Talk:Metallica
I, Jimbo Wales, confess to listening to almost no other music than Metallica.
I think it is really interesting to see the shift in Metallica's image since the whole Napster VsMetallica controversy erupted. Metallica was always known as a band of the people -- a band that grew in popularity by touring a lot and connecting directly with the fans, with very little record company or MTV corporate support of any kind.
Now, they are viewed as some kind of corporate shills.
WojPob's theory is: something went wrong after they collectively cut their hair (which started to look a bit Mullet-like). Then they released /Load, which in the view of a lot of fans was a "weird" album. Then, less than a year later came /Reload, which was released much too quickly and obviously needed some more studio work. They still have the talent - maybe they're just too old now???
Does anyone have a clue who might become Metallica's new bass player??? - WojPob
They should get Geddy Lee from Rush. Now that would rock. Oh, please.
'Tallica's new Bass Player
Metallica's new bass player is Robert Trujillo.
Have they made it to the second stage of rock and roll band age:
- Youthful energy - usually the best music produced here
- Protecting and slowly increasing ones audience - rehash / semi-lame new music created
- Slowing the shrink rate of the audience - obviously lame music created / multiple repackaging of greatist hits
- Having a very small audience - new, still lame music created once every 5 years
- Geezer rock former superstar status - no audience - only media fluff pieces - make the rounds at guest appearance shows - no new material - please, be charitable, become a recluse on a remote South Pacific island.
That last edit by 24.210.223.22 was me. Edited so long I got logged out :-) -- Wapcaplet 02:22 17 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I think the section on the Napster controversy could be cleaned up and expanded considerably. It doesn't read very well right now. It needs more about their stated reasons for attacking Napster, and the cause (which was a demo of "I Disappear" appearing on Napster before they had even finished producing it). Some more detail on the backlash would be good too. Wogan 9 Jan '04
The edit previous to my latest mentioned uncertainty about where to include his/her new content. The Clear Channel thing seems to me to be one example of interesting tidbits/factoids about Metallica that might best be grouped under a "Miscellaneous Information" section. In other words, nothing significant ultimately came of Clear Channel's decision and it had no meaningful impact on the band's larger story (other than the fact that a few Metallica tunes may not have been played for a few days).I've created the section and moved the Clear Channel thing there. Does the new organization work? Pillsbur 02:23, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
"Selling Out" accusations predated Black album.
Metallica was accused of "Selling Out" by some fans when they signed to Elektra records and left Metal Blade. The main article should either be updated to reflect this, or the part about "first" being accused of selling out should be removed.
- I think there were already accused with their second album and "Fade to Black"... Xorx77 13:09, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Album labels
I changed the label from Vertigo to Elektra for many of the records. It looks like Vertigo is the UK label, however being an Amesrican band it seem though this should list the American labels. Dze27 05:52, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)