Remember in 1989 when the Grammy's gut punched metal's biggest act?
On February 22 1989, Metallica was a front runner for best metal performance with their album "...and justice for all.". The band was invited to perform their single "one ", for the national television broadcast . After a blistering performance of "one", the best metal performance award was announced. Still sweating and catching their breath, with towels still in hand, a live camera cuts to the band. .....and the winner is.......Jethro Tull!!!!
For reference they were also up against Ac/Dc, and Jane's Addiction. Metallica would win the award couple of years later for the "black album ", during their award acceptance the drummer, Lars Ulrich, stated "thank God Jethro Tull didn't release an album this year", giving the middle finger to big media award shows.