Lzzy Hale, Lou Brutus and Others Discuss Vinnie Paul ‘In Memoriam’ Snub

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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

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Well the #Grammys may have neglected to mention the passing of FOUR TIME #GRAMMY nominee #VinniePaul, but I won’t. Try to do your homework next year kids, will ya? @recordingacademy @vinniepaul3

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Clueless, random, blatantly disrespectful to all things related to rock. Ever since Tull over @Metallica for metal, utterly lost. Nice job calling this out @KerrangMagazine , beat me to it. RIP VP. #PopsBiggestNight #GRAMMMYs https://t.co/GzrNGFiGyV

— Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk) February 11, 2019

Vinnie Paul Being left out was another travesty and the reality of the Grammys. Fans of most of those artists are looking for the latest thing . Vinnie has loyal fans in the millions that will live on well beyond that event.

— matt sorum (@mattsorum) February 11, 2019

The battle with the Grammys on Lemmy Kilmister’s behalf was a joke . They gave Hollywood Vampires 4 minutes n 10 seconds to pay tribute to a man that was The Godfather Of Rock n Roll . There was a committee pushing for months to make that happen .

— matt sorum (@mattsorum) February 11, 2019

Rock n Roll and Heavy Metal fans are the most dedicated loyal fans in the world and deserve to be treated with more respect . Did you notice there’s no Best Rock Album televised anymore? Neil Portnow do we have to Step Up?? pic.twitter.com/M0MtaGam5e

— matt sorum (@mattsorum) February 11, 2019

The #GRAMMYs forgot Layne Staley after he died
They forgot Peter Steele
They forgot Paul Gray
They forgot The Rev
They forgot Nick Menza
They forgot Wayne Static
They forgot Dave Brockie
They forgot Kevin DuBrow

You're right. They don't care. https://t.co/uQwKquDX3s

— Graham Hartmann (@grahamwire) February 12, 2019