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Metallica are an American metal band formed in 1981 in Los Angeles when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in The Recycler. Metallica’s line-up originally consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Dave Mustaine. Mustaine was later fired due to problems with alcoholism and drug addiction - he went on to form the band Megadeth. Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett took his place. Metallica has been through several bassists, including Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton (who died in a bus crash while the band was on tour), and Jason Newsted. The current bassist is Robert Trujillo, who joined in 2003.
Metallica’s early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the “big four” of the thrash metal sub-genre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and “heavy” metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.
In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band’s copyright-protected material for free without the band members’ consent. A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the “steel-sounding” snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger.
Metallica’s early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the “big four” of the thrash metal sub-genre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and “heavy” metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.
In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band’s copyright-protected material for free without the band members’ consent. A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the “steel-sounding” snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger.
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Nonclique343 wrote:
Endgand >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Death Magnetic
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Nobody thinks they're unique by dissing Metallica. They think Metallica is not unique, anymore.
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Metallica is my favorite.
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All you people who think you're "Unique" and "Different" because you dislike Metallica make me laugh.
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Metallica.
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the pop-artists of metal music these days.
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Metallica? I thought they died with Cliff Burton.
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Metallica rulit!
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I love Metallica and special the unforgiven http://wwe-tour.blogspot.com/
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happy new year
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metallica is more like 'I, james hetfield suck on lars' cock while I sing so i can get the taste of pree-jizz in my mouth so that when I try to scream the muffled sound of a big hard penis in my mouth makes the recording really something special, and then I shove glass up my ass, and shit it out for no reason, and then I dig up cliff burton and cut off his penis when Lars isnt around, because the deceased penises taste oh so good tallica"
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Death Magnetic has some real good tracks on it and some real bad tracks on it.
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metallica is garbage
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TELL YOUR CHILDREN NOT TO HOLD MY HAND OH MOTHER
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metallica fuckin nearly saved my life, heh sounds like shit to the ordinary listener, but they did
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check out amateur me by typing in Donald Costello in the search column, i'm a wonna be Metallica
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Last night we told you that we can't wait to start our year with our friends in South America . . . we're back again as promised to announce four more shows, including two dates in Central America! W.. …
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