OFF: Bad Metallica - Cover & Tour

[Stuart A Hamilton]

Apparently they're about to set off in tour in support of the new album, playing
nothing but the cover material.  But (!) the support act are Battery Inc, a
Metallica cover band.

Nice to see that someone's still got a sense of humour.

Chip Hart wrote:

> John A Swartz spoke:
> >
> > I caught about half of "Turn the Page" as done by Metallica on the radio
> > yesterday.  I didn't think it was haf bad.  My biggest question was more
> > "WHY?" - it just didn't seem to be a song that needed a Metallica treatment.
>
>         Perhaps they have a philosophy similar to their previous covers
>         (the ones which make up the first disk of the new set): play
>         tracks that most people would otherwise NEVER hear, by
>         musicians who influenced Metallica, so that the original band
>         gets royalties and perhaps sells a few albums.  Lars Ulrich may
>         be a prick, but at least he paid his respect to Diamond Head
>         for their help to him...literally.
>
>         I'll be *really* curious to know how the Astronomy cover helps,
>         say, BOC sales.  Metallica fans are out-rabidized only by C&W
>         fans.  Every band covered on that album will make money (er,
>         every label will, anyway).
>
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