OFF: Metallica

[Joseph Brooks]

I always thought that G&R could've been a decent bad if they didn't have
that whining ninny for a singer.

(sorry for continually going off topic... I've been without a forum for too
long.. Ain't having your own office and email cool? Now I can spew forth
just about at will... and get paid at the same time!:)

JB
"Whatever you do, take care of your shoes.." -- Phish
"So Ladies, Fish and Gentlemen, here's my angled dream.." -- Blue Oyster
Cult
----- Original Message -----
From: John A Swartz <jswartz at MBUNIX.MITRE.ORG>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 1998 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: Metallica


>>> Now, if someone can explain Guns'n'Roses to me... :)
>
>>    Easily.  G&R produced a perfectly good schlock-bluesy pop-metal
>debut album.
>
>I think "Appetite For Destruction" came out sort of right around the time
>that the hair bands were at their peak (or starting to fade), and here
>was a band that didn't look as "pretty" and had a raw sound.  To me, G&R
>were a transistion between heavy metal of the 80s and the grunge of the
>90s -- they really crossed both borders.  I have that album on CD, and
>still listen to it on occassion - it's pretty good.  There's some good
>stuff on the "Use Your Illusion" albums, but it was kind of overkill at
>that point, and my enthusiasm for the band waned after that (although
>"You Could Be Mine" is one kick-ass tune...).
>
>John