The Black Album blows goats compared to any of their stuff that had Cliff Burton's fingerprints on it... even though the first 3 albums are very rooted in Metal, they have a Punk ethos (particularly hXc) to them that make them great.

That might sound like me being an old fart bitching that they sold out blah blah blah, but the truth is there's been plenty of artists that have "sold out" and made and make great music after becoming commercially successful.

For what it is, I guess the Black Album is not too bad. Much more bearable than their more recent stuff.

Their new album is terrible.  

They haven't made an album worth stealing in nearly 20 years.

Ride the lightening is a great fucking song.

It's a great fucking album...

fucking fuckity fuck yeah

Haha. I've had a very similar Metallica experience, Si. I can't tell you how scared I was when I finally worked up the balls to download a few of their albums from Napster. What a badass I used to be.

I can play ANY song from the Black Album back ....
... I didn't bother after that

i like all the people that started apeing that new album they put out. but more i like how they spent millions of dollars on it and its totally mastered like shit. i bought it at bestbuy and took it to my friends house and made him listen to all of it on his super expensive record player. needless to say that really bummed him out

That might sound like me being an old fart bitching that they sold out blah blah blah, but the truth is there's been plenty of artists that have "sold out" and made and make great music after becoming commercially successful.

Sugar Ray

What?

I hope you're kidding.

 

Sugar Ray had some pretty cool songs until they hit it big with Fly (which I actually liked, apart from it spelling their demise as anything cool at all). Then they got all radio pop and shit. Yech.

But you have to admit, Every Morning was catchy as a motherfucker.....

.....errr, I'm gonna go listen to some Absu.

Other than the fact that everything after the Back Album sucked ass, I can't even bring myself to listen to their old stuff anymore since they made all the faggotry about Napster back in the day. I just start to get sick when I hear them.

Fuse?

The one and only.  Though other than the last incarnation of L-G I haven't gone by that username since 1999.

Yeah but you get all pissy if I call you John, don't you?

It was John, wasn't it?

Oh, and welcome!

Good to see that you're still a fuck-wit who can't see when someone's making general conversation.

Nothing ever changes.

Hey Fuse.

Haha you call that general conversation?

"Oh hi! and BTW you got mad once a long time ago and I got butthurt over it rofl."

Tee hee 

Talk about fucking blowin' a fuse...

You pegged it, dude. I've never gotten over it. It haunts my dreams.

crack open a brewski, give your bombshell fiancee a hug and try to get over it

I'll do my best.

\m/ METALLICA! \m/