• QueenHawlSera@piefed.socialEnglish
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    27 days ago

    So between the St. Anger debacle, jailing their own fans for downloading their music, and this, are Metallica the biggest pussies in the business?

    • hypeerror@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      27 days ago

      James said artists shouldn’t make political statements during their shows. Now go take a look at the cover of and justice for all.

        • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          27 days ago

          They did more to piss off their fans. Back in the 90s, they went public decrying Napster as theft to Congress. This was when the Internet was just getting warmed up and Napster allowed you to download any mp3 you wanted (local music file stored on your computer). There was some very funny Flash at the time (a form of webpage now defunk) depicting them pretty badly.

  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    27 days ago

    So between metallica and megadeth=> they can both fuck off.

    James has always had this position but ffs READ THE FUCKING ROOM MAN!!!

      • Snowclone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        26 days ago

        Megadeth is very much Dave Mustaine’s band and Mustaine is a vocal born again Christian, former drug addict, former practicing witch, provacatour, loud mouth, and opinionated twat, there’s almost nothing about Mustaine that isn’t deeply offensive either currently or previously to almost every person. hell of a virtuoso guitar player, terrible person to be in audible proximity of.

  • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    I saw that too, and took a screenshot as well. So either you are going through my pictures & posting them …or we are really close at dragging the screenshot square the same way…

      • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        27 days ago

        No worries, friend

        You have passed the test

        (Hands over rusty sword with handle covered in cheese dust)

          • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            27 days ago

            …

            … …

            You are faced with a dusted cheesy hilt of a magical sword and a mouthpiece of a wind-instrument

            A green hat & ocarina sit on a shelf next to a pile of crusty socks & a picture of a blonde princess with pointy ears.

            Outside the window of the mildewed room, you see a lake with another sultry wench. She is holding the blade of a sword.

            Choose.

              • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                27 days ago

                The sultry wench meets your lustful gaze and throws the sword towards you. It sticks into a crusty picture of a large breasted demon, right between her boobs.

                A donkey comes bursting into your room (ass first) and asks if you are okay. Seeing the blade, it turns it’s donkey head towards you and asks if you are actually ready to venture further into the mouth of madness?

                Do you follow the donkey? Or do you decide to invent bassoon?

    • ace_garp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Facts.

      Skipped through each track on the Black album in '91, and could not believe the betrayal. Never heard any release after that.

      They became Metallica2 after the Bob Cock treatment. Palatable radio-play soylent.

    • desuwu@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      27 days ago

      James saw $$$ and dragged the rest of them down with him. Even when you hear him speak in older interviews it’s obvious that he’s just in it for the fame and money.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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        27 days ago

        I mean, that was back when they were still making good music afair…

        Their anti piracy crusade still made them shit overall, of course, especially Ulrich.

        • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          27 days ago

          I’m not afraid to say that it’s my honest opinion that Metallica hasn’t had a good album (musically) since “…and Justice For All.”

          Load/Reload struggled to give us anything other than radio shill & everything after that was empty & hollow.

          Pan-fucking-Tera & Slayer spanked them so hard they had to use cum & blood (allegedly) for anyone to give a shit, and that was just album covers.

          Don’t even get me started about the album without any solos. It’s wasn’t necessary to include solos, but they made it obvious they chose not to.

        • DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          27 days ago

          (my bold)

          In 2008, responding to the use of Metallica’s music to torture Iraqi prisoners, Hetfield was unoffended and replied, “If the Iraqis aren’t used to freedom, then I’m glad to be part of their exposure.”[47] British band Chumbawamba subsequently released a song called “Torturing James Hetfield” in response.[48] In a 2017 interview, Hetfield reaffirmed his previous stance, saying, “I’m honored my country is using something to help us stay safe, if they are. But then again, once the music is out, I don’t have control over that. Just like how someone’s giving it away online. They’re using it to do what they do.”[49]

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    27 days ago

    There’s a similar issue from earlier this century of artists who turn into copyright maximalists once they’re ridiculously successful, forgetting the mixtape culture and the mp3 culture is what led to concert ticket sales and t-shirt sales.

    But yeah they get old and afraid their gazillions are going to run out even when their tours are still selling out from albums released forty years ago, and they have a robust investment portfolio.

  • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Yet another artist’s political opinion is the very last thing that we need today, in my opinion.

    I could give a shit about what Ms. Rachel and Metallica think about any political issue. Fuck them.

    So, thanks Metallica, your silence is golden

    • jestho@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      27 days ago

      The correct phrase is “I couldn’t give a shit”.

      Seems like someone needs to watch some Ms. Rachel.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Life is political. An artist with no political opinions is an artist with no principles.

      “Silence is golden” is just something stupid people say when they aren’t able to deal with what others say.

      • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        27 days ago

        I mean, to play devil’s advocate… that is discriminatory towards stupid people and morons. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being stupid and not understanding the world and the complexities. You shouldn’t be discriminated or scoled for it. Just play your music, have fun, live your life.

        But then you come along and demand some grand, well thought out political statement that requires them to read tons of stuff about current and past history. And avoid falling for propaganda that is being peddled. Being ABLE to determine lies and propaganda from previously learned historical facts.

        In such cases, silence IS golden. If you’re stupid and your political opinion would be dogshit and you know it - just shut your mouth and we can be bestest friends.

        What kind of society are we that we’re counting on uneducated artists to be thought leaders? Where are the professors and academics who actually study history? Take this Norwegian professor who is highly qualified to speak on current important issues and interview other highly qualified people. That’s who we should be listening to. Not stupid Metallica. They dumb.

    • Hobo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Shoulda just taken out the whole band if I’m being honest. They would still be legends and we wouldn’t have seen what gigantic pieces of shit they all were. Also no one would have to even knows who Lars is which would be a huge win for humanity.

      • deadalus@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        27 days ago

        What’s the problem specifically with Lars? I haven’t been in that deep about Metallica stuff in general.

        I know he’s a mediocre drummer at best, but that’s kinda where my knowledge about him ends

        • Hobo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          27 days ago

          Dude is the most establishment, greedy, douche in metal. Personally, my Napster account was banned way back when and I got an RIAA letter too! So absolutely fuck that guy. I could probably dig deeper into the shit he’s done but like this was enough for me to never listen to any Metallica song again.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.

          But if we want to get into the whole band, James Hetfield is a fucking douche too. He was proud of the fact that the CIA used their music to torture people because he’s, as far as I can tell, a mega-huge asshole:

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABCDEFG_(album)

          https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/19/usa.guantanamo

          “If the Iraqis aren’t used to freedom, then I’m glad to be part of their exposure,” James Hetfield, co-founder of Metallica, has said. As for his music being torture, he laughed: “We’ve been punishing our parents, our wives, our loved ones with this music for ever. Why should the Iraqis be any different?”

          Now he’s all, “don’t be political.” He can go fuck himself just as hard. Just a big pile of trash parading around as a human.

          • deadalus@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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            27 days ago

            I wasn’t around yet when the whole napster thing happened. From what I understand, it was a huge music sharing website. Did it work P2P like thepiratebay? Or was there an actual legal entity behind it? And if yes, how did they profit?

            • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              27 days ago

              it was a centralized p2p system. you connect to the napster server and announce your library. anyone can search the currently-online library, and then request the files from the individuals. that central search system is what was targeted. decentralization efforts were made by some others, but it was around this time that we got bittorrent anyway.

              • Hobo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                27 days ago

                Limewire and Kazaa spawned directly from Napster then bittorrent soon after which was decentralized p2p.

  • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    The “Hetfield Effect” describes rockers who are anti-establishment in their youth who often become more conservative as they age and are both wealthy and no longer able to be conscripted. Or, if we were to borrow a term from the boomers, “I got mine, fuck you.”