Ya se presentó la lista de nominados para la versión número 50 de los premios Grammy, que se realizarán en el Staples Center en Los Angeles, California, el domingo 10 de febrero de 2008. En la música rock, el grupo que va a la delantera es Foo Fighters, que cuenta con cinco nominaciones (entre ellas "Grabación del Año", "Disco del Año", "Disco de Rock del Año"), seguidos por The White Stripes, que cuentan con cuatro nominaciones, y Paul McCartney, con tres. Los nominados del género rock son los siguientes:
Record Of The Year
The PretenderFoo FightersGil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers[Roswell/RCA Records]
Album Of The Year
Echoes, Silence, Patience & GraceFoo FightersGil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; BrianGardner, mastering engineer[Roswell/RCA Records
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Dance TonightPaul McCartneyTrack from: Memory Almost Full[MPL/Hear Music]
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(You Want To) Make A MemoryBon JoviTrack from: Lost Highway[Island/Mercury]
Window In The SkiesU2Track from: U218 - Singles[Interscope Records]
Best Pop Vocal Album
Lost HighwayBon Jovi[Island/Mercury]
Memory Almost FullPaul McCartney[MPL/Hear Music] Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
TimebombBeck[Interscope Records]
Only Mama KnowsPaul McCartneyTrack from: Memory Almost Full[MPL/Hear Music]
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Working Class HeroGreen DayTrack from: Instant Karma - The Campaign To Save Darfur[Warner Bros.]
If Everyone CaredNickelbackTrack from: All The Right Reasons Special Edition[Roadrunner Records]
Instant KarmaU2Track from: Instant Karma - The Campaign To Save Darfur[Warner Bros.]
Icky ThumpThe White StripesTrack from: Icky Thump[Third Man/Warner Bros.]
Best Hard Rock Performance
Sweet SacrificeEvanescenceTrack from: The Open Door[Wind-up Records, LLC]
The PretenderFoo Fighters[Roswell/RCA Records]
I Don't Wanna StopOzzy OsbourneTrack from: Black Rain[Epic]
Sick, Sick, SickQueens Of The Stone AgeTrack from: Era Vulgaris[Interscope Recods]
The PotToolTrack from: 10,000 Days[Volcano]
Best Metal Performance
Nothing LeftAs I Lay DyingTrack from: An Ocean Between Us[Metal Blade Records]
Never Ending HillKing DiamondTrack from: Give Me Your Soul...Please[Metal Blade Records]
Aesthetics Of HateMachine HeadTrack from: The Blackening[Roadrunner Records]
RedemptionShadows FallTrack from: Threads Of Life[Atlantic]
Final SixSlayerTrack from: Christ Illusion[American Recording/Columbia]
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
The Ecstasy Of GoldMetallicaTrack from: We All Love Ennio Morricone[Sony Classical]
Malignant NarcissismRushTrack from: Snakes & Arrows[Anthem/Atlantic]
Always With Me, Always With YouJoe SatrianiTrack from: Satriani Live![Epic/Red Ink]
The Attitude SongSteve VaiTrack from: Sound Theories Vol. I & II[Epic/Red Ink]
Best Rock Song
Icky ThumpJack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)Track from: Icky Thump[Third Man/Warner Bros.; Publisher: Peppermint Stripe Music]
The PretenderDave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (FooFighters)[Roswell/RCA Records; Publishers: M.J. Twelve Music, I Love The Punk Rock Music, Living Under A Rock Music, Flying Earform Music]
Best Rock Album
Echoes, Silence, Patience & GraceFoo Fighters[Roswell/RCA Records]
Best Alternative Music Album
Neon BibleArcade Fire[Merge Records]
VoltaBjork[Elektra/Atlantic]
Icky ThumpThe White Stripes[Third Man/Warner Bros.]
Entre algunas de las categorías alternativas se encuentran nominados The White Stripes, HIM, Chris Cornell y Black Sabbath:
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Icky Thump - Limited Edition USB Flash DriveStan Chow, art director (The White Stripes)[Third Man/Warner Bros.]
Venus DoomMatt Taylor & Valo, art directors (Him)[Sire]
Best Surround Sound Album
At War With The Mystics 5.1The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mix engineers; The Flaming Lips &Dave Fridmann, surround mastering engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann,surround producers (The Flaming Lips)[Warner Bros.]
Fear Of A Blank PlanetSteven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer;Porcupine Tree, surround producers (Porcupine Tree)[Atlantic Records] Category 82
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Love(The Beatles)[Apple Records/Capitol Records]
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
You Know My Name (From Casino Royale)David Arnold & Chris Cornell, songwriters (Chris Cornell)Track from: Carry On[Suretone/Interscope Records; Publishers: Disappearing One/EMI April Music/UA Music/New Columbia Pictures Music, Thrust/Magnum Music/Bucks Music/United Lion Music/Colpix Music]
Best Recording Package
The Dio YearsMasaki Koike, art director (Black Sabbath)[Rhino]
Solamente se encuentran nominados los discos que fueron editados entre el 1 de octubre del 2006 y el 30 de septiembre de 2007.