Aftermath (80s, not 60s)

From tullpress.com:

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There have been plenty of Grammy Award winners who, for a variety of reasons, have been absent on awards night. Among 1988's winners, Sting was in Brazil fighting the destruction of the rain forests, Bruce Springsteen was out fighting for human rights with Amnesty International and Michael Jackson was in Japan, closing a sold-out world tour.

This year, lan Anderson, flutist and lead singer for Jethro Tull, was listed among the missing when the name inside the envelope was read.

Like the rest of the band, Anderson, at his home near London, was sleeping....

When it was announced that the band's Crest Of A Knave LP had bested releases from Metallica, Jane's Addiction and Iggy Pop in the new 'hard rock/metal' category, a chorus of bops rained down from the public balconies upstairs. Soon, even some of the artists on the main floor had joined in.

After the ceremony, critics were virtually unanimous in lambasting the conservatism of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences voters who selected Tull over newer, younger artists who better represented metal's late '80s explosion. They screamed that Tull, a band whose fusion of jazz, R&B and rock has been best known as fodder for classic rock radio, didn't deserve a nomination, let alone the trophy....

But there's little doubt [Anderson's] still stinging from the Grammy rebuke and the tidal wave of negative press that ensued. In conversation, it was the first thing on his mind as he sought to clear the air with a writer who'd referred to Tull as "ancient" in print shortly after the Grammys.

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Still trying to find an online source for the Metallica quote when they DID win a Grammy.

From the Ontario Empoblog