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Originally posted by Stompy
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?"
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Well, that is the total opposite of selling out, so you are on point there.
I've been a fan since I saw Metallica in a club in 1984. Has there music changed...yes. Is it as some people claim bad or weak or awful, etc. I don't think so and neither do the millions of CD buyers and concert goers.
It has changed and is a reflection of them now as guys in their late-30s and early 40s as opposed to a bunch of angry teenagers [BTW, find me any teenagers today with half the talent those guys had back in the day!]
As for the production of St. Anger that people keep bringing up...I and many non-tech guys who jus twant good, aggressive music don't care about how they do it...just that they keep doing it.
And as long as they do, I'll keep buying it [not downloading it--I agree with them on that point as I wouldn't want people using my talent for free] and going to see them.