Trent Reznor and his all-star rock friends closed Grammys 2014 with a rousing performance, but they got cut off, and now the Nine Inch Nails singer is terribly offended. Reznor fired off an angry post on Twitter after the show, which said, "Music's biggest night... to be disrespected. A heartfelt FUCK YOU guys."
Music's biggest night... to be disrespected. A heartfelt FUCK YOU guys.
— Trent Reznor (@trent_reznor) January 27, 2014
The rocker, along with his fellow superstars - Dave Grohl (of Nirvana and Foo Fighters), Lindsay Buckingham (of Fleetwood Mac), and Queens of the Stone Age - brought the house down with their performance. The alternative rock dream team rocked out to a mix of "Copy of A" by the Nine Inch Nails, and "My God Is the Sun" by Queens of the Stone Age.
Reznor led the group in the beginning, doing the vocals for the first part of the number. Grohl was on the drums, while the others were on guitar duty. Buckingham and Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age upped the ante by adding their vocals to the mix. Then Grohl did a solo after the first song, segueing into the next one, where Homme and his band took the lead.
It was meant to be a finale to remember, until the Grammys cut them off. Around the four-minute mark, in the middle of Homme's number, the scene cut to an ad for Delta Airlines, while the music kept playing in the background. Then the show came back on, this time showing the rockstars performing onstage from afar with the credits rolling over the screen. The super band did get a quite a bit of screen time, but apparently, it infuriated Reznor, causing him to call out the Grammys on Twitter.
Both Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails were nominated for Grammy Awards this year. Queens of the Stone Age's "...Like Clockwork" - where the single "My God Is the Sun" is from - was nominated for Best Rock Album. Nine Inch Nails on the other hand, was nominated for Best Alternative Album for their record, "Hesitation Marks."