MEGADETH Wins ‘Best Metal Performance’ GRAMMY Award (Video)

MEGADETH was honored with a Grammy in the “Best Metal Performance” category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 59th annual Grammy AwardsMEGADETH was nominated for “Dystopia”, the title track of its 2016 album.

In his acceptance speech, Mustaine said: “Fantastic! Only took twelve tries to get this. Last time we were here, we were talking to Kenny G, and he asked me how many times we were here, and he goes, ‘Well, eleven isn’t that bad.’ And I said, ‘How many times did it take you?’ And he said, Twenty-one.’ And I was, like, ‘Oh, my god. If it takes twenty-one times… I don’t know if I’ll live that long.'”

He continued: “I wanna thank Jesus Christ, I wanna thank my wife, my children, all the band’s wives and kids, I wanna thank our management, our label, our agent, our attorney, our crew, all of you, especially the metal community. I think it’s a little weird that we ended up being category 69, but somebody’s got a sense of humor.”

As MEGADETH approached the stage to accept the award, the house band played METALLICA‘s “Master Of Puppets”.