Friends of mine (you know who), myself included, pretty much gave up on Metallica once the Black album came out. I know that 9 out of 10 people go ape shit over the Black album,but not me. While there was a song or two that wasn't bad, I thought they were a bunch of sell out shits. I never bought the Black album and I never will.Over the next several years Metallica released a bunch of less than stellar albums. Once again each record had a song or two that was cool, but I just didn't know what to think. I more or less said, "Fuck Metallica." You must understand, there was a time in my life (circa '84-'89) were Metallica just kicked my fucking ass. They were up there with Iron Maiden and if you know me, you know that's saying something. I even got to meet them in Louisville in 1989 on the ...And Justice For All tour. Lars was a complete prick but the rest of the guys were cool as shit. Anyway, so for me to say, "fuck 'em," that even shocked me. Although there were some cool things they released (Garage, Inc.), I, for the most part spent the 90's without Metallica
Which brings me to my point, when St. Anger was released in 2003, I decided to buy it after seeing the video. I liked the song. After spending three years now listening to it, I believe this is the record that should have came after Justice. It is a fantastic record, VERY RAW. That's what makes it unique, they didn't polish the sound and just went with it. I hear MANY people say they think St. Anger sucks and they shit when I say the same about the Black album and I praise St. Anger. To each his own, this is true but I've been listening St. Anger this week and decided to give it some credit. No, I'm not jumping on Metallica's bandfloat but I am ashamed to say that if I found a cheap copy of Load, I would probably buy it. *gasp* I also am very curious to hear their next album because it is being produced by Rick Rubin. Rick Rubin has produced some of the best records this planet has ever seen. I really want to hear it.
"Not only do I not know the answer,
I don't even know what the question is."
from "My World" from St. Anger
2 comments:
Yeah the sound is pretty crappy but I really try to overlook it because I like a lot of songs on St Anger. I don't know, Alex has a pretty shitty ass sound as well. I truly think it's worse than Lars. I am very prejudice against Van Halen, you know.
I always thought you were somewhat of a fan of Kirk. Hmmm... James is a funny fucker too.
Garage,Inc. is pretty damn cool. Motorheadache?
Come on now, I know you have 14 copies of the Black album.
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