Thursday, December 8, 2016

Frontman for Chicago band Disturbed David Draiman talks facing Beyonce for rock Grammy


Frontman for Chicago band Disturbed talks facing Beyonce for rock Grammy

Disturbed frontman David Draiman said "something has gone wrong" with the Grammy Awards that his Chicago band is facing Beyonce in the best rock performance category.
"When did it all become 'rock'? If you look at every other genre, there are so many categories and sub-categories. For rock, this is all we've got, so everything ends up being jammed into these four categories," Draiman told Billboard magazine.
"Is it diverse? Absolutely. It's too diverse! When you can have, with all due respect, a Beyonce and a Disturbed in the same category, something has gone wrong. Not taking anything away from her whatsoever, we're just very different from each other."
Disturbed's March performance of Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" on Conan O'Brien's show faces stiff competition from Beyonce's "Don't Hurt Yourself" with Jack White and the title track from David Bowie's final album "Blackstar." Twenty One Pilots and Alabama Shakes round out the rock performance nominees, which were announced Tuesday. 
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Watch: Disturbed – ‘The Sound Of Silence’ (On Conan)

Read more at http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/disturbed-david-draiman-isnt-happy-competing-beyonce-rock-grammy/#yMmOp3DyMBmbIhjt.99Disturbed, which formed in the '90s, secured its first Grammy nomination eight years ago for its single "Inside the Fire." The band lost to The Mars Volta in the best hard rock performance category.
Draiman said if the band is going to lose to someone this year, "I'd love for it to be Bowie. The nice thing about Bowie is that he's been nominated in five categories, so he can give us this one! It's a pipe dream, dude, but even pipe dreams are worth smoking."
The Grammy Awards is scheduled to air live 7 p.m. Feb. 12 on CBS. James Corden is set to host the event, which will take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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