Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    Metallica also has a video out called "Cliff 'em All"
    It is named for their ex-bass player who was killed in traffic
    accident in Europe. (The band's bus tipped over, he fell out a
    window, and was crushed by the bus.)
    
    The video is about 90 minutes long, and costs $19.95.
    
    Some of the clips are not very high-quality, as they used bootleg
    tapes from fans. But the feel is there, and some of the clips are
    high-quality. Definitely worth the bucks.
    
    Alan S.

    
    
    	Did you know that their first album, Kill 'em All, should have
    had a different title??  The band wanted to call it - Metal up your
    ass - but the record company said NO WAY.
    
    KTF
    		Darron.

    Well, I just purchased Master of Puppets, and I like it a lot.
    The album isn't all speed as was Kill em All, but it's still hot
    and heavy, and Orion is an awesome instrumental.
    
    	Cliff is on this tape too. When did this guy die anyway?
    The material's from 1986.
    /Mike
    

    Hey, 
    	Could somebody give me a Metallica discography?
    
    I know of:
    	Garage Days Revisited
    	Ride the Lightning
    	Master of Puppets
    	Kill em All
    
    is there any other stuff out by them?
    
    
    	Also, wasn't there a guy named Dave Mustaine that was in the
    band at one time. I know he helped out writing a lot of their songs.
    What happened to him?
    
    /Motorbreath
    

    
        Dave Mustain is with 'Megadeth' now ... I don't know whether
        or not he was in 'Metallica'.
    
                                                        Shawn GTI
    

    
    Dave Mustain of Megadeth was Metallica's original Lead guitarist.
    
    He was bumped from the band just before they recorded Kill em All!
   
    Lars and James thought his soloing was "mindless doodling". They
    got Kirk Hammett from a band called Exodus via metallica's sound
    man who used to be Exodus' manager.

    
    
    	Talking of Dave Mustaine, check out Mechanix on Megadeth's first
    album, killing is ny business..., and The Four Horsemen on Metallica's
    first album Kill 'em all.  They are exactly the same song with just
    different lyrics. Mustaine did write The Four Horseman when he was
    with Metallica but isn't it odd that he should re-write it for
    Megaduff??
    
    Whiplash's my game,
    			the Duck.

                
                Don't forget about their EP's . . .
                
                They have a few.  Whiplash and Creeping Death are
                two that I know of.
                

                          metallica record list
    
    they have several ep's jump in the fire, creeping death, whiplash,
    and now the 5.98 ep.  they also are rumored to have a bootleg double
    live album called f####n nutz. they also re-mixed kill em all and
    added lyrics and the creeping death ep songs. their new album is
    supposed to be out this month (i think). i heard the title but dont
    rember what it is.  with their new bassist jason it should kick
    ass.  there are some changes in there style,  they said now instead
    of repeating a riff 12 times it'll be only 7 or 8 times. nothing
    to really worry about.  their home vid tape is definitely worth
    the $$$$.  i hope this has some new stuff for ya all and not some
    re-typed junk.
    
                                    Brian "Duff"
    

    
    
    I believe the new vinyl is dubbed "And Justice For All".
    
    
    
    Paul
    

    
     Last night on Mtv they asked Lars what the new album would be
    called and he said "...and Justice for All". They also said Metallica
    is done recording and are mixing it now during there free time from
    the Monsters tour so it should be out around August.
    
    /Bill
    

    
    
    I heard the album is gonna be out August 1st and that when da boys return
from Europe they will start an American tour with Queensryche.  But don't get
too stoked about that yet, cause we all know what happened with the rumor of
a Maiden/Queensryche tour.    
    
    
    Paul
    

    re:.0
    
    Metallica has:Kill 'Em All-(1983), approriatly named so because the record
                                producers wouldn't let them name it
                                Metal Up Your Ass.
                  Ride the Lightning-(1984)
                  Creeping Death-(1984)
                  Jump in the Fire-(1984)?
                  Whiplash-(1984)?
                  Master of Puppets-(1986)
                  Garage Days Revisited-(1984)
                  Garage Days Re-revisited-(1987)
              and soon will have ...and Justice for All
                     I think they are the best band yet. Cliff's
                  Anesthesia-Pulling Teeth is awesome.
     
    
                          Chris...

    
    	Well, I figured I'd wait and see if Bill Upham would enter
    his review, but he hasn't so I'm gonna....
    
    I've been listening to B.U.'s brand new copy of Garage Days
    Re_revisited recorded July of last year. 
    This album is the balls. 
    It's 5 cover tunes of some of Metallica's fave bands/tunes.
    It's a little bit rough, supposedly they recorded it in 6 days,
    borrowing studio time from Ted Nugent after they'd been practicing
    them in the garage since they got off the Masters tour.
    	The songs they cover are incredible :
    Helpless 	by Diamondhead
    The Small Hours	by Holocaust
    The Wait		by Killing Joke
    Crash Course in Brain Surgery	by Budgie
    and Last Caress/Green Hell 	by the Misfits
    
    The mix is great, Jason, Kirk and Lars get to show off a little,
    and James' voice sounds incredible.
    
    This band gets better and better. I can't wait for their next 
    non-bullsh** kick a** album.
    
    /Motorbreath
    

    I have heard of a garage days and/or a garage days revisited EP,
    but can't seem to find them. Do they exist, or is re-revisited the
    only garage days tape?
    
    Dave 
    
    BTW, I can't believe they did re-rev. in six days. It sounds great!
    Newsted sounds good in re-rev, but Cliff was the best. Listen to
    Anesthesia/Pulling Teeth and you'll know why. In some heavy metal
    mag, I read that the music in To Live Is To Die (I believe the name
    was), a song on And Justice for All was written by Cliff before
    his death. It'll probably be the best song on the tape.

    SO?
    
    Anybody heard the new Metallica album? Not sure how long it's been
    on the shelf, stumbled on it last nite. It's called '...AND JUSTICE
    FOR ALL' It's okay, I'm still listening to the first side. Haven't
    really had a chance to hear the whole thing, but it sounds good.
    
    -renee>

    
    	Yeah, I agree. I've given it 3 listens now, and that's also
    what I think.
    	The musicianship is awesome.
    	The lyrics are excellent (especially in "One", and Cliff Burton's
    lyrics in "To Live is to Die")
    	It's got a great feeling to it, very heavy sounding, but
    on the average it's slower and somewhat lumbering.
    	It seems like each song has high points, and subdued parts.
    
    	I do like it, but it's different than the "speedy" previous
    albums, and frankly, I'd like a little more speed in there.
    
    	/Motorbreath...more after a couple more listens.

    Metallica are touring the UK this month with the Quire Boys as the
    support band although I believe there is talk of there being another
    support band - anybody know for sure?
    
    I seen the Cliff em all video last week for the first time and didn't
    like it at all. The quality of the sound and the home Vid's
    were terrible. Now before people start jumping down my throat
    for saying this, I know the video was a tribute to Cliff but for
    a band that normally presents good quality material it was a bit
    of a let down.
    
    Has anybody got any bootleg metallica albums? 
    One of my buddies has the Four Horsemen Album + a few more.

    
    *finally* got "...and justice for all" over the weekend, and its
    pretty good.  Seems slower than Master of Puppets, but still cool.
    
    -Tony

    
    RE: Cliff 'em All video...
    I'm not jumping down your throat, but Metallica DOESN'T DO videos,
    and didn't make the Cliff 'em All vid. They were bootleg films
    for the most part shot from video-cams in the audience put together
    by Metallica as a tribute to Cliff. That's also why it only
    costs $19.98. I doubt they would ever go the slick production 50
    dollar money-raking video route, and I doubt you'll ever see
    Metallica making a video again.
    
    /Motorbreath

    
    Re .52:  
           FYI, Danzig is fronted by Glenn Danzig of Misfits/Samhain fame.
           On "Garage Days" there are one or two Misfits covers.  The two
           bands are supposed to be good friends. 
    
    Re .53:
           I wish I was in France.
    
    Paul
    

    I picked up "...and justice for all" last week and have had plenty
    of time to give it a good listen.  
    
    I like the album, although most of the songs are not as strong as the
    ones on Master of Puppets.  MoP was an exceptional album, most of the
    songs were very powerful, both musically and lyrically.  On AJFA, the
    songs are lyrically powerful, but not as gripping musically (for me).
    It's a little more like the way I perceive Ride the Lightning. 
    
    My favorite song on AJFA is the title track, great song.
    
    gh

    
     I got my copy of AJFA the same time as motorbreath, just never
    got around to replying. It is a GREAT album. I have listened to
    it everyday to and from work since I bought it. It is very intense.
    
     Kirk does one of those dive-bombs on Shortest Straw.
    
    /Bill
     

    
    	Okay, I found it.
    Check out Frayed Ends of Sanity on ...AJFA, and listen for 
    the Satriani riff.
    
    /Motorbreath
    
    EVH finger tapping on next album?

    
    
    Been hearing that Queensryche is gonna support Metallica on the U.S. leg
    of their "AJFA" tour.  Kinda like deja vu, dontcha think?


                 
    Paul
    

    
    
      This last weekend I picked up Queensryche "Operation Mindcrime"
    from all the advice of Queensryche fans in the conference. I like
    it alot thought it was really well done both musically and in the
    concept. My question to all you Metallica fans out there, what is
    your advice to a first time buyer of Metallica material and why??
    Thanks in advance,
                       mike
     
    

    For a first time Metallica buyer, I'd recommend either 
    
    RIde the Lightening
    
    or 
    
    Master of Puppets
    
  

Yeah, I would also say Master of Puppets as the best place to start.
This ha a nioce balance between the speed metal and the more melodic
stuff. Also, this album is very well produced, and has a killer 
sound, especially on CD.

Just IMO,

cat

    
    	Well, each Metallica album is different.
    (I'm ignoring eps on purpose here)
    
    The first album is raw chainsaw music in the vein of Motorhead 
    IMO, (I'm talking about Kill em All here). This album turned me
    on to Metallica.
    
    The second album Ride the Lightning, is probably the favorite of
    a majority of Metallica fans. Creeping Death is on the album, as
    is Fade to Black, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. This album is 
    produced much better, and is musically superior to Kill em All.
    
    The third album, Master of Puppets is instrumentally superior to
    Ride the Lightning, but the compositions are maybe a little weaker.
    I love the album anyway, as it's got some great songs, including
    my favorite instrumental piece of all time, Orion.
    
    You have probably already read what I think of ...And Justice for
    All. 
    	I'd buy Ride the Lightning, or Master of Puppets first, if I
    were you, although, you can't go wrong with any of their albums,
    as they are all fantastic (yes, I am a big Metallica fan!)
    
    I think you'd appreciate AJFA more if you had those two albums first.
    
    /Motorbreath

    re: .68  Master of Puppets weaker compositionally than Ride the
    Lightning...
    
    Surprised to hear you say that, MB, I thought that compositionally
    Master of Puppets was stronger.  As Cat mentioned it is also very well
    produced. 
    
    I would recommend Master of Puppets first, then Ride the Lightning.
    When I first got into Metallica (fairly recently, as a result of this
    conference) I couldn't decide between the two, so I bought them both at
    the same time.  I liked RtL better at first, but the more I listened to
    MoP, the more it grew on me.  I now consider it my favorite Metallica
    album.  I thought the lyrics on MoP were very strong, especially on the
    songs Master of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), and Disposable
    Heros. 
                     
    AJfA is a good heavy album, I rank it right up there with RtL. The
    title track is my favorite. 
    
    gh
                               

    Well, in my humble opinion, Master Of Puppets is the album to buy
    to get turned on to Metallica.  Personally, the one tune that Metallica
    does that I really like is Sanitarium...and it's on Master Of Puppets.
     
    Since I'm not a big metallica fan, I can't much more, without asking
    to be napalmed !
    
    jc

                I vote  for  RtL.   Sanitarium is great (on MoP),
                but FWtBTolls is even better! 
                
                They've gone thrashier  these days, away from the
                speed  metal (although, there  are  a  couple  of
                great SM tunes on AJfA).
                
                

    I think the Bass drum sound is great.  They don't sound electronic,
    so I don't think It's unnatural.  I'm not sure how they came out
    with that sound, all I know is that thing have been falling off
    of shelves at my house. (my speakers have a nice big subwoofer on
    the back!)   
    
    So does anyone know of any U.S. dates yet??  I'm dying to see them
    again!
    
    Steve O

    What I see as percular (sp) is this:  That bass drum sound stuck
    out when I saw them on the monsters tour in Maine.  Maybe it's the
    type of drum or Microphone or something simple like that.  No other
    band that I saw that day had a bass drum that sounded quite like
    larz's.
    
    Steve O
    

                
                I ran  across Creeping Death and Jump in the Fire
                on one "import"  CD yesterday.  I'd never seen it
                before.  Of course  I  had  to  grab  it.    Just
                thought  I'd  mention  it for  you  Metallica  CD
                collectors . . .
                
                

    
    
    		**** METALLICA AND DANZIG ****
    		HAMMERSMITH ODEON 10TH OCTOBER
    
    
    	This was probably one of the best concerts this century.
    
    DANZIG - Glen Danzig, former singer with the MISFITS, now with his
    own band.  And what a surprise this lot were!  Only one recognisable
    Misfits song, Queen Wasp, all the rest was new material and it was
    great.  Definite doom/death thrash, well wicked.  Only two complaints
    1) the set was only 35 minutes long.
    2) he needs a better guitarist.
    
    
    			***** METALLICA *****
    
    	The new stage show is fantastic, the best I've ever seen at
    Hammersmith, these guys actually made an effort.  It's basically
    the Justice For All album cover, statue of lady justice in bondage
    and broken pillars around the place.  The lights were quite unusual
    to, red/green/white floodlights into the crowd, and at one point
    (the end of And Justice For All) one set of lights was swung down
    while the statue was being blown to bits with some nifty pyros (the
    lights falling damned near s**t me up, thought they would fall on
    Lars).
    	The songs included, in no particular order: Blackened, Master
    of Puppets, Dammage Inc., Battery, Whiplash, Seek and Destroy, a
    very moving rendition of One, Creeping Death, For whom the Bell
    Tolls, Sanitarium, The Four Horsemen, Fade to Black, And Justice
    for All, Harvester of Sorrow.
    	Two encores later and a twenty minute jam of favourite covers
    including a brilliant copy of PROWLER (Iron Maiden), Am I Evil?,
    Last Caress, Helpless.
    	A couple of notable points were the two solos, Jasun Newkid's
    bass solo was very good, but not a patch on Cliff RIP.  Krk Hamster's
    solo was excellent, during which I recognised a very famous solo
    but for the life of me I can't name.
    	Lars drumming is improving tremendously, he only lost time once
    during Damage Inc.  And Jaymz is just Jaymz as always, dig the new
    beard.
    	Great value for money gig, Metallicatz on for two hours.  This
    is a must for any self respecting metal fan, go see them soon or
    miss the experience of a lifetime.
    
    Metallicatz roolz,
    		The MoshDuck.

    Re .85
    
    Just a word of warning to you metallica Cd colloctors.  Metallica
    prides itself on the quality of the sound on It's albums.  This
    Disc is a major exception to the rule.  Over all, the sound is pretty
    Cr*ppy, especially the live cuts.
    
    This is not to say, "Don't buy this disc", by all means get it,
    the songs are great, but don't expect the same incredible sound
    quality offered on the other Metallica discs.
    
    Steve O
    

    
    
    	Re.-1
    		Danzig is a whole lot better since departing from the
    Misfits (more metalized).
    
    The MoshalottsaDuck.

    
    Haven't read this file for a while, but I had to put in my two cents.
    Reading the review of the H.O. show gave me goosebumps. I can't
    wait till they come around. IMO, Metallica is the most awesome band
    to come around in years.  Their albums seem to get better and better
    everytime, and the production is phenomenal.
    
    AJFA has been in my tape deck since I bought it, and I don't see
    it coming out any time in the near future.  I don't think James
    gets nearly enough credit. On the album he is credited with playing
    all the rhythm, harmony and acoustic guitars. The guy is unreal.
    Kirk is definitely showing the Joe S. influence, which to me is
    great.  His solos have become more melodic but remain very intense,
    and his use of weird scales and tricks always seem to fit in very
    nicely with James' ever changing tempos and progressions.
    Good article on Kirk in the latest Guitar World. He said that doing
    the solos was a nightmare because of all the changes, but I think
    he has done a fantastic job.
    
    Referring back to the discussion of which Metallica to buy, I think
    the best thing to do is buy them in the order in which they were
    made.  It's incredible how this group has matured, both in playing
    and production, and buying the albums in order and listening to
    each for a while before moving on is a great way of appreciating
    what they have accomplished.
    
    Well, I could go on forever praising this group, but enough said.
    
    Sean - a die hard Metallibasher.

    re .80 or so (about the bass drum sound)
    
    I was looking at my CD insert last night of AJFA, and I read that
    there was some guy who engineered the drums on a couple of tracks.
    I think it was Shortest Straw and Harvester Of Sorrow.  I don't
    know what he did, but I would bet that he is the reason the bass
    drum sound stands out as something a little different on a couple
    of songs.
    
    Steve O

Just a point of interest that I noticed last night.....

AJFA LP was engineered by the same guys who produced the Tesla album....
these guys are hot!

cat

>    His last name is Rasmussen.
    
No, that's not them....it's something like Steve Thompson and 
Rick Bartelinni.....or something like that.......I can't think of them
right now.....

cat

    
    Steve Thompson and Michael Bolerick or something

    I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned that Metallica has now made a
    VIDEO.  I saw part of an interview with them on MTV this weekend and
    they were talking about it.  They also had some good live footage as
    interview background, "Shortest Straw" etc.  The videos for the song
    "One"... 
      
    Haven't seen it yet, but am looking forward to it.
    
    gh

    	Yeah, I heard Lars Ulrich talking about on emptyV last night.
    	Should be interesting (not your average run of the mill video)
    	I can't wait.
    
    	joe.

    Oh yeah, I also heard about an interesting experiment they're doing.
    Since there are so many illegal concert tapes of theirs out, they
    are allowing people in a special section at some of the shows to
    tape it.  Approx 200-300 people per show.
    
    I don't know how long they'll continue with this, but it sounds
    exciting.
    
    gh

    So whats the story?
    
    Metallica always said that they would NEVER bring out a video 
    for a song cos they said that that was "selling out".
    So why the video for "One"? Are they releasing it as a single or
    just as a sorta promo vid?
        
     Anyone know when it's released?
    
    Somebody pleeeze tell me cos I don't get MTV.
    
    Can't wait to see the vid thou.
    
         Mike da Frostie.

    
    	   Can anyone confirm this? Someone told me that the intro to
    "Frayed Ends of Sanity" (Oh WHEY oh, WHOA oh) is actually the music
    played in the 'flying monkeys' scene of "The Wizard of Oz"!!??!!!
    If so, this is extremely funny.
    
    	This was told to me by the same person who found that the first
    names of the progression of Spinal Tap drummers is the same as Curly
    progressions in the Three Stooges.
    
    					Les
    

    There is an excellent article in the current issue of Rolling Stone
    about none other than Metallica.  It is an EXCELLENT article, and
    I highly recommend it to all metal(lica) fans everywhere.  I'm not
    gonna type it in, 'cuz it's way too long.
    
    If this is a repeat of something already entered, sorry, I haven't
    been into notes much lately...2BZ!!
    
    joe.

    
    Can anyone help me out here ?  In the song "The Wait" ($5.98 ep)
    what kind of effect is used on Jaymez' voice ? 
    
    The original is the same and it's kind of freaky. I thought it was
    maybe a flanger or something but no doubt I'm wrong.
    
    Has anyone heard the original by Killing Joke ? IMO it is much
    better than the Metallica version - it's really heavy and
    grinding...... a bit like my ex SO :-)
    
    Mike...who would write this in EHM as well but can't access it today

    Nope, he's right, it's true. I didn't know what to think when I
    read it. They will be hacking off some of "One" to make it
    radio-able, and video-able. 
    Lars' explanation was that if they took a minute and a half out
    of the song to be able to expose another 300,000 kids to their
    music, that it was a good idea.
    It was also pointed out that they released an edited version of
    "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in 1984.
    
    I'd be happy just to put on MTV, or the radio, and hear a Metallica
    song myself.
    
    /Motorbreath

    A few point to ponder about Metallica of late:
    
    1)  I heard that they vowed NEVER to do video's but now that AJFA
    	is skyrocketing, "One" will be on the Headgiver's ball this
    	weekend.
    
    2)	They never wanted to be a "radio band" because the music mattered
    	more than the bucks, but now that AJFA is kicking butt, a stream-
    	lined version of "One" is now on the FM airwaves, even down
    	here in the redneck belt.
    
    I can see both sides of the oncoming argument:YES, they should get
    the music to as many listeners as possible at any means, and, NO,
    they're already doing very well with the latest effort, why alter
    it just to please a few skeptics.
    
    So what do you folks think ???? Hmmmmmm ??
    
    
    Personally, I'm all for it !!  The Heavy Metal crowd is finally
    being noticed in a positive manner, Metallica has the ball, wanna
    see some points on the board !
    
    
    				Scary

    I saw the video last night on "the ball" and it was VERY classy!
    If Heavy Metal is ever to be recognized by the rest of the music
    world as a true art form then this is the way it will have to be
    presented.  I give it 17 stars ...
    
    			MetalliScary

    Yeah, I saw it too.  I thought it was well done, exactly like I'd
    expect, but...(you knew it was coming)...I thought that they downplayed
    the music.  I could see why they might have thought they needed
    to do that with a depressing song like One, since if someone heard
    it that did't follow the story or know where it came from, it would
    probably turn them off.
    
    Like everyone seems to say, hey guys, milk it for what it's worth
    as long as the music is still good.  Then when the trendy pop crowd
    turns their backs on you, we'll still be around cheering ya on!
    
    gh
      

    The video was very well done.  It contains mostly footage from the
    movie "Johnnys Got His Gun" which is essentually where the story
    for the song came from.  There is a little footage of the band,
    but not much (all in B&W).
    
    gh

    
    
    	Well, well, well...Not being a Metallica fan (yet!) (^8
    	I must give them credit where credit is due.  I just
    	saw the video for "One" on the HBBall.
    
    	It is absolutely fantastic!!  I'll tell ya something,
    	though....it gets you to thinking, y'know??  Wouldn't
    	want to sit in front of the TV watching that while
    	I'm depressed and worse yet...drunk!!  
    
    	Anyone know if the clips in the video are from a specific
    	movie??
    
    	Tigger~~~

    
    Re: .146 & .147
    
        The clips are from the movie "Johhny Got His Gun".  I read the
    book in high school and it was excellent reading. 
        
    
    Paul

    
    
    
    	Oops!!  Guess I wasn't very wide awake when I put that
    	question in about what movie it was from!
    	
    	The reply before mine HAD "Johnny Got His Gun"!
    	Sorry, folks!!
    
    	Tigger~~~

    
    	DO "SHORTEST STRAW" !!!!!!!
    
    That's my favorite cut on the album. 
    It's a brutally powerful tune.
    
    /Motorbreath

    
    	There is a long and short version of the video...the long version
    is the complete song.
    
    					Les
    

BTO::STEVENS_J "Born, With a Six Pack In My Hand"    16 lines   1-FEB-1989 22:02

      Has any of you "ROCKERS" out there heard or seen the video
    that the group "METALLICA" put out called ONE......
    
       The tempo of the tune is great. I haven't heard a tune like that
    in ages.... The video shows a guy who lost his arms and legs in
    Vietnam laying in a hospital bed talking to himself....
    
          For some reason i find this tune to be the balls........
    
              Haven't seen the album available anywhere... Can
    someone help me out??
                            Mr.Rude

    
    	re Rude...  Intro your self in the roster..#3 I think..
    
    	If you like the vid..you ought to hear the OONG version of the
    tune (READ: the unshortened BETTER version).  They're rumored to
    be putting out another home vid containing the long version and
    concert footage.
    
    Bk
    

    I know exactly what MB is saying!  That was my reaction too.  I
    think the video was well done, but I don't like having the music
    underplayed by dialog from the movie which formed most of the video
    footage for it.  (I believe I stated this before...)
                                                        
    re: Les
    
    Have you seen the video we're talking about?  If not, the music
    is mixed into the background and dialog from the movie "Johnny got
    his Gun", which forms the backdrop for the video, is in the foreground
    (eg a lot louder than the Metallica song, in some places so much
    so that you can't hear the song at all).
    
    gh

    I FINALLY saw Metallica's ONE video... the long version even!!!
    
    I think this is probably one of the best videos I've ever seen,
    not just because I'm a Metallica fanatic...
    
    I think that the footage shown of the movie as a backdrop to
    the song really drives home the idea of the song.
    
    	I didn't mind the fact that so much of the movie was shown
    as opposed to Metallica's playing. I took in the whole thing
    as a single piece of work, not just something to watch while
    I listened to the song.
    
    Now, if I could see one less Def Leppard video and one more Metallica
    video a day on MTV, I'd be happy.
    
    /Motorbreath

    Actually, the song "One" has been one of my least favorites on ...And
    Justice for All for that very reason, because it depresses me so. I
    really like Metallica and the album in general, but "One" is just too
    depressing for me.  The video does nothing but augment that depressing
    feeling.  Personally, I never liked movies/books like Johnny Got His
    Gun because of that. 
    
    I guess I'm just superficial or something, because I prefer comedys and
    action films to stuff like that.  Platoon, Deliverence, Full Metal
    Jacket, the Deerhunter, that sort of thing are very low on my list of
    favorite things to watch.  I read books and watch movies to escape from
    reality, not to be smashed in the face with it! 
    
    I like a lot of energy, and despite their trend toward depressing
    lyrics, this is what makes me a big Metallica fan. 
                                                        
    gh
                                                       

    
    
    	RE:  HOLLYWOOD
    
    	Yes, they did play at the Grammie's and I managed to tape
    	it, BUT...I didn't think they sounded all too hot when they
    	first got out there.
    
    	Once they started getting into the song a little, they sounded
    	better.  
    
    	BTW...in case ya didn't know.  They didn't win in their
    	category, Jethro Tull did.
    	
    	And for those in the Worcester area...heard on AAF this
    	morning that the Metallica/QR show is ....SOLD OUT!
    
    	Tigg~~

    
    
    In the March 9 issue of Rolling Stone they have this little thing
    on the grammys...  it goes on.
    
    Then they have the "artists pick" of albums or artists of the year
    or not of this year..
    
    They have opinions from
    
    Kirk Hammett
    James Hetfield
    Jason Newsted
    
    its pretty interesting to read what it is they like..
    
    Would anyone like to see it?  I will gladly type it in here..
    
    Just say the word..
    
    F.

    
    I'm glad you guys are interested, cause I think this is really neat,
    and kinda fun!
    
    The following excerpts are taken without permission from Rolling
    Stone magazine, dated March 9th, 1989, Issue 547.
    
    The following is being typed in by the order it appeared in the
    magazine.  Words in italics have been surrounded with astericks
    
    From the "1988 Music Awards" articles - "Artists Picks"
    
    KIRK HAMMETT
    ------------
    
    Danzig
    Land of Rape and Honey, *Ministry*
    South of Heaven, *Slayer*
    Over Europe Live in Zurich, *Led Zeppelin (double-CD bootleg)*
    Radio One, *Jimi Hendrix Experience*
    We the People, *School of Violence*
    Live in Budapest:  The Best of Ross Halfin, *Ross Halfin*
    
    
    JAMES HETFIELD
    --------------
    
    Danzig
    Let it Be, *Laibach*
    Big Time, *Tom Waits*
    Imaginos, *Blue Oyster Cult*
    South of Heaven, *Slayer*
    Introduce Yourself, *Faith No More*
    Horrid Farts ("Cassette, don't know label, got it from a guy at
                   RIP magazine")
                 
    
    JASON NEWSTED
    -------------
    
    Big Time, *Tom Waits*
    Danzig
    Frogs Through the Park, *Death Angel*
    Eternal Nightmare, *Violence*
    Elvis Death Confirmation Tape
    
    
    
    Well thats it.  Pretty interesting, dontcha think?
    
    F.
    

                Taken from  the  Boston  Sunday  Globe March 5th,
                              1989 without permission
                
                          METALLICA MOVES TO CENTER STAGE
                
                By Jim Sullivan
                Globe Staff
                
                LAKELAND, Fla -  Just  as Metallica helped change
                the face of the Grammys - it was one of five acts
                nominated for the first-ever hardrock/heavy metal
                award  last month, and it played  its  grim  song
                "One"  during the broadcast - it has  irrevocally
                changed the face of heavy metal.
                
                Only  three years ago, Metallica was a critically
                acclaimed,  but commercially insignificant  band.
                The San Francisco based quartet  was  the leading
                light of the so-called "thrash" or  "speed" metal
                bands,    but        in     a    highly-stylized,
                paint-by-the-numbers  mainstream field  ruled  by
                the likes of Ozzy  Osbourne and Poison [editorial
                comment:  this is absurd], Metallica was just the
                rude  relative,  slightly  unkempt  and a  trifle
                dangerous.
                
                Metallica  didn't  pander  to  preconceptions and
                didn't write  overtly catchy melodies.  It played
                ferocious,    somewhat  intricate,    hard-edged,
                complex heavy metal.   Its music took a number of
                sharp  zigs and zags.   Its  lyrics  addressed  a
                world    in   turmoil  and  Nuclear  devestation,
                personal  isolation,  drug  addiction,  misplaced
                justice, bogus faith  healers, capital punishment
                and gut-level, day-to-day frustration all figured
                in.
                
                Why?
                
                "The world is a dark  place," explained guitarist
                Kirk Hammett backstage during a stop  on  a  week
                long tour through Florida.  "It isn't  a  picnic,
                and  a lot of people don't like to  see  that  in
                their music.  They like to see it as  a wonderful
                place.  Come on, wake up and smell the coffee."
                
                Said bassist Jason Newsted: [turning the page]
                
                [uh,  oh.    I wasn't expecting the article to be
                quite this  long.  This thing takes up a third of
                a page at  least  .  .  .  well, I'll keep typing
                for now, but I  don't  think I'm going to  finish
                it . . . ]
                
                "We're  serious.    Thats what  really  different
                about this kind of music."
                
                Metallica,  which  has  sold  out  its  Worcester
                Centrum  date  March  16, is the scruffy  success
                story that did things its own way.   It  has sold
                more than2 million copies of its latest album, ".
                .  .  And Justice For All." A spokesman  for  its
                label, Elektra,  says  sales of 5 million are not
                out of the  question.    Metallica  is, arguably,
                positioned as 1989's [Scums  and  Poseurs, oops I
                mean]  Guns  N'  Roses,  the    most   improbable
                mainstream  breakthrough  since  the Beastie Boys
                did  it  in 1986.  Metallica has  a  #1  longform
                video ("Cliff 'Em All"), which has sold more than
                150K  copies,  a top 10 album AJFA and of  course
                the Grammy nomination and featured performance.
                
                Metallica has  made  its  climb,  by  and  large,
                without the support of traditional album oriented
                rock radio stations, which  are fearful the bands
                harsh  music will repel more  listeners  than  it
                will attract.  "One," however, may  be  the radio
                breakthrough.  "We've done 2M copies w/o  radio",
                says LU, "and I think if radio wants  to  jump on
                the  board,  they  are absolutely welcome to come
                along for the ride .  .  .  I dont have a problem
                sleeping because we  know  it  was  on our terms.
                Were incapable of doing something were not into."
                
                However the notion that  Metallica  was  up for a
                grammy - and was invited  to  play  on  the  show
                beaming  into  14.4M  US  homes -  still  boggles
                minds, especially the band.
                
                "I  think it's pretty bizarre," says LU,  "Pretty
                left fiend."
                
                "Amazing" says KH
                
                "Never in a million years", says JN.
                
                "I've  never been into that award kind of  stuff"
                says JH.  "Ive seen it a couple of  times  on  TV
                and    thought  it  was  a  bunch  of  hooey  and
                brown-nosing.  THey were pretty boring."
                
                [End of  part  one.    I quit.  I'll type in more
                later . . . Rob]
                

                      Boston Globe Metallica Article - Part 2
                
                Metallicas  Grammy    night  rendition  of  "One"
                started  with a  series  of  explosions,  as  the
                low-lit  stage filled with  flames  and  chemical
                smoke.  It began as  a  slow  mood piece and then
                speed-shifted into a blitzkrieg of molton metal -
                drums  like  machine  guns, guitars like air-raid
                sirens.    The  song is based on Dalton  Trumbo's
                "Johnny  Got  His  Gun,"  and  sung from the same
                point    of    view   -  inside  the  mind  of  a
                deaf-dumb-and-blind    limbless    war    victim.
                Hetfield tore into  the  final stanza:  "Landmine
                has taken my sight,  takene  my  speech, taken my
                hearing, taken my arms, taken  my  legs, taken my
                soul, left me with life in hell."
                
                If its musical outlook seems grotesque and grim -
                "We've written about death and dying in  alot  of
                different  ways,"  says  Ulrich;   "We don't sing
                about flowers and happy things very much," admits
                Newsted [I can  see them now, Searchin', Seek and
                Sniff the Daisys .    .   .] - dig deeper and you
                will find Metallica isn't endorsing  violence  or
                destruction;  it is simply pointing  it  out  and
                marrying it to bone-crunching metal.  "There's  a
                lot  of  negative,"  says Hetfield.  "I'm writing
                about life as I see it.  I look at the news every
                chance I get.  I used to hate reading:  now I get
                into it."
                
                Spend and time offstage with the band, and you'll
                spot its humor.  :We're basically pretty cheerful
                people," says Hammett.  "We all have a good sense
                of humor, and we don't walk around  with  a  dark
                cloud raining on us all the time."
                
                Of note:  It's a bit past 2  in the morning, and,
                in the Metallica tour van - yes, the white  three
                seater with "Satan  rides with us" immactualately
                inscribed on the sliding  door  panel  [love that
                one.  I can see  all  the people with the "God is
                my copilot" stickers kamakazeeing (sp?) the  van]
                - the band members raise a toast,  following  yet
                another sold out concert.  They've spirited a few
                Sapporo  drafts  away from their dressing room at
                Lakeland Civic  Center,  and Ulrich hoists one to
                "the bass player."
                
                The mood, for just a moment, is solemn.  THe bass
                player in question is dead.
                
                Cliff  Burton  -  one    of    the  band's  chief
                songwriters,  the  one  with  the    most  formal
                training, the one who brought elaborate arranging
                skills to the group - died after  the  band's van
                crashed  in Europe more than two years ago.    It
                would have been Burton's birthday.
                
                Newstead,  Burton's replacement,  tosses  half  a
                quizzical,  but  knowing look,  and  asks,  "What
                ABOUT the bass player?" All  laugh,  aware of the
                irony.  Burtin is missed, but  Metallica rides on
                - at ease with both the sensibility  and  the new
                guy, which, as Newstead says, he "will be  called
                until 2010."
                
                Hetfield  says  some  folks  figured  that,  when
                Burtoin died, Metallica  might  pack it in, or at
                least temper its obsession  with violent imagery.
                In  fact,  Metallicas  first  US   concert  after
                Burton's death was played on a  Providence  stage
                made up to look like a cemetary:  six large white
                crosses on stage and row upon row of  crosses  on
                the  backing scrim [what the hell is a scrim???].
                Of  Burton's    death   and  its  affect  on  his
                songwriting,  Hetfield  says  simply  that  death
                "means so much more to me now."
                
                Of  course,  Metallica  has   detractors.    Some
                critics  say  "AJFA" doesn't measure  up  to  two
                earlier  efforts,  "RTL and MOP" and  allege  the
                band  has  sold  out.    Or  they    claim   that
                ex-Metallica  guitarist  (now    Megadeth)   Dave
                Mustaine wrote the band's  best material.  Ulrich
                maintains    Mustaine's    influence   is  highly
                overrated, that he only wrote six  songs that the
                group recorded.  "Dave was pretty ignorant  about
                a  lot  of things, but he was a  quick  learner,"
                says Ulrich.  "Dave is a very bitter person.   He
                had a chip on his shoulder for a very long time."
                Hetfield  says  if anyone  charges  the  bandwith
                "selling out," well, "I don't  think  they have a
                concept of what selling out means.    Selling out
                means you're up there with these other  bands who
                have sold out.  We've done it our  way  form  day
                one."
                
                [Enough for now.  Part 3 of 3 later . . .]
                

       
      I went to see Metallica at the Nassau Coliseum N.Y on
    Wed.8th.I've been to over hundred concert since i came to
    this country and i've seen Metallica 4 times before(2 times
    with Cliff Burton).I couldn't believe they were f:-king better
    than i've ever seen before.I mean they were kicking f;-)ing
    a** .80 dollars for a d*mn ticket,that wasn't bad at all.
    James' voice was more powerfull.Jason was great but still
    couldn't compare with Cliff.You guys who are planning to see
    them at the Centrum in Worcester,make sure don't miss them.
    (IMO) If Cliff still alive that would be a perfect concert.

    The Herald on Monday ran a real good review of Metallica
    saying "Metallica has "made it" stating they have no costumes
    or gimmicks, just heavy metal prowess that's finally gaining
    them long-awaited appreciation."  If you want a copy of the
    article just send mail and I'll get you a copy.
    
    Candy

    
    	I agree with pete.  Lars couldnt reproduce that killer Double
    Bass sound used in one and in a few other tunes..but who knows..maybe
    it was an off night.
    
    	Jason is a decent bassist..but his solo was unimpressive..Burton
    ruled(s) at that..
    
    	As far as the show went..the pyros were great... I thought the
    Centrum outlaw'd them..but I guess the times are a changin'..eh?
    
    	I loved it when the statue collapsed...."Watch out for that
    head!!!"
    
    	The sound was the best they've ever had...they got someone who
    does it right...FINALLY!!!
    
    	All in all..a great show..too bad I missed 3/4 of Queensryche...
    
    BK
    

    Great show.  I was kinda disappointed that they went the "5-minute
    bass solo" and "5-minute guitar solo" route that EVERY metal band
    has to do.  Besides that, I really liked it.
    
    A note about the pyrotechnics:  we had side stage seats and after
    Queensryche finished, some guy (who seemed to be the head of the
    crew) was showing the fire chief (and two other guys who looked
    like policemen) around the stage.  The chief was testing the materials
    that the statue was made out of, examining the flash pots, etc.
    He had an official looking document in his hand.  What I think was
    going on was the crew was trying to get a waiver of some kind from
    the fire chief to allow the pyrotechnics to happen.
    
    	- Paul

    "Metallica rocks crowd at Centrum"  Worcester Telegram,  3/17/89
    
    auth: Scott Farmelant  reprinted without permission:
    
    ROCK REVIEW:
    
    Is it possible that the band Metallica and the word mainstream are
    written and spoken about in conjunction with each other?  Has the
    fact that a band that defies musical definition has had an album
    go platinum, left critics absolutely unprepared to understand such
    a strange phenomenon?
    
    In front of a sold out Centrum, Metallica blasted through two of
    the best hard rock concert hours this city has ever seen.  The quartet
    with an appetite for the darker side simply kept up an unbelievable
    pace for an arena act.  Their high level of energy combined with
    serious and intense material made for an unforgettable musical 
    experience.
    
    It is true that Metallica blew away the headliners during last summer's
    Monsters of Rock Tour, and yes, they were the talk of the Grammy's,
    but Metallica, whose attitudes reflect a subculture of American
    youth obsessed with death, despair, depression, and profound nihilism
    will never be a mainstream act, period.
    
    Yet from the onset, Metallica's fanatical following were in for
    the time of their lives. Surely, the uninitiated might find it
    difficult to accept that this type of concert can be considered
    fun, especially in light of the negative nature of the material,
    but it was the essence of the show.  The music, which serves as
    a form of release for all of the negative, was quality entertainment.
    
    The show opened with "Blackened", a pulsing song displaying real
    anger, and swept away the audience.  Discordent and thrashing,
    guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield, guitarist Kirk Hammett, drummer
    Lars Ulrich, and bassist Jason Newsted blazed into "For Whom the
    Bell Tolls," a haunting chilling number.
    
    Hammett's screeching solos were in full evidence during "Sanatarium",
    a bone jarring tune with a surprisingly melodic feel.  The pained
    "Harvester of Sorrow" ground with power as the Centrum rocked.
    
    The sonic punishment continued with "Eye of the Beholder", energetic
    and brash, highlighted by dueling guitar work of Hetfiled and Hammett.
    The song, which espouses the freedom of individual expression was
    a high moment in the show.
    
    Newsted's Bass solo that followed was not excessive, but relatively
    uninspired, as was the following mellow little piece.  Not to worry.
    "Masters of Puppetts," an anti-cocaine number, quickly revived the
    frenetic place.  The tune sizzled for eight plus minuets and featured
    the excellent work of Ulrich and Newsted, whose amazing capacity
    for rearranging pace in various ways, carried the song.
    
    "One", the song which Metallica played on the Grammy television
    show was yet another display for Hammetts's splendid guitar and
    Hetfields powerful vocals.  "Seek and Destroy" blazed, pausing only
    so that Hetfield could share a beer with the audience.
    
    "...And Justice For All" was another highlight, fulfilled by excellent
    and creative stage effects.  The backdrop, depicting a statue of
    a blindfolded Lady Justice, self destructed and crumbled during
    the extremely manic portion of the song. Simply awesome.
    
    "Creeping Death" was raging as was "Fade to Black". "Battery" brought
    the set to a resounding conclusion.
                                                 
    

    
        Well, I borrowed the "Master of Puppets" CD (thanks BK) and
        started to listen to it in the car today.
    
        I think I like RTL alot better, but I'll give it a chance.
    
                                                      GTI
    

    Better listen to it again dude.  RTL doesn't compare, IMO.
    
    gh

    I like RTL *much* better than MOP !  In fact, with the exception
    of "One" and "Blackened" I like RTL the best of all !
    
    Just goes to show the true diversity of the worldly conference.
    
    jc

    Nah, MOP grows and you...then everything pales in comparison.

    I have to agree, Pip.  That was and is, for me, the quintessential
    Metallica album. (although I like them all!  :-) )
    
    gh

    Yeah, and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is the bestest!
    
    

    Good tune.  No doubt.
    
    jc

    
    re .231
    
    Even better in concert!
    
    /prc

    Fade To Black Rooolz !

    
    ditto on Jeff's Choice

    IMO MOP is still the best Metallica album with better songs and
    arrangements than much of ...AJFA.
    
    Damage Inc. and Disposable heroes are the best.
    
            Mike
    
    

    
        Well, after listening to MOP about 5 or 6 times and then
        listening to RTL a couple more times to make a comparison,
        here is my (extremely technical) comparison:
    
    
        RTL eats MOP for breakfast and spits it out in bite-sized
        morsels.
    
        'nuff said.
    
                                                       GTI
    

    
    
    I agree with whoever...
    
    MOP is my favorite also..
    
    F.

    Metallica was the ballz last night in Providence!  My ears are still
    ringing, what a great show!  I saw them at the Centrum two weeks
    ago, the stage show was a little different in Providence, (more
    blasts and fireworks!) but basically, the whole show was the same,
    and the crowd wasn't as wild as at the Centrum.  Queensryche as
    usual did everything to a tee, and sounded just as good live as
    they do recorded and mixed.  If you haven't seen this show yet and
    have a chance to, do so!  It's one of the best I've seen so far!
    
    CJ

    
    
    I, like CJ, went to both shows and I agree about the crowd.  Rhode
    Island must be "calmer gentler" state. (Thanks George B.).  As usual,
    they were awesome!  
    
    Some differences between the Centrum and Civic Center shows:
    They covered Budgie's "Breadfan" for the last tune.
    They left out the short little metal version of "La Bamba" but played
    the intro to "The Prince", another Budgie cover.
    
    My brother and I hung out afterward to meet the boyz.  They were all
    really cool.  Made sure everyone who wanted any, got pictures and
    autographs.  Nice lid, Jason.  Agagaga!!  The Civic Center security
    guards think they're God.  Sorry guys, note *quite*.
    
    To those whom I was supposed to meet up with last night... sorry if I
    caused y'all any inconvenience.  I talked to Mike and Shawn this
    morning and we *just* missed each other.            
    
    
    Paul  

    
    
         They didn't play "Breadfan" in providence.  That was a cool
    tune. Thats also when they floor really went nuts at the centrum
    because they probably knew it was the last song.
    
    > They covered Budgie's "Breadfan" for the last tune.          
    > They left out the short little metal version of "La Bamba" but
    >  played the intro to "The Prince", another Budgie cover.              
          
     Where there any other differences in the songlist?????
    
    /Bill
    

    
    	The song "The Prince" if I'm not mistaken is done originaly
    	 done by Diamond head.
    
    	M
    	 B

    
    
    Re: M
         B
    
    	Oh yeah, you're right.  Sorry kids, I erred.  Thanks.
    
    Re: Bill
    
    	Are you saying they did or didn't play "Breadfan" in Providence,
    'cause I'm positive they did.  Did they at the Centrum?  I don't
    remember it.           
    
    
    Paul

    
    	Saw the Portland show...same as the Centrum.
    
    	They didn't do LaBamba, 'tho...
    
    					Les
    

    
    	Breadfan was their last encore, and it was AWESOME!
    Missed it, huh Renee!?
    
    The Civic Center crowd PALES in comparison to EVERY Centrum
    show I've ever seen. The Centrum rocks harder.
    
    /Motorbreath

    ....saw Metallica at the Nassau Coliseum,the Worcester Centrum,
    The Hartford Civic Center,and Portland Civic Center they were
    all same set up but still wanna see them one more time,trying
    to get the tickets for the show in Montreal on Apr 12th,any help
    out there?
    
    Thien
    

    Just thought that I'd mention that Metallica is the featured artists
    in this months issue of Guitar Player Magazine.  There are extensive
    interviews with James and Kirk, and a smaller but still interesting
    interview with Jason.
    
    For you guitar players (and wannabees, like me) there are also some
    transcriptions of portions of several different songs.
    
    BTW:  In the cover photo of James and Kirk, James is holding a guitar
    that says "Kill Bon Jovi" on the headstock.  I got a laugh outta
    that!
         
    gh

    
    	Just  `barely'  picked up the AJFA the other day. (Had to do
    something  Saturday  after  things calmed down. . .)  I also got
    a  chance  to  listen  to  the whole thing from beginning to end,
    and  yep. . .it  got  me going !  Much better IMHO than RTL.  My
    mother even liked it. . .and she's 65.  She said, `What was that
    gawd  awful racket I heard coming from your place ?'  `METALLICA
    mom. . .nothing to worry about.' :^)  She thought my furnace had
    problems again. . . :^)
    
    	So I'm a little slow in getting it. . .but those idiot bills
    take priority.  <sigh>
    
    METALord"

    Last night on WAAF I heard (I forget who was DJ) say that there
    is a possibility of Metallica and the Cult getting together for
    their next tour?  The DJ said that Metallica and the Cult met at
    the Grammys and they got along really well, and talk of a tour
    has been brought out in the open.  This is too good to be true!!!
    What a concert this would be!!!
    
    CeeJ

    
    How 'bout "Eye Of The Beholder"
    

    re a few back...
    
    Those rumors of a Metallica/Cult tour have been kicking around for
    a few weeks.  Word has it, though, that they will be doing a Summer
    Stadium tour. 
    
    Yea, Foxboro, here I come...
    
    Steve O

    A Cult/Metallica tour would easily be the best show I've
    ever seen. This is fact!
    
    I saw the Cult live ... phenomenal!
    I saw Metallica live .. phenomenal!
    
    This would be a VERY powerful show... would be GRRREAT at
    Great Woods... (so would the parking lot party!)
    
    may it come to pass/Motorbreath

  
    Is that the name of it ?
    
    These guize really grow on ya know dat ?
    
    Long Live Metallica.

    re .259
    
    I don't think it'll come to Great Woods.  I believe the town counsil
    has final say on concerts, and come to think of it, they would have
    a hell of a time getting a permit in that communist town of Foxboro.
    
    And I completely agree.
    I've seen the Cult 3 times (once on the Love tour, AWESOME) and
    I've seen Metallica 3 times (again, AWESOME)
    
    Would be a great show!  Let's hope they decide to come east again...
    
    Steve O

    Is Great Woods really *that* strict?  I saw Metallica twice, and
    I've never seen the Cult, but from what I hear, they are great
    live, and the two of them would blow the world away.. I love both
    the bands, and if they do come back East, I'll be there definately!
    
    CeeJ
    

    Oh yeah, did anyone else here this on WAAF last night btw?
    
    They really cut down older people when announcing this, said this
    would be a great show to take your parents to, when they ask to
    'bridge' the gap between you and them, take them to the Metallica/
    Cult show and they'll go right back listening to their "bubble"
    music.
    
    Give me a break.
    
    CeeJ

    My girlfriend's dad went with me to metallica and LOVED it.  
    
    As far as great woods goes, they rejected a request by Judas Priest,
    (I think that was who) to play there.  The Aerosmith shows also
    had to go through a bit of deliberation to get approved.
    
    Steve O

    What...WHY......WHAT'S WRONG WITH PRIEST!!!  Priest Out doors would
    be the ballz....why not a double billing of Priest and Metallica....
    Priest having the mail billing because of their longevity (Metallica
    is still great tho....)   Wait till I get my hands on who's in
    charge.....
    
    
    The Rebel....
    

    
    
    	I think their concern would be exactly that.  It'd be
    	OUTSIDE where alot of things could happen (slamdancing
    	and whatnot)
    
	They probably think it'd be a madhouse....
    
    	Tigga~~~

    
    Granted it probably would be a mad house, denying a permit for a
    concert based on reports of how the crowd _might_ act is
    descrimination.                                  
    
    Mansfield residents (great woods) have been complaining of the noise
    concerts generate.  Try going in the parking lot when a concert
    is going on.  You can't hear a damn thing.
    
    Sullivan Staduim has been rejecting requests for concerts for years
    because the town votes no.  Who the hell is the town to say.  I
    want to know how a concert could ever get as roudy as the patriots
    games that are held there.
    
    The thing that P!sses me off the most is the residents who complain
    that moved in knowing that the stadium was there.  Tough!  
    
    Steve O

    
    
    It is discrimination.. maybe you can prove it??
    
    Like with the Monsters of Rock tour... wasn't Sammy Hagar going
    to sue because they didn't want them to play there???
    
    F.

    Yup, they had their lawyer and everything was set, but Foxboro agreed
    to back down if
    -They limited Ticket sales
    -They limited the length of the show.
    
    Because of this, Kingdom Clone was dropped from the list of acts
    and I think only about 35,000 (is this # right?) were sold.
    
    Steve O

    
    All this I cannot bear to witness any longer.Will not the salvation
    of man take me home..........
    
    
    
      

    it's 
    "cannot the kingdom of salvation 
     take me home"
    
    /Motorbreath...Metallica Fanatica

> RAVEN1::BROCK 

Friend of yours, Scary?  8^)

Actually, BB, I can understand why you wouldn't like Metallica live. The 
times I've seen them vocals have not exactly been crystal clear. But you
should listen to their albums, where the production is top notch, and 
everything sounds great!

cat

    I need to know,
    
    How does one spell 'Cathulu' 
    as in 'call of...'
    
    Thanks
    

>    How does one spell 'Cathulu' 
>    as in 'call of...'

	 ....my buddy has that node name (CTHULU)...I'll ask him.

	 wild_kat

	 Cthulhu



	 :-)

	 wild_kat

      
    Thanks...   Note new pers. name.
    Steve O

    KTULU.  As in CALL OF KTULU, last song, second side of RIDE THE
    LIGHTNING.

    Ok, How many more times do I have to modify this....
    
    Steve O

    This is really getting annoying!  This is how I'm spelling it, and
    this is how it's staying!
    
    Steve O

    Kathy's spelling is incorrect, I have the frick'in cd in front of my
    face! Do you want your p_name to be like Einstein or like Metallica?
    KTULU is on the album, not CTHULHU.

    Youz guyz argue it out, and I'll use which ever wins. Fair?
    
    Steve O

    
        RE: Steve
    
    		Metallica spells it Ktulu.
    
                                                       GTI
    

    
>    		Metallica spells it Ktulu.

	 If you want the line from Metallica, spell it Ktulu, I
	 suppose.  Since I've never seen the album, and since I don't
	 particularly like Metallica, I'd go for the correct spelling
	 so that I didn't look like I was stupid when I was in other
	 notesfiles!

	 Anyways.................................

	 kath_who_wouldn't_know_what_you_meant_if_I_saw_Ktulu.    

    
    Hummm..
    
            The question is have Metallica spelt it right ?????
    
    
    Jon_who_loves_sturing_up_the_sh*t.

    Since Cthulhu's not human (nor does he, er, it) write using any
    alphabet known to mortal mankind, the spelling issue is moot.
    
    However, the _accepted_ spelling for those in the know is 
    
    	"CTHULHU"
    
    -and if you don't believe me, look it up in your copy of the
    Necronomicon!
    			:-)  :-)   :-)
    
    	-Bill
             

    Has anyone else read the Necronomicon....or how about any of HP
    Lovecrafts stuff....
    
    CTHULHU RULZE!!!!!
    
    
    Bill

                
                That is  the  correct spelling.  Metallica spells
                it wrong.
                
                - Rob who has a copy of the Necronomicon -
                
                

    So what do you guys think of the music?
    

    Metallica Rulz !!!
    
    The music is complex, thought out, intracate, and more exhilerating
    than any classical piece ever.  
    
    How's dat?
    
    Steve O

	 I *ENTERED* this last night....what did it do, get munched?!
	 

	 RE:  What does Cthulhu mean?!
	  
         Cthulhu is an Elder God (created by H. P. Lovecraft) which
         appears often as a humanoid figure, wearing a black cape, but
         where the head should be, there's a gray, bulbous head with
         two large, staring, lidless eyes.  Instead of a mouth and a
         nose, there is a cluster of long, octopus-like tentacles. 

         Cthulhu, even though supposedly asleep throughout the current
         millenia in the undersea city of R'leyh, continues to impress
         it's will upon the mortals of the earth via a seemingly
         hypnotic capability, which can be exercised even through the
         deep and dreamless sleep of the Mighty Cthulhu. 

         Cthulhu, besides being hypnotic, is also telepathic and
         psychokinetic, however the telepathic property (especially
         the ability to implant hypnotic suggestions into persons not
         physically present) is much more commonly used than the
         psychokinetic (ability to move objects by mental effort
         alone). 

         Cthulhu, even though asleep, is capable of impregnating
         various creatures via psychokinesis; these mixed breeds (the
         "spawn of Cthulhu" ) are renown for their repugnance, sadism,
         foul odor, and, like Cthulhu itself, their immortality. 

         The hypnotic, and visual appearance of Cthulhu ( and also, to
         those who breathe air, the _odor_ of Cthulhu) to those of
         weak intellect can cause a severe and irreversible psychosis,
         including, in particular, a violent, criminal insanity and
         serial murder tendency.  The repeated effects of contact with
         Cthulhu (or to a lesser extent, with the 'spawn') has a
         cumulative effect, capable of toppling even the most
         intellegent individuals in a society into a permanent madness. 

         Cthulhu is also occasionally known as the "Eater of Souls".


	 kath
	 

Way back a long time ago, when the universe consisted of nothing
more elaborate than 32.61 and 32.62...

Check out the into to "Am I Evil" on the re-released "Kill 'Em
All".  Hammer-ons (hammers-on???) (Hammett's spawn?) in that 
intro or no?

(As a six-year guitarist/17-yr pianist (since age 4), I recognize
a hammer.  I will, however, listen for that Satch mentioned...)

    
    	I believe that bit in 'Am I Evil' is hammering, but not 'tapping'.
    
    I took the other replies to mean tapping...
    
    							Les
    

    I play the intro to Am I Evil using a three fingered tapping 
    technique; a combo or hammers, pulls, and harmonic overtones...
    
    I think I play it correctly, but like Stairway To Heaven, everyone
    will play it differently.
    
    What say ye oh wild Metalliguitarists ?  Yea - or - nay ?

    re: .310
    
    Sounds like taps to me, dude.  I never tried to play it.
    
    I also thought that .62 was referring to tapping.  
    
    Gh

    
    	Dug out "Cliff 'em All" last night.
    
    	They are hammers.  Kirk's hand is fanned out real weird, so this
    may be some bizarre method...
    
    						Les
    

    Huh.  That's interesting.  I suppose it's time to get the little hand
    rack and get stretching...   8^)
    
    gh

If'n I hear it correct...

The intro and solo are different.  The intro uses ascending
arpeggios, ending with those harmonics and then into the
mosh...

The solo, however, consists of descending arpeggios, and ends
on a back-and-forth thing where he hammers the 3 notes on one
string, then goes down a string and back and forth, then does
it again another string down, back-n-forth.  I'm not 
qualifying these statements by saying I've worked the song out,
but I'm playing it in my head now.  It's really loud, too....

It's not exactly the same as VH's [Eruption, et. al] method of
tapping furiously with the right and pulling off insanely with
left, not is it like Mr. Rhoad's four-note [S.Solution] things.

...but that's not important right now; I just thought I'd vent
my loquacity (girls, avert your eyes, please).

 - Hovig (Northboro, Mass)

P.S.: I went to the left coast, (San Fransisco, to be exact)
a year ago and looked furiously for this elusive live bootleg
M. is supposed to have.  Any news?  'Tis 'preciated.      -HH

    
    Re: .315
    
    I've seen a few live bootlegs of Metallica at record conventions
    held in Boston every few months.  Some of the recordings are on 
    tape and some are on vinyl.  What ones are you looking for?
    BTW, they're usually expensive.
    
    Paul

    Am I Evil:
    
    The tapping stuff is all done on the B string...(At least the way
    I play it...)
    
    It's starts by tapping and pulling the D (3rd fret) to an open B
    and F (6th fret) ala EVH.
    
    I think I counted the frets right anyway... I keep looking at the
    pic of my guitar to make sure...
    
    ;^)

    Sorry, it's the 3rd and 8th fret.  Sheesh Greg, don't distract me!

    ;^)

    AND JUSTICE FOR ALL      

    IN RESPONSE TO 32.106,THE SINGLE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER IS ACTUALLY
    THE FLIPSIDE TO A LITTLEKNOWN TUNE CALLED {_BREADFAN_} AND IT IS
    AWESOME!!!! 
               By the way,all H/M entries by Perry are actually done
    by Kenny.
             alias,TODD.



                                                               
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    I guess Metallica has another video cassette available.  Yesterday's 
    Calendar magazine listed Metallica's "Two of One" cassette as #6 in 
    the Boston area.  Anybody know more about it?  Which versions of "One",
    the long version and the jamming version perhaps?
    
    
    Paul

    
    Good guess... Two of One has a brief introduction by Large Oilrig,
    in which he explains the background to the song. Then there's the
    full version, complete with excerpts from the Dalton Trumbo film,
    followed by the cut down "jamming" version with just the shots of
    the band playing in a warehouse.
    
    The video has been out in the UK for a couple of months, so I would
    guess it has been available in the states for longer than that.
    Definitely worth buying.
    
    Paul the Contractor
    -------------------
    

================================================================================
MSEE::CHAMBER                                        10 lines  18-JUL-1989 11:20
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    I SAY METALLICA SATURADAY NIGHT IN MANCHESTER.  THEY WERE SOOOOOOOO
    LOUD.  DEFINATELY THE LOUDEST CONCERT I'VE EVER BEEN TO.  THEY WERE
    REAL ROWDY!!  LOTS OF EXPLOSIONS AND PROFANITY.  THE CROWD LOVED
    IT!!!  THEY BLEW UP THE LIGHTING FIXTURES AND BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.
    THE SONG "ONE" WAS THE BEST.  LOTS OF SOUND EFFECTS.  IF YOUR INTO
    HEAVY HEAVY METAL, I SUGGEST YOU GO SEE METALLICA.  BE CAREFUL,
    MY EARS ARE STILL RINGING (AND THAT'S NO LIE!!!).
    
    JC
    

    I bought the 2 of One video on my first day back in the UK - a 
    definite buy for any Metallica fan who hasn't gotten it yet!
    
    Even me Mom likes the tune now - you should see her trying to do
    the double bass!!!  ;^)
    
    Flip
    
    Please don't send mail to this account - I've set it to expire 
    tonight and I'm leaving in the next hour or so.

    
    I bought the 2of1 video too.
                  
    Its very good. 

    
    
    	Metallica is supposed to be issuing a 1990 calendar in
    	September...
    
    	Be on the lookout (and guys..please keep your clothes on!)
    	(8
    
    	Tigga~~~
        
    	

    I picked up the Cliff 'Em All Vid and it's mediocre...
    
    Really crappy quality but the content is good.
    
    jc

    Does anybody know where I can get a hold of the Whiplash EP?

    ....and while I'm at it, howz about:
    
    	Garage days revisited
    	Jump in the Fire
    
    FLip

    While you're looking...you can pick it up occasionally at Strawberries
    (in the New England area) or Newbury Comics (also in N.E.).  There were
    some cool bootlegs at Headlines in North Conway, NH (no, really, I was
    there for the records.)  Also look in Nashua, they get some really cool
    rare vintage LPs and CDs.  A little pricey, but definetly worth it.
    
    BTW, they made the video out of fans home footage because they wanted
    that raw feel, and if you ask me, it is really raw! :-)  It's pretty
    cool.
    
    I saw them in Manchester and in Worcester.  They were *SO* f**king
    loud!  Both times I left with my ears ringing for two days!  The thing
    about Manchester is that it was outside- and I left with my ears
    ringing!  I was at least 200 yards from the stage and I had to scream
    at my friends to talk to them.  Hello Manchester!  No sleep for you!
    
    The Cult was definetley a bitchin opener for Metallica.  They were
    better at the Centrum.  They were wicked into it and you could tell. 
    I was afraid they were going to be laid back...that didn't happen. 
    They ripped through their set.
    
    				Steve -Flying high on the Medicine Train

    I've found Jump in the fire (HMV stocks it) and I already have
    Garage Days Revisited (seems that they renamed it Creeping Death),
    but if anyone in the UK sees the Whiplash EP let me know!
    
    Flip

    Can you get Garage Days etc.. on cd ? 

    I should imagine so - you can definitely get Re-revisited on CD.
    
    Flip

    	Has anyone heard/seen anything of a new Metallica video?  I saw a 
Top-10 video sales chart, and it said "Metallica - 2 for One".  
    	What's the story?  If it's out, I want it!
    
    				Steve - "Flying high on the Medicine Train"

    It's not that new (been out for at least 3 months).  The video is
    called 2 of One and features a 20 minute interverview with Larz Ulrich,
    where he explains what the One video is about.  Then they show the
    full length video with footage from the film Johnny get your gun
    (I think) and then they show the jamming version.
          
    It's good.
    
    Flip

    re Tony
    
    I checked oout HMV and Our Price at lunchtime and between them they
    have the following EPs on CD:
    
    	Jump in the Fire
    	Creeping Death
    	Garage days re-revisited.
    
    Still no sign of Whiplash though ;^(
    
    Flip

    	This was cross-posted in another conference.  Nobody seems
    	to know whether or not it was actually printed in that paper,
    	but I still got a hoot out of it!!
    
    	Tigga~~~~
    
   
    
           The Manchester Union Leader is very conservative and also famous 
       for publishing letters from readers.  I think they publish letters 
       without reading them.  Take, for example, this from August 12.
       
       RESEARCH FINDS "EVIDENCE" OF SATANISM
       
       To the Editors: Mayor Emile Beaulieu is right about potential
       Satanic messages in the music and lyrics of the heavy metal band
       Metallica.  Since the night of the concert, I have conducted
       exhaustive research and found no less than three substantiations
       of the mayor's allegations on the bands four albums.
       
       When the song "Fade to Black" from the "Ride to Lightning" album
       is spun backwards at high speed while the listener stands on his
       head meditating, the message "Santa is coming to town" can be
       heard between the second and third verses.  This is an obvious
       reference to Satan in that the band misspelled the crucial word,
       placing the ever important letter "n" in the middle instead of at
       the end.  Both are men dressed in red, so we can understand
       Metallica's confusion.
       
       Even more ominous is the cassette version of the recent "one"
       single.  When played on s Sony Walkman with the headphones placed
       over the eyes instead of the ears, visions of an Iowa chicken farm
       conjure into view.  Broken eggs are scattered about the hay floor
       as the chickens cackle away.  Obviously a metaphysical display of
       the pagan cult "chicken dance" ritual, popular with hedonists of
       Medieval times.
       
       The final Satanic instance I discovered was from the compact disc
       of their "Master of Puppets" album.  When the disc is placed in a
       microwave oven set on high power for ten minutes, sparks dance
       from the metal as the disc begins to melt.  Evidently, the
       microwave radiation purges the discs of other-worldly influences,
       this making them safe for the teenage listener.  Unfortunately,
       the process also renders them unplayable and is a potential
       health and safety hazard for the concerned parent attempting to
       purge the child's compact disc collection.
       
       It seems the mayor is not so ignorant after all.
       
                                          name and address provided

                This stuff  may  already be in here, but what the
                heck ! :^)
                
                More stuff from  the  HM  mag.    .    .reprinted
                without permission. . .again ! :^)
                
                `Metallica. . .Born: Los Angeles, 1981
                
                Original  Lineup:    Lars  Ulrich,  drums;    Ron
                McGovney,  bass;   James Hetfield,  lead  vocals;
                Dave Mustaine, lead guitar;  Jeff  Warner, rhythm
                guitar
                
                Lineup  Shakeups:    Brad Parker replaces Warner;
                Hetfield straps  on  a  guitar  replacing Parker;
                Cliff Burton replaces  McGovney;    Kirk  Hammett
                replaces Mustaine; Jason Newsted replaces Burton.
                
                Records:
                
                    No Life `Til Leather (demo)
                    Kill `Em All
                    Ride the Lightning
                    Creeping Death (Europe Only)
                    Master of Puppets
                    Garage Days Re-Revisited
                    . . .And Justice For All'
                
                Just some more `File Related' information. :^)
                
                METALord"�_the_most_I've_ever_entered_! :^)

                You're missing "Jump in the fire".
                
                - Me -
                

                |You're missing "Jump in the fire".
                
                They didn't  have  that  one  listed  in the mag.
                Hmmm. . .must be they're slipping. :^)
                
                Thanks Rob. . .
                
                METALord"�

    
    	Creeping Death is available here in the USofA... 
    
    	You also forgot The WHIPLASH ep....
    	"" "" ""        The ONE single....w/the Prince on the backside
        "" "" ""        The EYE OF THE BEHOLDER..w/BREADFAN on the b/s...
    
    	There are two home vids.... Cliff `em all and the ONE home vid...
    
    BK
    
    	I'm gonna go re-read your note..see if there's anything else
    forgotten..
    

    
    	Oh yea....	 Dont forget the remixed KILL `EM ALL with lyrics
    and 2 xtra songz (the 2 songz are also on CREEPING DEATH ep...
    				Am I Evil  and  Blitzkreig.. sp?
    
    BK
    

    
    Aha!!!  YOU missed the Harvester of Sorrow single!!!!!!
    
    ;^)
    
    Flip

    
    	Hmmmmm..never heard of it.  What's on the flip side flip??
    
    BK
    

    
    Bread Fan is on the flip side.

    
    	RE -1...
    
    	No it isnt.... Breadfan is on the Eye of the Beholder single...
    
    BK
    

    
    Breadfan was on the flip side over here ;^P
    
    Flip

    I have "Kill 'em All" on CD and Am I evil isn't on it. I thought it was
    supposed to be.

    
    What ??  Scary's kid (jeff) got that CD, and I KNOW it's on his...
    Devil Pup got ripped !  Thats the best toon on that album.  Go back
    and get another...
    
    jc

                Well.  .  .like I  said.    .    .that  stuff was
                MERELY reprinted.  (aka - retyped) That's  all it
                listed were those few albums.  Whatever else they
                released, I have no idea. . .aw the hell with it.
                
                SUE ME ! :^)
                
                METALord"�

    
    	Dog...
    
    	Kill `em all was REreleased...both are still on sale ya just
    gotta read the song list....ya know on the back of the album...
    
    	Hey TTT.... I dont think there is a Harvester of Sorrow single
    over here....so you can jolly well stow it..! (^8
    
    BK
    

    
    	I just got "Kill 'Em All", and I'm not all that impressed
    	with it.  I don't really know why ... maybe it's just a
    	little too "raw" sounding.  Jimmy's definitely improved his
    	vocal ability since this came out.
    
    	Kirk is just as good as ever though ... I love listening to
    	him wail away.
    
    	"Motorbreath"		"Whiplash"
    	"Am I Evil"		"Anesthesia"
    
    	are all OK ... I've listened through 3 times so far, and maybe
    	I'll give it another one before I really make a judgment.
    
    							GTI
    

    Oh dude, you'll get into it, you'll see. I was a bit overwhelmed
    by it at first (I mean, it starts out with Hit The Lights!)
    but it ranks with Too Fast For Love with me for best raw kick-ass
    album!! Serious 170 mph hell-bent-for-leather kick in the crotch
    bash your head album!!!
    
    /Motorbreath...TGIF

    
    Well, finally picked up "Ride The Lightning"...
    
    Why's it always take me so long to buy what I already know to be
    an excellent group's other albums? Too much fear, and yet I bought
    a few others I won't mention. Gotta agree with Cat and go with
    Master Of Puppets as my favorite so far. 
    
    'Course, I don't have "Kill 'Em All" yet either...:-)
     Spaceknight
    

    < Note 32.363 by MILKWY::SLABOUNTY "Whiplash!" 
    
    >	Kirk is just as good as ever though ... I love listening to
    >	him wail away.
    
    Yo Shawn !  Kirk Hammett didn't play on Kill 'em All...  That was
    Dave Mustaine (now with Megadeth).
    
    I can't believe y'all hadn't caught this yet !  Shame on
    you...Especially you MotoBreath !  ;^)
    
    Maybe I'm wrong.  Am I wrong ?  After all I am a little new to this
    Metallica scene...
    
   jc (Who LOVES Kill'em All...Now...)

    Hey Coop...
    you're wrong dude.
    
    Dave was at least partly responsible for some of the material
    on the Kill em All album, but Kirk played guitar.
    I know that Dave at least collaborated on the writing of 
    Four Horsemen with James.
    
    /Motorbreath...

    
    	DAve M left the band just before the recording of KILL EM ALL...
    
    	That's why 4 horseman and MECHANIX (off of MEGADETH's 1st album)
    are the same musically...they both have rights to the tunes.
    
    BK
    

    
    	 No Dave M recorded Kill Em All then left!
    
    	M
    	 B

                Sorry, Dave  M is not on Kill 'Em All at all.  He
                helped write, but  he  didn't  even play the skin
                flute on the album...
                
                

    
    	Dave got a "thank you" on K'EA, but Kirk did play.  Besides,
    	I recognized Kirk's playing ... sounded similar to some of
    	the stuff on RTL.
    
    	Not the same, but the same style ... ya know?
    
    	When I buy new speakers for my home system, I'm definitely
    	bringin' K'EA ... and I'm gonna play the intro to "Whiplash".
    	Great bass!!
    
    							GTI
    

    
    
    	I know why I thought Dave M played on the album cause if
    	 I remember correctly Kirk plays all the solo's of Daves
    	note for note...I'm not sure but check Cliff Em All I think
    	the early solo's Dave plays and the ones on the album are
    	 the same.
    
    	M
    	 B

    	Heard that in Rolling Stone's top 100 albums of the decade...
    KILL 'EM ALL by Metallica was picked as no. 30-something, because
    it set the tone/introduced that genre of speed metal to the U.S.
    
    /Motorbreath...I agree, but it should have been placed higher! ;^)

    Kill 'Em All Rocks!  No one gives that album enough credit.  That is
    the most raw, kick-in-the-whatever hell bent nylon something or other
    album!  Mustaine was not on the album.
    
    He has some tunes on RTL that he wrote, and was trying to get control
    of.  That is still my favorite album, although Pastor of Muppets is
    really close.
    
    The best tune by them is Battery.  There is no single song ever in the
    history of the world that kicks more a$$ than that song.  Every time I
    hear those chords at the end and in the middle (you know what I mean) I
    just have to flip out because it rules.
    
    Steve

    re.377
    words to live by, for sure Steve.
    
    /Motorbreath

    
    	"Battery" is the first song on my latest-and-greatest Greatest
    	Hits tapes.
    
    	It's one of my favorite Metallica songs.  Maybe THE favorite.
    
    							GTI
    

    
          Is Kill em all out on C.D., I am looking for it. My compact
         disk club(MTV record club) only has it on record and cassette.
         MTV club isn't bad, with every selection I get a free C.D..
    
                Doug(who is building the cd collection)..
    

    re.379
    	Uh... Pete, with all due respect and all that...
    aren't you exaggerating just a LITTLE about Lars' drumming???
    I mean, yeah, maybe Metallica's last album could have been a 
    bit rawer, but listening to AJFA doesn't have me walking away
    shaking my head saying "gee, no power, no nothing" and thinking
    that the drumming sounds like Rikki Rocket.
    
    	The next time you feel that way, just pull out Garage Days
    Re-revisited, that'll give you the power fix you need.
    
    /Motorbreath

    
    
    	Yea KILL EM ALL is on CD... I have it...great album for Disc..!
    
    BK
    

    
    KILL EM ALL on cd ?
    
    Gesh, I'm in the remotest corner of the world (ie England) and I
    got it on cd.
                
    I gotta agree with Pete, Metallica's (and Anthrax's thinking about
    it) sound is soooo squeaky clean now. I do like both the alnbums but
    they're unfortunatley the resault of too much production and too 
    much money to spend.
                     
    Bring back poor garage bands !
    
    -Tony

    Kill 'Em All is available originally on CD on Megaforce records, if you 
    can find the original anywhere, and it is on Elektra now, (with Am I Evil 
    and Blitzkreig.  Those songs were originally the B-side of Creeping Death) 
    since they bought the rights to Metallica stuff.
    
    Steve_with_a_bunch_of_trivial_blather

    
    
    	Metal Edge has a rather lengthy interview with Lars Ulright
    	in the April '90 edition.  (I can copy it for those who
    	would like to read the whole thing)
    
    	M: Other mishaps?
    	L: One night in Worcester, MA, the intro to "One" was about
    	   15 minutes long because Kirk couldn't get his rig to work
    	   and James kept playing the opening four notes over and over
    	   until it just became like a comedy.  It was really silly,
    	   but not too much other stuff happened in the chaotic
           negative department.  We had an incredible crew that most
           of that together.
    
    	M:  With the tough, the video out this year, and your 
    	    appearance on the Grammie's, do you notice people 
    	    recognizing you more?
    	L:  One of the things I'm most happy about with Metallica's
    	    success is that's it's been a very gradual thing.  So
    	    yeah, a few years ago a few people noticed us, then a 
    	    couple years ago, more people noticed us and now even more
    	    people notice do, but it's not like all of a sudden I can't
    	    walk down the street because I'm being chased by 30 guys
    	    with pens in their hands.  I think it's very healthy for
    	    your attitude when things happen slowly and steadily, instead
    	    of overnight.  You don't lose contact with the street.
    	    You don't lose contact with yourself.
    
    	M:  Plans for 1990 besides doing your house?
    	L:  ....if you want a rough outline the way I see it:  we'll
    	    probably start writing some songs in January, February,
    	    maybe go in the studio by the summer, hopefully have a
    	    record ready by Christmas, then we'll start all over in
    	    1991, go tour and do another 8 thousand shows and play
    	    in 500 cities people never heard of.  The bottom line
    	    is that this is Metallica and anything can change, we
    	    do things spontaneous and spur of the moment.
    
    	M:  See you in '91 then.
    	L:  Absolutely, but just remember again, like I keep reminding
    	    everyone: this is Metallica, so anything's possible, ok?
    
    	Tigga~~~ sounds like a hint in there, donnit?
               
    			

    I bought RIDE THE LIGHTNING over a year ago, but never really listened
    to it until yesterday, so this reply may have already been done.
    
    Has anyone ever thought that FADE TO BLACK sounds very much like
    VERY early Black Sabbath!
    
    
    Bonzo (Only just getting into RIDE THE LIGHTENING after a prolonged
    love affair with MASTER OF PUPPETS!)

    
    
         RE:-1 
         
           Sounds like early Sabbath?  I'll pick it up tonight!
    
               J. Jim who lives, eats, breathes, and yes--S**ts Sabbath!
    

    I really like the song, but never thought it sounded like Sabbath...
    
    gh

    I had just finished listening to VOLUME 4 and then put on Ride the
    Lightening on tape and it started with Fade To Black!  I think that
    it is the really distorted Riffing that makes me think that... only
    Tony Iomi never could or will play that fast!!!!
    
    ;^)
    
    Bonzo

    I disagree about Metallica sounding like Sabbath.  sabbath was more of
    a heavy sound.

    Yo DDawg!!!
    
    I was only refering to the riffing on FADE to BLACK... there is
    no way I would compere The Mets with the SABS for any other reason.
    
    Bonzo

    
    Garage Days Revisited
    Jump in the Fire
    Kill Em All
    Whiplash
    Ride the Lightning
    Creeping Death
    Master of Puppets
    Garage Days Re-Revisited $5.98 EP
    Harvester of Sorrow
    And Justice For All
    One
    
    etc
    
    Flip

    Oh I dunno... I hear a lot of turbo charged Sabbath in Metallica...
    Am I the only one ??
    
    jc

    
    My friend Steve listened to AJFA and said that they sounded like early
    Sabbath.
    
    Flip

    
    
        This very well could be.  I think Metallica has that same powerful
    
    feel to its music that Black Sabbath has.  I'll definitely be
    
    collecting the two Metallica LP's I don't have.  Thanks for the info.
    
                                              JaMmin Jim
    
    

    JC
    	Yup, you're the only one.
    
    ;^)
    
    Please. Metallica was the FIRST Heavy Metal band!!!  
    heh heh.
    
    That could be JC (seriously), probably more for their newer music,
    than for stuff like Kill Em All, which to me just sounds a lot like
    the English bands they were so into at the time, only better. ;^)
    
    Yeah Jim...buy Master Of Puppets!!! You'll be slayed!!!
    You're getting into them in the same order that I did, now I'm
    a fanatic!
    
    /Motorbreath...as my name kinda indicates!

    
    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
    
    Metallica are gonna take this year off!!!!!!!!   NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! 
    They *may* go into the studio late in '90 to work on new material!
    
    FLip

    Funny, I seem to have gotten turned on to Metallica in a different
    order than anybody else...
    
    AJFA was my first and is my fave... followed closely by:
    
    MOP
    KEA (Kill'em all)
    RTL
    The gazillian EP's they have (at least the ones I've heard) are
    mediocre at best...sorry....
    
    But I love the LP's !  Never a day goes by where I don't listen
    to/play  LOTS of Metallica.  Ask the guys in the band... ;^)
    
    jc                                              

      HI,
           i think Metallica are one of the best bands around and there
    latest tour (And justice for all) has been really good, i saw them
    at hammersmith Odean '88 and thought they were brilliant. 
    
                C-YA !!!
                         
                         sid.
               
    

I just got this message from the internet.  I thought that some of you
metallicaheads mights want to join.  I've changed to addressed to sign up
for the benefit of those of you unfamiliar with Gateways and the internet
and such...

Enjoy...
Steve O

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    I'm suprised. Nobody mentioned Metallica's Grammy Award for best metal
    performance for "One". I guess the voters decided that they were wrong
    about last year. I didn't watch the whole show but I did watch most of
    it and there was no mention of metal except the winners from earlier in
    the evening where they just listed the winners. 
    
    
    Jeff
    
    P.S. Has anyone seen Hetfield's new hairstyle? It definitely does not
    fit his character.

    
    
    Re: Jeff
    
    	People were discussing it in other notes (Grammies/Mutterings).
    
    	They may have skipped over metal this year and let rap get noticed
    since it was the other way around last year.  Both were new categories 
    as of last year but metal had the spotlight.
    
    	Glad to see they didn't show up for the award... kind of a boycott
    maybe?  They probably had something better to do.... like clean their
    sneakers.
    
    	BTW, I think James' new 'do is cool.  He's into hardcore/punk....
    so a mohawk fits him fine.  It's still long in the back so he's got the
    best of both worlds.  Scott Ian is sporting the same lid.
                                                            
    
    Paul
    

    Z-Rock plays the sh*t out of "Master of Puppets", I've heard that song
    at lunch everyday this week. Actually if a radio station was gonna play
    the sh*t outta something I'm glad it's Metallica and not some LGTB(tm)
    song. 

    Holy sh*t!434 repls to this note!And I just sat down and read them
    all.Must say I was very pleased.By the way,I just started enjoying
    these guys,listened to four tapes the other day at my part time
    job.Kill'em'All,RTL,MOP.AJFA.Gotta go with MoP,this tape is the
    ballz(like you people didn't know this).And since I could only aford
    one tape this weekend I had to buy it,the rest of my cash go's
    to my anti-metal wife,we'll anti-Metallica,this makes me play it
    more often.Pretty soon it'll be her or my tapes.HMMMMMMM.The tapes
    won't bitch or take my cash. Nuff said.
    
    Ron H.

    	Does anyone know/seen "Johnny Got His Gun?"...  I'm particularly
    interested in seeing it and was reminded of it when I saw the non
    jammin' version of one last night so I thought I'd ask.  thanks.
    
    sean

    
    
    	Metallica has recorded a cover version of Queen's "Stone Cold
    Crazy" which will be released on an Elektra compilation album.  On
    the same project, Motley Crue will be playing a Tommy Bolin track.
    The album features bands on the label covering songs from the old
    label (Electra/Asylum).
    
    
    Paul

    Watched Cliff'em All before I came to work tonight (ya I know,it's
    about time). Very intresting group. The wife got a little upset
    and left for a few hours. Oh Well!!
    
    
    Rock.
    

    
    
     Are these guys'  music what's termed Thrash Metal?

    Personally, I don't think that Metallica are "Thrash Metal",  I think
    that bands like Slayer, Overkill, Helloween, etc, are "thrash",
    Metallica is "HEAVY Metal"..  IMO.
    
    CJ

    re.506
    	Some of Metallica would classify as THRASH to me...
    Damage Inc. comes to mind, a lot of the first album.
    
    /Motorbreath...Jump in the fi-YAH!

                                                     
                                                     
    I don't think Helloween are classed as thrash! Some of their older
    stuff is heavier, but the new stuff is sort of commercial.
                                                     
    This whole thing of who's thrash and who isn't is very subjective,
    nowadays, people are saying that Metallica aren't really thrash,
    a year or two ago they were considered to be the king of thrash.
    I'm not putting Metallica down (I love the band) but it seems that
    popularity and acceptance come hand in hand. They haven't got any
    softer, just more mature and better as musicians, and people who
    listen to their music (like you and I) have become some familiar 
    with the Metallica trademarks (that percussive muting of the low E 
    or A strings, the double bass fills, the bass lines following the 
    distorted power chords) that people just *know* the stuff and don't
    see it as particualy outrageous anymore (although its still damn
    good)..
                                                                        
    Cheers,                                                             
    -Tony (who still thinks Metallica *are* thrash, and god bless 'em!).

    so why at the Monsters of Rock show did I see so many
    Metallica Worlds Fastest Speed Metal Band
    t-shirts? So what is Speed Metal?

                Slayer.   As far as speed, metallica doesn't even
                come close.   If  sure  there may be faster bands
                than slayer, but certainly  not  as tight or with
                albums that are as well  produced.    Speaking of
                which, aeren't they about due for an album???
                
                

    Speed metal bands are just that...rapid-fire tempos at the drop of a
    hat.  Metallica is NO speed metal band...their music grooves too
    much to be classified as speed metal!  There are many bands out there
    that have 2 minute songs that are like 132nd note riffs...now that is
    speed metal...
    
    oh, fwiw..

    	Quick question... what band originated "Last Caress"??  Mental
    block today.  thanks.
    
    sean

    -1
    
    Misfits

    I knew already Metallica's albums excepted "Ride the lightning".
    Wow! What a discovery listening to it. It is clearly their best
    together with "Master of puppets". I even have a little preference for
    "Ride..". It is really (IMHO) one of the best heavy metal albums ever
    and I put it on my very short list of new CDs to buy.
    
    Sorin

    	I hope it's a pile o' crap. It would be a shame to lose KRK, but if
    he ever needs a job, He's got a spot with my band.
    
    L A N D S H A R K 

    The date is 29th of MAY and i've just seen Metallica at Wembly Arena
    , also i've just read an interview with Kirk Hammett. He himself said
    he laughed when he heard the rumour that he had left. So can everyone please
    change the subject of kirk leaving the band. By the way does anyone
    have any info on metallica's equipment they use as i am very
    interested.
    
                                               
                 sid.

Kirk uses a Yamaha SPX90II and Mesa Boogie MkII amps...Or so I read in some 
back issue last night...  also, he uses Fernandez copies and a Jackson.

jc

                                     
    And Kirk also uses ESP guitars and a Gibson Flying V and the ADA 
    MP1, and Hetfield uses ESP Explorer copies, Gibson Explorers and 
    Steinberger basses (yup, he plays bass when he and Kirk jams).
    
    Dunno what bases Jason Newstead uses.

    JUST THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE A NOTE ABOUT SEEING METALLICA AT THE
    MARQUEE CLUB IN LONDON THE OTHER WEEK.WITH NO PRE-WARNING,THE LEAD
    SINGER OF METAL CHURCH ANNOUNCED THAT A FEW FRIENDS OF HIS WOULD
    BE TAKING THE STAGE.ON CAME METALLICA WITH CREEPING DEATH.NEEDLESS
    TO SAY I WAS GOBSMACKED,AND WENT CRAZY!!THEY WERE TOTALLY COOL,AND
    IT WAS DEFINETLY ONE OF THE BEST GIGS I`VE BEEN TO.METAL CHURCH
    KICKED ASS ALSO!!

    THANKS PHILLIPA FOR YOUR MAIL MESSAGE---YOUR RIGHT,IT WAS THE BEST
    GIG I`VE SEEN THEM DO (I`VE SEEN THEM ABOUT 7 TIMES NOW).IT WAS
    AN ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE AND I WOULD BE SUPRISED TO HEAR IF THEY EVER
    DID SOMETHING SIMILAR AGAIN.I`M JUST GLAD TO SAY THAT I WAS THERE...IT
    IS A PITY YOU WEREN`T HA!HA!HA!HA! BUT SERIOUSLY,THE CROWD WERE
    GREAT AND ODLY ENOUGH,METAL CHURCH GOT JUST A GOOD RECEPTION AS
    METALLICA DID.(METALLICA CAME ON BEFORE CHURCH)			   

               HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL SOON
    														
                                             CAPT  COOK
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    I saw them in Glasdow last weekend,they were ok,but I've seen them
    better.Warrior Soul are completely crap.
    
    
    
    
                                             STAYNZ
    

    
    
    WOW!!!  That's the first time I think I've ever heard anyone describe
    Metallica as OK.  Either people think their great or they hate em'.

I`ve just been thinking about the NO LIFE `TIL LEATHER demo tape.If
    i remember correctly,it had a song called THE PRINCE-am i right
    in thinking this? if so,is it an instrumental? 
    
    I used to have a copy,but it got nicked.
    
    Hope you Metallifreaks can help.
    
    Capt Cook

    
    
    I have a casingle with The Prince on it.  I forget what on the other
    side I think it's "One".  I don't think you should have any trouble
    finding this. - Kim

    In reply to "CAPT COOK", I also saw Metallica on the Friday at the 
    Marquee. To tell the truth I thought it was OK but nothin' special. 
    They were on for I guess about thirty minutes and played solid, but 
    gave very little to the crowd who in return gave very little back
    (I guess you must have been the exception Capt.). Don't get me wrong, 
    it was Ok but nothin' more. I suppose it was one venue they'd never
    done so they decided to pull this stunt for the crack of it. In my mind
    they still havn't done the Marquee, which can, because of its size give
    a great atmosphere to a gig. I guess it was just over half full and the
    bars seemed busier than the front stage! For Metallica that's sad. Sorry 
    to be a downer 'cos I know things like 'Metallica playing the marquee - 
    unbilled' are what legends are made of (especially if you were there), 
    but it really was nothin' to write home about.    
    
    
                cheers, beserkhead

    Golly gosh,i certainly stirred a few feelings up there,didn`t i?!
    You could open a new entry on this topic alone!! Great!
    
    Getting back to my original point,i think if you were a true METALLICA
    fan (such as myself-7 yrs down the line),then this would be a truly
    memorable gig,(and it is-for me).
    
    I may be wrong,but i would guess that Beserkhead and his band of
    merry metal men aren`t true METALLICA fans,but went to the gig in
    search of,(in his words) Babes,Beer,fast packed out concerts.
    
    That is not what this particular gig was all about(Not that there
    is anything wrong with the above!). It was a night of great music,
    and for me,that was enough.
    
    Maybe next time,Beserkhead,may i suggest a Glam Rock band would
    be more in your taste?! 
    
    Capt Cook
    

    I wasn't at the gig but i've followed Metallica over the years. They're
    one of the great heavy bands to come out of the eighties and I have no
    intention of fogetting them and moving into "Glam Rock"! I think what 
    "Beserkhead" had to say was fair enough as far as it went. They
    obviously didn't get much of an audience reaction and for Metallica
    that's unusual. Captain's right about such a performance being
    memorable if for only because it was unusual. As for it being one of
    their greatest performances I would reserve judgement and say we can
    all exaggerate! 
    
                         Hank Spunkmeyer     
    
    
    
                                        
    
                                            

    
    
    Oh, by the way, Jesse.  Metallica has been "consistent"?  OK, I'll
    give you that much.  So then why not buy one album(Masters of Puppets;
    only one worth anything) and play that over and over?
    
    And if this is true, I know it is since you admitted it, than
    how is Metallica better than JonBomb(tm)?  They both seem to have
    found a "formula" which sells; Jon and oohs, aahs and baby I love 
    you, Metallica and kill, society sucks, kill, kill, kill.  Haven't 
    they both "sold out"?
    
    So if a band stays consistent (same general theme), wouldn't that
    be considered doughnut music? --turned out by the thousands like 
    doughnuts.  Hey, there's a new term.  
    
    DM(tm)--Doughnut Music.  Listen to Metallica for references.
     
    I have another word that describes "consistency"; stagnation.
    
    Hey, another term:  SM(tm)--Stag Music.  Goto any Metallica shows.
    
    Hee, hee, hee, hee!  I likes it!!!  ];^>
    
    J-Dot
    

    Did somebody say bashing? Well sweethearts.. since you've given me a
    rough time the past couple of days.. I think you deserve the same.
    
    Musically Metallica ranks at the bottom... why?
    Well in my oppinion music is a h*ll of a lot more than running you
    fingers up and down the neck, and keeping a steady beat....!
    It's a feeling.. Y ou just really can't descibe it..
    
    As far as being consistent, yeah they did that alright..they were
    consistant at turning out *thrash* ! And you know what? i consider it
    in the SMASH THE PUMKIN!!! (tm) category!!!
    
                                    Tracy...
    

    Metallica play with a LOT of feeling ... true, it may be a bit "dark"
    sometimes ... but their music is very inspired even if the reasons are
    a bit negative.  And, if memory serves me correctly, they have never
    used the word "baby" in any of their songs.  A lot of bands base their
    entire career on that word ... I gotta give 'em a double thumbs up for
    that ...
    
    Scary

    
    
    	RE-2  Thrash????....hmmm I don't recall thier last album being
    	 fast enough to be considered thrash. Although if we go into the
    	catgory of,think about what we listen to, and social relevence in
    	 our lyrical selections. I'm not sure but I think Metallica gets
    	it hands down because they don't write just about three topics.
    
    	You couldn't feel the man laying there whith no arms or legs or
    	 a face when you listen to "One".
    
    	I don't know but I don't think you should throw stones..I mean
    	 Metallica played at a music award show on national TV..Your
    	talking about a band that gets no airplay that is an a
    	 acomplishment that Jovi could never do. You just don't like 
    	Metallica so to get back from being bashed you say they s*ck.
    	 That is an obvious response from someone who is musically 
    	illiterate. I like music by both bands but until you can play
    	 the entire cataloge by both you should just say "I don't like
    	Metallica although they are good musicians.
    
    	M
    	 B 

                Yeah, but  Skid  Row  and G'n'R also got on those
                same shows, so  that's  not saying much for their
                musical talent getting them there!! :')
                
                Merlin
                

    
    
    	Yeah Rob but both of those bands got tons of airplay.
    
    	M
    	 B

	RE: Tracy
    
>    Musically Metallica ranks at the bottom... why?
>    Well in my oppinion music is a h*ll of a lot more than running you
>    fingers up and down the neck, and keeping a steady beat....!

	As far as "keeping a steady beat", Metallica DOESN'T keep a
	steady beat through their songs.  If you'd actually listen to
	some of their stuff, you'd realize that their arrangements are
	VERY complex ... changing the timing in the songs constantly.
	They're actually more of a "progressive thrash" band rather
	than a straight-forward thrash band.

	I'm not even going to bother asking you how many Metallica
	songs you've heard, because it's probably less than 2.

>    As far as being consistent, yeah they did that alright..they were
>    consistant at turning out *thrash* !

	What do you expect them to do, start writing sappy ballads?


	RE: Scary    

>    And, if memory serves me correctly, they have never
>    used the word "baby" in any of their songs.

	"Last Caress":

	I've got something to say,
	I killed your baby today.

	8^)

							GTI
    

>	"Last Caress":
>
>	I've got something to say,
>	I killed your baby today.

    
    Of course, however, this song is a COVER...they may have sang it but
    they didn't WRITE it.
    
    

    RE: 32.586
    
     I AM MUSICALLY LITERATE!!!!!!
    
    The fact that bands get airplay means that they're good stupid!!!
    And the fact that other bands who are just as well known don't get
    airplay means that they're not good!!!!
    Or atleast not good enough to listen to while your at work..etc!!!!

    
    	RE: T_BERN
    
    	Are you for real?  Without getting too off-track since this
    	topic is supposed to be related to Metallica...
    
    	Who are YOU to decide that what's good gets airplay??  I 
    	happen to like Metallica's music and considering the following
    	they have I think you'll find yourself in a minority when it
    	comes to "good = gets airplay".
    
    	What gets airplay is what the teenagers (or people to be
    	general) BUY in the stores.
    
    	tigga~~~~

    Tracy,
    
    I suggest you take a course in music business before making statements
    like that!  Airplay has more to do with publishing (BMI & ASCAP),
    demand/supply, and sometimes payola (an evil word at DEC, I know) than
    the validity and/or virtuosity of the artist!  Talent and Airplay do
    not belong toegther in the same sentence!!!  They are two totally
    separate issues.
    
    B.

    
    	Ok, I'm going to bite the bullet here...I'm in a bad mood
    	to begin with...(and to take this into even a bigger rathole)
    
    	Tracy,
    
    	Do you work for DEC?  Or are you a contractor?  And are you
    	even over the age of 18?
    
    	Sorry, but even though we see some of the same way where Bon
    	Jovi is concerned I consider most of your notes to make no
    	sense whatsoever and you generalize WAY too much.
    
    	I'm not a big Metallica fan but I have to agree with the
    	guys in here (gasp!)...good does not always = airplay.  
    	Metallica is proof of that.
    
    	JJ
    

    
    
    RE: prc - EXACTLY ON TARGET!!!!
    
    BAHA - Tracy you make me laugh!!  Liking Bon Jovi is one thing -
    fine - But, bashing mettalica just because you don't understand
    them or someone could say have no taste is another.  I have never
    heard such stupid remarks come from one mouth.  I don't even know
    where to begin.  Wheter to laugh or get pissed. FLAME ON!!!
    
    RE: J-dot - I'm surprised you even go to concerts with your paranoid
    attitude.  Do you rent a bodyguard for the evening??  Get real.
    You don't think people at BJ concerts get high???  Really!!  Shady
    characters haha.  I go to see Metallica concerts I wonder if I'm
    considered a SHADY character. - Get a grip
    
    - Kim
    

    
    all of you can go jump off a bridge to put it lightly...
    i'm sick of the personal attacks!
    my oppinion is that Metallica sucks!! any concert you go to and have to
    get metal wanded is ridiculous!
    their music s*cks and makes no sense they have the most negative
    attitude!!!
    i do know about the music business and i'm so sick of having to explain
    myself or prove myself to the likes of any of you!
    
    well all of you can have your like senseless "SMASH THE PUMKIN!!! (tm)"
    fun!!! 
    i'm outta here!!!
    

    I think there's somethng warped going on here. 
    So tracy thinks Metallica, and myself for that probablr matter, suck.
    Well, so what? Can you really argue such a ephemiral thing as musical
    taste? 
    I disliked metallica at one time but liked the tune 1 because
    of the neat counterpoint between the guitars and the lyrics suit me.
    
    So I learned to like them. 
    
    I'm getting too old for the violence around here...
    
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    
    { }
    _'_     I who used to be and have become again

    
    	Hey, I respect anyone's opinion to not like a certain band.
    	BUT, when you give reasons like "all they do is lay down a
    	constant beat" and "they s*ck" then you should expect to get
    	some flack for it.
    
    	Good riddance!!  Have a nice day!!
    
    							GTI
    

    well- obviously everything i write is not even being read because in
    note 32.601.. i gave valid reasons why i say metallica sucks!! 
    
    :krusso  
             it's my damn oppinion and i'm sorry you don't like it!
             so flame on yourself!!
    

    re.606
    	Right. You gave your OPINION of valid reasons, and you're
    the one not listening, because your 'valid' reasons were 
    disproved. 
    	Saying something 'sucks' is not reasoning, it's a feeble
    temper tantrum.
    	Buck has accused me of looking like a NKOTB, and Metallica
    is my favorite band of all time. If I'm a shady character
    then you must fly on angel's wings.
    
    	The last time I acted so irrationally protective of a band
    was when I dug the Monkees in sixth grade.
    
    /Motorbreath...the biggest reason I'd attend a JBJ show is to check
    out the girls

    What are you illiterate???????
    
    I did give a valid oppinion, but unfortunatly the majority of you are
    so shocked that i said that Metallica s*cks, you can't think clearly..
    so for the benifit of those i will explain myself more clearly....
    
    Their music makes no sense and they have a negative attitude....
    I would rather listen to a band that said "baby" a million times in a
    song and had a positive outlook then to listen to a band which
    constently expressed a dark or negative outlook...
    
    Is that any better????
    
    I suggest all of the Bon Jovi bashers or any other bashers check out
    note 99.72. I have... if you don't like Bon Jovi or Jon Bon Jovi don't
    use the Bon Jovi note.... Doing this will insure that no one is upset
    in the future...
    
    Also to those who still feel offended by my oppinion.. 
    You deserved what you got if you were bashing Bon Jovi or any other
    band..  "If you can't take the heat get out of the frying pan"
    I never asked for any trouble when I first started using notes..
    but when I was hassled I retaliated!
    
                                Tracy...

    RE: NOTE 32.610 by VCSESU::COOK
    
    I have no idea why you listen to music, but for me it's an escape.I
    don't want to by a CD and listen to the problems. I want to listen to
    something that'll make me feel happier..If I want to get depressed I'll
    watch the evening news... 

    
    
    RE: Tracy
    
    You say that Metallica makes no sense.  I think it's the other way
    around your the one who doesn't make sense.  I'm offended by your
    original wrote and I didn't even Bash Bon Jovi.  Obviously you have
    never taken the time to listen to Metallica's lyrics they are not
    that hard to understand. - I'm being polite here - If Bon Jovi is
    what you like then note in there if not don't bash a band just 
    because someone bashed a band you like.  Also, if you don't want
    anymore hassle then why do you continue to repeat yourself??
    
    - Kim 

    
    
    	RE: Tracy
    
    	It's one thing if you think Metallica makes no sense but
    	to come out and say "Metallica makes no sense" is going
    	to make more than one person irate.
    
    	You don't want people to bash Bon Jovi and you ask that
    	they stay out of that topic.  Perhaps you should do the
    	same in the Metallica topic, eh?
    
    	tigga~~~ not a flame

    I like certain kinds of music because it moves me.  Metallica moves
    me.  Which then puts me into a good mood.  It has nothing to do
    about what they're singing about, which might include words such
    as kill or die and an obsenity here or there.
    
    And the lyrics do make sense if you really listen to them and think
    about what's being said.
    
    Besides, as Kirk Hammett once said:  To play the kind of rhythm
    that Metallica plays, and to sing to it "baby baby come over to
    my pad" just wouldn't sound right!
                            
    � Ken �
    

    
    	Heck, I wish she would have said "Metallica makes no sense"
    	instead of "Metallica s*cks!!".  At least the former is more
    	of an opinion than the latter.
    
    	You'd have to follow the lyrics to realize they do make sense.
    	Like Pete said, life isn't always "uppity" ... and Metallica
    	seems to like the depressing side of it as a basis for their
    	lyrics (which are usually quite audible, FWIW).
    
    	But if you think they're bad, try listening to Suicidal Tend-
    	encies' stuff.  Quite depressing, but they kick butt as far as
    	instrumentation goes.
    
   
    							GTI
    

    Tracy... I'm illiterate???
    You've said the same somewhat witty remarks about 4 times over..
    "I'll watch the evening news if I want to be depressed"  for
    example, not to mention countless spelling and grammar mistakes,
    at least one per sentence. 
    
    	How can someone's music 'make no sense'??? Do you mean the
    lyrics? A lot of Metallica's music tells a story... religious
    stories, human stories, stories about injustice, stories about
    drug abuse, stories about war, etc. etc. etc. Whether negative
    or not, it's definitely not senseless, and their lyrics are always
    intelligent.
    	Explain how their music makes no sense. Negative? Maybe, but
    senseless, no.
    	And, you seem to think you're such a rebel for saying "Metallica 
    sucks." Nah. I didn't think so at all. I wasn't surprised by it.
    You're not the first person in here that dislikes Metallica. Of course
    some noters make their "ONE hit wonder" remarks coming out of the
    closet when they don't feel they're alone, but other people have
    expressed dislike for Metallica, and a lot of the bands in here,
    Bon Jovi included.
    	Also, their music is technically challenging to musicians, compared
    with the Bruce Springsteen western-rock-twang  style that Bon Jovi
    uses often. It's NOT repetitive, like the way "Blaze of Glory"
    sounds so much like "Dead or Alive."
    	And, let's bury once and for all this concept of yours that only
    'good' music gets popular radio airplay. For someone so all-knowing
    about the music business (as seen in the 'they target their music to
    people that are 16 and over with driving licenses so they can get to
    the show' reply) HA HA HA (Editor's note) ...
    does this mean that classical music 's*cks'?
    does this mean that opera 's*cks'?
    does this mean that Paula Abdul is more talented than Bon Jovi because
    her last album had more top singles than Jon's? (I might believe that,
    there's no way Jon could out tap-dance Paula! ;^)
    
    /Motorbreath
    

     Well since there is so much talk here about Metallica, I thought that
    I would add my opinion. First off I have seen Metallica three time so
    far. I think they give a great show. In all honestness though I would
    have to say that their albums are not at the top of my most wanted
    list. I think the lead singers voice is too raspy or something, anyhow
    I think his singing ability is lacking. As far as the music goes I like
    their sound, but I couldn't listen to more than an hour of it because
    IMO I think it sounds very monotomous(sp?). I not saying that they are
    bad and I would definitly see a live show of their again because to me
    it sounds better than their albums. It's just that to me the music is
    not deversified enough to keep me going wow! Most of the songs on their
    albums sound the same to me. Keep in mind that I said most. Anyhow all
    you Metallic heads are free to flame away. After all I'm just your
    average don't give a sh!t, subliminal listening fool of a noter.:>)
    						The KER
    

    
    I think you just hit the nail on the head; with a sledge hammer!
    ;^>
    
    All kidding/trouble making aside, Metallica does earn my respect
    as far as pioneering a new sound BUT I agree that their music does
    sound a lot alike from one song to another, IMO.
    
    The bottom line is:  To each their own taste, BUT here's my 
    OPINION.
    
    I guess James' singing is part of their (tm) but it does leave 
    something to be desired.  
    
    Lars: constant double bass during hard driving part does get tiring 
    after a while.  I do like drum parts in "One" before the change.
    I can be a big fan of double bass; "Highway Nights" by Great White
    has awesome feel to it.  Scott Rockenfeld does some of most amazing/
    tasteful drumming.  Neal Peart; enough said. 
    
    As far as Kirk's playing goes, I'm more interested by the rhythm 
    guitar; but not really the distorted parts.  Again, the beginning
    rhythm on "One" turns my crank. 
    
    RE: "Baby"  OK, I guess Led Zepplin's songs would be pretty much 
    void of vocals if you threw all those out.  
    
    J-Dot who thinks Metallica needs to diversify a little also.

    
    
    I'm not pissed with those last two opions on Metallica
    
    
    Even though I do not agree, they were intelligent replies! 
    
    This world would be pretty boring if everyone felt the same way about
    everything.
    
    James can sing to me anytime though!  8*)
    
    F.

    Well, I'm taking all of the criticism with a grain of salt for one
    glaringly obvious reason:
    	These people seem to know ONE Metallica song.
    Care to guess which?
    This leads me to believe that they don't have a solid base to
    stand on and criticize Metallica's music, or to say that it's
    monotonous. No reference as to "this song sounds like that song"
    etc.
    	Basically, what I'm saying is, if it ain't played on KISS 108
    or one of the National so-called hard-rock syndicated shows, they
    ain't hearin' it!!!
    
    /Motorbreath

    
    RE:.626
    
    OK, I'll bite.  "One" sounds like "Sanitarium"
    "Battery" sounds like "Master".
    
    Is that better?  For your information, I hope I'm not over loading
    your pin-heed mind, I have owned "Ride the Lightening", "Masters 
    of Puppets", and "Justice For All" for about a period of a very 
    dark year and guess what?  There was not a single song that really
    sticks out in my mind.  That's sad cause I can recall Krokus' 
    "Blitz" from beginning to end after 4 years of not listening to it.
    
    Hee, hee!  Here we go again!  I LOVE America!!!  ];^>
    
    J-Dot
    
    PS  Those 3 Metallica tapes are since long gone...

    I suppose "Battery" could sound like "Master" to the untrained ear.
    (VERY untrained)  But "One" sounding like "Sanitarium"... no, sorry
    dude.
    
    Besides, if not a single song sticks out in your mind, how can you
    remember them enough to say they sound the same?
    
    � Ken �
    

    
    Well, because they all sound the same, none of them sticks out.
    Let me put it in more simpler terms for you guys.  It's
    MONOTONOUS.  DM(tm)?
    
    Well, as far as "One" souding like "Sanitarium" I was referring more
    to the arrangement, not the lyrics.  So who's got untrained ears?
    Hello?  Can you hear me?
    
    J-Dot
    
    

     Another fellow and myself were discussing my earlier reply about
    metallic. I never said I didn't like Metallica I told him that if you
    are at someone house or something and Metallica is playing sort of as
    background music that is when the sound of the music sounds the same.
    He said he agreed, Metallica is the kind of music that needs to be
    cranked and listened to when you want to do some serious head banging.
    Scary you should know me better than to think that I may have been
    suggestion Metallica the disco version.:)> Motorbreath do you call
    yourself this because of all those (small) wheels spinning around in
    your head.:>) I love this notes file.
    
    						The KER
    

    NAH. 
    I'm Motorbreath because my breath smells like gear lube.
    
    Yes, Metallica is serious head banging music.
    
    J-Dot, if you don't like Metallica's grinding metal onslaught,
    check out the first album; Kill 'Em All, or their Garage Days
    albums with vicious cover tunes.
    
    /Motorbreath...*BELCH*

    
      I just read the last flurry of notes (I think about 45 of them).
    There's some serious temperment goin' on in here! I hope you all
    don't mind if I express MY opinion on these guys - you probably
    won't like it. It kinda goes like this - I've listened to these
    guys (ummm, six of their albums maybe- don't ask me the names of
    their albums 'cause I really couldn;t tell you), and no matter what,
    I just cannot stand their "music"(???). Same with the "words"(???)
    to their songs. Is this English. I have to laugh everytime I read
    them - and I have to read them just to understand what it is their
    "singing"(???). They just make absoluteley NO SENSE (the words that
    is - ahhh, the music doesn't make any sense to me either [and no,
    it's not that it's TOO complicated for me to understand - I majored
    in music]) to me. Now, I tell you everytime I read the lyrics simply
    because my nephew is into these guys big-time so everytime he's
    over (which is alot) he's got them playing on his Walkman. I,
    naturally or foolishly let him play them on my very loud stereo,
    thus I'm subjected to their music. I try to keep an open mind and
    give these guys a chance (there is one song I do like by them -
    it's the first song on who-knows-what album) and I really wish they
    would sound a little more like that one song (it's not the song
    ONE, I think that one is - well - awful is a kind word). Further,
    IMO, the "singer" is terrible. I could go on, but I gotta go.
    
     -Steve S.
    

    
    I have checked out Kill 'Em All and Garage Days.  A couple friends of 
    mine were/are Metallica freaks and they let me borrow the tapes.
    Obviously, I was not impressed.  
    
    You can't say that I've not heard enough of their material to be 
    giving valid criticisms.  Believe me, I've heard them all.
    
    One interesting phenomenon;  when provoked, you Metallica fans came 
    back with almost exact same replies/accusations that those JBJ fans
    did...  Do you feel like guinea pigs?  You should.  ;^> 
    
    J-Dot 

    J-Dot, yeah, I've been saying all along that Metallica haven't
    made it big just because of their teeny-bopper appeal looks.
    That's the most asinine statement you've made.
    
    So you don't like Metallica. You aren't trying to drive that home,
    you're just trying to be an annoying.
    
    Log out and finish watching Club MTV.
    
    /Motorbreath...tell me your favorite bands, then we'll all know
    what intelligent, sensible music, and great lyrics are about.

    re.634
    	
    	"Apathy their stepping stone
    	so unfeeling
    	hidden deep animosity
    	so deceiving
    	through your eyes their light burns
    	hoping to find
    	inquisition seeking you
    	with prying minds"
    -Metallica, ...And Justice For All
    
    Gee, this looks like English to me. It seems intelligent to me. 
    It makes sense to me. The song is about injustice.
    You can't understand this?
    
    Are you and J-Dot on the phone together, giggling like grade-school
    sissies as you try to think of new ways to bother Metallica fans?
    Do you dress alike on certain days as well?
    
    /Motorbreath

    
    Anyone hear the new single?
    
    
    I did I think it's a Queen cover called "Stone Cold Crazy"
    
    
    This song SHREDS!  
    
    
    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I want my skateboard.
    
    
    Gerry

    
    Metallica have covered Queen's Stone Cold Crazy for an anniversary
    album (I think) for their recording label.  I mentioned it somewhere in
    here before (I think).
    
    Flip

    
    The new song "Stone Cold Crazy" Will be on Elektras' 40th anneversary
    album.
    
    I'll buy it for that reason only.  It is supposed to be out in 2 weeks.
    
    
    Gerry

 
Article in "The Western Front" (Nov/Dec issue)
 
-------------------------------------------------------
 
Metallica to Record with Bob Rock
 
Metallica's Lars Ulrich announced in late Sept.
that the band has decided to make a change of
producers, after having worked with Flemming Rasmussen
on each of the band's albums since "Ride The Lightening".
Metallica will record their next album with Bob Rock,
reknowned for his work with Motley Crue, The Cult,
and Bon Jovi.
 
Metallica's new material, most of which is complete
and ready to be tracked, is "a little more to the point"
than some of the band's more recent work, according to
Ulrich. "It's still got the heaviest f*cking riffs,
but's it's just not so busy. We did [...AJFA] and it
sold 4 million copies around the world and it was really
successful...and it would have been very easy to make a
..."Justice2", but there wouldn't be a challenge in that
because we've already done that."
 
The band will enter a Los Angeles studio with Rock on
October 6th. According to Ulrich, an open-ended amount
of time has been booked at the studio, and it is up
in the air as to when the album will be completed, let
alone released.
 
-------------------------------------------------------
 
Mosh.
FergBeast                              
[email protected]
"...labelled mentally deranged..."
 
 
 
 
 
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From: gferg%[email protected] (Greg Ferguson)
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Subject: New album/producer

    Bob Rock!??!!? Make me PUKE!!!!
    
    How about, oh s*it...I forgot his name... the dude from Def Jam
    that produces Danzig's stuff... or someone equally grungy?!
    Actually, I think Metallica sounds best in the Garage stuff
    they produced themselves, killer dirty testes-ripping sound.
    
    They're gonna be garbage now, mainstream garbage.
    
    /Motorbreath...

    
    
    	The Def Jam guy is Rick Rubin.  He's worked with some cool bands.
    
    
    	>>They're gonna be garbage now, mainstream garbage.
    
        PE in the house... top billin'!!
     
    
    Paul
    	
    
    
    	

    
    
    From an article on the Electra 40th anniversary album - Rolling Stone.
    
    
    ....For Metallica - whose 2:12 version of "Stone Cold Crazy" is about a
    quarter of their usual song length - it was far easier to record a
    track than to choose it.  "We rehearsed for ten minutes and recorded in
    five minutes," says Ulrich.  "We didn't really *do* anything to it, we
    just played it."  Although the sing is extremely rough in its original
    version, Ulrich isn't quite ready to cite Queen as speed-metal
    pioneers.  "Queen were not a particular influence on Metallica
    whatsoever.  But I don't think there are very many people in the
    heavy-rock circle today that really realize how heavy and cool some of
    the early Queen sh*t was."  .....
    
    F.

    
    Wow. Metallica goes Iron Maiden.
    
    
    
    
                                   DEEBS

    
    re: .682
    
    Martin Birch roolz!

    
    Martin "Headmaster" Birch. Back in the Killers days.
    
    
    
                                DEEBS
                                         

    
    Okay - guess I should start from the beginning before typing things
    in..
    
    From RS mag w/o permission..
    
    A LABEL CELEBRATES ITS HERITAGE - Forty years of Elektra music, from
    Josh White and Tom Paxton to Metallica and the Cure
    
    
    The members of Metallica were in the midst of an American tour last
    summer when they learned that Elektra Entertainment, their label, was
    planning an unusual fortieth-anniversary project.  Bob Krasnow,
    chairman of Elektra, had conceived of a "living memorial" to the
    label's history - an album on which current Elektra artists would
    interpret songs from the company's past.
    
    By the time Metallica began to choose a song to cover, however, the
    plans for *Rubaiyat:  Elektra's 40th Anniversary* were well under way. 
    The thrash-metal kings wanted to do a Queen song, but They Might Be
    Giants had dibs on "We are the Champions."  The group thought about
    recording a track by the little-known hard-rock band Riot but rejected
    the choice as too predictable.  Metallica then considered Tom Waits but
    couldn't find the right song.  The group asked for the Doors or the
    Stooges, but both had long been claimed.  Running out of options, the
    band even discussed a power-rock version of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car."
    
    "We were left with either covering a John Zorn song, or the latest from
    40,000 Maniacs, or whatever the hell they're called," says Metallica
    drummer Lars Ulrich.  "So we did something we don't often do.  We said,
    'Look, we want to f*cking cover Queen, or we're not gonna be on this
    thing.'"  No problem.  They Might Be Giants had switched to a Phil Ochs
    song, which allowed Metallica to record "Stone Cold Crazy," from
    Queen's *Sheer Heart Attack.*  ....
    
    
    
    F.

    Wow, I just jeard Stone Cold Crazy on WHCN last night in the wee
    early morning hours.  Sounds pretty good to me!  I never heard the
    original, but I'm sure it sounds nothing like it!  If Rob Rock had
    anything to do with it, it doesn't sound like their sound has been
    altered any.  Still the same Metallica!
    
    <Ken>
    

    
    Metallica's as yet untitled new studio album is tentatively due for a
    May release in the UK through Vertigo.
    
    Songs inclue:  Sad but true, Through the never, Enter the sandman,
    Don't tread on me, The Unforgiven.
    
    Flip

    Why the hell would they want Bob Rock? I'm sure the guy is talented,
    but producers fuse their style into the band's music that they're
    managing. WOuldn't they want someone they admire? Have they lost
    their taste for the grungier side of heavy metal, or are they
    too enamored with their sudden fame, and luncheons with Bon Jovi
    and sh*t like that?!
    
    I will be quite upset. I liked AJFA, but it may just  have paved
    the way for them to become confused mediocrity.
    
    /Mike...will hang up the Motorbreath moniker if it sucks

    Actually I heard my first Metallica song before I left Phoenix.  It was
    "For Whom the Bell Tolls" on Z-ROCK AND I THOUGHT IT TOTALLY WAILED!
    
    Mike

    
    	That whole album ROOLZ.
    
    							GTI
    

    re.706 Yes, it does!!!
    
    I was weaned on that album. sniff.

    
    In a GW interview, Kirk said that the tunes will be shorter, less
    complicated and less "boring".
    
    -Tony

    Tony, that's cool. I'm ready for a return to that stuff...
    the longer epic style has been beaten to death lately.
    
    /Mike

    
    	RE: GW interview - 
    
    	If I rememember right he said he finally realized he didn't have to 
    	impress other guitarists just himself.
    
    	- Jim

    Maybe Kirk will learn to play now!

After trying since few months to like "And justice for all", finally I deleted
it from my collection. I think the replacement will be probably Anthrax's 
"Among the living". I keep with my best CDs "Ride.." and "Master..". I wait for
the new CD but if it's a continuation to AJFA (as Lars Ulrich told in Metal 
Hammer) I doubt that I'll like it.

Sorin

       Who can't?
    
             8*),8*)
    
                              Frizkid
    I can just see it now Metallica walks on to stage in spandex and
    ripped rags hanging off the micphone.  Them Kirk says "Are
    you ready to rock","I can't hear you?!?!","We love you all!"
    Then he starts gyrating to the heavy 4/4 Lars is laying down
    as they all hit an open G and then a poseur D for a postarity
    of being the new pop/rock sensation sweeping the nation!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                        I hope this never happens but you never know 
    with that geek of a producer...........sheezzz!
    
       what are they thinkin'????
    
                          Frizkid
    

I've seen a CD here in Belgium with a live recording in 1985 I think (but a new
CD as I remember). Does anyone know about ?

Sorin

    
    Probably a bootleg or a foreign release...

    Come on now gang, this *IS* Metallica we're talkin' about.
    Do you *really* think that a single producer is gonna change
    them that much ?  I sincerely doubt it.
    
    jc

    I have to agree with JC.their sound has changed over the years but no
    way has they ever wimped out,these guys know what they want and if they
    do change,I'll cut my hair(gulp)and quit listening to them.
    
    
    
                                          Staynz

    
    re. 733
    
    I don't know, Rob Rock plus this tidbit of info provided by Tony:
    
    > Note 32.709 by CHEFS::DALLISON "Stick it to ya!"
    
    > In a GW interview, Kirk said that the tunes will be shorter, less
    > complicated and less "boring".
    
    	Interesting possiblities. Could be really good, could be really
    	bad.
    
    	/prc

    Good point Pete.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see,
    but I won't pass judgement until I hear it...
    
    jc

    I don't think Metallica will go pop (maybe rap :-)). But what I wish is
    that they stop from self contemplation and release something to match
    their best creations (RtL and MoP). Lars Ulrich has declared in Metal
    Hammer that most of the thrash bands are Slayer clones and I think this
    proves he has lost contact with the musical reality. Annihilator and
    Forbidden (to name only two) are as creative and powerful as Metallica
    in its best days (RtL/MoP time). Wake-up Metallica.
    
    Sorin (who just listened early this morning "Creeping death")

    I think Annihilator will overtake Metallica on all fronts.
    I think that while they HAVE the musical ability to play
    "up to snuff" with the likes of Annihilator, I don't think 
    they will.  Annihilator is more technical, tighter, and ballzier
    than Metallica and they still have an "axe to grind".
    
    Jeff Waters RULES !
    
    jc

    
    It always happens.  Someone(like Metallipuke, I mean Metallica) comes 
    out with a killer idea, then everybody out does them, and Metallica 
    
    ends up being whimps.  8*)  
    
    Dey mite a-well start wearin spandex cos everyone nos dey whimps
    cant keep up with newcomers, that are harduh, fastuh, and tightuh!!!
    8*)

    
    I have to agree. Annihilator is one step up from Ride The Lightning.
    
    
    
    
                                  DEEBS

    Oh come on, I like Annihilator too (they are hardly out of my player)
    but they are not yet up to the quality of Ride the Lightning!  IMO the
    best Metallica album.
    
    Metallica still have a lot of power and can thrash (pun intended) the
    @rse off of most sound alike bands that are around today!
    
    
    
    GAZ

    RtL is huge but Annihilator's "Alice in hell", "Never..." and
    Forbidden's "Twisted into form" all match RtL in creativity, skills and
    punch (IMHO). Wargasm's "Why play around" is also very close.
    Slayer and Anthrax have both released top class albums last two years
    (Slayer - SoH,SitA). And they don't need to be compared to Metallica.
    The worst thing is that bands like Testament and Flotsam and Jetsam
    followed the line opened by the diluted AJFA (I don't like F&J's last
    album at all). While the guitars are as strong as ever in Metallica the
    rhytm unit has lost of its speed and tightness (maybe it was a
    commercial decision after all).
    I don't like to compare bands but sometimes this is useful (for the
    less known bands).
    
    Sorin
    

    While I was a newcomer to the Annihilator bandwagon last year and I do
    like the music a lot I don't think it is like RTL at all. Its like
    comparing two different pasta dishes. 
    

    Re. .744
    
    You are also right.
    
    Sorin

    
    Anyone listened to Sacred Reich's "The American Way", I think
    there was a definite AJFA influence there somewhere.
    
    Prince Of The Dawn.

    
    True, but Sacred Reich's The American Way is better than AJFA.
    
    Flip

From: [email protected] (Duke of Hell)
Subject: Re: Metallica & Bob Rock
Summary: Interview: Kirk Hammett - Metallica
    
Here is some of the interview with Kirk Hammett in the Mar.91 issue of 
Guitar World.  
    
Metallica is currently recording the successor to 1988's...And Justice For All
album, and some major changes are being put into effect.  The replacement
of three-time producer Flemming Rasmussen with noted commercialhard rock
studio wizard Bob Rock, coupled with a change in recording approach and
a shift in styleistic direction, are all affecting Mealllica's basic structure.
We spoke with guitarist Kirk Hammett shortly after Metallica began recording
at One on One Studios in LA, hoping to shed some light on the progressof
album %5.
GW. What led to your decision to replace Flemming Rasmussen with Bob Rock?
KH. Flemming was always more of an engineer than a producer.  He helped us get
sounds we were satisfied with, and through time we established a rapport,
which made working on records with him very easy.  But after doing three
albums with him, we figured it was time for a change.  I had always wondered
what it was like, working with big producers, and finally we decided to give
it a shot. I kind of liked how the Blue Murder and the Cult albums sounded
and I especially liked the vocal sound on Motley Crue's last album-real
sharp, crystal clear. So we decided to give Bob Rock a call.
Another reason we decided to work with  a big-time producer as opposed to
an engineer is, being Meallica, we naturally have to do someting
different.  It helps make us the band we are.  We always have to experiment
a little bit, and working with a producer is different enought for us to want
to try it out.
 
GW.  But why run the risk of affecting a successful sound, just for the sake
of change?
KH.  It's really important to us to have every album be different.  We're
at a point in our career where we are established, both musically and from
an audience point of view.  It's just very important that we have something
different to offer the public.  I've watched bands that lose their ability
to change,  and the get really stagnant.  For the love of *our* band,
I don't ever want us to come to that situation.  It's bad for us, bad for
the fans.
 
GW.  Metallica has always retained its undergound trash metal roots.  Did it
concern you that Bob Rock is primarily a commercial hard rock producer?
KH.  People have come up to us and said, "So, is your next album gonna
sound like Slippery When Wet?" We're not going to change our approach
just because Bob Rock is on board.  I mean, *c'mon.  What Bob did with
those other bands was to make them realize their potential; he brought
out the best in them.  It just so happended that those bands turned out
to be real commercial. The main thing is that Bob is good at squeezing
a good performance out of us.
 
GW.  How do you want the production of the new album to differ form that
of it's predecessor?
KH.  We're sill going to have that edge, we're still going to have that
aggression and that guitar sound. But we want a livelier sound.  We're
approaching it with more of a live attitude.  All four of us are playing
in the stuido, and that's radically different for us.  Previously, it was just
put together, piece by biece, in the studio.
 
GW.  I take it the new material is different?
KH.  It's very different. For one thing, these songs are not going to be
long and boring.[laughs] We've pretty much played out that long, epic
song- we've done that to the hilt.  This time we're doing songs that
get the point across a lot quicker.  The new material is simpler, but it;s
not like it's going to be three chords.  The riffs themselves have a degree
of technicality to them. but we don't have 50 techical riffs this time-
maybe one or two.  As a result, the songs are shorter also, and there will
be more of them.  The new album will absolutely cover the same amount
of time as the earlier ones.  We're not going to cheese out and make a short
album just because the songs are shorter.
 
 
-Guitar World, March 1991
 
 

    I heard on Z_ROCK last night that the album is almost done.
    
       The drum and bass tracks are done.
    
           " Right now they are working on vocals,solos and some production
    techniches." Kirk said.
    
              The name of the album is going to be titled "METALLICA".
     Purty original?!?!?!
    
                              Frizrat
    
    

    
    I was talking to a midi specialist the other day about the AJFA album.
    The bass drum tracks ARE electronic.

    
    re: .754
    
    May a thousand fleas infest your underwear.
    
    May you break your wrists in a five places.
    
    May your spandex melt onto your body so you can't ever take
    'em off.
    
    May your bass drum pedals inhale with great velocity.

    RE::Buck.....I'll be either one.
        I call em' like I see em'.8*)
    Re::757
    
    May you be locked in a room forced to play POISON drums.
    
    May you be forced to wash your hair.
    
    May your pleather be burned on your body trying to do one of those 
    stupid thrasher tricks.
    
     Electric drums?  Sounds POSEUR to me.8*)
    
                              POSEKID!!!!!
    

    
    re: .758
    
    > Electronic drums? Sounds posuer to me
    
    Actually it is isn't it? My friend believes he's using the acoustic
    drums, but it's just to trigger the sample. It sounds *too* clean.
    I also noticed in concert (hey Jesse, did I ever tell ya about the
    time I was almost on the floor for Metallica?) that when they did
    the song "one" that they kicked in either a tape or the trigger/sample
    crap for the double bass in the instrumental part. I couldn't believe
    it.
    
    /prc
    
    	

    If it sounds good, who freakin cares?!

    I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
            NO electronic drums or sample bullsh^t!!
    
                If you can't play your instrument then DON'T play!
    
      I'm not busting on Metallica........NO one should use it!
    It makes me really sad to see it.8*(
    
                            Frizkid
    (I listen to Pose music but in no way am *I* a posuer musician!!!!)
    
    

    Frizpuke,
    
    Fron an engineers standpoint...you can take a real drum and have it
    sound OK, or sound good, or great if it's a good piece of equipment and
    is tuned properly.  BUT, what is that real drum won't give you  the
    sound you're looking for?  What if you want to make some dude who has a
    $50.00 drum set sound good, cuz your name is on the  project?  I have
    NO trouble with taking the input signal off the drum tracks and having
    them trigger digital samples from another source.  The dude is STILL
    playing the drums, but the sounds are coming from somewhere else.
    
    Do you like Tommy Lee?!?  ALL his acoustic drums do NOTHING!!!  They
    are ALL outfitted with triggers, which feed into a digital sample
    source, which feed into noise gates, which feed into a couple of 
    Lexicon 224-X digital reverb units.  Tommy Lee gets a great drum sound,
    AND he can spin his drum upside down and every which way.  In rock and
    roll, sometimes you gotta make compromises!
    

     I was speaking from a musicians veiwpoint not an engineer.
           I was also looking from a live point of veiw not in the studio.
    Just about everybody does it......I just don't like it!
    
                             FRIZKID(Not puke,PAL!)
    
    

    
    
    Well what about the drummer from Def Leppard!  
    
    

    
    re: .764
    
    I'm right behind you Frizdude, and so is my drum teacher. When you 
    learn drums you make a choice, compromise and use electronics, or 
    don't and play TRUE acoustic drums, not triggered samples. Even if 
    I ever make it big I will never use it. If the drummer in question 
    knows his drums, he can get the tone he wants. I can't tell you how
    many good drummers I've seen that don't even know the simplest things
    like how to set up your kit, how to tune heads, and how to get the 
    most out of seat/hihat and cymbal position. 
    
    /prc

    Pete, If a studio tells you to use electronics or no $$$, you'll sell
    out.

    If a record company sez use electronics or no record deal, you'll sell
    out.

    
    I seriously doubt a record company or studio in their right mind 
    would want me to play electronic drums for the music that I do.
    I just wouldn't fit.
    
    /prc

    Well, they did that with Metallica didn't they?  I doubt it was Lar's
    choice...  
    
    I don't have a problem with samples/electronic drums and stuff as long
    as there's a real person playing it!  Playing is still playing whether
    you play a Sonor kit, a $10 yard sale special, or a electronic pad kit.
    
    It's like synths and acoustic keyboard instruments, I don't care if
    someone plays a sample of a piano or a real piano, the sound is similar
    and the skill required to play it is the same.
    
    gh
      

    
    
    	We used triggers on our demo.. and I have no problem with it...
    
    	Our drummer is still playing the same exact way he would be
    	if he was'nt using them!!
    
    	When any of you drummers go into the studio.. you don't use
    	ANY effects at all?? 
    

    
    > Playing is still playing whether you play a Sonor kit, a $10 yard sale 
    > special, or a electronic pad kit.
    
    	Yes, but getting into details, a drummer will only sound as good
    	as the set he's playing on. Sure Louie Bellson could play it real
    	well, but he couldn't be the best he could be on the $10 special.
    	Know what I mean?
    
    	As far as triggering, if they wanted me to use it in the studio
    	and I'd probably do it. I'm always open to making them sound
    	as good as possible, but the first line of offense shouldn't
    	be falling to sampling. It's solves A problem, but not the REAL
    	problem.
    
    	As far as electronic drums, I won't use 'em. Lags was real happy
    	to hear me say that. My style of playing doesn't allow them, so
    	I don't use 'em although I respect their applicability in other
    	forms of music.
    
    	I remember NOT going to at least two studios because of the fact
    	that they wanted me to use electronic drums because of space
    	limits.
    
    	-Cookster

    >	As far as electronic drums, I won't use 'em. Lags was real happy
    >	to hear me say that. My style of playing doesn't allow them, so
    >	I don't use 'em although I respect their applicability in other
    >	forms of music.
    
    WTF is Lags, and why should I respect his opinion anyways?!
    
    I this the statements "my style of playing doesn't allow them" is
    a very limiting statement.  I mean, a HM guitarist could say "I
    can only use Jackson guitars for that ultra heavy thrash sound", 
    but in actuality, Jazz guitars can be used for rock.  See Nuge,
    Izzy from GnR, Jan Akkerman, Rik Emmett and others for examples.
    
    To me, instruments and approaches in HM and music in general are
    not that black and white.

    
     My .02$ for all you other drummers who won't play anything but your
    acoustic sets....wake up your missing out on alot of fun. I have played
    acoustic sets for as many years as some of your ages. Why should all
    the new electronic stuff belong to guitarists and keyboard players?
    I love the stuff. I also appreciate a real drummer and one that posses
    technical expertise. But I think the whole thing is great and can
    really open up alot of new doors for drummers. 
                                                    mike
    

    
> WTF is Lags, and why should I respect his opinion anyways?!
  
    	A pro.  
    
    > I this the statements "my style of playing doesn't allow them" is
    > a very limiting statement.  I mean, a HM guitarist could say "I
  
    	Buck, I'm not going to use a Simmons drum set to play Speed
    	metal. I've played electronic drums on a number of occasions
    	and I don't like them, although I can slay on 'em! They inhale!
    	If I was playing disco music, sure. Metal? no way. Never. It
    	sounds like crud. Also my style of playing is better suited
    	on acoustic drums.
    	

    RE: .775                         
    
    <WTF is Lags, and why should I respect his opinion anyways?!
    
    WTF?  Who died and ....
    
    The SAME reason why anyone should respect YOUR opinion no matter how
    wrong it may seem to them.
        
    <I this the statements "my style of playing doesn't allow them" is
    <a very limiting statement.  I mean, a HM guitarist could say "I
    <can only use Jackson guitars for that ultra heavy thrash sound", 
    <but in actuality, Jazz guitars can be used for rock.  See Nuge,
    <Izzy from GnR, Jan Akkerman, Rik Emmett and others for examples.
    
    I couldn't agree more on this one.  It's all matter of taste.  Which 
    should also be respected.  How dull would this world be if EVERYONE 
    in rock/metal played just Jacksons.  
    
    <To me, instruments and approaches in HM and music in general are
    <not that black and white.
    
    WTF are you, and why should we respect your opinion anyways?
                                                               

    
 >   It's like synths and acoustic keyboard instruments, I don't care if
 >   someone plays a sample of a piano or a real piano, the sound is similar
 >   and the skill required to play it is the same.
    
    Makes sense to me!  I saw both AJFA and Girls, Girls, Girls tours, and
    if Lars and Tommy Lee Used samples, I sure couldn't tell!  It's when
    electronic drums are used and they have that 'electronic' sound, that I
    don't like.  I wanna hear a real drums punch!  Or a good fascimile.
    Drum machines shouldn't be used as "cheating tools" to play something
    automatically to make it easier on yourself either.  Computers have
    only a limited use in music I think.  Mainly for digital effects.
    
    Ken
    

    Heard any more about the new album......
    
    I heard a couple of track titles. Something like
    
    	"Don't beat me up, I'm a wimp"
    
    note: don't quote me on that, I really can't remember the actual title.
    
    I'm new on here by the way, but Metallica are definately the best.

    Any ideas on the sound of the new Album (Too lazy to scan back) -
    Is it going to be back to the RTL style (I hope)....?
    
    

    From what I've heard they want to roughen the sound a bit again. So at
    least back to the Puppets style I should think.
    
      Apparently they thought that the sound in Justice was a little
    over-produced (which I tend to agree with) especially in the drum
    sound. They also thought that the drums were far too prominent in the
    music and want to mix them out a little bit more.
    
    	Anyway, if they do go back to the Puppets style I shall be well
    pleased 'cause it's my favourite of the four main releases.
    
      Anyone heard the Garage days revisited EP. I've got the Re-revisited
    EP, but the first one seems very rare because I cannot find it in any
    of the official release listings.
    
    Keif

    I got it...

Re. .801

I've heard yesterday very little of a new Metallica single (to be released) on
MTV. From what I've heard it was a bit like AJFA but it was too little to have
a real ideea. If the new one is like AJFA I'll avoid it (I got rid of my AJFA).
RtL rules (MoP also).

Sorin

    I don't see why everyone hates AJFA simply because it doesn't sound
    exactly like metallica's other tapes! I have been listening to
    metallica for about 5 years, and I liked all of their tapes that I
    have (garage days re-revisited, MOP, Kill'em All, RTL), and I also
    like And Justice For All. Heavy metal isn't the only type of music
    I listen to, so I was able to accept AJFA as a good piece of music,
    even though it didn't sound exactly like their other tapes. It seems
    narrow minded to me to say a tape sucks because it was a little
    different than the norm for a group.
     
    -Jeff
    

    
    I like it too. The only thing I don't like, being a drummer, is
    that he used triggers off his drums and it sounds to electronic
    for my tastes.
    
    /prc

    I agree with you Jeff, I think AJFA was a great tape.  Personally I
    liked Puppets a little better, but that doesn't mean AJFA sucked or
    anything.  It wasn't *that* different for them, it was immediately
    obvious that it was the same band that did RTL or MOP to me.
    
    gh

    
    
    MoP is the best!!  But they are all awesome!!!

    I though AJFA was the most boring load of rubbish of `88.
    
    Slow,plodding over long songs do not make a good album.
    
    Joe Strummer.
    
    

I think AJFA is best enjoyed by fans. I tried to listen it quite much (I 
bought the CD at that time) but I cannot tell why I never succeeded to like it.
I would not say that it's a bad album but I just don't find it as impressive
as RtL and MoP (I have to say that I don't enjoy very much "Kill 'em all" 
either). I'm not a Metallica fan to which I prefer Slayer, Annihilator, 
Forbidden, Wargasm and Coroner.

Sorin

    I think AJFA is excellant,the first time I heard it I thought it was
    crap but now it seems to have grown on me,the only song thats a bit
    sh*tty is "harvester of sorrow",the rest are brutally good!
    
    
    
                                             Staynz

    You know that song on AJFA (the name escapes me) with all of the harps,
    etc; it starts off sounding like a classical song and then progresses
    into heavy metal... anyways, I sampled the part of that song where you
    can here in the background "When a man lies, he murders a part of the
    world.. etc" and recorded it as my answering machine message. You
    should have seen the messages people left. "you should turn the music
    down; I can barely hear the sound of your voice over that loud music".
    (as if my voice actually sounds like that!)
     
    -Jeff
    

    I am sampling AJFA yet again.  Prompted most of all by seeing the full
    length video for ONE on HBBall!  I think that it is better this time
    around and maybe a wee bit underrated!  Buck is right tho, the songs
    are a mite slower than they need to be!  However, I can't help thinking
    that the main reason that AJFA has been slammed is the fact tha RtL and
    MoP are so brilliant!  Standing by itself AJFA is a pretty good album!
    
    By the way, does anyone know if the video for ONE is taken from a film
    or was it made for the song?  Seems a bit involved for the latter!
    
    
    GAZ
    

    � By the way, does anyone know if the video for ONE is taken from a film
    � or was it made for the song?  Seems a bit involved for the latter!
    
    'Johnny got his Gun' (by Dalton Trumbo) is the name of the book that 
    inspired 'One'. I seem to recollect that there was a film of the book,
    though I'm not too sure that the name is the same. BTW, the book is
    well good, if a tad hard to find.
    
    Now, onto the latest album [cruddy title though]...
    
    The Friday Rock Show had a preview of their first single 'Enter
    Sandman'. At first listen, it sounds good, I've got a copy of it
    from the radio (somewhere on the tape), so I'll give it a more
    objective spin... It's got a f*cking classic riff, it sounds
    more uptempo than AJFA. If the rest of the album comes close
    to this, I'll be happy.
    
    Also, the Album is released on 12th August in the UK (only
    5 days to get a good listen ready for Donnington).
    
    
    			&y.

    There was a film...hence the clips in the video.  But, I had seen it in
    High School when we were discussing WWI.  Boring, but at least we got
    to watch a movie in class than listen to the teacher mumble!

    
    
    	Anybody catch the new video for Metallica's song, "Enter Sandman"?
    
    	Any comments? Likes dislikes? etc......
    
    
    

    Dislike.  Sounded like Metallipose!

    The vidio is pretty good,but don't let you kids see it before they
    go to bed.
     
       Crazy_they_would_never_sing_that_"Now_I_lay_me_down_to_sleep"_
                         song_again_Al

    
    	Rob Rock strikes again folks. It sounds like Metallica has
    	lost their intelligence, progressiveness, and over all
    	kill. The main riff is nowhere and if it wasn't so crunchy
    	it would be pop. When I first put it on I thought it was
    	'Peice of Me' by Skid Row.
    
    	/prc

    
    
    I'll buy the CD and rattle my 70 year old neighbors walls down...
    
    I'll need the Metallica collection when I'm sitting in Jamaica
    when I retire. Keep my heart pumpin...
    
    Gerry

    
    And the parts of the video where they showed the band was ridiculous.
    I took directing/producing classes and talk about a rule violation.
    Quick cuts are great, but THAT was ridiculous. Next time it comes
    on I won't even watch it. It's irritating to the eyes. Whoever
    directed that should be hung.
    
    /prc, with directors hat on.

    
    
    	I hate that $h!t!!!! sorta like the 'Peace Sells' video
    	from Megadeth...

    
    
     Well.... I really liked it. But I liked AJFA that alot of you didn't
    care for. I thought the vid was great! Kinda like a nightmare through
    a childs eyes. If the rest of the album is like that I'm sure I'll be
    clocking alot of listening time on it. Does anyone know when it is due
    out?
                  mike
    

    
    
    	Re: Mike
    
    	Someone in ::RADIO_RADIO entered a list with dates for a slew of
    new releases.  Metallica's "Metallica" was scheduled for an August 13th
    release date.  That may have changed though.
    
    	I thought "Enter Sandman" was ok (I love AJFA!).  I didn't like the
    spoken "now I lay me down to sleep part"... kinda slowed up the whole
    thing.  Although the video is hard to watch, I liked it.  
    
    
	Re: Pete
    
    	Rules for directing a video?... rules?  8^)
    
    
    	Did Hetfield get a perm?... uh oh!
    
    
    Paul         

    
    	If a remember right (I doubt it) this weeks NME said it was pushed
    	out to September.
    
    	- Jim

    A perm?  What a POSEUR!
    
    So this new vid has lots of cuts and stuff?  Is it like Extreme's
    Decadance Dance video?  I hate that!!!  Hard on the eyes and annoying!
    
    gh

    
    re: -1
    
    It's worse than that. It's hard to even get a good glimpse of any of
    the band members. Just partial shots. 

    
    	Rolling Stone said the album would be out on 8/13.  Not sure how
    	old the info is, though.
    
    							GTI

    Well, looks like Metallica's gonna fall into the Led Zep category. 
    They were *killah* in their day, but uh, that was last week sometime.
    
    8^)
    
    ... and didn't Metallica say at one time they wouldn't do any videos ? 
    Now they have 2, and *if* Hetfield *did* get a Jeri_curl ... there goes
    the neighborhood ...
    
    Scary

    
    
    You are all condemning Metallica as guilty even before the release!!
    
    Hetfields hair was always curly!!  You all know that!!  
    
    I swear sometimes people just look for something new to rank on for
    entertainment!!  Noone hated Axl or Guns n Roses as much when
    "Appetite" first came out..   Now its someone new to pick on.
    
    They have always said they wouldn't do any videos..  They decided to do
    one *AFTER* AJFA sold over a million copies!  They did it for fun -
    certianly not to sell the record!
    
    WHO CAN WE RANK ON NOW??  
    
    
    
    Goddess

    You tell 'em F. !
    
    I heard the new song last night and I *liked* it...

    
    
    I like it, it's just not up to par with their old material.
    
    /prc

    
    
    
    PLUS, 
    
    I think alot of people can no longer like a band once they get popular. 
    They only want to listen to music that is rare and noones ever heard
    of.  This is just as bad as people who only listen to a band ONCE they
    get popular!!
    
    
    WHEW!  I'm done now.  8*)
    
    
    Goddess

I gotta agree with F-Dotness.  I think the new song kicks bootie - 
and the vid ain't *that* bad - I think it slays half of the other crapola
I see on MTV.

jc (WHo thought AJFA RULED !)

    I can remember a time when Coop hated Metallica .. as a matter of fact,
    I think he's still got my records ....  8^)
    
    I haven't even heard the new toon - I'm just making noise.
    
    Scary

I haven't got your RTL and MOP records dude - But I too remember you
bringing them over to 510 Laurel Tree Lane and there they sat with
my Al hirt and Perry Como records - I wouldn't even listen to them.
:)

Of course, this is when I thought Tesla was to heavy for my tastes !

:)

    
    FWIW
    I don't listen to Metalica. I made the mistake of buying Master of
    Puppets. I though it realy su*ked! Ever since, I never gave them
    another listen..
    
    oh well
    
    
    jeff

    I always thought MOP s*cked ... RTL and KEA are my faves .... give 'em
    another listen.
    
    Scary

Strange - MOP is my fave - I LOVE Orion...

jc

    re .839:
    
    I disagree with your statement that it's bad to not like music once
    it gets popular. There are a lot of songs that I used to love but can't
    listen to anymore because the radio and MTV picked them up and 
    overplayed them, transporting the music I like into the bubble-gum
    chewing big hair mall-rat teeniebopper crowd. G & R, for instance:
    I used to love Appetite for Destruction until it made it to the
    bubblegum sector; then Sweet Child Of Mine never sounded quite as
    good when you had to hear it on the radio all the time. I didn't
    like "One" either for the time it was being overplayed; once it
    left the teenie crowd, I began to like it again. 
     
    There is nothing wrong with not liking music once it becomes
    widespread and overplayed! 
    
    -Jeff
    

    
    The drumming on Master of Puppets and AJFA make them my favorites.
    
    /prc

    
    
    RE: -2
    
    So what you are saying is that once teenyboppers decide to like a
    music group, you will not like it, and vice versa?
    
    Thats exactly my point!
    
    The only reason you will no longer like the music is because it becomes
    overplayed on the radio, right?  Well thats fine.
    
    My belief is that alot of people (not all) only like music when its
    obsure, because it seems cool and knowledgeable, and as soon as it hits
    the radio, they find some excuse not to like it because God forbid they
    like something a 13 year old also likes.
    
    Of course, this is all IMHO.
    
    
    Goddess who wasn't embarrased to borrow a NINE year olds walkman with
    MOP on it!!

    RE::-1
    
      I couldn't agree more!!!!
    
               Good call F.
    
                         Frizkid
    

    
     I never heard any of their stuff until I started reading this file
    a few years back. And thanks to Greg House for taping a bunch of
    stuff for me I really like these guys. By the way I think thats how
    we met isn't it Greg? I have almost all their stuff on CD now.
    
    I agree will Coop... Orion Roolz!!!!
    
                                         mike
    

    Call of Klutu ROOLZ!

    I told this story about a zillion years ago in here and I'll tell it
    one more time.
    
    Let's say you know of this cool place to party. The place roolz and you
    and your buds love it. Gradually you begin to tell more and more people
    about it, and more and more people show up. You still have a good time
    but now that more people know about it and also have a good time. You
    can feel bitter cuz now more people like your party spot, or you can
    have a good time and party with everyone. Plus all this time you are
    out scouting new party spots anyway. Perhaps one of your new spots will
    become THE party spot, mebbe it won't measure up to the party crowd.
    Just because your party spot has more people who like to go there don't
    mean you can't still enjoy it.

>     I never heard any of their stuff until I started reading this file
>    a few years back. And thanks to Greg House for taping a bunch of
>    stuff for me I really like these guys. By the way I think thats how
>    we met isn't it Greg? 
    
    Yeah, I think that *was* how we met, Mike!  
    
    I was also a late fan.  I never thought I liked the real heavy stuff, I
    even said that in my original intro note in this notesfile, but people
    were talking them up so much in here I had to check it out.  Alan Starr
    taped a couple of songs from Master of Puppets onto the end of
    something else he was sending me and I was hooked.  
    
    I remember listening to that tape and thinking that the music was like
    *total* intensity!  I'd never heard such intense music.  Problem was
    that Welcome Home (Sanitarium) was CUT OFF at the end on the tape Alan
    sent me and it drove me nuts wondering how the song ended.  I bought
    the Master of Puppets tape the next day!  
    
    I have all their albums (with the exception of an ep or two) and like
    them a lot.  I don't listen much anymore because I kind of burned
    myself out on them back then.  I liked AJFA a lot, though MoP is still
    my favorite.
    
    gh

    
    According to Melodie Makers review their new album sees Metallica
    completly depart from thrash.
    
    Hmmmm...

    regardless, if it's Metallica, I'm looking forward to it!

    I haven't seen the Metallica vid (I probably never will), but if it's
    like Megadeths Peace sells... I love it.
    
    So what if the video isn't 'standard', and breaks some of the rules, 
    that's what makes life interesting... So many band's videos get slagged
    off for being to 'samey'... You just can't please some people.
    
    Buuut, saying that, I wonder if the vid fits the song - Peace sells
    worked really well IMO, but I've got mixed feelings about this type
    of video with this song.
    
    			Just my 2�'s
    
    				Andy.

    
    
    I think the Peace Sells video sucked.. to harsh to watch...
    
    I like to see the band... (but in a millisecond!)
    
    I don't mind a little bit of that type of stuff.. but 5 minutes
    of that crap gets a little sickening! 
    
    Another video I turned off when I saw it was the 'Metal Heart'
    (I think that was the song) that Accept did... And I loved that
    album!
    
    JW-

    
    	This conference got me started on Metallica, too.  I was going to
    	cross-post an entry from the "How has H_M changed your life?" that
    	said this, but a "delete-happy" mod apparently killed it off.
    
    	I have their last 4 CD's, and like pretty much all of their stuff.
    
    							GTI
    

    I love the Peace Sells vid myself.... but anyway.
    
    Try this. After a night out on the bevvies, and make sure you are
    pretty out of it.
    
     Turn out all the lights in the room, and watch the Peace Sells Video.
    (You might also like to turn the contrast and colour up a bit).
    
    Then you really get the effect.. the way it should be.
    
    Oh, by the way, make sure you have a bucket. It can get a bit too much
    after the fifth time round.
        :~>
    
    Keif

    Is peace sells the name of the new video? I thought it was Enter
    Sandman... When would be a good time to catch the video... headbanger's
    ball?
     
    -Jeff
    

    
    It is 'Enter Sandman'... Peace Sells is a Megadeth video that is
    simular to the ES video..
    
    JW-

    Enter sandman has just entered the UK charts at number 5.Potential #1?
    I hope so.
    
    
    
    
                                                  Staynz

    I was well pleased when I listened to the charts yesterday...
    
    I hope it gets to no 1, but it's the sort of group where everyone goes 
    out and buys it straight away, and then the sales drop off quite quick
    I would imagine (but lets hope anyway).
    
    Any idea how many variations have been released. I know in the past
    Metallica have released several types of each single.
    
    
    So far I've seen (and I haven't really been looking):-
    
    	Single Picture Disc
    	Standard 12" with sleeve
    	Boxed 12" with pictures of the Band...
    
    
    Any more???
    
    
    Keif

    What a brilliant song Enter Sandman is!!
    
    However, it's a hell of alot simpler than most of their other stuff, I
    learnt the whole of the rythmn part in half an hour on Saturday night!
    
    Bl**dy wicked riff though, think it's 'Holier Than Thou' tonight.
    
    Hands up who's looking forward to the whole album.
    
    Marf.

From: [email protected] (Allan Schaffer)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy,slo.music
Subject: Concert Review:  METALLICA
 
Metallica put on a before-the-tour show this past Friday (Aug 2) in a local
theatre -- The Pheonix, in Petaluma CA.  Here's a review:
 
Oh, and nobody is going to believe me when I tell you what happened during
Breadfan.  Fine - I have 700+ witnesses.  And I don't really CARE if you
believe me, because *I* saw it happen!   (More in a sec)
 
The Venue
---------
The Pheonix is a movie theatre -- and a small one, at that.  If all the chairs
were there, there probably would be 20 rows of 20 chairs on the bottom level,
and 15 rows of 20 chairs in the balcony level.  They removed all but 10 rows 
of chairs in the bottom, and left the balcony intact.  
 
There were around 700 people there, I would estimate (probably high).. 300
in the balcony, and around 400 on the floor.  (The balcony was the best place
to be, unless you wanted to mosh -- a clear view of the stage, and only about
40-50 feet away)
 
Security was pretty tight -- they let people mosh, of course, but were always
at hand.  I didn't see ANY fights.
 
The Opening Act
---------------
"Black Crowes" - a very forgettable local band.  Their lead guitarist, though,
played the cleanest, smoothest, fastest arpeggio sweeps I've EVER seen,
professional or otherwise.
 
They were woefully ignored, though.
 
Metallica
---------
After a LONG (45-60) minute intermission, featuring music from Alice in Chains
over the PA :-), Metallica took the stage.
 
The Playlist
------------
 
Opened with:
	Enter Sandman
	Creeping Death
	Harvester of Sorrow
	Fade to	Black
	Sad but	True
	Master 	of Puppets
	Seek and Destroy
	For Whom the Bell Tolls
	One
	Whiplash
1st Encore:
	Last Caress
	Am I Evil?
	Battery
2nd Encore:
	Breadfan (*!!)
 
 
Song-by-Song
------------
The lights went down, and over the PA came their stock here-we-come tune,
that slow instrumental (Gunsmoke theme?) song.  Does anyone know the name
of it?
 
then:
 
Enter Sandman - 
	This one was incredible.  One off the new album.  Awesome.  And
	to all the people saying that Metallica has wimped out -- wait until
	you see them do this song LIVE. They played this one with as much
	energy as I've seen them do ANY song.
 
Creeping Death - 
	ZZZZZzzzz.  Pretty vanilla.  They didn't seem to be in sync for
	this one.  (Especially the die-die-die sequence)
 
Harvester of Sorrow - 
	Best I've seen them do this one.  They played it much slower than
	the album.. and it turned out much heavier.  Awesome.
 
Fade to Black -
	Great.  As this song always is.
 
Sad but True -
	Another off the new album.  A 1/2-paced GRIND.  Hard to describe,
	but akin to Orion (the Instrumental off Puppets) played at 1/2 speed,
	and with lyrics.  :-)
 
Master of Puppets
	They were into this one.  Perfect execution, especially in the
	E-F-B E-F-C E-F-C# E-F-C E-F-B-B stuff.. (Sorry.. Guitarists will
	know what I'm talking about)
 
Seek and Destroy
	Jason sang this one.  Sounded good, too.
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls
	Heavier & slower than the album. Awesome.  Jason really shined 
	on this one.
 
One
	What can I say, they blew this one.  Kirk's solo in the beginning
	of the song was confused, and James broke a string during the
	fast E-E-E-E-E-E stuff. (or at least went out of tune -- he changed
	guitars immediately afterward).  Kindof a bummer, I like this song. :-)
	Jason & Lars held up the rest pretty well, tho.
 
Whiplash
	A welcome surprise.  Awesome speed in this one -- in a few of their
	songs they had slowed down to a heavy grind, but not here.. Fast and
	furious.  Jason & James shared the singing.  I'm pretty sure I heard
	"Dickrash" at least once.. :-)
 
At this point, they left the stage.. The lights edged up, but the audience
knew that an encore was on the way, so they stuck around.  Only took around
30 seconds.. :-)
 
Last Caress
	Guest singer:  the guitarist from Faith No More (don't remember
	the name.. He was also in Bill & Ted's Bogus Movie)  Pretty short--
	they didn't do Green Hell.  :-)
 
Am I Evil?
	WONDERFUL.  James missed his que by a mile (after kirk's D-G, A-D,
	E-A harmonic bit)  but the rest was driving. 
 
Battery
	Another surprise.  Fast and furious.
 
And they left the stage again.  They came out a few moments later, with
towels and water bottles, waving at the audience.  Lars threw a few
drumsticks to the front rows, and kirk threw water on everyone.  Then
Jason seemed to get an idea -- the four of them huddled for a minute
or so, then Lars stepped up to the mike and said, "We don't know what the
fuck to play!"  James stepped up too, and said, "What do you wannahear?!"
(I yelled "Sanitarium").  The people in front must have said "Breadfan",
'cause James said "Shit, I don't remember the words to that one.  Anyone
know BREADFAN?"
 
Of course, the whole audience went "yeah!! Me! Me!"  James POINTED towards
the middle of the place and said, "You know the words?  Bullshit!... All right,
get up here!"
 
Security finally got the guy up to the stage (amid James' "C'mon, man!")
and...
 
Breadfan
	Guest singer:  Random dude from the audience.  He knew the words,
	too.  He was TOTALLY stoked -- danced around a bit, waved his arms,
	then sang.  James almost keeled over laughing.  BEST playing of
	Breadfan that I've ever heard -- they skipped the slow interlude,
	and played it HARD and FAST. The random-unknown-guy did a stage
	dive at the end.  
 
	James' comment:  "Don't give up your day job"
	Kirk's:  (to James) "Hey, you're out of a fuckin' job!"
 
And that was it.  They handed their guitars to some grunts, poured some
more water on the audience, and waved goodbye...  
 
The lights came up.
 
Comments
--------
 
Wow.  Wow.  WOW.
 
I've been to many many concerts & shows -- this one was the best, by leaps
and bounds.  [Don't take my little criticisms above too harshly -- they
put on an awesome show].  
 
It seemed to me that they REALLY enjoyed doing a small venue, to only a 
club-full of people.  Lord knows I'll be at EVERY show they put on around
here when they come back for the tour....  (3 months, James said)
 
Allan
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    Great review Peter, sounds an awesome show!  I am really looking
    forward to seeing them at Donnington now, but will also be going to
    some of their concerts in Holland and Belgium when they tour here!
    
    Sounds like they are actually getting better with age!
    
    
    GAZ

>The Opening Act
>---------------
>"Black Crowes" - a very forgettable local band.  Their lead guitarist, though,
>played the cleanest, smoothest, fastest arpeggio sweeps I've EVER seen,
>professional or otherwise.
    
    What's wrong with this picture?
    
    Either he's got the band name wrong or he's out of his mind, 'cause the
    Black Crowes aren't a "local band" to the San Francisco area (isn't
    that where Petaluma is?) and I've never heard either of their guitar
    players do a fast arpeggio sweep.  I don't honestly think either of
    them can, and even if they could it wouldn't fit with the kind of much
    they play very well anyway.
    
    In any case, I can't imagine the Black Crowes opening for Metallica
    anyway, what an awful mismatch if it were true!
    
    Greg

re: -1

Yeah, I thought that sounded strange too!  It was the "arpeggio sweeps" that
really made me go "What??!"

|KS|

    
    	I finally heard "Enter Sandman".  Not bad, but it's not all that
    	good when compared to their older stuff.  That horrible flange
    	effect is gone from the drums, but with that went their timing
    	changes and overall "punch".  It was a straight-ahead metal song
    	with alot of the Metallica "trademarks" missing.
    
    	I'll probably get the album anyways and hope for the best.
    
    							GTI

    I like em' better than METALLICA!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
          from what I've heard the albums date release is AUGUST 12th(DOOMS
    DAY) 
    
    
              I do *kinda* like the new song!
    
                            Frizkid
    

    Yeah, I saw some of the vid a few days ago, and I liked it.  I just
    caught the last part, so I guess I'll be buying the CD to check it all
    out.
    
    Scary

    
    
    ...and I hope all you hypocritical dingbats saw them on MTV last
    night!!!  8*PPPPPP
    
    They explained WHY they made the video the way they did, WHY they
    decided to release a video in the first place, WHY they picked "Enter
    Sandman", and WHY they decided to do the kind of music on this album.
    
    Did anyone see it except me?
    
    Goddess 

    re: -1 Goddess.
    
    Any chance of typing in some of the bits you remember...
    
    			Andy. 

    I saw it.  Good enuff 4 me.

    
    
    	RE: F.
    
    	Ya... I agree with Andy... could you put in a bit of the
    	info - if you remember??  I haven't seen or heard the
    	tune yet but with all the hoopla surrounding it, I'm
    	anxious to hear their reasons.
    
    	Tigg~~~

    F. didn't say she remembered any of it. Didn't even say she watched it.
    She just said it was on.

    
    
    
    I finally saw the vid... Not as bad asthe 'Peace Sells' vid by MD
    
    I sorta liked it... a little more calm for Metallica.. but I like 
    the production... ALOT better than the last albums... (IMO)
    
    JW-

    
        I saw it!!
                It was cool......very surprising for Metallica!
    
                    Frizkid
    

    So what did they say??
    
    gh (curious)

      
            They said........
    
                      They were going for a more simple approach and
    writing shorter songs.BTW-There's 12 songs on the album!
    Lars said..."Enter:Sandman was a good first song for people to hear
    and it also "warrented" itself for a video because of the lryics!
     Because it makes you think and the video doesn't ruin it the first
    time you see it!
    
    
                         frizkid
    
    

    
    
    Jesse shut up!
    
    Okay..  now here is what I can remember I will try to quote directly if
    possible!!  8*)
    
    By the by, Metallica is MTV's "Day in Rock" interview of the week.  The
    "Day in Rock" is on weekdays at 8:00 p.m.
    
    First off, Lars did most if not all of the talking..  They said they
    did the shows in California because they were "really out of shape"
    performing wise, and they had to get back into it again.  Mentioned
    they like to play in small theaters when possible.
    
    Said they usually do not like to release videos or singles either, but
    decided that "Enter Sandman" is an excellent song to do that with
    because it portrays "what they are into right now, which is a simpler
    and less complex style of music.  They think "Enter Sandman" is good
    for people to see what the album is like and the musical style they are
    into right now.
    
    They did the "Enter Sandman" video like they did because they beleive
    the song can have different interpretations.  They do not beleive a
    video should have everything written out and obvious.  They "hope it
    (the video) will make people have to think" and get their own ideas
    from it.
    
    The other night they had a listening party and gave away 19,000 tickets
    I think it was at Boston Garden?  or somewhere in Boston, just to
    listen to the new release.  Why they picked Boston only I have no idea. 
    MTV made some mention of it probably being the biggest listening party
    ever, etc.
    
    
    Goddess

    I have no idea why they picked yukky BOSTON either!

>    I have no idea why they picked yukky BOSTON either!

They didn't. The listening party was held in NY, at Madison Square Garden.
The band didn't play, they weren't even there - they just played the album
through a huge PA system. All 19,00 tickets were given away via retail 
outlets.

alan

    
    I saw "Enter Sandman" last night on MTV, my first Metallica vid.
    I was very impressed with the way they did the video and I really liked
    the music.  Now, if they changed their style like everyone here says
    they did, what the hell did they sound like before???  I don't really
    like speed bands or thrash bands for that matter.  I like the real
    heavy, heavy metal bands.  I think Alice In Chains has that heavy
    sound.  Anyway, I like the new Metallica song and if the rest of the
    album is the same, I'm buying it!!!
    
    
    
    -Tunes-

	RE: -1 

	Some people expect every album to sound nearly the same which can
	certainly get tiresome for a band to put up with such expectations.
	It could also be considered any easy way to continue pumping out
	albums but I give 'em credit for broadening.  I haven't heard it
    	all but this seems to be their direction.

	They seem to be coming across musically rather than being specialists 
	in their field.  As the simple title of the album suggests.  You
    	decide either because you like the music or you don't, not just 
    	because you always buy Metallica's or band X's material or for that
	matter the people who I won't buy their stuff may now listen.
	
	One nice thing about not having eMpTV is that I actually enjoy
	seeing it on occasion and remain just far enough behind the times, 
	you know, like drafting in auto racing.  
    
    	As for the video maybe you're supposed to watch it in a very bright
    	room or something, not in the dark. Some parts seemed to work but
    	for the most part....anyhow it's the music not the video that makes
    	us move around - or it should be.

	Anyhow if I can get to it I'll enter in some extracts from last weeks 
	NME (New Musical Express) article.  That is if there's any interest!

	- Jim

    I saw ALL of `Enter Sandman' this morning .... I liked it a LOT.  It's
    plenty heavy enough to carry the Metallica name, just not as syncopated
    as previous stuff - which I like.  If this is a reflection of how the
    new album will be flavored, I'll be buying it for sure !
    
    Scary

    Man, the new video really rocks, it took a bit of time to get used to
    it (and also seeing a metal vid on UK TV), but it steams in biblical
    proportions, Can't wait 'till Donington (8 Days).
    
    				Andy.

    
    
    I find myself actually liking the vid... it does'nt seem that
    bad on the eyes at all... Cool tune... Can't wait till the release!!
    
    
    JW-

    
    I think Enter Sandman is some of the best material they have ever come
    up with - I'm looking forward to being able to afford the new album.  I
    think I saw it in the shops today - it's the black album isn't it?
    
    Flip

    Hold on, Flip, I thought it was out on Monday.....Sure that wasn't just
    a window display promo?
    
    � it's the black album isn't it?
    
    Sure the new album isn't called 'Smell the glove'  8^)

    I just went to Tower records in bahston yesterday. Their new releases
    chart listed the new release as Monday, Aug 12. I think it's called
    "Stone Cold Crazy" but don't quote me on that.
     
    -Jeff
    

    
    
    Hehe..
    
    Yup, its the black album... I guess if you look REAL close you can
    see 'Metallica' writtin on the front...

    
    	RE: Jeff
    
    	It will be called, simply, "Metallica".
    
    							GTI

    
    
    Flip, maybe you saw the single..  I know you can buy the single for
    "Enter Sandman", and I think the reverse side is "Stone Cold Crazy"....
    
    The album is still due on the 12th as far as I know..
    
    
    Goddess

    
    Well I've never seen a single with that many tracks on it before....
    
    Flip

    Oops, sorry about that. I guess Stone Cold Crazy is the name of the
    song on the reverse side of the single for Enter Sandman; it's not the
    name of the album
    

    
    
    Well Flip how cum you got it first then!!!!   NO FAIR!!!  
    
    8*)

    Hmmm .. better not put this album next to Motley's `Shout At The
    Devil',  they'd both get lost !
    
    Scary

    METALLICA COMES OUT TODAY!
    

    Well,
    	The new Metallica album is currently playing through my headphones,
    so I'll let you know just how good it is, I'm on Enter Sandman at the
    moment.......Big, Punchy, and Metallica!!!!
    
    Ooo Err Kirk's learnt a new riff!!
    
    Album List:-
    		Enter Sandman
    		Sad But True        <-- This is on at the moment, rather
    					good actually.
    		Holier Than Thou
    		The Unforgiven
    		Wherever I May Roam
    		Don't Tread On Me
    		Through the Never
    		Nothing Else Matters
    		Of Wolf and Man         
    		The God That Failed
    		My Friend Of Misery
    		The Struggle Within.

    Did you know that Jason Newstead sings on the new album!!!!
    
    
    I do!!!
    
    Marf!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Does that mean that we can't call him PRIZPOSE anymore?!
    
    Enter Sandman really blew my mind the first time I saw/heard it!  It is
    hardly typical Metallica (suppose there are reverberations of ONE
    there, but otherwise).  If the rest of the album is as good as this
    track, then I guess it will rank alongside Ride the Lightning!  I will 
    definitely be buying this with my CD token, which I got several months
    ago and have been saving for just such an event (^8*.
    
    
    GAZ poor_but_always_good_taste!
    
    

    I've been a metallica fan for around 4 years now. I finally saw Enter
    Sandman last night, and there was nothing in that video that I didn't
    like! It's definitely got that metallica sound (even though it seems
    like it is mixed differently), and the video is very creative.
     
    -Jeff
    

    
    	I picked up the album last night, and listened to it once ...
    	every song all the way through, except for the 2 "ballads" that
    	I skipped 1/2 each.
    
    	First impression was YAWN.  Too "straight forward" to be Metal-
    	lica.  But as I listened, it wasn't too bad, but it was still
    	missing the typical Metallica ingredients like timing changes
    	[there were some there, but not enough], and lacked something
    	[which I'll call "kick" for lack of a better word].
    
    	"Enter Sandman" is the best, followed by "Holier Than Thou"
    	[which is probably the closest to "typical" Metallica that's
    	on this album] and "Sad But True".  Most of the album is too
    	slow, IMO, but still not bad.
    
    							GTI

    so which one's the song that goes something like:
    "don't hit me, I'm a wimp"???
    
    those are probably not the right words...

       The opening guitar lick in UNFORGIVEN sounds "like"
    
                     FADE TO BLACK!
    
                                 frizkid
    

    stop teasin' me!

    
    	As much as I dislike agreeing with GTI I must!  I'm usually not too
    	much for ballads but I liked  'em and as for the other tracks there
    	were definite points were things seem to be in low gear (not that
    	that's always bad - not nearly in the form of someone like Codeine
    	who I like but live - yaaaawnnn) but other times approaching high
    	gear (another but) it seemed to be a bit fragmented.  The one
    	song that I can't recall really 'kicked it both in vocals and
    	music...
    
    	With all the previous talk about the release I didn't realize it
    	was 62 minutes (plus, what a few seconds?) of music (-don't you
    	hate those shrink wrap stickers?).  
    
    	Overall I did enjoy it and what even helped more was the reasonable
    	$7.99 double LP and $10.99 CD price at Newbury Comics and Tower,
    	respectively.  {side-track - other than possibly local music and
    	maybe some blues it does look like Tower will reach their goal of
    	being vinyl-free by year end.  At least in Boston.  The import
    	record section is gone, the 'metal' is but a few bins, clearance
    	is rather big and not much of any interesting stuff there, blues
    	and local still okay, but local 7" as usual is still a mess.  
    
    	Soapbox withdrawal no longer a problem!
    
    	- Jim

    	$7.99 double LP and $10.99 CD price at Newbury Comics and Tower,
    			     ^^^^^
    
    Without getting into a 'UK/US cost war' rathole,  replace the $ with
    �, and it's still cheaper than over here.... 8^(
    
    ... but the album is good.!
    

    
    I must be gettin' old by saying I likeed the whole CD
    
    I agree that "Enter Sandman" and Holier than thou" But "My friend
    of Misery" Seems to grab me by the poo poo.
    
    It by far compares to RTL or MOP which were raw and hard. Looks to me
    Metallica have not sold out to more airplay but have moved forward
    with their music. Hetfield sounds pretty good in that ballad. I 
    was suprised.
    
    Gerry

    There is an interview with Kirk and James in the new issue of Guitar
    Player magazine.  They're the featured cover artists.
    
    I read it last night and it talks a lot about how the new album was
    recorded, their techniques and such.  No click tracks were used this
    time, as they had been on previous albums.  They made a special effort
    to give as much of a live feel to this record and begain using reverb
    again (they apparently hadn't since RTL).  Kirk has a new guitar rig
    that he said gives a much meatier sound.
    
    Also from some of the photos it appears that James is starting to lose
    his hair.  Won't be long before he's looking like Coop...  ;^)
    
    gh

    
    	"Metallica" compares with MOP?
    
    	Hah!!  Not even close.
    
    							GTI

    
     I bought it Mon. and have been listening to it for 2 days now. This
    is my favorite of theirs by far. I like RTL and MOP, but the production
    on this one has gone one step further than AJFA. I think it really
    sounds great. I think it has the heavyist sound than any of their other
    releases. It is different but has the unmistakable Metallica sound.
    The guitar work on "Nothing Else Matters" reminds me of "Orion" on
    MOP. Granted the tempo's are not as fast and furious as previous
    Metallica, but what an awesome sound! What can I say? I love it!
    
                                                                mike

    I still like Enter Sandman.  I've heard one of the ballads and thought
    it was okay also.

    I also bought it monday, and I love it. I am a die hard fan of
    Metallica and I would have paid for an lbum full of ballads. I don't
    think this is as good as RTL, but I think it compares with MOP and KEA.
    But I'd like to ask if anyone can tell me if it's Jason Newstes who
    sings the refrain on "The Unforgiven" it doesn't sound like Hetfield.
    
    Chris.

    re: .944
    
    Yes, Jason Newstead sings on that song.
    
    gh

    Is James Hetfield balding badly,or is it my imagination? 
    
    Personally,i think the best thing Metallica have done is the "No Life
    `Til Leather" demo tape. Arf!arf!
    
    Joe Strummer.
    

    re: .939
    
    > Metallica moved forward with their music
    
    IMO they've been moving forward progressively with each new album, but
    now they just took a step back!  This album sounds too much like AJFA
    to me.  And it's not as intricate.  The songs are more simpler... less
    changes.  Which I guess is another way of saying the songs sound more
    similar to each other on this album than previous albums.  However I do
    like this album better than AJFA.  Not as much as RTL, MOP, & KEA
    though.  The word "die" is used less on this album for whatever thats
    worth.
    
    I think Kirk used the wha-wha on way too many songs.  His leads sound
    better without it I think.  Almost sounds like he's hiding behind it
    IMO.
     
    And finally, I don't recall there being any instrumental on this
    album... at least one doesn't stick out in my mind.  What happened to
    the great works like Call of Ktulu, Orion, Anasthesia, and To Live Is To
    Die (which was almost an instrumental) ?
    
    |KS|
    

    I like "Metallica", but I miss the really fast riffs!
    
    

    
      Hey has anyone heard Metallica's new "Metallica" album? I've seen
    their latest video( enter sandman), and it sounds like another winner!
    How's the rest of the album?

    
    	The "Don't tread on me!!" intro to the song of the same name had
    	me almost rolling on the floor ... not typical Metallica.
    
    							GTI

    re: .945
    
    >>> Hey, WHO are you ??   Where'd you get that name ??
    
    well to tell you the truth it was given to me by my supervisor...
    so take a deep motorbreath and thank god I'm not you're long lost brother,
    father, mother, or any other relative. Actually I'm a CO-OPerative
    student and hence the name COOP. sorry to scare you like that..
    
    Does anyone have the cd THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE LIVE they want to
    sell????
    
    Chris, the imposterous COOP 

    re: .950
    
>    Is James Hetfield balding badly,or is it my imagination? 
    
    Not your imagination, see my reply .940 where I said the same thing.
    
    gh

    }} well to tell you the truth it was given to me by my supervisor...
    }} so take a deep motorbreath and thank god I'm not you're long lost brother,
    }} father, mother, or any other relative. Actually I'm a CO-OPerative
    }}student and hence the name COOP. sorry to scare you like that..
    
    }} Does anyone have the cd THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE LIVE they want to
    }} sell????
    
    }} Chris, the imposterous COOP 

    
    Coop, we all know it's REALLY YOU!  
    
    'pril
    

    Just got the new CD ...
    
    
    
    What's everybody's problem about this ?  I've scanned through it, and
    now I'm taping it to put in the truckster, and so far, I *love* it !
    The crunch is there - the power is definitely there - the ballads are
    there.  True, there's none of the mega_syncopation that came to be a
    Metallica trademark, but that's old hat now.  This CD is just plain
    straight ahead HEAVY !  Some parts remind me of early Sabbath, *the*
    heaviest band known to mankind, past or present.
    
    I give it 3 thumbs up ...  8^)
    
    Scary

    
    
    After a few more listens... I Like it alot... I agree with
    basically everone else... "Enter Sandman" is currently my 
    fave on the album... The entire album cranks...
    
    JW-
    
    Oh, and BTW

    
    
    	RE: JW
    
    	Whew... you kinky dude you. (:
    
    	
    	Jim Z. let me borrow his LP (BLECK...) last night to take
    	a listen but I only got through the first two songs before
    	I had to leave but so far I think it's pretty cool.
    
    	However!  I REFUSE to tape from the LP... GAG. (8
    
    	tigg~~~

    I've listened to this tape since I bought it Monday, and I must say
    it definitely measures up to metallica! I'm sick of all of the losers
    who say this tape stinks. Just because metallica doesn't clone their
    last album every time they want to produce a new one; just because
    their sound grows with time doesn't mean they are screwing their fans.
    This one, in my opinion, is right up there with MOP and AJFA!
    
    IMHO the best songs are Enter Sandman, Sad But True, and the 2 ballads,
    The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters.
    
    BTW- Does anyone know if metallica will be touring in the states and
    when? When they do, are they going to be in the same lineup as they are
    currently doing in europe (metallica,ac/dc,q-ryche,motley crue,black
    crows)? That would be incredible!
     
    -Jeff
    

    The thing you`ve got to remember about any Metallica product,is that
    it grows with repeated listenings.
    
    Even the "Garage Days Revisted" E.P. i thought was pretty crap on the
    1st listening. Now i think "Helpless" is one of the best songs they`ve
    done. Same with Master Of Puppets. It took AGES for me to get into
    that,but when i did i loved it.
    
    Be patient,small children.
    
    Joe Strummer.
    
    
    

    I (personally) hope Anthrax doesn't pull this act on their next album.
    
    don't get me wrong, I like "Metallica" alot...Hey!  I guess they
    decided to make some big time $$$ this time around, because this is
    definitely gonna be their best selling album of all time...IMO of
    course.
    
    }} JW-
    
    }}Oh, and BTW
    
    
    WTF?

 >   I (personally) hope Anthrax doesn't pull this act on their next album.
    
    I hope Metallica doesn't team up with a rap group like
    Anthrax/Aerosmith did!  Somehow I don't think they will though.  They
    won't need to.  Like you said April, this is going to be their most
    popular album I think.
    
    |KS|
    
    

    But, just because they're becoming popular doesn't mean they've `sold
    out'.  After listening to the new CD, I don't smell a sell-out at all. 
    I sense a change in direction, that's all.  I like the new direction
    ...
    
    Scary

    Scary...I merely meant this is their most "comercial"(sp?) album so
    far...IMO!
    
    don't you agwee?
    
    ~8)

    I too am glad Metallica  will never do a Metal/poser(rap) team up. I
    know they won't ever do it because I saw them on MTV. (Hah) 
    I love Anthrax, don't get me wrong, but with the way they talk and the
    way their e.p. went, I wouldn't doubt if the band broke up and Charlie,
    Scott, and Frank formed a rap group. Anyway, even though this album is
    not as fast and may have a coupla ballads, I think everyone is missing
    thwe true point here... this is METALLICA. The Music is still good,the
    lyrics are still great, and their image is great too, as long as they
    don't sing about love, sex, and flowers, they're still # 1 in my book.
    And as long as the riffs aren't cute and popsie I'll continue to buy
    and love and relish every metallica album. 
    
    Chris.
    
    p.s. I AM NOT COOPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    

    RE: April ...
    
    True, it *is* more commercial, but I don't think that was intentional. 
    I think it's just more of the direction their musical likes took them.
    It's still WAY to heavy for most radio stations - the intended audience
    was still their current fans, I think .. but hey, what do I know, right?
    
    Scary (who's enjoying it, and isn't that what life's all about anyway?)

    I've been listening to `Metallica' all weekend - the more I listen, the
    more I like it.  It's a LOT easier to listen to than their earlier
    stuff.  3 thumbs up ...
    
    Scary 

    
    	It's alot easier for me to listen to because I don't tend to
    	head-bang while listening to the new one ... I just sit there
    	and listen.
    
    	8^)
    							GTI

    it is a lot easier to listen to,there's a lot of good songs as well but
    I keep reaching for MoP or RtL.Bring back the old producer,Flemming
    Rasmussen(sp),ditch the "Metalliballads" and ferkrissakes take the wah
    wah peddle away from Kirk.
    
    
    
    
                                               Staynz

    
    
    I think "commercial" is a ridiculous term to use for Metallica.
    
    I have yet to hear "untamed" WAAF play a song of the new one..
    Or any other radio station around here unless its the metal hour.
    
    
    Goddess

    
    	RE: -1  
    
    	Good point.  I was amazed to hear "Enter Sandman" on the 'FNX 
    	"Moods for Modern" radio show while waiting for the "Boston Rocks"
    	show last Sunday.  It was also good to hear a track from the
    	new Mudhoney release.  It must have been a programming error!
    
    	- Jim

    
    Out West they have it in a regular rotation, 3 to 4 times a day.
    I've heard it at 6am and in the late hours of night (Enter Sandman)
    
    It's just a matter of time until they play "Nothing Else Matters"
    all day long like "more than Words" Got a while back. I've even heard
    "Sad But True" on the radidio last week.
    
    FWIW Rolling Stone Gave the album 4 stars. They would have given it 5
    except for the one some "Don't tread on me" which is the only song
    I leave out of my programming sequence.
    
    Gerry

    F.  I was just saying their new stuff *more* commercial than their older
     stuff, but you definitely don't have to agree...
    
    ~8)
    
    I'm just glad Hammet's voice still has that vicious grrrrrowl to it!
    I could live on this stuff!
    
    My favorite song as of yet is "Through The Never"...which is probably
    the hardest on the whole CD IMO...
    
    'pril

    
    	Yup, Rolling Stone hates "Don't Tread on Me" more than I do.  But
    	the rest of the album is very good.
    
    							GTI

    >>I'm just glad Hammet's voice still has that vicious grrrrrowl to it!
    
    
    Do you mean Hetfield?

    oops, yea I guess so, sillywillyme!

    
    
    
    	I was playin my Lynx the other day and must'uv listen to 
    	the new album 5 times in a row... "Sad, but True" is an
    	Awesome tune!! 
    
    	JW-

    Hy how come you guys don't like "Don't Tread on Me", I feel like a geek
    cause I like it.... give me one good reason to hate this song.
    
    Chris.
    

    re: Friz
    
    Woah, if you like 'em they've definately gone poseur!
    
    re: Chris
    
    C'mon, only geeks like that song!
    ;^)
    
    gh

    "Nothing Else Matters" gets as much airplay here as "Enter Sandman".
    
    It's funny to hear you guys complain about bands selling out.  The
    Christian camp does the same with Stryper and others (i.e., Amy Grant).
    To me, they're just expanding their musical horizons more than just 
    paying the bills.

    I agree with .1008. Just because they have a ballad on their album, it
    doesn't make it sceam SELL-OUT. What about Fade To Black, when Ride the
    Lightning came out all my friends were saying things like. what a wuss
    song, and the same happened when One came out.I personally think the
    Fade To Black is one of their top 5 songs ever, if not # 1. 
    
    Or maybe there record contract stated they had to do a ballad. It
    happens you know. I'm not a lover of ballads but I do accept them as
    VALID metallica music. Besides who out there can say they don't like
    FADE TO BLACK.
    
    Chris the geek (Due to the fact the I LIKE dont tread on me.)
    

    
    Fade to Black and One are awesome ballads. We write our ballads
    like that, start out slow and turn eventually into deth!

    
    	There is a huge difference between "ballad" and "power ballad",
    	IMO.
    
    	"Fade to Black" is a "power ballad" ... like Pete said, a slow-
    	fast song.  A "ballad" is just slow all the way through.
    
    							GTI

    
    I like the ballads, and it don't bother me if a band sells out.
    If I like the music I buy it. Except for geeky songs like "Don't 
    Tread On me" It sounds like a good song for a tire commercial.
       
    =:^\
    
    

    It's true that Nothing Else Matters is a ballad and not a Power Ballad
    (By the way I have a tape that consists of just Power Ballads, if
    anyone's interested just say so.) but if you read the lyrics it sounds
    like this is some kind of tribute to fans that have never given up on
    Metallica, and will stay with them no matter what kind of songs they
    write. so that leaves out all you guys that don't like "Tread". 
    
    How can any true American not like Don't tread on me. It symbolizes all
    America is good for, in a manner of speaking "Don't mess with the U.S.
    because were going to rip your A** apart" 'Nuff said
    
    Chris 
    

    
    	RE: Coop
    
    	Well, sorry, but I'm not going to be dragged around by a band
    	just because I happen to like most of the band's material.  If
    	they write something I don't like, I can't be "forced" to like
    	it just because of the band that wrote it!!
    
    	True, I like alot of bands, and I like alot of songs.  But I
    	don't like the songs because of the band that wrote them.  The
    	song has to be up to my "standards" for me to like it.
    
    							GTI

    I Can understand not liking a song. but it's only been out for a week,
    that may by enough time for you decide but not me. I think someone said
    it in this topic "the longer yuou listen to it the better it gets".
    Plus I asked for a reason, you don't have to have one, but I'd like to
    know why you don't like the song.
    
    Chris, who isn't forced but does it out of respect.
    

    
    	Well, I hated it the first time I heard it, and I do have to
    	admit that I didn't hate it as much the second time ...
    
    
    	... I detested it about 10x as much.
    
    							GTI

    What did this bird look like? A canny bit of totty with big baps?
    
    Anyways,wot was Metallica like at Donnington? 
    
    Joe Strummer.
    

    Ok,Ok,Ok....Don't like it, in fact hate, detest it, your loss. 
    
    To repeat the question what was metallica like at donnington.
    
    The bird was big and shouted "Hoot,Hoot don't tread on me!!!!!"
    
    
    
    Chris
    

    In light of the new album, I have a question....
    
    If Lars Ulrich clled you up and saie Metallica was going to put
    together a Greatest hits sort of album, but could only use 12 songs, my
    question and his is: WHAT 12 SONGS WOULD YOU SAY??????
    
     1. The Four Horsemen
     2. Whiplash
     3. For Whom the Bell Tolls
     4. Fade To Black
     5. Creeping Death
     6. Master of Puppets
     7. Welcome Home (Sanatarium)
     8. Damage Inc.
     9. Helpless
    10. Enter Sandman
    11. Through The Never
    12. The Unforgiven
    
    that's *probably* what I'd say...
    
    Chris.
    

    you 4got Call of Klutu, dude!

    Nope. I like the song, but I wouldn't say it was in their top 12, maybe
    15. by the way isn't it "Ktulu"
    
    
    
    Chris.
    

    everwhat

    	Well, first - you couldn't get 12 Metallica songs on a single CD,
    	or at least not easily, so I'm going to cut my list down to 10.

    	And second, my list does not reflect a very good mix of the new
    	album, which of course would have to be considered just because
    	it's new.  But anyways:
    
    
    	Motorbreath
    	Jump in the Fire
    	For Whom the Bell Tolls
    	Fade to Black
    	Escape	
    	Creeping Death
    	Battery
    	Master of Puppets
    	Blackened
    	Enter Sandman
	Holier Than Thou
    
    
    	OK, so that's 11.  I couldn't remove any.  Actually, I had a few
    	others that I was considering.  Realistically, "Holier Than Thou"
    	would be replaced by one of the new ballads, and "Battery" would
    	be replaced by "One", which is unfortunate but that's the way rec-
    	ord companies do these things.
    
    							GTI

    Hey anyone else notice how loooooong that paaaaaauuuse is on 
    "Sad But True"?  
    It's like:
    
    
                 OKAY, EVERYONE STOP AND TAKE A BONG HIT!
    
    

    oh yeah... oops, I forgot they made Justice.... oops.... i'd have to
    take out unforgiven and put in Blackened.
    
    Chris. 

    Gee you could never tell.
    
    off da top 'o me haid 
    
    Blackened 		Fight Fire With Fire
    Creeping Death	Master of Puppets
    Am I Evil		Sanitarium
    To live Is To Die	Fade To Black
    Trapped Under Ice   And Justice For All
    Whiplash		For whom the bell Tolls
    

    My turn:
    
     1.Green Hell
     2.For Whom The Bell Tolls
     3.Fade To Black
     4.Am I Evil(Yes, I am)
     5.Battery
     6.Enter:Sandman
     7.The Four Horsemen
     8.Sanitarium
     9.Holyier than thou
    10.Master of Puppets
    11.Unforgiven(For good measure)
    
             They could only fit 11(If their lucky).
    
                                 Frizkid
    
    
                      

    I'd just put in the `Kill "em All' CD and be happy with that ....
    
    Scary

    
    Friz likes Green Hell? A Misfits cover? There IS hope for this dude!
    8-)
    
    /prc

    I just noticed something yesterday ...
    
    I was listening to `Enter Sandman', and there's one part where
    Hetfield is singing REAL low, kinda growling.  And it was killing me
    trying to figure out who this sounded like.  I finally got it ! It's a
    cross between George Thorougood (Bad To The Bone) and Froggy from the
    Little Rascals !  8^)
    
    Scary

Everyone has forgotten Orion...  Love it.

    And another thing ... I didn't think I'd EVER see the day when
    Metallica would have the word `baby' in one of their songs .... I guess
    that came from having Jiffy Johnny's producer ...  8^)
    
    Scary
    

    
    	I didn't forget "Orion", I just don't consider it to be one of
    	their best.  And I KNOW it wouldn't make a "Greatest" album.
    
    							GTI

>    And another thing ... I didn't think I'd EVER see the day when
>    Metallica would have the word `baby' in one of their songs .... I guess
    
    Yeah, but it's "baby" as in infant, so don't be too harsh on 'em!  Ever
    think you'd hear acoustic guitars or a sitar in their songs?
    
    Anyone notice on the CD liner that the recording process is labeled as
    A/D D D?  I wonder what they're referring to with the A/D.  (what was
    done analogically, what was done digitally)
    
    |KS|
    

    
    I'll put the Rolling Stone Metallica review in here on Monday!
    
    Sometimes RS can be quick to jump to conclusions, so they may be wrong!

    
    
    	Something to ponder?...
    
    	I remember someone in here mentioning "Don't Tread on Me" as a
    kind of pro-America war song.  I read Rolling Stone's review today
    and they said the same thing and criticized the band for writing such
    a song.
    
    	I took DTOM to be a sarcastic pro-America war song.  The Phoenix's 
    (local weekly newspaper) review implied the same thing.
    
    	What do ya think?
        	
    
    Paul

    re: "baby" in a Metallica
    
    It's not their song, but they sang "baby" in the cover of "Last Caress"
    years ago!
    
    "I got something to say
     I killed your baby today..."
    
    gh

    
    re: .1054
    
    Yeah, but are we talking in a girlfriend sense or a small human
    sense.
    
    /prc

    I suppose it could be either, but I think it was the "small human"
    sense.  Isn't that what the use of it on the new album is too?
    
    gh

    It was a joke guys ... sheesh ....  8^)
    
    The more I listen to that CD, the more I *really* get in to it.
    
    Scary

    Screw that, I'd never listen to a band that  sez "baby" in their songs. 
    Guess I'll have to pass on this poseur band...
    
    gh

    Well, this album debutted at #1 on the Billboard  P O P  chart !  There
    goes the neighborhood ...  8^)
    
    The album cranks ... baby and all.
    
    
    Scary

    I heard Bon Jovi produced it...

    I heard on WBCN that it sold over 2.2 million copies on less than 2
    weeks!  ...And without radio airplay, imagine!!!
    

    
    re: .1060
    
    Bob Rock.

    RE: - .1059
    
    I hardly think that debuting on the P O P chart could be considered a
    bad thing ("there goes the neighborhood"), because POP is just a
    shortened version of POPULAR, so if Metallica is popular why shouldn't
    they be on the POP chart. Besides they entered NUMBER 1 as of today on 
    the ALBUM chart not the pop chart. Well anyway Enter Sandman is NUMBER 42 
    on the POP chart. Hey even if the album is a little, dare I say, softer
    than the previous, it will no doubt open new eyes to the previous 4.
    And then all the people who thought Metallica sucked can find out that
    they are WRONG!!!!!!
    
    
    Chris.
     

    Does anyone know when METALLICA will tour the states. And who will tour
    with them. IO have plans to see them wherever they play in Mass. Conn.
    New Hmp. Vermont. and Maine, maybe even New York. 
    
    
    Chris.
    

                            METALLIC KO (****)
    
    - review by Robert Palmer
    
    Taken without permission from Rolling Stone Magazine, Issue 612, 
    September 5th, 1991.
    
    
    
    The first thing you notice about Metallica's new album is that is 
    *sounds* great.  The band's previous disc, ...*And Justice For 
    All*, seemed a model of hard-rock clarity and punch when it was 
    released in 1988.  Played back-to-back with *Metallica*, *Justice* 
    sounds almost thin; the new record's sonic textures and audio 
    depth of field are a revelation.
    
    But *Metallica* isn't simply a superspiffy engineering job.  Its 
    detail and dynamics are essentially *musical* in concept, part and 
    parcel of the arrangements, song structures and impact of 
    individual tracks.  The first few bars of the opening cut, "Enter 
    Sandman," tell the tale.  The song beings with the fade-in of a 
    chugging guitar riff.  As the riff rises to full volume,  ushering 
    in the rhythm section, and entirely different guitar texture, 
    sounding like a phased, finger-picked, electric twelve-string, 
    comes in under and *behind* the primary riff.  All this subtlety 
    draws the listener in, focusing attention.  When drummer Lars 
    Ulrich enters, the whack of his first snaredrum accent seems to 
    jump right out of the record and into the middle of the room.  By 
    the time you're half a minute into *Metallica*, musicianship, 
    arrangements and engineering are working hand in  hand to define 
    the parameters of a sonic space that the entire disc will claim as 
    its field of interaction.
    
    In stylistic terms, *Metallica* is about diversity.  *Justice*, 
    and to a lesser extent in 1986 breakthrough album *Master of 
    Puppets*, connected one song to another with related themes and 
    riff structures; these were unified works, almost thrash-metal 
    concept albums.  Each of the twelve songs on *Metallica* stands on 
    its own.  The multipart musical structures that paced the much 
    longer compositions on *Justice* haven't been abandoned, but the 
    forms have been telescoped into songs in the four- to six-minute 
    range.  Whenever a passing musical moment reaches out and grabs 
    you, it's a pretty safe bet that you won't be hearing it again 
    until the next time you play the album.
    
    When a band slaps an eponymous title on its fifth album, some sort 
    of redefinition is implied.  And in fact, *Metallica* is a long, 
    long way from the charged momentum and skullf(ck imagery of the 
    early material created with original lead guitarist Dave Mustaine 
    (now the general of Megadeth) and the late bassist and band spark 
    plug Cliff Burton.  Several of the songs on *Metallica* are 
    downright gentle.  "Enter Sandman," possibly the first metal 
    lullaby, does advise the child it addresses:  "Hush little baby, 
    don't say a word/And never mind that noise you heard/It's just the 
    beasts under your bed/In your closet, in your head."  But the 
    song's delicately layered guitar textures and the unmistakable 
    empathy in James Hetfield's vocals signify an abiding affection.  
    "Nothing Else Matters" doesn't even pretend to tough it out.  It 
    is hardly an MTV lite-metal ballad, but he soaring vocal harmonies 
    on the chorus, the delicate acoustic- and electric-guitar 
    interplay between Hetfield and Kirk Hammett and the way Ulrich 
    deftly blends his orchestra chimes and cymbals into the guitar 
    harmonies make it a ballad all the same.  Hetfield's lyrics offer 
    a key to the more personal, directly emotional drift of the album 
    when he sings: "Never opened myself this way/Life is ours, we live 
    it our way/All these words I don't just say/And nothing else 
    matters."
    
    Several songs on *Metallica* seem destined to become hard-rock 
    classics.  "Wherever I May Roam" blossoms from a sitarlike opening 
    into a stomping but lyrical power-chord rocker, with Jason 
    Newsted's chordal bass voiced with the guitars to provide that 
    unmistakable Metallica crunch.  When Hetfield sings, "My body lie, 
    but still I roam," he echoes, perhaps unconsciously, one of the 
    bluesman Robert Johnson's most indelible images.  Structurally 
    diverse but containing a transcendently melancholy and melodic 
    chorus, the song sounds like an anthem in the making, but an 
    anthem kept to a human scale.  "The Unforgiven," "My Friend of 
    Misery" and "Sad but True" seem likely to have a comparable 
    staying power.  And Metallica doesn't neglect the head bangers, 
    the group's original constituency.  "Through the Never," "Of Wolf 
    and Man" and "The Struggle Within" are hard-edge and hard driving, 
    and even the prettiest songs forgo any hint of radio-ready 
    sweetening.
    
    Metallica is no longer the cutting edge of metal, as it was in the 
    beginning, but the band is expanding its musical and expressive 
    range on its own terms.  This can only be a positive step for a 
    group that is effectively bridging the gap between commercial 
    metal and the much harder thrash of Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth.
    
    *Metallica*'s only sour note is "Don't Tread on Me," which seems 
    unequivocally jingoistic.  After the impassioned protest against 
    war and social injustice on ...*And Justice for All*, "Tread" 
    comes as a shock.  Message to the members of Metallica:  Check out 
    the lavishly funded Hill and Knowlton public-relations campaign 
    that sold the gulf war to America's couch potatoes.  Do a little 
    research on the game of musical chairs that finds Republican 
    bigwigs shuffling back and forth between top-level cabinet posts 
    and key boardroom positions with certain oil-rich multinationals.  
    Go fight in a war yourselves.  *Then* wave the flag and jump on 
    the yellow-ribbon bandwagon, if you still want to.  "Don't Tread 
    on Me" rings hollow in its music as well as its lyrics, the only 
    outright bummer on an otherwise exemplary album of mature but 
    still kickass rock & roll.

Yesterday I was gone to buy Crimson Glory's last but finally I bought 
"Metallica". A fine album. It's not fast but it has good songs with catchy
riffs. I like it much more than AJFA and I think it's a good move for Metallica.
There is some seventies influence (Black Sabbath, wah-wah guitar solos etc) and
they do it well.

Sorin

    I listened again over the weekend "Metallica" and I definetly consider
    it close to MoP in musical quality (although very different). RtL is
    still my favourite but MoP and M are not far away. I think AJFA
    represented the transition from MoP to M and while slowing down it was
    hesitating in building new kind of melodies needed by the slower stuff.
    M does it very well and I think it will be a great success for
    Metallica. The 2 (power) ballads are very strong numbers (vocals
    included). I'm happy Metallica isn't afraid to progress.
    
    Sorin

    Yea, but you can't MOSH to it!

    No. But you can fall asleep to it.
    
    Joe Strummer.
    

Thursday the 5th....


		     METALLICA LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




On the MTV music awards
 Along with Queensryche. Unfortunately there are going to be a
bunch of Geeks there, Like C and C Crap Factory, Prince and the
New Poser Generation, And much, much, More!!!!

Though I do look forward to seeing Paula Abdul perform. Hey what
Young, Strapping, Man wouldn't....



Chris

    Re. 'pril & Joe
    
    If you want ultimate mosh and brain spread all over the walls check out
    Sepultura's "Beneath the remains"... :-)
    
    Sorin

    
    Or Megadeth's Rust In Peace....
    
    
    

       re::-1
    
              Megadeth??
    
                     I know people that dance hip-hop to that album!!!
    
              LAme..............
    
                           Frizkid
    
    
       

    Dance was just a metaphor for....
    
    
    MOSH LIKE HELL
    
    PIT 'TILL U DROP
    
    DOIN' THE TOXIC WALTZ
    
    
    Get my point 8*)
    
    
    Chris the tilted head dude....
    

    
    Or thrash until it feels like your head is gonna fall off.

    
    or better yet Thrash until your head DOES fall off.... believe me I've
    had it happen to me before... I had to chase that thing all over the
    floor, people kept kicking, someone even picked it up and used it like
    a volleyball. A most horrifying experience.... don't let it happen to
    you.....
    
    
    A public moshing message brought to you by...
    
    
    The PMRC, we are just a bunch of hypocrites....
    
    And alka-seltzer, in new extra mosher strength...
    
    And me... Chris.
    

    
    	RE: Friz
    
    	I'm still not sure what your point is.  I admitted that I like
    	to watch the video.  I also said that I didn't like to listen
    	to the song unless it was accompanied by the video.  Ergo, I
    	don't like the song.
    
    	I would not buy the single, I would not buy the album.  I just
    	like to look at the backing vocalist.
    
    							GTI

            Dude.........
    
                  It's almost they same mindset as the girls who buy a 
    bands album because they look good.......but since you haven't bought
    the album....
    
                        I'll get off your back.
    
                                    Frizkid
    

>                      -< Boobs does not a band make..... >-
    
    Right, that's what he said.  They don't make the band at all, they make
    *him* happy!
    
    gh

    >>                    I'll get off your back.
    
    Dude! What are you? In prison?
    
    
    
    HEy gh, Shawn is right, titles are good things 

    No way, title's suck.
    
    Y'know what's blowing me away?  All you guys keep talking about the new
    Metallica you keep hearing on the radio and MTV and all, and I *still*
    have yet to hear any of it!  I saw like about 30seconds of the Enter
    Sandman video once and that was IT!
    
    Where's all this freeking airplay???
    
    gh

        Yeah, what GH said.  
        
        I BARELY  saw  the  `Enter  Sandman' video this past weekend.
        Can't say it  inhaled  completely  either.   I thought it was
        cool, but then again,  I  liked the new Ozzy song/video too !
        
        METALord"�

    
    	I happened to see "Enter Sandman" on the HBB last week, I think.
    	The funny thing is, I only saw about 15 minutes of the HBB and
    	caught it anyways.
    
    	8^)
    
    							GTI
    

    
    
    I've hear Sandman, Sad But True, The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters,
    and Anywhwhere I roam. It's nice to hear "fresh" jams on the radio.
    
    
    Gerry

    
    Oh yeah and "the God That Failed"
    
    

    
    I was watching MTV the other day (ok it was yesterday) and there was an
    interview with Lars (I'm still waiting for them to be on ROCKLINE) and
    he said that in the past METALLICA had made a mistake in not doing
    videos, because now they realize it's OK as long as YOU control the
    video, and don't let it get out of hand. On another note, they will be
    performing ENTER SANDMAN tonight.... I was hoping for something like
    Holier than thou, or Through the never. oh well. I also heard through
    the grapevine that the next video will be....
    
    
    
    
    
    
    				THE UNFORGIVEN!!!!!!
    

    They're doing a video for The Unforgiven because:
    
    
    
    
                          IT'S GIRLY BALLAD!!!!!!!! 8")!
    
                  And will boost Metallica to superstardom and that's why 
    artists do videos!!!!!!!!
    
                                 Frizkid
                         

    
    	I was waiting for that, and I'm not too surprised that it came
    	from you.
    
    	OK, I admit, I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me
    	to it.  8^)
    
    							GTI

    
    Hey, I'm not to fond of ballads either, but I'll tell you this. I think
    THE UNFORGIVEN ranks a close second to FADE TO BLACK in the power
    ballad category, and whoever thinks FADE TO BLACK s*cks then they
    should be Casterated...
    
    
    
    	With a Spoon 8*)    8*)    8*)    
    
    (stole that one from alan rickman)
    

    
    
      I couldn't have said it any better Chris!!!
     
                                                    jz

    the Unforgiven is "nice" but my tastes seems to lie more along "the
    struggle within" as an excellant song.......not single material but
    damn fine    
    
    
    
    
                                               Staynz

    
    Hey, it all proves that I was right a long long time ago.
    
    Anthrax facking ROOLZ!

    I think Anthrax will never be as big aas Metallica but it is true what
    you say,.......they facking rool in a most triumphant manner
    
    
    
    
                                              Staynz

    Just remembered something a little bird told me. 
    
    it said that a new METALLICA home video will be out around the 25th of
    December. For all you people who are out of it today, that's christmas,
    and if your still out of it, it's the day a big fat guy with a white
    beard and a red suit, brings you all buckets of coal....
    
    AAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (I get Cars and Trucks... ok so there
    matchboxes, so what!!!!)
    
    Chris, the mentally Ill...
    

      IMNSHO.......
    
                           Fade To Black stomps Unforgiven.
    
                  Frizkid
    

    Jason is no way better than Cliff.Cliff was totally excellant bass 
    player.The bass solo on Kill 'em all is totally awesome while Jasons
    just seem to plod along.Cliff will always get my vote!!
    
    
    
                                                   Staynz

           I meant appearance and stage presence.....
    
                         Which does count when your in the public eye.
    
                FWIW-I saw Cliff when Metallica opened for OZZY.
     He had *NO* stage presence.....and those bellbottoms didn't do
    much in the way of appearance either....8')!
     
                       Frizkid
    

    
    
    He was an individual with an individual style,just  'cause some people
    wear spandex doesn't mean everyone should.He was also very talented
    bass player and as for his stage presence,he has a sack load more than
    Jason.
    
    
    
                                                       Staynz

    
    
    
    	Jasons a putz.. Cliff RULES!

       NO FACKING WAY.....DUDE---YOUR HIGH!!!!
    
              Your just making a big deal about him because he's dead!
    Just like Randy Rhoads....Jimi Hendrix....John Bonham!
    
         Don't feel so bad.....I do the same thing.
    
                        Frizkid
    

       Cool....Whitpose.
    
               We finally disagree on something!
    
                        Frizkid
    

    
    
    
    	I never did like Jason... I don't care for his playin.. and 
    	he looks like an ass....
    
    
    	But Metallica STILL ROCKS!

      What you don't like the shaved side of the head??8*)
    
                 Frizkid
    

    
    
    
    	Nope.. not that... he just looks and acts like an ASS...
    
    
    	I dunno why... he just does!!
    
    	Yup! finally Disagreed on something!! I was starting to worry!!
    
    	;')