The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance was an honor presented to recording artists for quality instrumental rock performances at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958, and ended after the 2011 award, and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
| Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance | |
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| Awarded for | Quality instrumental rock performances |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 1980 |
| Final award | 2011 |
| Currently held by | Jeff Beck, "Hammerhead" (2011) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The award was first presented at the 1980 Grammy Awards to Paul McCartney and Wings for "Rockestra Theme". From 1986 to 1989, the category was known as Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist). According to the category description guide for the 2010 awards, the award is presented to artists "for newly recorded rock, hard rock or metal instrumental performances".
Jeff Beck holds the records for the most wins, with six. Sting has received three awards, twice as a member of The Police—although he had no part in the band's "Behind My Camel", the 1982 award winner which he did not write and on which he refused to play.
Two-time recipients include Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana (once as a member of the band Santana), The Flaming Lips, Steve Vai, and brothers Jimmie Vaughan and Stevie Ray Vaughan (each once as part of the duo Vaughan Brothers). At the 2009 awards, the tribute act Zappa Plays Zappa (led by Dweezil Zappa, son of Frank Zappa) earned an award for their performance of Frank's instrumental song "Peaches en Regalia". Dweezil and Frank have both received multiple nominations and even competed against one another in 1988. Joe Satriani holds the record for the most nominations (as well as the record for the most nominations without a win), with fourteen.
The award was discontinued before the 2012 awards due to a major overhaul of Grammy categories. All instrumental performances in the rock category were shifted to either the newly formed Best Rock Performance or Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance categories.
Recipients
| Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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| 1980 | Wings | "Rockestra Theme" |
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| 1981 | The Police | "Reggatta de Blanc" |
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| 1982 | The Police | "Behind My Camel" |
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| 1983 | A Flock of Seagulls | "D.N.A." |
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| 1984 | Sting | "Brimstone & Treacle" |
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| 1985 | Yes | "Cinema" |
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| 1986 | Jeff Beck | "Escape" |
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| 1987 | Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy | "Peter Gunn" |
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| 1988 | Frank Zappa | Jazz from Hell |
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| 1989 | Carlos Santana | Blues for Salvador |
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| 1990 | Jeff Beck | Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop |
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| 1991 | Jimmie Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan | "D/FW" |
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| 1992 | Eric Johnson | "Cliffs of Dover" |
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| 1993 | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | "Little Wing" |
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| 1994 | Steve Vai | "Sofa" |
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| 1995 | Pink Floyd | "Marooned" |
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| 1996 | The Allman Brothers Band | "Jessica" |
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| 1997 | Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Dr. John & Art Neville | "SRV Shuffle" |
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| 1998 | The Chemical Brothers | "Block Rockin' Beats" |
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| 1999 | Pat Metheny Group | "The Roots of Coincidence" |
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| 2000 | Santana featuring Eric Clapton | "The Calling" |
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| 2001 | Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony | "The Call of Ktulu" |
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| 2002 | Jeff Beck | "Dirty Mind" |
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| 2003 | The Flaming Lips | "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" |
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| 2004 | Jeff Beck | "Plan B" |
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| 2005 | Brian Wilson | "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" |
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| 2006 | Les Paul & Friends | "69 Freedom Special" |
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| 2007 | The Flaming Lips | "The Wizard Turns On..." |
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| 2008 | Bruce Springsteen | "Once Upon a Time in the West" |
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| 2009 | Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock | "Peaches en Regalia" |
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| 2010 | Jeff Beck | "A Day in the Life" |
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| 2011 | Jeff Beck | "Hammerhead" |
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^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
See also
- List of Grammy Award categories
- List of instrumental bands
- List of rock instrumentals
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