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DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess spoke to Andrew Daly of VWMusic in regards to the band successful its first-ever Grammy within the “Finest Metallic Efficiency” class within the pre-telecast ceremony on the sixty fourth annual Grammy Awards, which was held on April 3 on the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas. DREAM THEATER was nominated for “The Alien”, a observe from its 2021 album “A View From The High Of The World”. DREAM THEATER‘s earlier Grammy nominations have been for the track “On The Backs Of Angels”, from 2011’s “A Dramatic Flip Of Occasions” album, and the one “The Enemy Inside” from 2013’s “Dream Theater”.
Jordan mentioned: “It was very thrilling to get that Grammy, as we have been nominated 3 times. And I’ve to say that I did not actually count on to get it as a result of I used to be getting used to being nominated and never getting it. The opposite cause I assumed we would not get it’s that DREAM THEATER is admittedly prog metallic, and we have been in a metallic class. I imply, that was the perfect class for us, however I assumed possibly the voters would kind of stick collectively in that extra conventional metallic way of thinking. I used to be actually happy that we bought that form of recognition and validation, and it is the one award that undoubtedly makes a distinction. In a musician’s life, a Grammy can have an effect on your complete profession. It adjustments the way in which you do enterprise with folks, and the way in which folks take care of you. It is a actually massive deal. I undoubtedly need to say that it feels actually good. We’re driving excessive over it for positive.
Relating to “The Alien”, Jordan mentioned: “What’s attention-grabbing about that track is, as you realize, it isn’t essentially like probably the most industrial form of track — it is undoubtedly not industrial in any respect; it is on this odd time signature. Once we began, Mike [Mangini] was doing this loopy time signature factor on drums that impressed us to get the track off the bottom. The following factor you realize, we have been all writing our elements, and it got here collectively. It truly was the very first thing that we wrote for the album, so it form of flowed out from there. It is cool as a result of it has all of the traditional DREAM THEATER parts in it, and that is what I actually favored in regards to the track. It has the unison between me and [guitarist] John Petrucci, it has the keyboards, the nice guitar leads, and these loopy meters, however it additionally has a strong hook. I used to be glad that we determined to place that on the market when the document got here out, and have that track be the one which was out entrance as a result of I believe it tells the DREAM THEATER story rather well.”
The nominees within the “Finest Metallic Efficiency” class on the 2022 Grammy Awards have been as follows:
* “Genesis” – DEFTONES
* “The Alien” – DREAM THEATER
* “Amazonia” – GOJIRA
* “Pushing The Tides” – MASTODON
* “The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition)” – ROB ZOMBIE
DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie just lately informed Robert Cavuoto of Myglobalmind in regards to the band’s first-ever Grammy win: “Nicely, it was overwhelming, the sensation, and it was fairly surreal and it took some time for it to sink in — I believe a few days earlier than I used to be, like, ‘Wow. Okay. So truly did occur. I assume the third time’s the allure, ‘trigger we have been nominees a few occasions earlier than for ‘On The Backs Of Angels’ and ‘The Enemy Inside’.
“When it occurred and our title was known as after which John went up on stage, I assumed he did a tremendous acceptance speech,” he continued. “He was effectively poised and effectively worded, as all the time; he is a really clever particular person.
“It is a tremendous feeling. I assume it is one other stage of recognition for us and one other feather in our cap, so to talk,” LaBrie added. “However, no, it is only a nice feeling and it is affirmation as to the form of band that we’re and the way we have been round for a while. And it is good to get that recognition from the Grammy [Awards].”
In his acceptance speech, Petrucci mentioned: “Wow, that is completely insane. On behalf of your entire band, I would wish to thank the Recording Academy and all people who voted for us.
“You already know, they used to inform us our songs have been means too lengthy, we used bizarre time signatures and there have been too many guitar solos. Actually, this track is in 17/8, so attempt to faucet your foot to it. However we simply received a Grammy, so I am glad we did not hear…
“All of the DREAM THEATER followers all over the world, you guys rock. We love you. For followers of prog and prog metallic, keep true to your artwork. And it is alive and effectively.”
Final December, Petrucci mentioned DREAM THEATER‘s newest Grammy nomination throughout an look on MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn‘s “No Fuckin’ Regrets With Robb Flynn” podcast. He mentioned: “The primary [Grammy] nomination we had, FOO FIGHTERS have been on there. And so they received it. I keep in mind Dave Grohl had mentioned one thing like, ‘Oh, they need to have gotten this,’ which I assumed was good. However this time, I do not know if I am gonna keep in mind all of [the other artists that were nominated], however I believe it is GOJIRA and MASTODON [that we are up against], and it is a cool listing. I keep in mind there have been a few years the place I used to be stunned on the nominees — it appeared just a little bit unusual — however this appears applicable. So we’ll see. It is enjoyable. It is an honor to get nominated. It is cool. Doing what we do and the way in which that we do it and getting acknowledged in that world is one thing that I by no means would have anticipated. And now for us, that is the third [nomination], so it is cool. It is a good feeling.”
When “The Alien” was first launched in August 2021, Petrucci said in regards to the observe: “It is the primary one we wrote collectively. It offers folks a window into what it was like once we initially met up in any case of these months off. It has the journey, the untraditional construction, the heaviness, and the hooks. It actually set the tone for the album. James wrote the lyrics in regards to the thought of terraforming and looking out past our Earth for various settlements. Since we’re going past our planet, ‘The Alien’ seems to be us. I assumed it was a cool and inventive lyric by James.”
This yr’s Grammy nominations have been introduced on November 23, 2021. The nominations have been revealed throughout a livestream from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, which featured Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and Board Of Trustees chair Tammy Damage, in addition to some particular visitors.
The eligibility interval for the sixty fourth annual Grammy Awards was September 1, 2020, by way of September 30, 2021.
