SLAYER WON A SECOND GRAMMY

Monday, February 11th, 2008 at 11:27am by

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So Slayer won the Best Metal Performance Grammy for the second year in a row last night, this time for the song “The Final Six,” which comes off of last year’s re-release of 2006′s Christ Illusion (got all that?). Tom Araya made a typically schmaltzy acceptance speech, but I much prefer what Kerry King (who called “Eyes of the Insane,” the song that won last year, “one of the poorest representations of us on the record”) had to say about the award after the first time the band won:

“I thought [that winning the Grammy] was cool for my dad because, you know, he’s proud, but for me the fucking Grammys, I think the vote process it’s not tainted but it’s not correct because it’s not by somebody who knows about every kind of music they’re voting for. I think there is probably 25, 40 percent of people who actually have an idea of what metal is and I think they’re 60, 75 percent of people who pass the category and say, ‘Metal, Slayer, heard of them, cool.’ I’m glad they did it, you know — hey, it gives me something cool to say, ‘Yeah, I won one of those.’ Not a lot of people in the world can say that. From that aspect it’s cool, but I’d rather have awards that educated metal fans voted for.”

So I’d say King has the right attitude about the awards.

After the jump, watch a fan-made video for “The Final Six” and the official video for “Eyes of the Insane.”

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-AR

  • JibberJabber

    “Not a real award, but we’ll take it.” That’s what I’d do.

  • http://DarkTwinCities.com devil

    I remember Al Jourgensen of Ministry saying, after winning a Grammy, “Getting nominated for a Grammy is like getting the big, fat, wet kiss from your wrinkly old Aunt at Thanksgiving or Chistmas. You appreciate the sentiment, but it’s not something I’d wanna have sex with.”

  • Porkpsam

    Well remember when metallica lost to jethro tull, how embarressing it was since the weren’t even a metal band? since then they have made sure metallica won, and when it comes to metal, if it’s not metallica it’s slayer. Why? Because they are the big name. Like if sabbath was up they people who vote don’t know the difference between the 3′s music, but they know which name is associated with a bigger following, so they in turn vote accordingly. So uhm yeah he’s right about the voters not knowing their asses from a hole in the ground..
    example if these were the nominees
    anal cunt
    dillenger escape plan
    mastadon
    type o negative
    and ozzy
    now those are 5 different examples of what could be “metal” …. you know… and in the lineup they’d go with name recognition… so ozzy’d win. eh nevermind

  • Dude Manbro

    Twenty years ago, Slayer would have been arrested if they dared to go anywhere near the Grammys. I guess longevity is enough to win the hearts and votes of various music business sleazebags. Kind of cool (for Slayer) but also sad, it might have been nice to see a band that actually released a NEW album in 2007 win the award. Luckily though, it’s just a Grammy so no one notices or cares.

  • NuMallCore Pwns YoMama

    I can’t believe a B-side from re-release beat out all the other albums. I’m calling shenanigans on the Grammys. Oh, wait… It’s the Grammys.

  • BloodReign

    You wanna know how important and how great is to win a Grammy??? Millie Vanilli won one as best new artist… should I say more?