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You may have seen this on Blabbermouth but if not here it is again.
Former NIRVANA drummer and current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl has released the following “open letter” to METALLICA:
“Dear METALLICA,
“Hey, it’s Dave! Remember me? Yeah, I’m the guy that’s been listening to your band faithfully since 1983. I bought your first album ‘Kill ‘Em All’ from a mailorder catalogue called Under The Rainbow, I think. Actually I can’t remember. It was 1983 for Christsakes! But that album changed my life and I’ve been listening to your albums ever since (even ‘St Anger’!).
“I can’t wait to hear the new shit, and no matter what you guys do I’ll always be first one at the shop waiting to hear it. I’m sure you’ll come out and blow everybody’s fuckin’ minds, because you’re fuckin’ METALLICA!
“Good luck. And don’t release it until it’s kick-ass.
“Yours, Dave Grohl.
“P.S. Are you finished recording the drums yet?”
So…if you could write a letter to Metallica what would you say. Use the comment section below and don’t hold back!
“death magnetic is the heaviest metal album by metallica so far.. any contradictions to that??”
Yes, I do have a contradiction to that. Metallica’s first four albums were heavier than DM.Loud does not equal heavy and that’s all that DM really is. Heaviest in the last 20 years, maybe. Ever? No.
death magnetic is the heaviest metal album by metallica so far.. any contradictions to that?? and its completely new..completely different from the regular metallica which we listened to as we grew up.. so i feel people who cant digest that difference will always find it to be dumb.. wah wah peddle is considered to be kirk’s extension of his own self.. he always played that and he will always be..
Lars ulrich!!! man your the reason i love drums for real. I had a dream once that I could play drums with you and you would teach me because I have alot to learn still. It would be an honor to meet you sometime. I am a 15 year old metallica lover and i would do anything to meet you guys once it would be a day to remember for the rest of my life. James Hetfield you ar an amazing songwriter and vocalist AND guitar player. Kirk, you are A BADASS GUITARIST.
Robert tru-hee-o you are one of the best baseplayers i have ever seen. my favorite album is ride the lighning.
and even if i dont meet you ever in my life i wish you all the luck and by the way R.I.P Cliff Burton
love your music!!
You guys rock, as a christian and regular church goer,my parents hate metel so I had a hard time liking you guys,but the more I listen to you guys the more I come to likng your music.My favorite album is Ride The Lightning.I am pretty young to like you guys so I hope you guys can sell some more albums before you hang it up.Kirk is the best guitar player ever!I love Jameses voice too.I hope you guys can write back I’d love to heear from you!
METAL MASTERS METALLICA, I’M WITH YOU ALL THE FUCKING WAY…I’M ALSO IN YOUR FAN CLUB AND ALWAYS WILL BE…NUMBER 1 FAN IN MEXICO
Dear Metallica,
I fucking love you guys, always have, always will. That will never change.
But what the fuck is up with St. Anger and Death Magnetic? It’s complete commercialized B.S.
When are you going to go back to the real thrash riffs? Instead of the cheesy synthesized wah wah bullshit.
You guys fucking rocked your asses off for two hours last night in Charlottesville.
GET THRASH AGAIN! GET THE FIRE! BE FUCKING METAL! BE…. METALLICA. Now please.
Hopefully, we have given you fuel, given you fire, now, give us that which we desire!
-keep it thrash
I think you’re smoking crack; that’s what I think. Metallica’s great sound was back in the days before the black album. Hell, even the black album still sounded good. These days they don’t sound all that great. Leave greatness alone with the old records because they sound amazing the way they are. A remastering couldn’t hurt ‘Justice, but everything else is spot on.
Hi guy, I just wanna make a suggestion. Can you (Metallica) give us a remakes of your best hit, I mean, why don’t record it again with your actually great sound, and with the way James sign today, I think every fan will die for it!!!
What you guys think?
Pete!!
I, like Ryan, am also 15. I will have you all know that i have listened to EVERY SINGLE METALLICA ALBUM, SEVERAL TIMES. I wish i was born in the trash era, in fact i really really envy the fact that i wasnt. But i was born in 94. I grew up listening to my fathers music – The Stones, Zeppelin, Floyd, AC/DC, Beatles, Jeffreson Airplane – im not going to make some huge list of music, but if the music genre is from the 60′s to mid 90′s – I guarantee you ive heard of them – and for the most part have listened to them, and played the shit out of’em. When i was about 11 years old i started listening to metallica. It was back then that i thought their best song was enter sandman. But I’ve matured a lot. I listen to Master of Puppets, And Justice for All, Ride the Lightning, Kill em all, Garage Days Revisited, fuck it. You name it. I’ts albums like Master, Ride the Lightning, Justice, and Kill’em thats Metallica should want to be remembered for. Its the old stuff that makes metallica who they are. Who they were. Its unfortunate that im 15 because it makes me sound like some little punk saying he likes metallica because “theyre awesome” but ive looked into them a lot. I know a lot of history when it comes to the band. Ive watched countelss interviews over and over. Live concerts. Binge and Purge! Seatlle! New Mexico city! That shit is fucking amazing! Saint anger can suck me. Load can suck me. Re-Load can suck me. Death Magnetic makes me cry. I was expecting so much. It wasnt the stuff metallica is remebered for then. Its the stuff thats slowly going to get them forgotten and neglected as of today.
– Steven, Always a fan.
Ryan, this has nothing at all to do with having an open or closed mind. It simply boils down to the fact that Metallica is an extremely different band than the one that many of us grew up listening to. Hell, I even enjoyed the loads when they came out, but they definitely don’t have the timeless quality or staying power of their earlier work. Obviously you see it differently since the later albums are what turned you on to the band. But seriously dude, you need to heed your own advice and not pass judgement on us for not following their new musical direction. A lot of us feel very let down by the band that we also once thought was the best band ever. I myself, along with many others I’m sure, tried very hard to enjoy St. Anger, and are hoping against hope that the new album works as a return to form much as Megadeth’s recent album has been for them.
I’m not knocking you for your age, Ryan but you need to understand that most of us that liked Metallica grew up in the thrash era. We grew up in a time where Metallica came out and set a new standard in metal. Then shortly before you were born some shit-stain named Bob Rock came in and ruined everything.
The truth is when you make such an impact as a band like they did in the 80′s with their first 4 albums you are expected to hold that standard high for longer than 6 or 7 years.
Most Metal fans don’t just have a mindset of only metal and often listen to other music…but Metallica is expected to play metal, hence the name METALlica.
I am 15 years old and i have been listning to metallica for about 3/2 years now and they are my favorite band ever. I think its bullshit when people say they have sold out or aren’t “metal” any more. I really like load and reload, there is a lot of great songs on there. When lars says that metallica is or was not afraid to do whatever felt right I find believable. I feel sorry for the closed minded people whos mind set is only on “metal” all the time. If you listen to music, you should learn to appreciate it. Who knows, maybe one day you will have to make a decision on wheather you care to be judged or not. Musicaly.
Oh no, don’t get me wrong. I knew that one day there would be an album I didn’t really like. Based on all the other albums Metallica had put out in their history however, I didn’t think there would be one that I absolutely HATE.
To be honest, if I had to pick a song from ‘St. Anger’ that doesn’t gag me, it would have to be ‘Frantic’ or the title track. If they had used the same production values as the Black album, cut some of the excess crap out of each song in exchange for a guitar solo, I think St. Anger could have been a decent album. But its so unfinished (they say its ‘raw’ and ‘stripped down’) On the soundtrack to the SKOM movie, there is an edited version of the song SKOM. Its shorter, it has polish, the junk in it is gone, Lars’ snare cracks like it should instead of going BONG. Listen to it and compare to the St. Anger album version. THAT’S what I’m talking about.
I have EVERY Anthrax album and have been a fan of theirs for just as long as Metallica. I don’t think there is one album is of the low calibur St. Anger is. Same way with Testament, Exodus, Overkill and the rest of the 80′s Thash Metal group. Judging them against themselves, yeah, there are a few albums that are obviously not their best work.
Like I said, for Metallica, who is the measuring stick that all other bands from their era are judged by, to put out THAT low calibur of an album is a major disappointment.
As far as “everything outside of thrash sucks” couldn’t be further from the truth. I listen to EVERYTHING. Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, RHCP, Zeppelin, Elvis, 80′s pop, you name it. I like a little of everything.
I truly hope that the next Metallica album rocks. That I get excited and want to play the shit out of it until I wear a hole in it. But just based on their track record over the last decade, I have my reservations.
Joe, you bring up some good points and yes all three of those bands have made at least one bad record. However, with Metallica it started as a dopwnward spiral when Bob rock started producing. I mean…let’s face it…his name is Bob Rock…not Bob Metal and it shows. The Black album wasn’t bad, load wasn’t better and reload was just teh afterbirth remains of Load. Then came St Anger which was absolutely horrible in every aspect. Die hard fans like Gary WANTED to like it. I tried too. A lot of them listened and listened to it on end in hopes for it to grow on them. The ones that do like probably don’t own Kill ‘Em all, Ride The Lightning, Master of, etc.
Every album after the Black Album has been hyped up beyond belief as Metallica’s next huge comeback success. And when the album drops you can hear every Metallica fan sigh in disappointment. Not because they wasted their money (that thought comes later) but because they expected something new, something special…something METALLICA. After 2 mediocre rock albums and one terrible whatever the f*ck you want to call it, people are now expecting to be disappointed. They have hope but by now know better than to expect any really good from Metallica. People still attend their shows and they sell out arena’s. Not because of the crap that they recorded now, but the fans go to the show to hear them play the old stuff. Nobody goes saying “Man, I hope they play Frantic!” NO, no one says that. Everyone says, they’ve evolved when the truth is they just changed. Evolution is an adaptation for the better…there is absolutely nothing better about Metallica these days. I’m not some closed minded thrash head. I like all sorts of different metal and rock…but this new Metallica is just…
dear metallica,
there are a few of your fans who have abandoned you. we love you, always.
thank you for all those amazing moments i’ve had while listening to metallica.
tell me, gary.
have anthrax, testament and exodus NEVER made one single bad album or song? metallica are human beings, and yes while i admit that st anger is exactly the greatest thing ever made, you have to accept that metallica were, one day, going to make a bad album. and as for money, i’d like to see you be worth half the amount of money each of them are worth and it not effect your ego in some way. that’s what money does. as for load and re-load, i fucking love those records. but i can see why some people don’t. but what is fucking annoying. is closed minded thrash heads who think that everything apart from thrash sucks. metallica is still metal. all they’ve done is evolved. with age and time and yeah, probably money has something to do with it. but who cares? they’re still around after 25 years tearing up huge venues and delighting metal fans all over the world.
great advice you give, apart from the bong, i gave that up 20 yrs ago.
in hindsite what i wrote is pretty full on, i admit. however there is a seed of truth among the writing.
“pity those that take authority for truth, rather than truth for authority”
Whoa there Nick…I think y’need to step away from the bong now. Take a walk around the block; get some fresh air. :)
dear metallica
your earlier albums where pure genius, your black album was slick and still had the metallica essence, after this point you lost it – i have watched your journey and i have something i wish to share with any of you who would listen. if you identify with what you create, if you believe that it was you who created it, you lose the connection to that which really created it. You did not create those earlier albums, it was an intelligence beyond your ego, beyond your personality.you could call it spirit, god, nature whatever, your personality is just a conduit with which this intelligence can move through you. if you get out of the way, it does, however if you believe it is you who is doing it,( common mistake for most artists) the creative energy dries up and all you have left is the form with out the essence,All of you(except i believe maybe Kirk ) have identified with what you have created, you are now just clinging onto the form of what was metallica, but the true metallica was not the form but the essence, you can find it back by learning to detach from the image of
who you think you are, the mere personality, and connect to the essence beyond the form.
your instrumental ” to live is to Die” points to this, to really live is to let the ego die.
if any body has a way of getting this to metallica
do it, as i believe they need some real truth, to wake them up, the bullshit theripists cannot help, they still only deal with the mind, the mind cannot be solved by the mind, you have go beyond the mind.
I was going to write my own but I don’t think I could do it any better than yours, Gary.
Thank you, thank you. It’s all from the heart. Jason Newsted — Metal needs you, brother. Keep it heavy.