Metallica

[CVHfan]

The early Metallica was pretty good. My favorite albums are "Master of Puppets" and "The Black Album". But I always thought "The Black Album" was to Metallica what "1984" was to Van Halen. Great albums, but also wound up being the beginning of the end. I did like the S&M stuff, but I did not really like their post-Black material. There were a few decent tunes off of Load and Re-Load. But I was not impressed with St. Anger. Many critics were saying that Metallica should have made that album more like Dream Theater's "Train of Thought" and I agree. Plus, having been on Napster and having been banned by the band when they sued, I am pissed with their business practices.

[David Lee Rocks]

any band that sues their own fans fuckin sucks in my book

[Mishar_McLeud]

Any singer that sues his former bandmates .....
I didn't say that

[Mr Badguy]

I`ve never really been a fan of Metallica.

Never cared for their songs or their sound.

They sold out first chance they got.

Slayer have lived in their shadow and they are the superior band.

[Soul Reaper]

Metallica were brilliant until Load. Master of Puppets was perfect. Suing their fans was a very bad idea and gave gone right down since then... probably.

[loss of fools]

Metallica suck big time.

[Panamark]

Kill em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, Justice and Black.
Plus Garage Days revisited Double CD.

Dont waste your money on the rest..

Those first albums were fucking cool, and I think they were innovative.
A lot of that stringwork that James did, along with the metal rhythms
and dual guitar symphonies (Call of Ktulu, Orion etc) were great.
They created a unique sound that has been copied many times
over.

Ive seen them live several times and was never dissapointed.
I agree that they sucked after Black.

(And the whole Lars Napster thing sucked too)

But in their day, they were cool !

[Rikk]

I love METALLICA. I also have to say that recently, I've re-listened to LOAD and RELOAD and realized how many good songs are on them. They are truly under-rated.

I picked up the SOME KIND OF MONSTER documentary on Tuesday, and I have to say that it's one of the most brilliant documentaries about a band I've ever seen. It also makes you realize that these guys are human and have made mistakes. Even you non-fans out there, go rent this flick. It's a brilliant film about a band falling apart.

[EbDawson]

Ride the Lightning is a bad ass album! Can't listen to any of their newer stuff (Post-1990). It's a shame Kirk Hammett forgot how to play a solo.

[Panamark]

Im not sure Kirk forgot how to play, or whether they (or the producers) decided to drop solos. (BAD MOVE !) Kirk still plays those solos live.

[EbDawson]

Originally posted by Panamark
Im not sure Kirk forgot how to play, or whether they (or the producers) decided to drop solos.

It's probably all Bob Rock's fault. Hammet's no Mustaine on the guitar, still there's some good guitar work on the earlier albums.

[Rikk]

In the film, they show the band making a conscious decision to drop the solos (and Kirk is actually the one that feels they should keep the solos). Seriously, some of his solo work on LOAD and RELOAD demonstrates that the man can still really play and write interesting solos...even if he's not doing the shredding thing anymore (which frankly is a style I'm tired of). It seems more like he's extended his playing from solos like the slower solos in ONE, etc.

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by Panamark
Kill em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, Justice and Black.
Plus Garage Days revisited Double CD.
Dont waste your money on the rest..
Those first albums were fucking cool, and I think they were innovative.
A lot of that stringwork that James did, along with the metal rhythms
and dual guitar symphonies (Call of Ktulu, Orion etc) were great.
They created a unique sound that has been copied many times
over.
Ive seen them live several times and was never dissapointed.
I agree that they sucked after Black.
(And the whole Lars Napster thing sucked too)
But in their day, they were cool !

What the down under freak said....
They used to be a band that started their following through underground ways, bootlegs, word of mouth, ect, and they ended up a band they were rebelling against, I lost all respect for them years ago...

[DLR7884]

Originally posted by EbDawson
It's probably all Bob Rock's fault. Hammet's no Mustaine on the guitar, still there's some good guitar work on the earlier albums.

Bob Rock ruins careers.

See....
David Lee Roth - ALAE
Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood
Metallica- Black Album

Great albums that got the best out of the musician only to leave the band(s) in shambles.

DLR7884
It's the truth.

[DLR7884]

Metallica didn't exist after the Black Album.

DLR7884
Some other dicks with short hair stole their name and some of their sound.