One of the first viral videos I remember getting in my inbox was the "Napster Bad" cartoon back in 2000. Man, did it make Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield look like assholes. Oh course, they were dead-on about piracy--downloading went on to bash the music industry's head in, and now artists have pretty much no chance of making a living from their music, no matter how good or popular it is, unless they kill themselves on the road year in and year out. Yup, Metallica was right. But guess what? They're still assholes. This was clearer than ever when the band released the Some Kind of Monster documentary, in which they come off as maybe the most irritating spoiled brats on the planet. Really, though, where would we be without Metallica? Could any karaoke night exist without "Enter Sandman" at this point? I think not. And wouldn't producer Rick Rubin get bored if he didn't spend all his time restoring the street cred of over-the-hill musical acts, like he did for the umpteenth time with Metallica's Death Magnetic? More importantly for fans, would there even be listenable metal at this point, if Metallica hadn't kept it heavy through those years of Bon Jovi, Poison and Warrant? Ok, probably not. But they're still assholes. - Steve Palopoli
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Metallica was formed by drummer Lars Ulrich and singer/guitarist James Hetfield in Los Angeles in 1981; since then, their astonishing career milestones include winning eight Grammys and selling over 125 million albums worldwide, including the critically-acclaimed Master of Puppets (1986), often cited as one of the most important metal albums in history. They are also one of the most popular and commercially successful touring acts in history -- according to Pollstar, as of 2019 Metallica had sold over 22 million tickets and grossed $1.4 billion in touring since 1982. Metallica's fifth studio album, Metallica (1991), famously known as The Black Album, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and features some of the band's biggest hits: "Nothing Else Matters," "The Unforgiven" and "Enter Sandman." On six consecutive genre-defining studio albums (from 1991's Metallica through 2016's Hardwired... to Self-Destruct), Metallica has consistently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In 2023, they released their latest album 72 Seasons. Most recently, Metallica has embarked on the massive M72 World Tour, with dates scheduled through 2025.
Image Credit: Photo by Luis Rocha,
https://photos.sfstation.com/Music/Metallica-The-Night-Before/
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Metallica was formed by drummer Lars Ulrich and singer/guitarist James Hetfield in Los Angeles in 1981; since then, their astonishing career milestones include winning eight Grammys and selling over 125 million albums worldwide, including the critically-acclaimed Master of Puppets (1986), often cited as one of the most important metal albums in history. They are also one of the most popular and commercially successful touring acts in history -- according to Pollstar, as of 2019 Metallica had sold over 22 million tickets and grossed $1.4 billion in touring since 1982. Metallica's fifth studio album, Metallica (1991), famously known as The Black Album, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and features some of the band's biggest hits: "Nothing Else Matters," "The Unforgiven" and "Enter Sandman." On six consecutive genre-defining studio albums (from 1991's Metallica through 2016's Hardwired... to Self-Destruct), Metallica has consistently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In 2023, they released their latest album 72 Seasons. Most recently, Metallica has embarked on the massive M72 World Tour, with dates scheduled through 2025.
Image Credit: Photo by Luis Rocha,
https://photos.sfstation.com/Music/Metallica-The-Night-Before/
One of the first viral videos I remember getting in my inbox was the "Napster Bad" cartoon back in 2000. Man, did it make Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield look like assholes. Oh course, they were dead-on about piracy--downloading went on to bash the music industry's head in, and now artists have pretty much no chance of making a living from their music, no matter how good or popular it is, unless they kill themselves on the road year in and year out. Yup, Metallica was right. But guess what? They're still assholes. This was clearer than ever when the band released the Some Kind of Monster documentary, in which they come off as maybe the most irritating spoiled brats on the planet. Really, though, where would we be without Metallica? Could any karaoke night exist without "Enter Sandman" at this point? I think not. And wouldn't producer Rick Rubin get bored if he didn't spend all his time restoring the street cred of over-the-hill musical acts, like he did for the umpteenth time with Metallica's Death Magnetic? More importantly for fans, would there even be listenable metal at this point, if Metallica hadn't kept it heavy through those years of Bon Jovi, Poison and Warrant? Ok, probably not. But they're still assholes. - Steve Palopoli
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Metallica was formed by drummer Lars Ulrich and singer/guitarist James Hetfield in Los Angeles in 1981; since then, their astonishing career milestones include winning eight Grammys and selling over 125 million albums worldwide, including the critically-acclaimed Master of Puppets (1986), often cited as one of the most important metal albums in history. They are also one of the most popular and commercially successful touring acts in history -- according to Pollstar, as of 2019 Metallica had sold over 22 million tickets and grossed $1.4 billion in touring since 1982. Metallica's fifth studio album, Metallica (1991), famously known as The Black Album, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and features some of the band's biggest hits: "Nothing Else Matters," "The Unforgiven" and "Enter Sandman." On six consecutive genre-defining studio albums (from 1991's Metallica through 2016's Hardwired... to Self-Destruct), Metallica has consistently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In 2023, they released their latest album 72 Seasons. Most recently, Metallica has embarked on the massive M72 World Tour, with dates scheduled through 2025.
Image Credit: Photo by Luis Rocha,
https://photos.sfstation.com/Music/Metallica-The-Night-Before/
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Metallica was formed by drummer Lars Ulrich and singer/guitarist James Hetfield in Los Angeles in 1981; since then, their astonishing career milestones include winning eight Grammys and selling over 125 million albums worldwide, including the critically-acclaimed Master of Puppets (1986), often cited as one of the most important metal albums in history. They are also one of the most popular and commercially successful touring acts in history -- according to Pollstar, as of 2019 Metallica had sold over 22 million tickets and grossed $1.4 billion in touring since 1982. Metallica's fifth studio album, Metallica (1991), famously known as The Black Album, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and features some of the band's biggest hits: "Nothing Else Matters," "The Unforgiven" and "Enter Sandman." On six consecutive genre-defining studio albums (from 1991's Metallica through 2016's Hardwired... to Self-Destruct), Metallica has consistently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In 2023, they released their latest album 72 Seasons. Most recently, Metallica has embarked on the massive M72 World Tour, with dates scheduled through 2025.
Image Credit: Photo by Luis Rocha,
https://photos.sfstation.com/Music/Metallica-The-Night-Before/
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