Every Grammys Best Hard Rock Performance winner

12 ceremonies, 2000–2011. 11 different winners.

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

From 2012 the Grammys awarded Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance instead.

Foo Fighters ×2

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.

Metallica'00

Rage Against the Machine'01

Linkin Park'02

Foo Fighters'03

Evanescence & Paul McCoy'04

Velvet Revolver'05

System of a Down'06

Wolfmother'07

Foo Fighters'08

The Mars Volta'09

AC/DC'10

Them Crooked Vultures'11

Wins by label

Sony433%
Warner433%
American18%
Independent18%
Modular18%
Universal18%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2011.

Most nominated, never won

Queens of the Stone Age4 noms
Alice in Chains3 noms
Audioslave2 noms
Buckcherry2 noms
Godsmack2 noms
Kid Rock2 noms

Most losses

Queens of the Stone Age4L · 0W
Alice in Chains3L · 0W
Audioslave2L · 0W
Buckcherry2L · 0W
Godsmack2L · 0W
Kid Rock2L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2011	Them Crooked Vultures (New Fang) beat 4 others Alice in Chains (A Looking in View) Ozzy Osbourne (Let Me Hear You Scream) Soundgarden (Black Rain) Stone Temple Pilots (Between the Lines)	Sony BMG/DGC/Interscope/Columbia
2010	AC/DC (War Machine) beat 4 others Alice in Chains (Check My Brain) Linkin Park (What I've Done (live)) Metallica (The Unforgiven III) Nickelback (Burn It to the Ground)	Columbia
2009	The Mars Volta (Wax Simulacra) beat 4 others Disturbed (Inside the Fire) Judas Priest (Visions) Mötley Crüe (Saints of Los Angeles) Rob Zombie (The Lords of Salem)	Universal
2008	Foo Fighters (The Pretender) beat 4 others Evanescence (Sweet Sacrifice) Ozzy Osbourne (I Don't Wanna Stop) Queens of the Stone Age (Sick, Sick, Sick) Tool (The Pot)	Roswell/RCA
2007	Wolfmother (Woman) beat 4 others Buckcherry (Crazy Bitch) Nine Inch Nails (Every Day Is Exactly the Same) System of a Down (Lonely Day) Tool (Vicarious)	Modular
2006	System of a Down (B.Y.O.B.) beat 4 others Audioslave (Doesn't Remind Me) Nine Inch Nails (The Hand That Feeds) Robert Plant (Tin Pan Valley) Queens of the Stone Age (Little Sister)	American/Columbia
2005	Velvet Revolver (Slither) beat 4 others Incubus (Megalomaniac) Metallica (Some Kind of Monster) Nickelback (Feelin' Way Too Damn Good) Slipknot (Duality)	RCA/BMG
2004	Evanescence & Paul McCoy (Bring Me to Life) beat 4 others Audioslave (Like a Stone) Godsmack (Straight Out of Line) Jane's Addiction (Just Because) Queens of the Stone Age (Go with the Flow)	Wind-up
2003	Foo Fighters (All My Life) beat 4 others Godsmack (I Stand Alone) P.O.D. (Youth of the Nation) Queens of the Stone Age (No One Knows) System of a Down (Aerials)	Roswell/RCA
2002	Linkin Park (Crawling) beat 4 others Alien Ant Farm (Smooth Criminal) P.O.D. (Alive) Rage Against the Machine (Renegades of Funk) Saliva (Your Disease)	Warner Bros.
2001	Rage Against the Machine (Guerrilla Radio) beat 4 others Kid Rock (American Bad Ass) Limp Bizkit (Take a Look Around) Pearl Jam (Grievance) Stone Temple Pilots (Down)	Epic
2000	Metallica (Whiskey in the Jar) beat 5 others Alice in Chains (Get Born Again) Buckcherry (Lit Up) Kid Rock (Bawitdaba) Korn (Freak on a Leash) Limp Bizkit (Nookie)	Elektra

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