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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
Ozzy (and his whore wife) sold out years ago. Tony Iommi never sold out.
Unforgive 3, lol. Unforgiven2 should be the greatest embarrasment in their history. Metallica sold out huge when they hired bob rock.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Roc...phy_-_Producer
What was his claim to fame before metallica, Kingdom Come? Really? The king of all Zep ripoffs? Followed closely by The Cult.
I'm going to see them as I've heard some live stuff since the new bass player came on, and it sounds good, that and I've never wanted to see them since the black record came out. Took me a long time to get over commerncially viable metallica. |
Bob Rock is a pretty good producer, but Metallica is absolutely impossible to work with. I've heard from friends that worked in the studio with them and I've seen a lot of video of them in the studio and I can fully understand why Bob Rock dislikes them so much. I think they have great song writing ability, and they are great musicians, but they are so far out of touch with reality it's not funny. Has anyone ever watched the whole 'Making A Monster' video about them in the studio for St. Anger? That's the kind of money wasting and ridiculousness that I'm talking about. I've been a fan of theirs since before And Justice, but I really cant listen to much of anything after that album. Black album had some good songs, but you could hear a dramatic change in the songs even at that point, and I never even bought Load and ReLoad. I think they really ran out of ideas after that recording session (Load and ReLoad were recorded at the same time in '93 and were supposed to be released as a double CD). Since then, the only new studio material recorded was St. Anger, and we know how that turned out (even though I do like the writing on some of the songs). I'm curious to hear how the new CD sounds, I guess I'll hit up youtube and take a listen. They have certainly changed their sound over time, mostly to stay current and to maintain the 'A List' status, as a lot of musicians do (Madonna is a good example). Unfortunately, that alienates the true fans that want them to stay the same. However, their ability to do so is far superior to other musicians, just listen to Lars' drumming and look at how he changed his kit over time.