Watching the Grammy Music Awards last night and the entire music biz was there. From Paul McCartney to Kanye West to Taylor Swift to Beck to Beyonce to Miranda Lambert to Tony Bennet to Madonna to Prince to Annie Lennox to AC/DC to Sia....
My question is why does NMA not participate in the world of music? I know from youtube clips that they appeared on the old TV show "The Tube," but why do they not do other TV appearances. I realize the Super Bowl and the Grammys is out of their reach, but why not make an effort to appear on "The David Letterman Show"? "Saturday Night Live"? Or the iconic American TV music show "Austin City Limits"?
And don't cry "sell out." Even the most notoriously sincere bands appear on TV now and then. My God, even the Godfather of f-you to the establishment, Lou Reed, always would pop on on TV and that guy sure is no sell out. Why doesn't NMA make that effort to be heard by more people?
Well My answer would be What would NMA gain out of going to award shows like this. Really Nothing if you think they would gain new fans from that group of people most of those in the audience were not born when NMA made their 1st record. Plus the fact that the crowd is mostly Poppers or those that listen to Pop music and we can go down the list Katy Perry, Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande, Rita Ora their pop singers . That is not the music NMA makes.
Let me say a little about the acts that you did mentioned
I did not watch the grammy's ( walking Dead was on and I ain't missing that) better action there anyway
One person who I know did watch the grammys said Paul looked like he did not want to be there he could be a grandpa to some of those acts and I can't blame him he has nothing in common with these acts. AC/DC had to use a teleprompter to sing the lines of the new song they played.

Madonna well to me she never had talent and her gimmick is to dress like she is still in her 20's so showing skin is her thing and really the only older act that some people told me was the highlight of the evening was Annie Lennox singing and she still has the pipes to blow all the other female singers off the stage so I give her credit. But their is no catagory that New Model Army's music would be listed under Rock Beck won that and I have not listened to him in over 10 years I did not know he even had an album out and he won in the Rock catagory you got to be kidding

After all this is the same group that years ago gave Jethro Tull the best in the Metal column where Metallica got left out and you want to have NMA go to this charade. I could not blame them and plenty of great bands have never got their due from the Grammy's so NMA is not the only one. They are doing just fine touring and making great music for their Fans not for the music industry.