Evil Empire is the second studio album by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released on April 16, 1996 by Epic Records, four years after the band's debut album.
 The album's title is taken from the phrase "evil empire", which was used by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and many conservatives in describing the former Soviet Union.
 "Evil Empire" debuted at #1 on the "Billboard" 200 chart.
 The song "Tire Me" won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
 The tracks "Bulls on Parade" and "People of the Sun" were also both nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance.
 The album was certified 3x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on May 24, 2000.
Basil Glen Ballard, Jr. (born May 1, 1953) is an American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer.
 He is best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" (1995), which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" , and was ranked by the "Rolling Stone" "as one of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
 He is also well known for his collaborations with composer Alan Silvestri.
 He was involved in the recording and writing of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and "Bad".
 As a writer he co-wrote songs including "Man in the Mirror" (1987) and "Hand in My Pocket" (1995).
 He is the founder of Java Records.
 He won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture for the song "Believe" ("The Polar Express").
 In 2011, he founded his own production company known as Augury, a Hollywood atelier focused on developing music-driven projects in film, television, and theatre.
The Juno Award for "Rock Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1991, as recognition each year for the best rock album in Canada.
 The award has been called a number of other names, including the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album" and "Best Rock Album".
The Evil Empire Tour is a concert tour by Rage Against the Machine to support their second studio album "Evil Empire".
 The tour started on January 12, 1996 and finished on September 21, 1997.
 After completing the tour, the band went back into the studio for most of 1998 to write and record their third studio album "The Battle of Los Angeles".
Chris Opperman (born November 20, 1978 ) is an award-winning composer who has recently emerged into the mainstream.
 Opperman is known mostly for his work orchestrating the music of guitar heroes Steve Vai and Mike Keneally for their respective performances with Holland's Metropole Orkest.
 Opperman also performed on Steve Vai's first round of orchestral concerts and the song "Lotus Feet" was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
 Also, the song The Attitude Song from Vai's Sound Theories Vol.
 I & II album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1990.
 They have released seven total studio albums (six as Finger Eleven and one as Rainbow Butt Monkeys), with their album "The Greyest of Blue Skies" bringing them into the mainstream.
 The 2003 self-titled album achieved Gold status in the United States and Platinum in Canada, largely from the success of the single "One Thing", which marked the band's first placing on the US Hot 100 Chart at number 16.
 Their 2007 album, "Them vs. You vs. Me", launched the single "Paralyzer", which went on to top numerous charts including the Canadian Hot 100 and both US rock charts, as well as reaching No. 6 on the US Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Australian Singles Chart.
 They won the Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year in 2008.
 It was later certified gold status in the US and multi platinum in Canada.
 They released their sixth studio album, "Life Turns Electric", on October 5, 2010; it was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Rock Album of the Year.
 They released their first single, "Living in a Dream", adding a little bit of more of funk rock and dance rock, just like their hit song "Paralyzer". "
Five Crooked Lines", their 7th studio album, was released July 31, 2015, with "Wolves and Doors" as the lead single.
Blunderbuss is the debut album by Jack White, released on April 23, 2012 through White's own label Third Man Records in association with XL Recordings and Columbia Records.
 The album was released in MP3, compact disc, and vinyl editions.
 The album was almost entirely written, recorded, and produced by White in 2011.
 The first single from the album, "Love Interruption", was released on January 30, 2012 through White's website and Third Man Records website.
 The album debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 with first-week sales of 138,000 copies.
 The album received Grammy Award nominations for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards, while the single "Freedom at 21" was nominated for Best Rock Song.
 The single "I'm Shakin" was nominated for Best Rock Performance at 2014 Grammy Awards.
Premio Lo Nuestro 2003 was the 15th anniversary of the awards.
 the show was hosted by Mexican presenters Marco Antonio Regil and Adal Ramones.
 Juanes, Thalía, Marc Anthony, Pilar Montenegro, Sin Bandera, Banda el Recodo and other Latin music greats gave electrifying performances.
 In the show, there was 36 awards winners with 135 nominations.
 In Pop genre, Awards was given for : Album of the Year, Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Group or duo, Best New Artist and Song of the Year.
 In Rock Genre : Best Rock Album and Best rock Performer of the Year.
 In Tropical genre : Best Tropical Album of the Year, Best Tropical Male Artist, Best Tropical Female Artist, Best Tropical Group or Duo of the Year, Best Tropical New Artist, Tropical Song of the Year, Best Merengue Performance, Best Salsa Performance and Best Traditional Performance.
 Juanes was the biggest winner of night, took home four awards Best Pop Male Artist, Best Music Video, Best Rock Performance, and Pop Song of the Year .
 In the Regional Mexican, Pilar Montenegro took three awards for Regional Mexican Song of the Year, Pop Song of the Year ("Quitame Ese Hombre"), and for Best Regional Mexican Female Artist.
 In the tropical genre, Celia Cruz took home with four great awards of the night for Best Salsa Performance, Best Tropical Female Artist, Best Tropical Song of the year and Tropical Album of the Year.
 At the night, the greatest performance was a medley of top Latin hits from the last 15 years, performed by the artists that made them famous, including Vikki Carr, Son by Four, Los Ilegales, La Mafia, Luis Enrique, Wilfrido Vargas and Olga Tañón.
 There was a great tribute to Celia Cruz by the world-famous salsa group "Fania All-Stars", of which Cruz was a member during the 1970s, reunited for an exclusive performance that rocked the house.
The Battle of Los Angeles is the third studio album by the American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released on November 2, 1999 by Epic Records.
 The album was released three years after their previous studio album, "Evil Empire" (1996).
 The album is Rage Against the Machine's most recent album consisting of original material.
 "The Battle of Los Angeles" was nominated for a 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
DecembeRadio is the eponymous major label debut album by the band DecembeRadio.
 Produced by Scotty Wilbanks, the album features a guitar-driven sound that quickly earned it comparisons to The Black Crowes, King's X, Aerosmith and Free.
 The album was nominated for a "Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album" Grammy Award, and won the 2007 Dove Award for "Rock Album of the Year".
 Two of the album's tracks were also nominated for Dove Awards: "Drifter" for "Song of the Year", and "Dangerous" for "Rock Recorded Song of the Year".

Question: In what year was the band behind the Evil Empire Tour nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album?
Answer: 2001