Sunday, May 8, 2011

Metallica - Open mind for a different view!

One of my favourite band ever!



Metallica biography

Metallica dominated heavy metal music in the 1980s and 1990s, emerging as one of the top musical acts in history by the end of the century. Drummer Lars Ulrich (26 December 1963) and guitarist James Hetfield (3 August 1963) started the band in 1981. After a few line-up changes (including guitarist Dave Mustaine, who left in 1982 to form Megadeath), the band released Kill 'Em All in 1983 and toured the U.S. with Ulrich, Hetfield, guitarist Kirk Hammett (18 November 1962) and bass player Cliff Burton (10 February 1962). In 1986 the band released Master of Puppets, signalling their development from speed metal thrashers to serious songsmiths who could pound out the heavy riffs. That same year a bus accident claimed the life of Burton, and Jason Newsted (4 March 1963) joined the band. Their major-label release ...And Justice For All was a critical and popular success (they had a top 40 hit with "One"), and the band toured relentlessly. Their so-called "black" album in 1991 included the hit song "Enter Sandman," and their exposure on MTV helped make them superstars. In 1996 they released Load, followed the next year by Reload, both top-selling albums that solidified Metallica's presence in mainstream rock. In 2000 they were in the news regularly for their legal battle with the online file sharing service, Napster, and drummer Ulrich appeared before the United States Senate, explaining to a sympathetic Orrin Hatch that file sharing was, in fact, stealing. Eventually Metallica and Napster reached an agreement, but in 2001 Jason Newsted left the band and James Hetfield entered a substance abuse rehabilitation program, leaving the band's latest recording on hold.

49 comments:

  1. They used to be great but gone downhill lately! :(

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  2. I like metallica a lot, great post

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  3. Whats your opinion on their new album? I know it came out recently and I caught a snippit of it on the radio - really wasn't bad at all!

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  4. Personally, their first album self titled Metallica was the greatest

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  5. S&M is one of my fav concerts all time.

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  6. I liked Metallica's old stuff, new stuff I dislike a lot. :/

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  7. Never really listened to them.

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  8. Metallica is a very good band

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  9. Awesome blog! Was a nice read =D Keep it up, i'm enjoy reading it!

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  10. Nice post, never read their bio before.

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  11. I still can't get over how much i love the album And Justice For All, since i heard it for the first time years ago. So good.

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  12. eh..Metallica are like a legendary band, but im not a big fan..still cool tho ^^

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  13. i have a love/hate relationship with this band

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  14. I personally think metallica is a little bit overrated, but they have some good songs indeed.

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  15. I love them, immense carreer.

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  16. this song is special for me. thank you

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  17. Metallica is classic! Love the blog Follow'd.

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  18. They are indeed a classic. That song is....I don't know what it is...its just timeless.

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  19. This is a great introduction to a real pillar of a band in the music industry. Have you seen 'Some Kind of Monster'? Such a good doc.

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  20. I like some of their songs more than others.

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  21. man, their latest album was a double wank and shit chips, though, as my dear old mum would say.

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  22. Not a big Metallica fan but it was ok to listen to

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  23. i've never been a huge metallica fan :x

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  24. I always prefered megadeth to metallica

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  25. i love most of their old stuff

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  26. i only like 3 songs by metalica :/

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  27. GIMME FU GIMME FA GIMME SABSASDA

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  28. That was absolutely amazing. Thank you! I need to find the audio file for this now. haha

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  29. They are great live. Unfortunately, their latest album wasn't so great.

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  30. I love Metallica. I know a lot of people didn't like their new album, but I thought it was pretty good. Sure, it was a bit different from their usual I suppose, but in the end, they're human too. They change, and thus, their music will change as well.

    I'm actually listening to King Nothing right now.

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  31. Great band but their stance on file sharing dropped them down pretty far on my list.

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  32. Black album was the beginning of the end, they never recovered.

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  33. Metallica is great band. I think Nothing else matters from S&M is better than Notning else matters form Black Album.

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