Metallicas record sales #'s decline.

[Goatweed]

God damn did they kick ass that night....starting with Battery and directly into Master of Puppets (the FULL version...so many times I'd hear the edited version where they would skip the entire bridge, the acoustic/solo part....I can still hear the whole crowd sing along with Kirk when I think back on that night)

and THIS is why people still go to see them - not because of St. Anger or any other piece of shit CD they've put out since they started collaborating with Bob Rock.

Try and defend this latest CD all you want, the music blows and everyone knows it. I've been a Metallica fan since Kill 'Em All (my copy was a copy of a record that was given out at a show when they self-promoted themselves), and Lars' drumming back then was highly influential on my instruction back then. They simply don't have it anymore. Sure, they can rock out live, but their new material is awful.

And why does finding what theyre putting out make me or anyone else less of a fan, or stuck in the past? WHAT THEY USED TO WRITE KICKED ASS - WHAT THEY WRITE NOW DOES NOT. It's not about being stuck in the 80's because as was mentioned in this thread (and I mentioned in another thread elsewhere), Maiden has managed to keep putting out solid CD's despite going through some lineup changes (though the Balze stuff is really awful, but you can't blame them considering he wasn't much to work with).

The point is, they're MTV Icons - that in and of itself is awful. This is a band who prided themselves on not being sellouts to the industry, prided themselves on being true to the fans, and true to their music. Now, they're the complete opposite.

Pop in a copy of Cliff em All and then come talk to me about how they're still the same fellas - they became that which they used to despise. Cliff is probaly rolling in his grave 24/7.