`No Grammys for nominees with local ties`

The two musicians with local ties who were nominated for Grammy Awards came away without new Victrola statuettes to add to their collections.

The industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails _ whose only permanent member is Mercer native Trent Reznor _ and polka star Walter Ostanek _ who calls the Hermitage homestead and recording studio of John and Martha Krizancic his second home _ lost in the awards ceremony televised Wednesday.

NIN came in behind Smashing Pumpkins, who won for ``The End is the Beginning is the End,'' in the Hard Rock Performance category. NIN won Grammys in 1993 for ``Wish'' and in 1996 for ``Happiness in Slavery,'' both in the Metal Performance category. NIN was nominated in 1995 for ``The Downward Spiral'' in the Alternative Music Performance category and in 1996 Reznor, 32, received a nomination for ``Hurt'' in the Rock Song category, a songwriter's award.

Ostanek, 62, of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, came up short in the Polka Album category, his ``Moments to Remember'' succumbing to frequent winner Jimmy Sturr's ``Living on Polka Time.''

Ostanek has won three Grammys in 11 nominations.

Sturr will be in concert with the Guse' Family March 25 at Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown.

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Updated Feb. 26, 1998
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