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Kein In Memoriam für Vinnie Paul

Ziemlich ernüchternd fiel das "In Memoriam"-Segment der diesjährigen Grammys für Metalheads aus. Man sollte meinen, jemand wie der ehemalige Pantera-Drummer Vinnie Paul, der selbst mehrfach für einen Award nominiert war und gefühlt die halbe moderne Metalszene beeinflusst hat, hätte einen Gedenkplatz verdient. Doch der im Sommer 2018 verstorbene Texaner wurde ebenso ausgespart wie Oli Herbert (All That Remains) und Kyle Pavone (We Came As Romans). Auch einige heuer Nominierte, darunter Halestorms Lzzy Hale und Triviums Matt Heafy, kritisierten die Recording Academy dafür. Via Social Media zollten beide Vinnie Paul Tribut. Immerhin stehen alle drei Genannten in der längeren, online veröffentlichten "In Memoriam"-Liste der Academy.

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I am a Grammy nominee. But I would not be a Grammy nominee or in a band or into Metal without Vinnie Paul Abbott. Dear @recordingacademy - the Metal category is hardly recognized at your awards, and you left out an In Memoriam artist who is responsible for countless rock and metal artists even existing in this world. RIP Vinnie.

Ein Beitrag geteilt von Matthew kiichichaos Heafy (@matthewkheafy) am Feb 11, 2019 um 10:47 PST

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It was a whirlwind of a Grammy Week. It was so wonderful to be nominated, and I’m honored to have lost that Grammy to one of my influences, Chris Cornell. His children got up on stage and filled my heart with such love as they paid tribute to their father. But I am disappointed and disheartened that Vinnie Paul of Pantera/ Hell Yeah,All That Remains guitarist Oli Herbert and Kyle Pavone of We Came As Romans were not acknowledged in the Annual Memoriam list this year. There's a committee at The Recording Academy and, in December, they put together a list that goes into the hundreds, 300 to 400 people. They go through that list and this committee votes. And from that, they cut it down to a reasonable number for television. I get it. But that is not an excuse for not including my friend Vinnie Paul of Pantera/ Hell Yeah, who has in fact...been nominated for 4 Grammy awards. I am very much aware that our genre is still not given the respect that it deserves. This is why I’m involved. That’s why I was there, in my leather jacket and horns raised, representing my genre Presenting Awards at the Pre Televised ceremony. That is why I was present at the televised show, sitting next to the cool kids. Like anything in this world, if you want change, you must take action. If I threw in the towel the first or hundredth time someone didn’t take me seriously or told me I couldn’t make it cuz I was a girl... then all the hard work and passion I bear for my love of music would be wasted. So, with the same passion, I will not waste my time in the light. I will continue to be an ambassador for Rock and to fight for the respect that it deserves. -Lzzy Hale #raiseyourhorns #thegrammys #rockneverdies

Ein Beitrag geteilt von LZZY HALE (@officiallzzyhale) am Feb 11, 2019 um 12:31 PST