Patrick Bateman
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Anything after that sucks!
It was S&M - Symphony & Metallica. It even had a couple new songs.While I agree that the early Metallica stuff is amazing--I disagree with the notion that everything else they did sucked. For example--they did a performance (and then created an album out of it) where they performed a lot of their songs (some early ones) with a symphony from Northern California. I believe that album was called S&M--but I could be wrong. That album ranks as one of my favorites that they have ever done--and that was well after the 80's.
Cate is doing fine. Her log, not so much. Thanks, have fun!How is Cate's log doing these days PB?
Anything without Max sucks.Listening to Sepultura, "Roots" right now, but I diegrass... MOP.
As wrong as wrong can be. But I'm pretty much in agreement with the premise of the thread in that I have no interest anything after Master of Puppets.Metallica is the most overrated band in the history of music.
For the most part, I agree. And Justice For All was their last "great" album.As wrong as wrong can be. But I'm pretty much in agreement with the premise of the thread in that I have no interest anything after Master of Puppets.
And Justice for All was a pretty GD good album and they were still not quite over the top mainstream like they would when the Black album explodes in 1991.As wrong as wrong can be. But I'm pretty much in agreement with the premise of the thread in that I have no interest anything after Master of Puppets.
agreed.I liked Death Magnetic. Not as much as the first four, obviously, but more than the black album. It had some good stuff on it.
It was Bob Rock. Everything he did with them was awful. He convinced them that they needed to sell records to teenage girls, and they did.agreed.
Metallica's downhill slide started with "The Unforgiven" and raged on with "Nothing Else Matters". ballads? seriously? i can understand a band evolving and trying to connect with a wider audience, but that was such a departure from what they had been it turned a lot of hardcore fans off.
also, "And Justice for Jason" is a pretty good listen if you ever wanted hear that album with bass. completely different animal.
Pretty much my opinion too. Still remember joining a tape club so I could get their first 4 albums on cassette all at once.And Justice For All was their last "great" album.
I could listen to Master of Puppets practically every day and never get sick of it........absolute masterpiece. Ride the Lightning isn't far behind.
I like about 10-11 songs from Black Album, Load and Reload combined. The rest is just filler......
That was the beginning of the end for me with Metallica. Hated it.I wasn't even put off by the One video after them being so adamant about not taking part in the MTV thing.
I agree the mix isn't good compared to their first 3 albums. But the material is very good and the Justice songs kicked serious a$$ when played live.I didn't much care for Justice. Didn't care for the material and the mix is terrible.
It was mixed with no bass on purpose because cliff button died.I agree the mix isn't good compared to their first 3 albums. But the material is very good and the Justice songs kicked serious a$$ when played live.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jason-newsted-on-inaudible-and-justice-for-all-bass-tracks-water-under-the-bridge/It was mixed with no bass on purpose because cliff button died.
they had needed lay down tracks but didn't put it on the album to honor cliff
metal bands have always had ballads as part of their catalog. Judas Priest, Pantera, Megadeth.... the list goes on and onagreed.
Metallica's downhill slide started with "The Unforgiven" and raged on with "Nothing Else Matters". ballads? seriously? i can understand a band evolving and trying to connect with a wider audience, but that was such a departure from what they had been it turned a lot of hardcore fans off.
also, "And Justice for Jason" is a pretty good listen if you ever wanted hear that album with bass. completely different animal.
i don't know about "always," at least as it relates to thrash-metal (where i'd place Metallica, and not JP so much).metal bands have always had ballads as part of their catalog. Judas Priest, Pantera, Megadeth.... the list goes on and on
A lot of "old school" fans love to dog it, but it's a fantastic record, deep tracks and all. Much better than ...And Justice for All, which is hard to get through in one sitting because of how ugly and sterile the production is. Of course, Master... and Ride... are the best, but the Black Album is comfortably in 3rd, IMO.I like the Black album.
garage days rulesI hope you included the $5.98 EP
YOUR FACE IS MEHI didn't much care for Justice. Didn't care for the material and the mix is terrible. I wasn't even put off by the One video after them being so adamant about not taking part in the MTV thing. Just never went in for the record. It sounds ham-fisted to me relative to the three before. Might also have something to do with me mostly moving on from metal around that time. Though I did see one of the S&M shows and saw them play acoustically at the Bridge School Benefit in the '90s. Both meh.