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Originally Posted by Janszoon
The problem with Metallica has nothing to do with Napster or Some Kind of Monster, it has to do with the fact that they've been releasing crappy music pretty much exclusively for the past two decades. That said, there's certainly no doubt that their first few albums played a huge role in the direction of metal.
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Except that whenever you find a rant of blind-rage trashing them, they always go back to it, and its generally metal fans. Theres a sense that because they aren't "**** everything" they aren't worth ****.
Maybe you don't like the music of the 1990's but its not crap. Its certainly not the same music they played in the 1980's, but I'd rather have them play what they want and do well than play what they think fans are going to not **** on them for.
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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete
A band that fronted a succession of great and important albums years ago then struggled to find relevance in a new age while continually switching out styles, jogging behind bandwagon while fans try to excuse the new stuff by citing how important their old material is. No wonder Lou Reed decided to work with them.
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Well played sir. But the problem with this argument is that you're attempting to dismiss the act as a whole based on new material. Just because you're looking at the other side of the coin doesn't mean its a different coin.