Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Black Sabbath fans might care. I care, being that he is one of the pioneers of Hard Rock.*Whistles*
Fact is, there are people doing worse things in the name of Rock music than Metallica.
-AC
Totally off-topic, but my mom is a HUGE Black Sabbath fan and she always bitches about how much Ozzy sold out...
Originally posted by loserib
he may have sold out but look what he does with the metal scene and ozzfest where alot of great bands got there break through ozzy metallica have never helped no one but them selfs you could tell by the bands they take on tour with them
He sold Ozzfest to MTV and turned it into a reality TV show rather than letting the bands get discovered. Just another version of *Insert Genre* Idol.
Originally posted by jaden101
whereas metallica like to think they havent sold out when they have
No they haven't. They've made questionable decisions. They haven't sold out. Please understand the difference.
-AC
They did change their style of music when it lost its popularity..i saw that on some show or website i cant remember what..where they said that metallica changed their style cuz thrash metal was dying. And St.anger was Numetal because it was the trend at the time,still is.
Isnt that selling out ? 😐 Yes
Room, don't alter the timeline to suit yourself.
Metallica didn't change because people went off them. People went off them because they changed.
If people stop liking Metallica because of a haircut or dress sense, then like Lars said "We don't want you as a fan anyway". To which I agree. I don't care HOW long you've liked them, if it takes a haircut to turn you away from a band you love, you suck.
Maynard has had long hair, crew cuts, no hair. I don't give a shit. The man paints himself and wears bras on stage. Do I care? No. Why? Because the music he contributes to is astounding.
People didn't like Metallica's musical changes so they coupled that WITH the image and boom, automatic excuse to go at them.
They haven't done anything wrong. They put out a rather pretentious, self-absorbed DVD/Movie, yeah so what? Don't buy it/see it. There, problem solved.
Tired of all this undeserved Metallica bashing. Like I said, I saw them live in December 03, they were ****ing awesome. Did it matter that James looked like a hobo? No.
-AC
its still a fact they were paid by the record companyy to cut their hair it would be difirent if they cut it just to cut it
and the comment about ozzfest being like american idol could not be further from the truth just look at the line up this year most fo the bands on it dont get mtv support or even radio support for that matter