Tenacious D somehow beat Slipknot at Grammy awards

The comedy duo triumphed over Anthrax and Motorhead

10:19 9th February 2015

Tenacious D won Best Metal Performance at last night's Grammy Awards, beating the likes of Slipknot, Motorhead and Anthrax who all released critically acclaimed albums this year.

The comedy metal act took home the honor for their cover of Ronnie James Dio‘s ‘The Last in Line’ from the ‘This Is Your Life’ Dio tribute album. The rock frontman, who performed as part of Black Sabbath, Elf and Rainbow lost his battle with cancer in 2010.

No hard feelings towards Tenacious D but you think the award would have gone to a real metal band. The Grammys have a lot to learn when it comes to heavy riffs and actual relevance, after all a previous inexplicable winner was Jethro Tull who beat Metallica and AC/DC (as well as Iggy Pop and Jane's Addiction) in 1988.

Check out the reaction from Twitter below.

When #TenaciousD got this award you already knew that metal died years ago #GRAMMYs
— Sərxan Həşimov (@HANARTwell) February 9, 2015

What, wait #TenaciousD won 4 best metal performance?? Wow that's a big laugh in the face to that whole genre of music...#grammys2015
— Fredro (@fredro) February 9, 2015

I love #TenaciousD. But this proves the @TheGRAMMYs have no clue what metal music is.
— Joe Martinez (@MilwaukeePPC) February 8, 2015

So #TenaciousD wins a #Grammy for best #metal performance fot a cover of a classic rock song? Something is really wrong here
— William Schaefer (@Altered8484) February 9, 2015

Really ?? #TenaciousD won a #Grammy and no @slipknot @Anthrax @mastodonmusic or #Dio ?? Are you kidding me ?? That's bullshit !!! #Injustice
— Shirley M. Camacho (@sherly_676) February 9, 2015

#TenaciousD are Jethro Tull 2.0. The #Grammys were and are a complete joke #BestMetalPerformance
— Gerard (@amonte78) February 9, 2015

Other rock awards went out to Jack White's 'Lazaretto' which received the Best Rock Performance gong while Best Rock Album went to Beck for 'Morning Phase'. AC/DC kicked off this year's show with an anthemic rendition of 'Highway To Hell' and new track 'Rock or Bust'.