Rock On The Net: MTV Video Music Awards History: Best Rock Video / Best Hard Rock Video (original) (raw)

2024 MTV VMAsLenny Kravitz - 'Blue Electric Light' Lenny Kravitz "Human" nominees:Bon Jovi - "Legendary" Coldplay - "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" Green Day - "Dilemma" Kings Of Leon - "Mustang" U2 - "Atomic City"
2023 MTV VMAs Maneskin "The Loneliest" other nominees:Foo Fighters - "The Teacher" Linkin Park - "Lost" Metallica - "Lux Eterna" Muse - "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Tippa My Tongue"
2022 MTV VMAsRed Hot Chili Peppers - 'Unlimited Love' Amazon.mp3 Red Hot Chili Peppers"Black Summer" other nominees:Foo Fighters - "Love Dies Young" Muse - "Won't Stand Down" Shinedown - "Planet Zero" Three Days Grace - "So Called Life" Jack White - "Taking Me Back"
2021 MTV VMAsJohn Mayer - 'Sob Rock' iTunes Amazon.mp3 John Mayer "Last Train Home" other nominees:Evanescence - "Use My Voice" Foo Fighters - "Shame Shame" The Killers - "My Own Soul's Warning" Kings Of Leon - "The Bandit" Lenny Kravitz - "Raise Vibration"
2020 MTV VMAsColdplay - 'Everyday Life'iTunes Amazon.mp3 Coldplay "Orphans" other nominees:Blink-182 - "Happy Days" Evanescence - "Wasted On You" Fall Out Boy & Wyclef Jean - "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" Green Day - "Oh Yeah!" The Killers - "Caution"
2019 MTV VMAsPanic! At The Disco - 'Pray For The Wicked' iTunes Amazon.mp3 Panic! At The Disco "High Hopes" other nominees: The 1975 - "Love It If We Made It" Fall Out Boy - "Bishops Knife Trick" Imagine Dragons - "Natural" Lenny Kravitz - "Low" Twenty One Pilots - "My Blood"
2018 MTV VMAsImagine Dragons - 'Evolve'iTunes Amazon.mp3 Imagine Dragons "Whatever It Takes" other nominees:Fall Out Boy - "Champion" Foo Fighters - "The Sky Is A Neighborhood" Linkin Park - "One More Light" Panic! At The Disco - "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" Thirty Seconds To Mars - "Walk On Water"
2017 MTV VMAsTwenty One Pilots - 'Blurryface' iTunes Amazon.mp3 Twenty One Pilots "Heavydirtysoul" other nominees:Coldplay - "A Head Full Of Dreams" Fall Out Boy - "Young And Menace" Foo Fighters - "Run" Green Day- "Bang Bang"
2016 MTV VMAsTwenty One Pilots - "Heathens" (Single) iTunes Amazon.mp3 Twenty One Pilots "Heathens" other nominees: All Time Low - "Missing You" Coldplay - "Adventure Of A Lifetime" Fall Out Boy & Demi Lovato - "Irresistible" Panic! At The Disco - "Victorious"
2015 MTV VMAsFall Out Boy - 'American Beauty / American Psycho' iTunes Amazon.mp3 Fall Out Boy "Uma Thurman" other nominees: Arctic Monkeys - "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" Florence + The Machine - "Ship To Wreck" Hozier - "Take Me To Church" Walk The Moon - "Shut Up And Dance"
2014 MTV VMAsLorde - 'Pure Heroine' iTunes Amazon.mp3 Lorde "Royals" other nominees: Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" Black Keys - "Fever" Imagine Dragons - "Demons" Linkin Park - "Until It's Gone"
2013 MTV VMAs30 Seconds To Mars - 'Love Lust Faith + Dreams' iTunes Amazon.mp3 30 Seconds To Mars "Up In The Air" [from the LP Love Lust Faith + Dreams] other nominees:Fall Out Boy - "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)"Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive" Mumford & Sons - "I Will Wait" Vampire Weekend - "Diane Young"
2012 MTV VMAsColdplay - 'Mylo Xyloto'iTunesAmazon.mp3 Coldplay "Paradise" [from the LP Mylo Xyloto] other nominees:Black Keys - "Lonely Boy"Imagine Dragons - "It's Time" Linkin Park - "Burn It Down" Jack White - "Sixteen Saltines"
2011 MTV VMAs Foo Fighters - 'Wasting Light'Available for download at iTunesmp3 Available at Amazon.com Foo Fighters "Walk" [ from the LP Wasting Light] other nominees:Black Keys - "Howlin For You" Cage The Elephant - "Shake Me Down"Foster The People- "Pumped Up Kicks" Mumford & Sons - "The Cave"
2010 MTV VMAs 30 Seconds To Mars - 'This Is War' Available for download at iTunesmp3 Available at Amazon.com 30 Seconds To Mars "Kings And Queens" [ from the LP This Is War] other nominees: Florence + The Machine - "Dog Days Are Over" MGMT - "Flash Delirium" Muse - "Uprising" Paramore - "Ignorance"
2009 MTV VMAs Green Day '21st Century Breakdown'Available for download at iTunesmp3 Available at Amazon.com Green Day "21 Guns" [ from the LP 21st Century Breakdown ] other nominees:Coldplay - "Viva la Vida" Fall Out Boy - "I Don't Care" Kings Of Leon - "Use Somebody" Paramore - "Decode"
2008 MTV VMAs Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight Linkin Park"Shadow Of The Day" [from Minutes To Midnight] other nominees:Fall Out Boy - "Beat It"Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"Paramore - "crushcrushcrush" Slipknot - "Psychosocial"
2007: category not awarded this year
2006 MTV VMAsAFI - Decemberunderground AFI "Miss Murder" [from Decemberunderground] other nominees: Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends" Panic! At The Disco - "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California" 30 Seconds To Mars - "The Kill"
2005 MTV VMAsGreen Day - American Idiot Green Day "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" [from American Idiot] other nominees: Foo Fighters - "Best Of You" The Killers - "Mr. Brightside" My Chemical Romance - "Helena" Weezer - "Beverly Hills"
2004 MTV VMAsJet - Get Born Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" [ from Get Born] other nominees: The Darkness - "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" Evanescence - "My Immortal"Hoobastank - "The Reason"Linkin Park - "Breaking The Habit"
2003 MTV VMAsLinkin Park - Meteora Linkin Park "Somewhere I Belong" [ from Meteora] other nominees: Evanescence - "Bring Me To Life"Good Charlotte - "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous" Metallica - "St. Anger" The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
2002 MTV VMAsLinkin Park - Hybrid Theory Linkin Park"In The End" [ from Hybrid Theory] other nominees: Creed - "My Sacrifice" Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle" Korn - "Here To Stay" P.O.D. - "Youth Of The Nation" System Of A Down - "Chop Suey!"
2001 MTV VMAsLimp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit "Rollin'" [ from Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water] other nominees: Aerosmith - "Jaded" Weezer - "Hash Pipe" Linkin Park - "Crawling" Staind - "It's Been A While"
2000 MTV VMAsLimp Bizkit - Significant Other Limp Bizkit"Break Stuff" [ from Significant Other] other nominees: Creed - "Higher" Kid Rock - "Cowboy" Korn - "Falling Away From Me" Metallica - "I Disappear" Rage Against The Machine - "Sleep Now In The Fire"
1999 MTV VMAsKorn - Follow The Leader Korn"Freak on a Leash" [ from Follow The Leader] other nominees: Limp Bizkit - "Nookie" Kid Rock - "Bawitdaba" Lenny Kravitz - "Fly Away" The Offspring - "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"
1998 MTV VMAsAerosmith - Nine Lives Aerosmith "Pink" [ from Nine Lives] other nominees: Foo Fighters - "Everlong" Dave Matthews Band - "Don't Drink The Water" Metallica - "The Unforgiven II"
1997 MTV VMAsAerosmith - Nine Lives Aerosmith"Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)" [ from Nine Lives] other nominees: Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench" Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People" Dave Matthews Band - "Crash Into Me" Rage Against The Machine - "People Of The Sun"
BEST HARD ROCK VIDEO
1996 MTV VMAsMetallica - Load Metallica "Until It Sleeps" [ from Load] other nominees: Alice In Chains - "Again" Marilyn Manson - "Sweet Dreams" Rage Against The Machine - "Bulls On Parade"
1995 MTV VMAsWhite Zombie White Zombie"More Human Than Human" [ from White Zombie] other nominees: Green Day - "Basket Case" Meat Puppets - "We Don't Exist" Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"
BEST METAL / HARD ROCK VIDEO
1994 MTV VMAs Soundgarden - 'Superunknown'iTunes Amazon.mp3 Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun" [ from Superunknown ] other nominees: Aerosmith - "Cryin'" Anthrax - "Black Lodge" Rollins Band - "Liar"
1993 MTV VMAsPearl Jam - Ten Pearl Jam"Jeremy" [ from Ten] other nominees: Aerosmith - "Livin' On The Edge" Helmet - "Unsung" Nine Inch Nails - "Wish"
BEST HEAVY METAL / HARD ROCK VIDEO
1992 MTV VMAs Metallica - Metallica Metallica"Enter Sandman" [from Metallica] other nominees: Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked" Ugly Kid Joe - "Everything About You" Van Halen - "Right Now"
1991 MTV VMAs Aerosmith - Pump Aerosmith"The Other Side" [from Pump] other nominees: AC/DC - "Thunderstruck"Alice In Chains - "Man In The Box" Black Crowes - "She Talks To Angels" Faith No More - "Falling To Pieces" Guns N' Roses - "You Could Be Mine" Queensryche - "Silent Lucidity" Warrant - "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
1990 MTV VMAs Aerosmith - Pump Aerosmith"Janie's Got A Gun" [from Pump] other nominees: Faith No More - "Epic" Motley Cr�e - "Kickstart My Heart" Slaughter - "Up All Night"
BEST HEAVY METAL VIDEO
1989 MTV VMAs Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine" [from Appetite For Destruction] other nominees: Aerosmith - "Rag Doll" Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar On Me" Metallica - "One"
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