Chemical Bros. Win Grammy In Spite Of Themselves
Despite telling JAMTV last November they never win awards, the Chemical
Brothers took home the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance.
The London-based techno duo beat out Steve Vai
and Joe Satriani to earn their place in the
hallowed Grammy history books. Their song, “Block Rockin’ Beats,”
from the gold-certified Dig Your Own Hole earned the duo
their first Grammy.
The Brothers, Ed Simons and Tom
Rowlands, talked to JAMTV about the comparison between their music and
that of the Prodigy, another forerunner in the
realm of electronic music. Simons said because Prodigy “dress well
and look cool,” they aim to sell lots of records and win awards.
The Chemical Brothers, on the other hand, say although they are
always in the running for awards, they generally don’t win. Getting
records out to the people is a prize in itself and in fact is more
important to the Brothers. “We make records for people to dance
to,” Simons said. “Our goal was to get our music to DJs all around
the world.”
Now that the Chemical Brothers have won a Grammy — the biggest
prize in the music business — they can continue spreading their
innovative techno sound around the world. Last we heard, they were
working on new music, but it doesn’t look like they’ll have
anything new until 1999.