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#211 Re: The Sunset Strip » Poll: Best Metallica Album '83-'91 Era » 615 weeks ago
I saw them preview Fuel during the Black tour. They also pretending to have an electrical/pyro malfunction that went horribly wrong. I totally fell for it, those fuckers.
That's awesome.
I decided to give SA a listen in prep for the new album coming out in a couple weeks. Gettin' pumped.
#212 Re: The Sunset Strip » Poll: Best Metallica Album '83-'91 Era » 615 weeks ago
I actually like Reload a little more than Load, the first few songs at least anyway. I know I'm a minority on that, but Fuel, The Memory Remains and Unforgiven 2 are a few of my favorite Metallica songs.
I wouldn't even listen to St. Anger until recently, I remember when the first single came out I was pissed because Metallica came across like they were trying to be System of a Down, and that really pissed me off. (didn't take much to really piss me off back then 
) Not that I don't like SOAD, great fuckin' band, but Metallica isn't SOAD and shouldn't try to be IMO. Not to mention most of my friends were disappointed by it, so all the more reason to ignore it.
I've finally listened to it recently, and I didn't think it was bad. I'm able to be a little more open minded these days . I remember my friends told me the songs were great performed live though, because Kirk was allowed to solo on them.
#213 Re: The Sunset Strip » Poll: Best Metallica Album '83-'91 Era » 615 weeks ago
metallex78 wrote:It's a tough pick, because they all have their merits for what they are.
Like you said, Kill Em All was part punk, and it also has this naive youth attitude that makes it great.
Ride The Lightning was a step up from that, as was Master of Puppets, with complex arrangements and songwriting getting stronger. And to me their progressive side (mixed with aggression) peaked with Justice, and thats the side of Metallica that I love!The Black album is a classic though, and I hold it in pretty high regard, as it was the album that first introduced me to Metallica, which then lead me to the goldmine of the first four albums before it.
In the Summer of 1992, I moved on from Bon Jovi, and discovered GN'R, then Metallica, and as an impressionable youth discovering rock n roll, these were amazing years to be a rock fan!
Anyway, the Black album, while many yell sell out, I still think it's pretty damn good. And to my ears it is a METAL album, even if the tempos were slowed down, and has radio friendly hooks. Just listen to Sad But True up loud and thats as metal as it gets.
I don't look at Black as a sell out. If anything was ever a sell out with those guys, it was Load and Another Load. Black to me, is where a Monday morning quarterback points to and says "THAT'S where the signs were first there." Awesome (incredible!) album, but in retrospect it clearly is the link between the first 4 and what came after.
Good point.
It's funny though, I'm not normally one to criticize a band for changing their style and labeling them sell outs, but considering the Napster thing that was going on around the same time, it's kind of hard to deny Lars was all about the benjamen's.
Metallex pointed out that the Black album is when the tempo's started to slow down, which is funny for me because I love that album, but the slower tempos is what turns me off about their newer music.
#214 Re: The Sunset Strip » Poll: Best Metallica Album '83-'91 Era » 615 weeks ago
In the Summer of 1992, I moved on from Bon Jovi, and discovered GN'R, then Metallica, and as an impressionable youth discovering rock n roll, these were amazing years to be a rock fan!
Anyway, the Black album, while many yell sell out, I still think it's pretty damn good. And to my ears it is a METAL album, even if the tempos were slowed down, and has radio friendly hooks. Just listen to Sad But True up loud and thats as metal as it gets.
Load and ReLoad were the albums that really got me into Metallica because those were the one's that came out when I was in high school. But I grew up on Masters and the black album, because those were the one's my sister used to listen too all the time. Lol.
Funny you mention Bon Jovi, but growing up all that was playing in my house was slippery when wet, New Jersey, AFD, UYI1, UYI2, master and the black album.
Metallica was my least favorite of the 3 though. Not because of the music, but because of the BS with Napster. It really left a bad taste in my mouth, and it still bothers me a bit today. I still enjoy the music, and I still call myself a fan, but I'm still a little detached (not sure if that's the right word) from Lars because of it. I remember my friends going to see them on the St. Anger tour, and me passing because I was so angry at him/them.
#215 Re: The Sunset Strip » Poll: Best Metallica Album '83-'91 Era » 615 weeks ago
Being the resident Metallica nut at this forum, I'm gonna have to think about this...
Absolutely love Puppets, but I listen to Justice way more these days, and I love how gritty and in your face it is. If you're ever in a fucked up mood, it's the perfect soundtrack to exorcising some demons...
It's nice to see an arguments for an album other than masters or the black one. I had a buddy who's favorite was Kill Em All, because it had more of an underground sound. He was more into 70's and 80's punk than he was into metal.
What do you think of the black album btw? I know a lot of fans dislike it because its when they started going mainstream.
#216 Re: The Sunset Strip » True Detective » 615 weeks ago
Thats got me interested.
#217 Re: The Sunset Strip » Poll: Best Metallica Album '83-'91 Era » 615 weeks ago
Hell yeah they're all awesome. \m/ \m/
I totally get the merits of masters, but when I think of my favorite Metallica songs, a disproportionate about of them come from the black album. It's also the album I've listened to most. As much as I like the others, songs that go on for over 8 minutes loose my interest. I start getting bored after a while, start skipping songs, eventually put on something else.
Same thing happens to me with the longer GNR songs, November Rain, Coma, Estranged; their among my favorite GNR songs, but it's a bit of a chore listening to them all the way through, and I don't do it often.
#218 The Sunset Strip » Poll: Best Metallica Album '83-'91 Era » 615 weeks ago
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Question for the forum, what's the best Metallica album of the 83-91 era? My personal favorite is the Black Album, it has the most memorable songs IMO. I think most will say master of puppets, I believe that's what's generally considered their best. Would love to know what the folks here think though.
#219 Re: The Sunset Strip » Cinderella Discussion (Keifer solo album out now!) » 615 weeks ago
On Friday night at Atlantic City's House Of Blues Lzzy Hale of Halestorm invited Tom Keifer on stage to perform the Cinderella classic "Nobody's Fool".
Keifer had opened the show with his band, the first of two shows with Halestorm that kick off the next leg of his 'The Way Life Goes' tour. Keifer's debut solo album, 'The Way Life Goes', was released on April 30 via Merovee Records (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group) with Sleaze Roxx praising, "Keifer has undeniably delivered -- and if you enjoyed Cinderella's last two studio albums I have no doubts that you will appreciate this very personal offering from one hard rock's true musical talents."
http://www.sleazeroxx.com/news/02199.shtml
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#220 Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Nothing Left to Fear, Slash interview. » 615 weeks ago
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(Gibson) Slash spoke to Megan Friend (via the Huffington Post) about his upcoming movie and album "Nothing Left To Fear" which will be the debut release from his new film company.
Slash says, "It's a simple story where less is more. It's not an action movie. We're exploring the environment of the macabre - of what's in the dark. What we can't see. That's what's intriguing about it. Chainsaws are just brutal. I wanted to expose the weird twisted nature of the characters and society. I wanted to do something that goes back to what I think is really scary."
In the interview, Slash salutes the literature of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury, and the movies of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and George A. Romero as a big influence. "My natural tastes have always been dark… not that I'm a dark person, but I'm drawn to things that aren't necessarily soft and fluffy. When I was a kid, I bought a Grateful Dead record because of the skull on the cover, not knowing what kind of music was inside."
He continues, "My real passion has always been the more dark, sexy kind of rock. "Whole Lotta Love" is one of the nastiest, most sensuous songs ever recorded. Black Sabbath brought the texture of horror to music in a melodic, fantastical way. Rock'n'roll and the darker side of things just naturally go together, in heavy metal especially. Even the Stones have dabbled in the darkness. The heavier the music, the more they paint with that satanic brush."
Slash developed the score for the movie in conjunction with renowned composer, Nick O'Toole. Myles Kennedy also contributed to the project by writing the lyrics for the moody title track. "It's an amazingly haunting piece," says Slash. "There's no bass and drums - just guitar and vocals. Nothing like you've heard before from us.
"It was an interesting process. I learned that writing with a visual in mind is a completely different experience. There are no rules, no boundaries or arrangement limitations." more on this story http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/N … Album.aspx
