Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
  Bob Dylan
  Track from: Together Through Life
  [Columbia]
• Change In The Weather
  John Fogerty
  Track from: The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
  [Verve Forecast]
• Dreamer
  Prince
  Track from: LotusFlow3r
  [NPG Records]
• Working On A Dream
  Bruce Springsteen
  Track from: Working On A Dream
  [Columbia]
• Fork In The Road
  Neil Young
  Track from: Fork In The Road
  [Reprise]

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Can’t Find My Way Home
  Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
  Track from: Live From Madison Square Garden
  [Reprise]
• Life In Technicolor II
  Coldplay
  Track from: Prospekt’s March EP
  [Capitol]
• 21 Guns
  Green Day
  Track from: 21st Century Breakdown
  [Reprise]
• Use Somebody
  Kings Of Leon
  [RCA Records]
• I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
  U2
  Track from: No Line On The Horizon
  [Interscope]

Best Hard Rock Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• War Machine
  AC/DC
  Track from: Black Ice
  [Columbia]
• Check My Brain
  Alice In Chains
  [Virgin]
• What I’ve Done
  Linkin Park
  Track from: Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keynes
  [Warner Bros.]
• The Unforgiven III
  Metallica
  Track from: Death Magnetic
  [Warner Bros.]
• Burn It To The Ground
  Nickelback
  Track from: Dark Horse
  [Roadrunner Records]

Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Dissident Aggressor
  Judas Priest
  Track from: A Touch Of Evil — Live
  [Epic]
• Set To Fail
  Lamb Of God
  Track from: Wrath
  [Epic]
• Head Crusher
  Megadeth
  Track from: Endgame
  [Roadrunner Records]
• Señor Peligro
  Ministry
  Track from: Adios…
  [13th Planet]
• Hate Worldwide
  Slayer
  [American / Columbia]

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)

• A Day In The Life
  Jeff Beck
  Track from: Performing This Week…Live At Ronnie Scott’s
  [Eagle Records]
• Warped Sister
  Booker T. Jones
  Track from: Potato Hole
  [ANTI]
• Playing With Fire
  Brad Paisley
  Track from: Play
  [Arista Nashville]
• Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin’
  Brian Setzer Orchestra
  [Surfdog Records]
• Now We Run
  Steve Vai
  [Favored Nations Entertainment]

Best Rock Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock & Metal songs. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• The Fixer
  Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
  [Monkeywrench; Publishers: Innocent Bystander, Jumpin' Cat Music, Theory of Color, Write Treatage Music.]
• I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
  Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr., songwriters (U2)
  Track from: No Line On The Horizon
  [Interscope; Publishers: Universal Music Publishing, Upala Music.]
• 21 Guns
  Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
  Track from: 21st Century Breakdown
  [Reprise; Publishers: WB Music Corp./Green Daze Music.]
• Use Somebody
  Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
  [RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music.]
• Working On A Dream
  Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
  Track from: Working On A Dream
  [Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]