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Stompy · 07-21-2004, 04:35 AM

I didn't say change was bad! In fact, one of the first things I said was change could either be good OR bad.

For example, look at Nine Inch Nails. Each consecutive album released over the span of the past 10 years has been better than the one before it. In that case, change was for the better.

Metallica seem to have gone backwards. Instead of maturing as artists, the talent meter went from an all time high to... something on par to what any generic metal band out today can produce!

I'm not calling em sellouts, either. I just don't know wtf is going through their heads. If I had a band that was as big as Metallica, before anything, I'd write music and ask myself "Would fans enjoy this change?" Nothin wrong with pleasing your fans while writing great music. The problems arise when you get cocky and the ego inflated to the point where you think that no matter what's released, people will still like it.

Sure, it's their music, but imagine if Led Zeppelin carried on without John Bonham and went completely glam rock, creating a total mockery of the band's place in music. They'd be a joke! Because they stopped when they did, they held onto their legendary status.

Yeah, the music is theirs, but people are fans of them for a reason.

Fans of Metallica wanted raw metal songs that went somewhere, songs where the music itself was just WOW, not album after album of generic metal filler songs.

They're obviously capable of so much more, I just don't know why they aren't doing anything with it.

Perhaps it's sobriety. Usually things turn to shit once people decide to get sober.

07-21-2004, 04:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	I didn't say change was bad! In fact, one of the first things I said was change could either be good OR bad. For example, look at Nine Inch Nails. Each consecutive album released over the span of the past 10 years has been better than the one before it. In that case, change was for the better. Metallica seem to have gone backwards. Instead of maturing as artists, the talent meter went from an all time high to... something on par to what any generic metal band out today can produce! I'm not calling em sellouts, either. I just don't know wtf is going through their heads. If I had a band that was as big as Metallica, before anything, I'd write music and ask myself "Would fans enjoy this change?" Nothin wrong with pleasing your fans while writing great music. The problems arise when you get cocky and the ego inflated to the point where you think that no matter what's released, people will still like it. Sure, it's their music, but imagine if Led Zeppelin carried on without John Bonham and went completely glam rock, creating a total mockery of the band's place in music. They'd be a joke! Because they stopped when they did, they held onto their legendary status. Yeah, the music is theirs, but people are fans of them for a reason. Fans of Metallica wanted raw metal songs that went somewhere, songs where the music itself was just WOW, not album after album of generic metal filler songs. They're obviously capable of so much more, I just don't know why they aren't doing anything with it. Perhaps it's sobriety. Usually things turn to shit once people decide to get sober. __________________ I love lamp.