Foo fighters win best hard rock/heavy metal category: why this makes sense

So the Foo Fighters have just won the best hard rock/heavy metal category and all the metal sites are pissed off.

They're right about one thing: the Foo Fighters are NOT metal. They don't even pretend. However, the category isn't simply "best metal," it's "best hard rock/heavy metal" and the Foo Figters certainly qualify as hard rock.

Are the Foo Fighters the most talented in their category? Maybe not, but let's remember the Grammys are not necessarily about pure talent. The Grammys are about commercial success.

When was the last time you heard a Mastadon song on the radio? How about Megadeth? Was it a new song or "symphony of destruction?" When's the last time you heard Dream Theatre? How many stations do those bands get played on?

On the other hand, the Foo Fighters are played on multiple genre radio stations, not just the "heavy" stations in cities lucky enough to even have a heavy station. And I hear the Foo Fighters almost every time I get in the car. At least once a day. So by Grammy standards, does it make sense for the Foo Fighters to win? Yes. Does that mean they're better than the other bands? Well, that's pretty subjective, but by Grammy standards, they are the logical choice.

And remember, the first year they had this category, Jethro Tull, who is neither hard rock nor heavy metal won so just consider the source.