them. they dont even consider themselves metal.
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94. writes:
Post 56, Lamb Of God aren't death metal, they're considered Post-Thrash. Randy's vocals are slightly death metal-ish at times but they're not death metal.
I definetly won't watch the Grammy's, but I'll check on the internet the next day to see who won. I'm guessing for the metal category it'll either be LoG or Slayer. Either way, everyone at those award shows don't care who wins the metal category, they probably don't know there is one.
95. writes:
ok maby i give props for the first system of a down but yea if there not metal then why the F&&k are we talking about them on www.metalunderground.com PLZ u must see the light, system has become a joke ........im sorry.........and well i guess it is NEWMETAL i look at music like this when i fist started listening tometal i like some Korn some limp bisqute some slipknot but then i become moremetal and continued my travels in the the wonderful world of metal each step i took the level of musicianship and intensity grew stronger and stronger and know i can give props to those guys but im just not on that level Sabbath will show you the way old school sh** pantara I even started out with some Old BLS some sonicbrew stronger than death thats what showed me the way
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96. writes:
Fvck the grammys, everyone who has sense already knows who good musicians are and don't need some stupid money-hungry award show to show who is good and who is it. Since Metal subculture is still a minority, of course these rich a$$ pricks don't wanna give credit where credit is due for us. Seriously, fvck all this mainstream award sh1t, I don't even care if Slayer wins, I'll always know they were the best choice on there...
97. writes:
I will say that I like what the Grammys stand for, which is a recognition of talent. However, their view of talent is quite askew, at least from a metal/rock point of view. The fact that Queens of the Stone Age have gotten two Grammy nominations (that I can recall) and a band like Children of Bodom have gotten zero is a testament to that.
As far as System of a Down, they may not be the most heavy band out there, but they're damn good at what they do, and they are a beast live. Especially when they play Sugar. God I love that song...
99. writes:
you like limp bizkit better than system of a down!?
what have you been smoking?
anyway system of a down does not rely on technicality, it create a highly effective atmosphere for the song they create and they do an incredibly good job at it, just listen to mr jack, highway song, roulette, sugar, suggestions, dreaming and every song (well nearly every song) in fact.
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103. writes:
I hate it when they try and make metal seem professional. The Grammys?
Come F*ckin on damnit. Metal is not made by classically-involved musicians seeking for some dipsh*t Grammy. It's made by hardcore a**holes with bad haircuts. I don't want Metal to be proffessional, it isn't supposed to be, and that's why it's awesome. Popular media ruins everything and we all know that. Anytime a halfway decent song comes on the radio they play it so often that you end up hating that band forever, no matter what you felt before. Throught the glass-Stone Sour? I'm no fan of that band anyway, corey needs to get his sorry little a** back in Slipknot and quit all his emo b*tchin, but i liked that song. Now? F*ck that song. My point is, don't fall for that mass media and popular music Bullsh*t.
Now i know i sound like a hypocrite when i say what i'm about to say, but it's just to prove how stupid the Grammys are.
Stone Sour is not Metal, and unfortunate too, with Corey at the helm, but 30/30/150 is still a good song, but that's their only good song from their new album anyway.
Don't hate on Slayer, but some of these guys have a point, the band gets way to much attention and if it weren't for the satanism act, they probably would be everywhere, and that's despicable. I havent heard this song yet, but still, Cool it on the Slayer-obsession and hating them thing.
Lamb of God OWNS!!!!!!!!!! Redneck is not my favorite song on the album, but it is still the best on the album, i have to admit. I'm not really surprised at the nomination, but i still didn't expect it. Besides SOAD, these guys are the most overall excellent band.
SOAD is a harder thing to judge, in that they are indeed one of the most innovational and different bands out there, regardless of whether you like them or not, and that they also sort of don't count in either Hard Rock nor Metal. Lonely Day i guess is a good song, but definetly not worthy of winning ANYTHING AT ALL. and to reiterate a point, the media ruined BYOB, playing it every day, all the F*ckin time, and using it at every awards show they could, so that they would appear "Hardcore". A**holes. That was a good song. Besides, they have way more, much better songs than that. Props to all those who have stated Sugar, that song is one of the best i have ever heard out of all this "Nu-Metal" garbage, or whatever you want to call it. That category of music only existed to give us System of a Down, Like that Grunge was only prominent so that we could have the God-Machine that was and is Nirvana, and maybe the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, they seem to be going real good latley, but i digress once again; popular media is bound to wreak havoc on them, so watch out.
Mastodon should not be in there, at least from the few songs i have heard, but i could be wrong, so whatever.
Tool is really good, but they sound way too much classy, blah, blah, blah, if you listen to tool you should understand what i mean.
The rest of the bands i have yet to hear so they can relax, but they still shouldn't be in the grammys if they are real Metal. Metal is meant to be thought as sh*t by the masses, not worthy of nominations. That is why Metal is great, it's in the UNDERGROUND, beneath the radar, but still hanging on in it's inherent awesomeness. Anyone who tries to argue that statement is an idiot that can't tell what website he's on. Everything else i would certaintly love hearing rebuttal of, as it is, after all, simply my opinion, and really doesn't matter. F*CKING A**HOLES!!!!!!!
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105. writes:
Mjolnir-Thor's Hammer, who cares if its in the popular media or not? metal WILL exist, in all forms and maybe some new ones, wheter it be in the mainstream or underground, and it will never be like grunge because metal has so many good bands, unlike grunge.
though nirvana is a pretty good band.
dont worry azazel, we forgive you.
106. writes:
is it just me or does opeth has the best death metal vocalist ever?
better than anders friden, and i love in flames.
opeth and in flames are the only death metal bands i adore.
............why am i talking about death metal on a grammys thread?
dunno
man ive been ranting alot nowadays, musta been bored
112. writes:
Maynard James Keenan, lead of singer of Tool, commenting on the grammys.
NYROCK:
How about the Grammy? You received one, but didn't attend the ceremony....
MAYNARD:
I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself. That's basically what it's all about.
Sums up the grammys in one phrase.
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119. writes:
There are enough F-ing Metal/Thrash/Hardcore/Death/Digi-Metal bands in the world. Why can't someone else with Balls
step up and do a show on mainstream television that is an award show for HardRock and Metal and finally put the American
Music / Grammy's Awards and all the rest of the Poser shows like these to REST!!!! ONCE AND FOR ALL!!! You know the
metall community has companies and products that will sponser this type of show and if not. Let the bands pull for it. Call
it: THE UNDERGROUND AWARDS!!!! But someone better be kicking me royalities for that sheot!
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120. writes:
GOOD IDEA !!! The Hip Hop community did the same thing.The trick is keeping it pure.As time goes by and more & more money get's involved.It becomes difficult to keep the Corporate interest's out.While maintaineing a certain level of integrity.Hence the fact that the Hip Hop award's are slowly but surely beginning to become a farce.
The only stuff really worth watching are Vh1's Hip Hop and Rock Honors show's.Different pioneer's slash artist's are honored every year by the current artist's they influenced.These show's are shapeing up to be pretty good.I believe this comeing March or May is METAL MONTH on Vh1.GOOD TIMES GOOD STUFF !!!!!
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124. writes:
drag the waters I own the album and Eyes Of The Insane is one of the lamer songs on it. Metal awards still seem a bad idea to me. Better than the grammys but look at Metal Hammers awards with Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine etc as winners. They're all the same, holding sales over originality and creativity.
Digimetal is something tagged with Fear Factory, haven't heard it associated with any other bands.
125. writes:
any reconition slayer can get is a boost for slayer, a grammy will not change them, they finally get the drummer back and the disc kills, we all know grammys are bullsh** but it does provide more interest in slayer which may keep them on tour and making more albums!
127. writes:
the antihippy, dude! whats your addy? i'm from australia too. good bands never come here and when they do its over 18's only, how gay that the lamb of god, killswitch, unearth and IKTPQ gig was over 18 only in melbourne, or the LoG show in april being over 18's. oh, wolfmother is gay, don't judge our music scene by them, check out carpathian or parkway prive for some mad hardcore or i killed the prom queen for some grindcore. \m/ \m/. antihippy, add me, slipknot_r_good@hotmail.com.
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1. Wrath5316 writes:
The Grammy's are Gay!