instrumental grammy award best hard rock metal performance vocal instrumental award presented 31st grammy awards honor quality hard rock metal works albums songs grammy awards annual ceremony established originally called presented honor artistic achievement technical proficiency overall excellence recording industry regard album sales chart position academy recognized hard rock music artists time category best hard rock metal performance vocal instrumental combining popular music genres 1980s expected win inaugural award album justice lost album crest won instead choice led widespread criticism academy journalists suggested music belong hard rock heavy metal genres response academy separated genres creating categories best hard rock performance incident considered example grammy awards touch popular sentiment named biggest upset grammy history entertainment_weekly combined category returned following major overhaul grammy award categories separate categories merged slightly renamed category june announced combined category discontinued favor beginning quality hard rock performances recognized category best rock performance award added category 31st grammy awards nominated works award included blow video cold metal pop album instinct shocking jane justice lead singer surprised band nomination anderson music critics consider group music heavy metal music genre performance ceremony held february shrine auditorium los_angeles marked time heavy metal group performed grammy awards expected win award members told record label bother attending ceremony weren likely win won award recipients included members announced result heard crowd anderson assumed band recognized year history opposed single album later stated lucky attended ceremony admitting way accepted award circumstances controversy aftermath result considered embarrassment academy generated controversy response criticism received award record label took advertisement billboard magazine picture flute trademark sound lying amid pile iron line flute heavy metal instrument added subsequent releases justice reading grammy award separate awards introduced beginning year won consecutive grammy awards best metal performance song justice cover queen stone cold crazy eponymous album won grammy drummer referenced previous award putting album year actually released album decade defeated admitted lying didn tell disappointed human nature win lose walking away makes huge intentions event holds record wins metal category total incident cited example grammy awards selection committee touch popular sentiment named biggest upset grammy history entertainment_weekly publications included best hard rock metal performance upset lists grammy moments include number time number number
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental