Heavy Metal Anniversary

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[img]/images/graemlins/what.gif[/img] Jethro Tull wins Heavy Metal Grammy Award this date. [img]/images/graemlins/what.gif[/img]

[No Use]

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the ones with the FLute player?

[i8guitar]

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Was that not the same Grammys where Metallica played "One"?

[donf]

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the ones with the FLute player?

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That be them!
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[donf]

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Was that not the same Grammys where Metallica played "One"?

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Yup......1989!

[StukaJU87]

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That was a joke. I remember it well and was like, "What the hell?" [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/fart.gif[/img]

[Cleveland Metal]

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I remember it well and was like, "What the hell?"

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Yeah, actually Jethro Tull members were saying that same thing! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

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This was one of those historical tragedies where you remember exactly where you were when you found out. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I was in a CAD class at Cerritos College. Yes, we had a TV in the classroom.

[lerxstcat]

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That was the first year hard rock/metal was a category, and Tull COULD be considered hard rock in some of their material. So the Academy went with the band with more longevity. Dumb move, but knowing how snubbed
Lars must have been is almost worth them getting burned. Imagine the acceptance speech he had to choke down!

[necrotechno]

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That was for Tull's "return" album, Crest of a Knave (1988). Their previous album, Under Wraps, came out four years earlier. Tull had taken a long hiatus because Ian Anderson (the fabled flute player) was experiencing some troubles with his voice, due mostly to cigarette smoking but also to the strains of being a 40-something rock'n'roll singer.

Metallica performed "One" live (hot on the heels of the video they said they'd never make) right before Tull was announced the winner. The other nominees in the category were AC/DC, Iggy Pop, and Jane's Addiction. Tull was the only nominee not in attendance, and the award was received on their behalf by a representative from Chrysalis/EMI.

Influential Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre says not being there to accept the award is the only regret of his musical career. Ian Anderson says he doesn't display his 1989 Grammy because when his award arrived in the mail, it was broken.

1989 was the first, and as it turns out only, year that the Grammies had a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal category. The "Hard Rock" and "Heavy Metal" categories were split the following year so Metallica could actually have a chace of not losing again to popular classic rock acts. When they finally did win in 1991, Lars thanked Jethro Tull "for not putting out an album this year" (although they had, actually).