New York, NY - The announcement of the 2003 Grammy Award Nominees marked a milestone in the history of Universal Records. The young label garnered 10 nominations in rock categories, making Universal the MOST NOMINATED LABEL IN ROCK this year.
3 DOORS DOWN
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for "When I'm Gone"
Best Rock Song for "When I'm Gone"
"...smart blend of power-ballad arpeggios and steel-bending riffs... the next mega-smash from 3DD."
-Guitar One
Currently #1 at both BDS Heritage and Rock formats (for 8 weeks and counting...) with both panels 100% closed!
GODSMACK
Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stand Alone"
Best Rock Song for "I Stand Alone"
"The band means serious, guitar-howling business here, as lead singer/songwriter Sully Erna infuses the title words with excruciating isolation and angst, while a blast of grimacing instrumentation swirls with such gusto in the background that you can almost feel a breeze on your cheeks...With radio rocking harder, Godsmack is in the right place with the right attitude."
-Billboard
#1 Active Rock Song of the Year (2002)
- Album Network, R&R, HITS and BDS.
TONIC
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for "Take Me As I Am"
Best Rock Album for HEAD ON STRAIGHT
"Hart's earnest lyrics and soaring choruses set against a country-tinged blend of guitars - a bit of steel here, a bit of mandolin there - that make this the group's strongest album to date."
-People Magazine
"Tonic has never let our listeners on the "point" down, all of there song are mainstays on our playlist and have remained there due to the band's loyal fans".
-Steve Mckay (PD, WPTE Norfolk, VA)
THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES
Best Alternative Music Album for BEHIND THE MUSIC
"You'll hear echoes of the Kinks, the Beatles, Love and Pink Floyd. But what's really exciting is that Soundtrack may be the first group in ages that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as it's idols."
-Entertainment Weekly
"I saw GOD last night, in the form of THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES..."
-Albert O (WBCN, Boston) in November of 2002
ROBERT PLANT
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Darkness Darkness"
Best Rock Album for DREAMLAND
"Coupled with his highly attuned band, Plant has managed to make this journey through the past sound like the next big thing."
-New York Daily News
"Darkness Darkness" was a Top 10 Rock Radio track in 2002!
CLINIC
Best Alternative Music Album for WALKING WITH THEE
"Clinic now reign as the leading light of experimental rock"
-Blender
""Walking With Thee" is getting more requests than the other top 10 most requested songs combined. This is the most exciting and vibrant thing we've had on the air in years."
-Sean Demery (Program Director / Live105 Radio) in August of 2002