Lars Ulrich is the chief fucknugget in all of Fucknuggetville, James Hetfield is the crabbiest bastard on any continent (credit is due for this - although no one has any doubt of his politics, he's been pretty good about leaving them at the stage door. And I know, I'm being hypocritical since I agree with the Dixie Chicks - bugger off, my blog), and they both treated Jason Newsted, one of the genuinely nicer guys in rock, like hell for over a decade.
Nevertheless, the first 4 or 5 Metallica albums were near perfection (no, I won't accuse them of 'selling out' - it's their right to do whatever they want, but they certainly went in a radio friendly direction that was not my bag.). From Master, 'Sanitarium'.
I'm on a little 80's metal kick recently, not so much the Strip bands, almost universally dreadful, some rare exceptions, ie., both George Lynch and Steve Lynch could really play guitar, Tommy Lee could really play drums, Vince Neil really had a 'punch-me' face. I was primarily NWOBHM, Maiden and Priest especially, and early speed/prog stuff, Metallica, Anthrax. Accept. Also, somewhat out in left field, Triumph - really underrated band.
KISS sucks. A whole damn bunch. Nope, don't argue, I can prove it.
Read this:
KISS
What's the first thing that crossed your mind? If it is anything other than
SUCKS
you are lying to yourself and need help. QED, FTMFW.
Some weird ones - a great song from a decent band that tried to catch the 'hair' wave and failed, thereby saving their souls, 'Mighty Mouth' by Kix.
Since I brought up Accept, have to do this.
Neck hurting? Advil and ice. Or whiskey and ice, no matter...
Kiss may suck, but they do it non-ironically and with enthusiasm and showmanship.
ReplyDeletenon-ironically and with enthusiasm and showmanship.
ReplyDeleteI will grant the enthusiasm and showmanship. However, lots of folks put on a good show - I saw the Soup Dragons with Tom Tom Club many years ago, loved SD and so TTC was not the reason I was there but their set was a lot of fun.
I gotta dispute 'non-ironically', at least for the last 25-30 years, Z. In that period, everything they've done has been run through every ten-key, abacus, and Texas Instrument Gene Simmons owns. And good for him, they are quite comfortable, can't blame him. But he would shave the words "Wig Courtesy Of Shannon Tweed's Special Spot" onto the pouch of a live wallaby if it would sell 5 more tickets. (And I'd be one of them, that'd be cool as shit.) My take, grain of salt, etc.
Hey, I'm not really defending them, I'm not particularly a fan. But if you get a chance, listen to Rollins' spoken word spiel about going to a show (in Bakersfield!) with his crew. It's hilarious, and if Rollins approves, I am hard-pressed to disagree.
Deletealso, is "ironical" now synonymous with "cynical cash-grab"?
DeleteI don't know the antonym of ironical, still don't grammar fail.
DeleteAnd Rollins is a diety, one of the first shows I EVER saw was Black Flag in a ballroom in La Crosse (84?-85? Fuzzy). Imma find teh spiel.
But yeah, METALLICA TOTALLY SUCKED AFTER THEY ALL CUT THEIR HAIR!1111!1!
ReplyDeleteIf you remember the Alice In Chains Unplugged, Metallica was in the front row, and Cantrell scrawled 'Friends Don't Let Friends Get Haircuts' on his guitar - claps!
ReplyDeleteIt's like Samson and Delilah, they cut their hair and went from 'Creeping Death' to teh 100,000 plays of fucking Sandman' which is boring, cheezus it's so boring, it's 'Smoke On The Water' without an organ. Ugh.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones cover of it is aces, though.
Deletegotta admit, most of my Metallica is from post-haircut.
I mean, the later stuff's not bad, it's certainly well made, but with a few exceptions, until the last album, (my brother and I saw their last tour, Death Magnetic, at the Excel in St. Paul and it was a kickass show), the Black/Load/Reload/St. Anger stuff is not that interesting to me. And such.
DeleteOK, here's the embarassing reveal: I like the covers album, and the SF Orchestra one. I am a fan of bombastic metal.
DeleteBegin the mockery....
Yes, I am a Nightwish fan. Why do you ask?
DeleteOh damn, forgot about the SF Symphony album - yes fanfuckintastic!
ReplyDeleteWhich cover album - $5.98 EP, or Garage Inc. - I haven't heard the second one (5-6 years ago?), but the EP has a killer Misfits cover of Last Caress
Nightwish? To teh googliedy!
oh, so YOU are the other guy that like the symphony album.
DeleteI was referring to Garage, Inc.