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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Randall Roberts

Leonard Cohen wins rock performance Grammy for 'You Want It Darker' and War on Drugs earns rock album trophy

The late Leonard Cohen, who died last year at 82, won a rock album Grammy for his swan song, "You Want It Darker."

Produced by his son Adam, the grim, restrained album by the longtime Angeleno won out over Chris Cornell's "The Promise," "Run" by Foo Fighters, "No Good" by Kaleo and Nothing More's "Go to War."

In the rock category, the Philadelphia rock band the War on Drugs earned its first Grammy Award for its album, "A Deeper Understanding." Also nominated were Mastodon, Metallica, Nothing More and Queens of the Stone Age.

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