Comments on: Metallica wants to cash in on the Net

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:00:52 +0000

The hypocrisy is astonishing.

By: Alter_Fritz

Alter_Fritz — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:15:22 +0000

say is lars really to tiny as in the animation?
( I NEVER was a fan of them not even before the napster incident so I truely don’t know actually)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuR5TNyL8Y

By: Joey Joe Joe

Joey Joe Joe — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:18:12 +0000

As a metalhead who created a slew of Metallica fans by passing out at least a hundred copies of their albums (at my expense) because I believed in them only to watch them turn on the very fans who made them very rich and famous, I can safely say that I hope their career continues its downward spiral. They were a very important band at one point–pioneers and rebels. They could have made a stand for Napster, and with their clout, they could have changed things for the better, but instead they aided and abetted the criminals who have turned the music industry into a conglomeration of organized crime bosses using lawyers and bought off Congressman to keep talentless hacks on the charts and big prices in the stores.

By: Stray Mongrel

Stray Mongrel — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:46:23 +0000

I was a big Metallica fan back in high school. I stopped listening after they released “And Justice For All”.

I still think “Master of Puppets” was their last good work.

I won’t download or share any of the crap they call music these days.
Primary reason: I think they suck.
Icing on the cake: They made a big stink about file sharing online years ago, and I think they are A-holes for that.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:58:08 +0000

I will spend exactly $0. Although, I hope they put their music on their site and ask for tips so I can download it a few thousand times so as to artificially inflate their estimate of the number of people who are downloading with out paying. Give them all ulcers.

“Baaaaahhhhhh!!!! We’re being robbed of nothing!!! Help!!!”

By: JD2

JD2 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:33:54 +0000

Hey metallic I don’t think so – you and the riaa can bite me…

you sue you lose….

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:12:29 +0000

Metallica is who they are: A bunch of parasites with no real talent just a marketing stunt for the stupid who never hear about beethoven or Byron!

As far as I am concerned they continue to masturbate just like the folk at Vivendi Universal, ALONE!

BOYCOTT METALLICA THE BAND OF PARASITES!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:35:15 +0000

Let me get this straight:

First they encourage bootlegging and tape-swapping as a means of spreading their music around. This helps build a much larger fanbase, allowing them to emerge from the underground as one of the most popular and influential thrash metal bands of the time.

Then, twenty years later, they sue Napster for enabling an online version of the very thing that made them famous in the first place.

Now they’re rethinking their strategy, and attempting to cash in on the net, but only because Trent Reznor showed them how it’s done.

Make up your mind, losers!

By: Metallica Fan?

Metallica Fan? — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:54:16 +0000

I remember how much Metallica mattered to me back in high school in the late 80’s. I still love the music from that era, but their recent music lacks the passion that made you believe in them.

I don’t bash them for the napster thing, because I would have probably felt the same way, but the mistake they made then, and are still paying for now, is failing to realize that their REAL fans never stopped buying the CDs, even if they were downloading. They also forgot that they themselves found out about new music by sharing tapes with their friends. I don’t believe that the Cliff-era Metallica would have ever sued Napster. However, by the 90’s, it was more about money than playing music, and to their legions of fans that lived that same life, it was obvious in their music.

By: Nil

Nil — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:39:34 +0000

Metallica has been mostly irrelevant for a while now. Maybe someone still cares, but I doubt it.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:35:57 +0000

We do not forgive.
We do not forget.

By: Fakie

Fakie — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:21:24 +0000

I wonder if one could argue that since they are still alive their music isn’t good.

By: Johnnyg0

Johnnyg0 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:42:23 +0000

Metallica can sell its music any ways it wants to and I am still no going to buy it… they lost my trust with the whole Napster/DMCA debacle, and they lost my interest by choosing a really boring musical direction.