You need to re-read my posts, as I know I am in the group of people you are addressing.
My problem is not so much with the music.
It's the fact that mainstream media's support of music in general has NOTHING to do with music, but more about "who ya know and who ya blow"
The foundation of heavy metal was built to be something outside of the norm, outside of the mainstream, to appeal to the youth who were looking for something more, something creative, something that spoke to them. Similar to punk rock.
The grammys celebrates music that is force fed to the masses.
The majority of the fans of the artists who won don't even purchase or listen to the full albums of these artists. They download whatever track is force fed to them on the radio. I think its disgusting when you hear things like, "Here's the new song from Taylor Swift!" when its a song that was on her CD released what, over a year ago already?
So when you say things like, "Embarrassed to be a metal fan" it carries VERY little weight with me. The grammys represent everything that heavy metal isn't. Maybe you want metal bands to be celebrated on a stage like the grammys. I certainly do not.
Don't get me wrong. I am NOT saying there is zero talent in pop music. I just personally think that Beyonce, Pink, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, etc, is "Entertainment" and not music.
Just writing cliche'd lyrics and dancing over sampled beats is a far cry from a true metal band who actually WRITES their own music and lyrics.
Call me a "horn throwin' HAIL AND KILL mother f*cker" if you want.
The bottom line is I think with metal being so far removed from the mainstream these days, they should remove the catagory from the grammys. It's an insult to the genre.