Young Michigan band Greta Van Fleet grabbed the Grammy Award for best rock album Sunday evening, scoring the win for the EP "From the Fires."

The Frankenmuth-bred quartet took the honor during the Grammys' pre-telecast ceremony at L.A.'s Microsoft Theater, across the street from the Staples Center, scene of tonight's main event on CBS. The band is in Los Angeles for the Grammys, but wasn't on hand to accept the award, announced by host Shaggy late in the pre-show ceremony.

"From the Fires," which birthed the hits "Highway Tune" and "Safari Song," was up against albums by Alice in Chains, Fall Out Boy, Ghost and Weezer.

The Grammy was the first of Greta Van Fleet's career.

The band missed out on three other gramophone trophies, including best new artist, which went to English artist Dua Lipa. Meanwhile, "Highway Tune" lost to the late Chris Cornell's "When Bad Does Good" for best rock performance, while "Black Smoke Rising" gave way to St. Vincent's "Masseduction" for best rock song.

The quartet's full-length debut album, "Anthem of the Peaceful Army," was released in October, after the 61st Grammys' Sept. 30 eligibility cutoff.

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The band canceled a scheduled Friday show in New Zealand to attend Sunday's festivities. (Two Australian dates earlier in the week had been scrapped when singer Josh Kiszka developed laryngitis.)

Greta Van Fleet at one point had been in consideration for a live slot on Sunday night's CBS show — Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich even met with the band in December. But the group isn't on the announced performance bill.

Contact Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum: 313-223-4450 or bmccollum@freepress.com.