your mileage may vary
white pony is still one of my favourite albums ever. and the new one is heavy as fuck. stephen carpenter obviously got his way!
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:06, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

white pony was when I switched off
my tastes changed a little at that point though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:07, Reply)

i saw them live
on the white pony tour in 2000. still one of the best gigs i've EVER seen.

and i've seen metallica play 'master of puppets' in order at donington park :D
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:11, Reply)

whole of master of puppets eh?
when was that?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:17, Reply)

about 4 years ago

(Bazongaloid, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:26, Reply)

download 2006
it was the 20th anniversary.

honestly, the atmosphere was amazing as they went offstage after 5 or 6 songs, then the video screens started up and everyone started to work out what they were going to do. awe-inspiring.

ooh! found a video.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:28, Reply)

I guess they had to do that
to make up for how shit St Anger was.

I saw them just after it came out and fortunately they only played two songs from it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:35, Reply)

i saw them at download in 2004 as well
which was the weird one where lars didn't show. even then they didn't play much off st. anger. funny that.

and of course, lars was horrendously shown up by joey jordison, dave lombardo and even his own fucking drum tech! tool.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:38, Reply)

heh
his drumming is getting worse too. I remarked yesterday that when I saw them last year he couldn't properly manage the double bass drum bit from the middle of One
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:40, Reply)

it's not like he can use age as an excuse
i mean, gene hoglan's in his 40s too and he's a fucking machine.

and nicko mcbrain is 57 ffs!
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:47, Reply)

nicko mcbrain is a fucking demon
have you seen Flight 666?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:49, Reply)

no...
i'm vaguely aware of it.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:53, Reply)

if you like iron maiden (even a little bit)
then it is well worth watching. They are dudes. in spite of what Monty might say about Bruce Dickinson being the Colin Hunt of metal bands.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:54, Reply)

i shall attempt it
although i have a very poor record for watching films recommended to me by other people. i haven't even seen 'some kind of monster' yet...
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 13 May 2010, 15:14, Reply)

metallica do not come off well in some kind of monster
it's interesting enough, particularly the bit where they audition bassists and hire the current guy. particularly the multi-million dollar golden handshake.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 May 2010, 15:18, Reply)

Now that was a damn good gig!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:41, Reply)