Off: Metallica

[Michael Blackman]

I went to see Metallica several years ago when they were promoting their
Black album.  I am not a fan of their music but it was an interesting night.
I was mostly worried that one of the guitarists loogies (Hetfield) was gonna
go astray and land in the "Snake Pit."
I enjoyed a last minute BB King concert (a year or so prior) much more.

Niiiiii!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Clark <tclark at PETRONET.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 4:12 PM
Subject: Off: Metallica


> Someone had to bring up Metallica.  Sounds like a new idea for a "I hate
> Metallica" list.
>
> Personally, I thought of them as rehashed metal, and not very original,
and
> the singer has always sounded like a pimply faced wannabe rock star from
day
> one, though to be contradictory, maybe one or two of their compositions
are
> worthwhile, though not worth buying albums......except for stealing tunes
> from Napster for fun and then deleting them off the hard drive.  Lars,
> though perhaps "intellectual", always seemed to me to be a pompous
> know-it-all who thinks they have a corner on the genre.
>
> Motorhead, on the other hand, is the "real thing", as are many other bands
I
> can go on naming who are truly original.
>
> That is my opinion, for what it's worth. Never owned a Metallica, or Def
> Lepperd album, for that matter, and never will.
>
> That's my opinion of Metallica, for what it's worth.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Howard & Kim Pieters" <info at RELEVENTS.ORG>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: OFF: how long, how many, and why
>
>
> > Dear Doug,
> >
> > Kim is indeed a terrifying bassist who can clear the stage with her
power,
> > then entice everyone back with her delicacy; I've passed your comments
on
> > and she is doing an imitation of a Cheshire cat. Having said that, she's
> > just taken the magnificent 'Quark Strangeness and Charm' off the
turntable
> > and put P.J. Harvey's 'To Give You My Love' on the CD player. This
> > represents a decline twice over: from Hawkwind to Harvey (good as she
is),
> > from vinyl to CD.
> >
> > Regarding other list members' comments on Metallica, I can't comment on
> the
> > originality or otherwise of the lineup. What I can say is that when I
was
> a
> > small part of  the '98 'Loaded' tour they impressed me with their work
> > ethic, their lack of snobbery, and the affection they had for one
another;
> > while Lars Ulrich is the dominant intellect he shares an easy trust with
> > James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Jason Newsted.
> >
> > David Howard
> >