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"Metallica and Napster agreed to an out-of-court settlement" - any more info on this, please? At least an external link. Thanks. User:Helix84 00:32, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC) ---- I, :Jimbo Wales, confess to listening to almost no other music than :Metallica. I think it is really interesting to see the shift in :Metallica's image since the whole :Napster VsMetallica controversy erupted. :Metallica was always known as a band of the people -- a band that grew in popularity by touring a lot and connecting directly with the fans, with very little record company or :MTV corporate support of any kind. Now, they are viewed as some kind of corporate shills. ---- WojPob's theory is: something went wrong after they collectively cut their hair (which started to look a bit :Mullet-like). Then they released :Metallica/Load, which in the view of a lot of fans was a "weird" album. Then, less than a year later came :Metallica/Reload, which was released much too quickly and obviously needed some more studio work. They still have the talent - maybe they're just too old now??? ---- ''Does anyone have a clue who might become Metallica's new bass player??? - WojPob They should get :Geddy Lee from Rush (band). Now that would rock. ''Oh, please.'' ---- =='Tallica's new Bass Player== Metallica's new bass player is Robert Trujillo. Have they made it to the second stage of rock and roll band age: * Youthful energy - usually the best music produced here * Protecting and slowly increasing ones audience - rehash / semi-lame new music created * Slowing the shrink rate of the audience - obviously lame music created / multiple repackaging of greatist hits * Having a very small audience - new, still lame music created once every 5 years * Geezer rock former superstar status - no audience - only media :fluff pieces - make the rounds at guest appearance shows - no new material - please, be charitable, become a recluse on a remote South Pacific island. ---- That last edit by User:24.210.223.22 was me. Edited so long I got logged out :-) -- User:Wapcaplet 02:22 17 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- I think the section on the Napster controversy could be cleaned up and expanded considerably. It doesn't read very well right now. It needs more about their stated reasons for attacking Napster, and the cause (which was a demo of "I Disappear" appearing on Napster before they had even finished producing it). Some more detail on the backlash would be good too. User:Wogan 9 Jan '04 ---- The edit previous to my latest mentioned uncertainty about where to include his/her new content. The Clear Channel thing seems to me to be one example of interesting tidbits/factoids about Metallica that might best be grouped under a "Miscellaneous Information" section. In other words, nothing significant ultimately came of Clear Channel's decision and it had no meaningful impact on the band's larger story (other than the fact that a few Metallica tunes may not have been played for a few days).I've created the section and moved the Clear Channel thing there. Does the new organization work? User:Pillsbur 02:23, May 4, 2004 (UTC) == "Selling Out" accusations predated Black album. == Metallica was accused of "Selling Out" by some fans when they signed to Elektra records and left Metal Blade. The main article should either be updated to reflect this, or the part about "first" being accused of selling out should be removed. :I think there were already accused with their second album and ''"Fade to Black"''... User:Xorx77 13:09, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC) == Album labels == I changed the label from Vertigo to Elektra for many of the records. It looks like Vertigo is the UK label, however being an Amesrican band it seem though this should list the American labels. User:Dze27 05:52, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC) == "Politics" == User:63.189.168.253 deleted this entire section for NPOV reasons. It had been earlier marked for cleanup, and I agree that it doesn't belong without some heavy editing (parts of it resemble WP:NOR), but there's some good stuff in here, and I'd hate to see it lost forever in the edit history. Can somebody go through here with a hacksaw and chop it into shape? :The original "Politics" section (to which I wrote the extremely long thing posted below) was far too simplistic and I thought that if someone really wanted a Metallica Politics section they needed to see how complicated such a concept really is. When it was removed a while ago I didn't mind because I don't think such a thing really works as a separate section in the main Metallica article anyway. It's just too messy of a subject. However, parts of the content could be ported to other sub-articles on Metallica though (specific albums, for instance). :User:Pillsbur 18:47, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC) ---- :Throughout the 1980s and early 90s much of the critical discussion and interest in Metallica revolved around the band's combination of structurally complex music with lyrics that appeared to be more "intelligent" than most other metal groups. Largely absent from the band's music were lyrics about Satan or Sexual_intercourse. Indeed, Metallica's overall aesthetic during the late 80s was labeled by one journalist as "thinking man's metal" and much of the band's output from those years (in particular the ''...And Justice For All'' album) was therefore read as "political." Such a reading was also possible because the specific topics of critique present in Metallica's lyrics meshed with the generally leftist slant found in other rock lyrics also thought to represent "political" statements. Lyrics such as those in "Disposable Heroes," which rail against the plight of ordinary soldiers ordered "back to the front" in the service of more powerful and influential members of society, or "...And Justice For All," which decries the tight connection between wealth, justice, and power, are part of a history of so-called "political" music that reaches back many decades in popular music. While the band's source for the song "One" was Dalton_Trumbo anti-war novel ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1939), both the song and video resist ultimately making a judgement for or against war. Like "Disposable Heroes," Metallica focuses intently on an individual experience of war in "One," but without the thinly veiled condemnation of large-scale manipulation detectable in "Disposable Heroes." In general, because the lyrical content seemed to touch on left-leaning concerns could the music be considered political; had the content seemed to come from the right it would have been understood (and perhaps derided) as propaganda. :Indeed, questions of propaganda arise in the lyrics to "Don't Tread On Me" highlight just how slippery and unnuanced the label "political" is. "Don't Tread On Me" appears on The Black Album, and on the surface it seems to repudiate any sense of Metallica having been disposed toward left-leaning politics. "Don't Tread On Me" represents a clear statement of American national pride. The lyrics draw on phrases and imagery first mentioned in the early days of the Revolutionary_War through an anonymous 1775 essay (now identified as having been written by Benjamin Franklin) musing on the symbolism of the rattlesnake that adorned a militia flag seen in Philadelphia. Phrases from the essay, such as "never begins an attack," "once engaged, never surrenders," and "emblem of vigilance" are lifted directly into the lyrics of "Don't Tread On Me." Patrick_Henry famous "Liberty or death" also makes an appearance in the song (it's the song's first lyric in fact). Indeed, the phrase "Don't Tread on Me," along with the famous coiled rattlesnake, was an important symbol of American resolve during the Revolutionary War, and is particularly identified with the Culpeper Flag used by Virginia militiamen. These militaristic images, coupled with the song's quotation of the "America" theme from Leonard_Bernstein ''West Side Story'', give "Don't Tread On Me" an unabashedly nationalist sensibility. Moreover, the general foregrounding of militaristic prowess and national pride in the song swims against the normal criteria of political popular music so that, like celebrations of white racial pride, it was quickly understood as stemming from a generally right-wing sentiment. Finally, the release of The Black Album soon after the Persian Gulf War (a war many Americans felt had at last removed the Vietnam_War specter of military failure) led many rock critics to hear the rightist imagery in "Don't Tread On Me" as mindless and jingoistic propaganda following a war in which the American homeland and its citizens were never threatened. :Importantly, the members of Metallica worked very hard to dissuade commentators from assuming the band's pointed critiques of various aspects of American society amounted to an activist's desire to become directly engaged in political action. In other words, according to Hetfield and Ulrich the songs most easily read in terms of left-leaning political statements were never intended to also represent ringing endorsements for social change. This is an important distinction in comparison to the aesthetics of other popular music groups at the time, such as U2_%28band%29, R.E.M._%28band%29, or Public Enemy for whom some sort of conspicuous praxis was an important part of the critique. Thus, while "Ride the Lightning" may have explored the thoughts and emotions of one sentenced to die by electrocution, the song was not meant to participate in the broader debates regarding Capital punishment. Instead, as discussed in the ...And_Justice_for_All_%28album%29, Ulrich and Hetfield framed their lyrical critiques as the products of merely being "interested" in a certain topic, without appearing to tell others how to act. Still, an ideology of "interest" is something of a political statement by itself, and the desire not to be pigeonholed points dramatically to the band's overarching concern with a kind of Libertarian personal independence and self-reliance. "Eye of the Beholder" (from ''...And Justice For All'') would seem to be one of the band's most direct takes on this subject, with its blunt statements on personal freedom that pepper each verse. At the same time, the freedom that lies at the heart of the lyrical message is constantly under threat from entrenched cultural interests (the inspiration for the lyrics seems to have been Hetfield's reaction to the indecency trial of Jello Biafra in 1986). However, for all the emphasis on personal freedom, Hetfield resisted making "Eye of the Beholder" into an anthem of greater empowerment: the song's chorus music (perhaps the archetypal place for such statements in popular music) simply oscillates between two pitches with no goal-oriented direction with which to solidify a definitive message about freedom. This leads many to believe that Hetfield is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian Libertarian :Any discussion of music and politics in Metallica must also take into account the way "political" lyrics largely disappeared from Hetfield's lyrics after ''...And Justice For All''. Moreover, the general shift in Hetfield's lyrical subjects away from the politics of society and toward a psychology of himself was accompanied by the gradual reshaping of the band's public image and the ascendancy of the individual band members' personalities into that image. Of course, the individual personalities had always been present, but during the 80s critics and journalists had little interest in recognizing the differences. As such, any political leanings in Hetfield's lyrics from those years were ballooned into representing the views of all four members. Especially after The Black Album and throughout the rest of the 1990s Hetfield and Ulrich developed radically different social networks outside of Metallica, as Hetfield began asserting a down-to-earth working class identity (marked by hotrods, Harley-Davidsons, and tattoos) while Ulrich moved more in more within the "glitterati" of Hollywood and New York (Ulrich began to be known as a serious modern art collector in these years). These divisions, combined with Hammett's interest in Eastern philosophies and vegetarianism, make it difficult to discuss the politics of "Metallica," because the individual members have so developed public images outside of the band. Indeed, for the first two decades of its existence, any discussion of the Metallica's "politics" is really a discussion of the song lyrics, and because of that political readings of the lyrics are in some way traceable back to Hetfield alone. While Ulrich certainly spoke to critics and journalists about the meaning of certain lyrics, there is still the issue of Ulrich ''interpreting'' Hetfield's lyrics. The missing views of Hammett, Newsted, and even Cliff Burton are also important. It's certainly reasonable to collapse all of those views into a monolithic understanding of "Metallica's" politics, but it's also dangerous to assume that Hetfield's lyrics represent some sort of agreed-upon and unified front put forth by the members of the band. -User:Phthoggos 22:58, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC) == Sample quality == I've downloaded the .ogg samples, and found the quality rather mixed (played with VLC on an Apple TiBook to headphones). "One" is nearly unrecognizable. "Nothing else matters" is kinda ok. "Seek and destroy" is bad, with the beats totally blanking the rest. "Enter Sandman" is recognizable, but very distorted, and so is "Fade to black". They all seem to have been recorded with with much to much gain, maybe in an attempt to make them sound "loud". Any help? --User:Stephan Schulz 17:42, 26 May 2005 (UTC) * Something's wrong on your setup - I listened to the "One" sample and I have no problem recognizing every single note played... // User:Gargaj 20:22, 2005 May 26 (UTC) *The quality is pretty noisey but listenable. Remember these are supposed to be samples. --User:Arm == Grammys == They won seven Grammys, not six: *1990: Best Metal Performance - "One" *1991: Best Metal Performance - "Stone Cold Crazy" *1992: Best Metal Performance With Vocal - ''Metallica'' *1999: Best Metal Performance - "Better than You" *2000: Best Hard Rock Performance - "Whiskey In The Jar" *2001: Best Rock Instrumental Performance - "The Call Of Ktulu" *2004: Best Metal Performance - "St. Anger" --User:Nagytibi 08:59, 2005 May 27 (UTC) == Unnamed Feeling ep == Before the ''Some Kind of Monster'' ep came out, there was an ep for ''Unnamed Feeling''. It contains the same live tracks as SKOM. Not too sure how widely it was released, but I saw it in music stores. --User:Baseballfan 00:00, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
Metallica is an American thrash metal/Heavy_metal_music band active from the 1980s. After building a loyal following through its role in the development of thrash metal in the 1980s, Metallica successfully broadened its audience in the early 1990s. Accordingly, the band stood as the most commercially visible example of the metal genre for most of that decade. However, Metallica's vastly increased commercial success was accompanied by stylistic changes that fostered accusations of "sell out" by some long-time fans. In 2003 Metallica released ''St._Anger,'' a collection of the most aggressive music they had written in a decade, to deeply divided critical reviews and comparatively mediocre sales figures. Nevertheless, extensive and successful tours throughout 2003 and 2004 reinforced the band's reputation as a top-notch live act. The band was ranked # 5 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". ==Statistics== *Genres: Grunge, Alternative Rock, Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal *Country: USA *Status: Active *Time: 1981- ==History== ===Formation and early work=== Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981 by drummer and former tennis prodigy Lars Ulrich, and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, who met after each had separately placed classified advertisements in the United States publication The Recycler. Bassist Ron McGovney was also an original member, and the band used a few transient guitar players, such as Brad Parker and Jef Warner, in the course of settling on a four-person lineup. Metallica got its name when drummer Lars Ulrich was helping San Francisco-area metal promoter Ron Quintana pick out a name for a new magazine to promote metal and the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) bands. Quintana came up with a suggestion "Metallica," but Lars quickly suggested another and decided to use that name for the band he and James Hetfield had just started. In early 1982, Metallica recorded "Hit the Lights" for the first ''Metal Massacre'' compilation. Guitarist Lloyd Grant was brought in to do the lead guitar solos on the track but was never a full member of the band. Desperate for a full-time lead guitarist, Ulrich posted an ad in the local newspapers. Dave Mustaine, a guitarist from the band Panic_(band) responded, and upon arrival started a sound check. Ulrich and Hetfield were so impressed with Mustaine's soundcheck that they immediately asked him to join. A few months later the band recorded a full demo, ''No Life Till Leather'', which quickly drew attention on the underground tape trading circuit. By this point bassist Cliff Burton had also joined Metallica, lured from his band Trauma in exchange for the other members of Metallica relocating to the San Francisco area. Upon arriving in San Francisco, the group quickly built a healthy local following in the Bay Area Thrash scene via word-of-mouth and live performances. Metallica then travelled to New York in 1983 at the urging of local promoters Jon and Marsha Zazula, and after a few gigs the band signed with the Zazulas' brand new label, Megaforce Records. Megaforce released Metallica's first two albums. Shortly after arriving in New York, Mustaine was fired due to various disruptive, unproductive behaviours all related to alcoholism and other addictions. Kirk Hammett was drafted from Exodus (band) to replace him. Mustaine would go on to create the speed metal band Megadeth. Metallica's first album, ''Kill 'Em All'', set the template that they would follow throughout the 1980s, prominently featuring the heavy vocals and rhythm guitar of James Hetfield. A year later, the next album, ''Ride the Lightning'', expanded and improved their form with longer songs that featured both instrumental pyrotechnics and lyrics which rose above some of the more puerile songs on ''Kill 'Em All''. Perhaps the most significant feature of ''Ride the Lightning'' was the inclusion of "Fade to Black," a slower, more interior song that mused on the thoughts of someone contemplating suicide, written after a series of band setbacks including the 1984 theft of the equipment used to record ''Kill 'Em All''. Indeed "Fade to Black" is the first such song in a tradition of these kinds of songs that would come to include "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and the band's first single to receive a video, "One." The inclusion of these slower, introspective songs distinguished Metallica from most other thrash metal bands such as Anthrax (band), Slayer, and Megadeth. Metallica's formation was seen by some fans as a direct reaction to the prevalent rock and roll music of the early 1980s. Inspired by bands such as Motörhead, Diamond Head (group) and Saxon, the so-called New Wave of British Heavy Metal, as well as hardcore punk like the Misfits and Discharge, Metallica was single-minded in their desire to break the grip of soft metal on Heavy metal music fans. ===Popular success=== After signing a major label deal with Elektra Records in 1984, Metallica went on to produce another album, ''Master of Puppets'', released in February 1986 and regarded by many of their fans as their best work. However, on September 27th of that year, during a European leg of shows, bassist Cliff Burton was killed in a tour bus accident in Ljungby, Sweden. As something of a psychological defence against the potentially debilitating grief that now surrounded them, the band immediately found a new bassist in Jason Newsted, formerly of Flotsam and Jetsam. Shortly thereafter Metallica released The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited as a preliminary effort with their new member. This album continued the band's interest in recording obscure songs by relatively obscure (to American audiences) British metal and hardcore bands. In 1988 they recorded ''...And Justice for All (album)'', an album full of some of the band's most structurally complex music. The band actually refuses to play many of the songs from this album live because of its complex structures: an amusing example of the wisdom of this stance can be seen on the Live Shit: Binge & Purge DVD, in which the band becomes quickly lost in an attempt to play the track "The Frayed Ends of Sanity." Critics regarded ''...And Justice for All'' as a milestone in the history of metal, noting its intense focus on topics related to personal control and independence. Importantly, many writers also celebrated this album (and, by extension, Metallica itself) for the way it appeared to divorce hard rock from Blues in ways bands such as Mötley Crüe or Poison (band) resisted.Also,the production of this album was heavily criticised as Lars Ulrich's drums clicked more than thudded and the guitars had a thin sound to them. James Hetfield excelled himself, however, with some of the best riffery heard in metal music. Kirk Hammett's solos were innovative and Lars' drumming incredibly complex. In 1991, the self-titled album, Metallica (album) (popularly known as ''The Black Album'') broadened the band's horizon again. The record was co-produced with Bob Rock, whose resume included work on albums by such pop-metal acts as Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe, to create a more commercially viable product. The album featured a black cover that evoked humorous comparisons to Spinal Tap (band). The album featured the hits "Enter Sandman", which exemplified the radically pared-down style of songwriting across the album, and "Nothing Else Matters", a more plaintive, acoustic ballad that outraged some of their more hardcore fans. The album was a massive crossover hit, bringing Metallica firmly into the mainstream, and it was with this album that the band first encountered significant accusations of having "sold out." Charges of selling out would follow Metallica throughout the 1990s. ===The "alternative" era=== After almost three years of touring to support the Black Album, Metallica took a respite until late 1995, when they came back into the studio with a new zest for recording. Ulrich and Hetfield, both of whom were very strict on Hammett and Newsted in previous endeavours, claimed to have loosened the reins somewhat. The resulting albums, ''Load (album)'' (1996) and ''Reload (Metallica)'' (1997) represented a significant musical change for Metallica. The band's breakneck metal tempos and layered guitar compositions had largely been replaced by bluesy rock songs, full of bent notes, warm guitar timbre, slide guitar, and shuffle and swing rhythms. Hetfield's vocals took a larger role than ever before, and several songs (such as "''Mama Said''" and "''Low Man's Lyric''") showed the band's willingness to experiment with drastic stylistic changes. The intricacy and intelligence of Metallica's songwriting had not been watered down, but it had been presented in a radically different - or perhaps simply radically more varied - stylistic package. Many of these changes had been anticipated by earlier experiments (especially on the Black Album), but listeners generally regard ''Load'' and ''Reload'' as the band's turning point. This perception may be due to the fact that with these albums, Metallica also reinvented their visual image: the CD booklet for ''Load'' contained many controversial photographs of the band, taken by Anton Corbijn. The band members - who had recently cut their hair - were depicted wearing pimp suits, smoking cigars, and sipping brandy, sometimes wearing heavy cosmetics. Previously rabid fans began to sarcastically refer to the band as "Poptallica" or "Alternica" in light of the band's appearing to conform to the more mainstream style of pop or alternative rock music. In spite of, or because of, these changes, ''Load'' and ''ReLoad'' spawned a plethora of radio hits, including "''Fuel''", "''Until It Sleeps''", "''The Unforgiven II''", "''Hero Of The Day''", "''The Memory Remains''", and "''King Nothing''". Many in the band's thrash metal fanbase remained hostile and cited these songs as "proof" that the band had sold out. Metallica, according to them, was no longer playing metal. Rather than the fan base shrinking, though, it actually swelled, fueled by a turnover stratified by taste that was somewhat akin to a change in generations. For each disappointed headbanger that regarded ''Load'' as Metallica's worst offering, there was a new listener who had been grabbed by it and saw it as their best. In 1998 Metallica returned briefly to its role as a cover band and compiled a double CD called ''Garage Inc.''. The first CD contained newly recorded tracks, ranging from obvious Metallica influences such as Danzig (band), Thin Lizzy and Black Sabbath to more unexpected choices such as Bob Seger and Nick Cave. The second CD gathered together previously released covers, including the complete ''Garage Days Re-Revisited'' EP, which had at that point become a scarce collectors' item, as well as a collection of b-sides going as far back as 1984. On April 21-April 22, 1999, Metallica recorded two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, then conducted by Michael Kamen. Kamen, who had previously worked with the band on "Nothing Else Matters" from ''Metallica (album)'', had approached the band shortly after that collaboration with the idea of pairing Metallica's music with a symphony orchestra. Kamen and his staff composed additional orchestral material for a number of Metallica songs, and the concerts featured a collection of tracks dating as far back as ''Ride the Lightning''. Metallica also wrote (and Kamen scored) two brand new songs for the event, "''No Leaf Clover''" and "''− Human.''" The recording was eventually released as the album ''S&M (album)'' in November 1999 on compact disc, VHS, and DVD.. === Napster controversy === In 2000, Metallica discovered that a demo of their song "I Disappear" had been floating across the Napster file-sharing network. They soon discovered that their entire catalogue was also freely available. The band immediately determined to sue Napster and in the process asked that 300,000 Napster users found to be trading Metallica songs be kicked off the network. In 2001 Metallica and Napster agreed to an out-of-court settlement, and the band never actually sued any fans for copyright infringement. Nevertheless, the controversy created a public relations nightmare. In particular, Lars Ulrich found himself portrayed as a greedy and pretentious rock star completely out of touch with his fans. Many saw him as a pawn of the record industry, supporting the right of the labels to charge high prices as the middle men. Still some support him when it comes to illegal music sharing, believing that he tried to do what he could to save the music industry. He is posted as a symbol against illegal music on the Internet and the phrase "The man who started the fight against illegal file-sharing" is used. The people who support him believe that piracy and illegal file-sharing are damaging the music industry. === Newsted leaves === Before they went into the studio to record their next album in 2001, Jason Newsted left the band, ostensibly due to "the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love." However, subsequent interviews with Newsted and the remaining members revealed that Newsted's desire to release and tour with his Echobrain side-project — and Hetfield's intense resistance to such an idea — was the primary cause of Newsted's departure. This began a low-point in recent Metallica history, as Hetfield soon entered rehab due to "alcoholism and other addictions" in July 2001. For nearly a year the entity known as "Metallica" ceased to function in any meaningful way, and Ulrich and Hammett for the first time seriously considered the possibility that Metallica might be finished. Upon Hetfield's return, though, the band slowly and cautiously continued as an incomplete 3-piece throughout the writing and recording of their next album. Longtime producer Bob Rock handled bass duties for the sessions. Metallica eventually found a new member in early 2003, bassist Robert Trujillo (ex-Suicidal Tendencies), who was then playing with Ozzy Osbourne's band and touring with Zakk Wylde in Black Label Society (He appears in Black Label Society's DVD Boozed, Broozed, and Broken Boned). In an interesting turn of events, Jason Newsted, who had joined Canada heavy metal band Voivod (band), filled Rob's shoes playing bass for Ozzy during the Ozzfest 2003 tour (which Voivod also supported). In June 2003, Metallica released their eighth full-length studio album, ''St. Anger''. The album debuted at number one on the album charts, heralded as the band's most aggressive album in over a decade. Metallica seemed to have recorded an intentionally "raw" and unpolished album as a response to critics' complaints that they had lost their edge. Harsh criticism followed, however, for the record's underproduced sound (notably the sound of Ulrich's snare drum and Hetfield's "flexible" sense of pitch), overwrought songs, and total lack of guitar solos. Nevertheless, Metallica won a Grammy Award in 2004 for ''St. Anger'', the band's seventh such award.The movie Some Kind Of Monster followed the album and offered an inside view into the daily affairs of Metallica like never before.It focussed on the growing tensions within the band. Also,it fulfilled its actual purpose-the making of St.Anger. In an interview James Hetfield said that he felt that St.Anger was similar to "Justice". == Line-ups == ===Early Lineups=== Early Lineup 1 (''No Life 'Til Leather'' demo) *James Hetfield *Dave Mustaine *Ron McGovney *Lars Ulrich Early Lineup 2 (various tracks and contributions in ''Kill 'Em All'' and ''Ride The Lightning'') *James Hetfield *Dave Mustaine *Cliff Burton *Lars Ulrich The work of this lineup is scattered throughout Metallica's early works and is very controversial. The sole difference between this lineup and Metallica's first major lineup is Dave Mustaine as lead guitarist. Mustaine wrote many of the lead guitar parts in several songs on ''Kill 'Em All'', as well as some of the riffs on ''Ride The Lightning'' (such as "The Call of Ktulu"). Mustaine claims to have also written parts of "Leper Messiah" (''Master of Puppets'') and "Dyer's Eve" (''...And Justice for All''). None of those claims has ever been acknowledged by the other members of Metallica. ===Recording Lineups=== 1983-1986 (''Kill 'Em All'', ''Ride The Lightning'', ''Master of Puppets'') *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Cliff Burton *Lars Ulrich 1986-2001 (''...And Justice for All (album)'', ''Metallica (album)'', ''Load (album)'', ''Reload (Metallica)'', ''Garage Inc.'', ''S&M (album)'') *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Jason Newsted *Lars Ulrich 2001-2003 (''St. Anger'') *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Bob Rock (temporary bassist, also the band's producer) *Lars Ulrich 2003-present (no studio albums have been recorded by this lineup as of yet, but an EP called "Some Kind of Monster" has been released within this period) *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Robert Trujillo *Lars Ulrich 2004 (The following line-ups were from the 2004 Download Festival in June, which was the infamous concert that Lars Ulrich missed due to being hospitalized after becoming sick on a plane.) *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Robert Trujillo *Dave Lombardo and Joey Jordison and Flemming Larsen, Lars's drum technician. == Discography ==
The band also contributed one track, "I Disappear", to the ''Mission: Impossible II'' soundtrack.
===DVD & Video===
*''Some Kind of Monster (movie)'' Release Date: January 25, 2005 in the US/Canada; release dates differ in other countries
*''Classic Album'' Release Date: November 6, 2001
*''S & M'' Release Date: November 23, 1999
*''Cunning Stunts'' Release Date: December 8, 1998
*''Live Shit: Binge & Purge'' Release Date: November 23, 1993
*''A Year and a half in the life of Metallica'' Release Date: November 17, 1992
*''2 of One'' Release Date: June 20, 1989
*''Cliff 'em All'' Release Date: December 4, 1987
==Audio==
*Media:Metallica Seek&Destroy sample.ogg of ''Seek & Destroy'' from ''Kill 'Em All''
*Media:Metallica FadeToBlack sample.ogg of ''Fade to Black (song)'' from ''Ride The Lightning''
*Media:Metallica MasterOfPuppets sample.ogg of ''Master Of Puppets (song)'' from ''Master Of Puppets''
*Media:Metallica One sample.ogg of ''One (Metallica song)'' from ''...And Justice for All (album)''
*Media:EnterSandman.ogg of ''Enter Sandman'' from ''Metallica (album)''
*Media:Metallica NothingElseMatters sample.ogg of ''Nothing Else Matters'' from ''Metallica (album)''
==See also==
*1980s music groups
*List of heavy metal musicians
*List of popular music performers
*List of rock and roll performers
*Megadeth
*Best selling music artists
*James Dodd
== External links ==
* [http://www.metalremains.com/ MetalRemains - Metallica Website in Portuguese]
* [http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/345/metallica.php Lyrics List - Metallica]
* [http://www.metallica.com Metallica's website]
* [http://www.metclub.com MetClub - The Official Fan Club]
* [http://www.livemetallica.com LiveMetallica.com - Offers Downloads Of Concert Recordings]
* [http://www.lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/345/metallica.php LyricsList.com - Metallica Lyrics by album]
* [http://www.metallichicks.com Metallichicks.com - Big Girls Rock Hard]
* [http://www.metallifukinca.com Metallifukinca.com - Metallica forum and unofficial bootlegs]
* [http://www.metallicavault.com Metallica Vault - Free Live MP3 Downloads For The Owners Of] ''St. Anger''
* [http://www.myclassiclyrics.com/metallica/metallica_lyrics.html The Metallica Lyrics Page]
* [http://www.allmetallica.com AllMetallica - Your Source For Everything Metallica]
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"Metallica and Napster agreed to an out-of-court settlement" - any more info on this, please? At least an external link. Thanks. User:Helix84 00:32, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC) ---- I, :Jimbo Wales, confess to listening to almost no other music than :Metallica. I think it is really interesting to see the shift in :Metallica's image since the whole :Napster VsMetallica controversy erupted. :Metallica was always known as a band of the people -- a band that grew in popularity by touring a lot and connecting directly with the fans, with very little record company or :MTV corporate support of any kind. Now, they are viewed as some kind of corporate shills. ---- WojPob's theory is: something went wrong after they collectively cut their hair (which started to look a bit :Mullet-like). Then they released :Metallica/Load, which in the view of a lot of fans was a "weird" album. Then, less than a year later came :Metallica/Reload, which was released much too quickly and obviously needed some more studio work. They still have the talent - maybe they're just too old now??? ---- ''Does anyone have a clue who might become Metallica's new bass player??? - WojPob They should get :Geddy Lee from Rush (band). Now that would rock. ''Oh, please.'' ---- =='Tallica's new Bass Player== Metallica's new bass player is Robert Trujillo. Have they made it to the second stage of rock and roll band age: * Youthful energy - usually the best music produced here * Protecting and slowly increasing ones audience - rehash / semi-lame new music created * Slowing the shrink rate of the audience - obviously lame music created / multiple repackaging of greatist hits * Having a very small audience - new, still lame music created once every 5 years * Geezer rock former superstar status - no audience - only media :fluff pieces - make the rounds at guest appearance shows - no new material - please, be charitable, become a recluse on a remote South Pacific island. ---- That last edit by User:24.210.223.22 was me. Edited so long I got logged out :-) -- User:Wapcaplet 02:22 17 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- I think the section on the Napster controversy could be cleaned up and expanded considerably. It doesn't read very well right now. It needs more about their stated reasons for attacking Napster, and the cause (which was a demo of "I Disappear" appearing on Napster before they had even finished producing it). Some more detail on the backlash would be good too. User:Wogan 9 Jan '04 ---- The edit previous to my latest mentioned uncertainty about where to include his/her new content. The Clear Channel thing seems to me to be one example of interesting tidbits/factoids about Metallica that might best be grouped under a "Miscellaneous Information" section. In other words, nothing significant ultimately came of Clear Channel's decision and it had no meaningful impact on the band's larger story (other than the fact that a few Metallica tunes may not have been played for a few days).I've created the section and moved the Clear Channel thing there. Does the new organization work? User:Pillsbur 02:23, May 4, 2004 (UTC) == "Selling Out" accusations predated Black album. == Metallica was accused of "Selling Out" by some fans when they signed to Elektra records and left Metal Blade. The main article should either be updated to reflect this, or the part about "first" being accused of selling out should be removed. :I think there were already accused with their second album and ''"Fade to Black"''... User:Xorx77 13:09, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC) == Album labels == I changed the label from Vertigo to Elektra for many of the records. It looks like Vertigo is the UK label, however being an Amesrican band it seem though this should list the American labels. User:Dze27 05:52, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC) == "Politics" == User:63.189.168.253 deleted this entire section for NPOV reasons. It had been earlier marked for cleanup, and I agree that it doesn't belong without some heavy editing (parts of it resemble WP:NOR), but there's some good stuff in here, and I'd hate to see it lost forever in the edit history. Can somebody go through here with a hacksaw and chop it into shape? :The original "Politics" section (to which I wrote the extremely long thing posted below) was far too simplistic and I thought that if someone really wanted a Metallica Politics section they needed to see how complicated such a concept really is. When it was removed a while ago I didn't mind because I don't think such a thing really works as a separate section in the main Metallica article anyway. It's just too messy of a subject. However, parts of the content could be ported to other sub-articles on Metallica though (specific albums, for instance). :User:Pillsbur 18:47, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC) ---- :Throughout the 1980s and early 90s much of the critical discussion and interest in Metallica revolved around the band's combination of structurally complex music with lyrics that appeared to be more "intelligent" than most other metal groups. Largely absent from the band's music were lyrics about Satan or Sexual_intercourse. Indeed, Metallica's overall aesthetic during the late 80s was labeled by one journalist as "thinking man's metal" and much of the band's output from those years (in particular the ''...And Justice For All'' album) was therefore read as "political." Such a reading was also possible because the specific topics of critique present in Metallica's lyrics meshed with the generally leftist slant found in other rock lyrics also thought to represent "political" statements. Lyrics such as those in "Disposable Heroes," which rail against the plight of ordinary soldiers ordered "back to the front" in the service of more powerful and influential members of society, or "...And Justice For All," which decries the tight connection between wealth, justice, and power, are part of a history of so-called "political" music that reaches back many decades in popular music. While the band's source for the song "One" was Dalton_Trumbo anti-war novel ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1939), both the song and video resist ultimately making a judgement for or against war. Like "Disposable Heroes," Metallica focuses intently on an individual experience of war in "One," but without the thinly veiled condemnation of large-scale manipulation detectable in "Disposable Heroes." In general, because the lyrical content seemed to touch on left-leaning concerns could the music be considered political; had the content seemed to come from the right it would have been understood (and perhaps derided) as propaganda. :Indeed, questions of propaganda arise in the lyrics to "Don't Tread On Me" highlight just how slippery and unnuanced the label "political" is. "Don't Tread On Me" appears on The Black Album, and on the surface it seems to repudiate any sense of Metallica having been disposed toward left-leaning politics. "Don't Tread On Me" represents a clear statement of American national pride. The lyrics draw on phrases and imagery first mentioned in the early days of the Revolutionary_War through an anonymous 1775 essay (now identified as having been written by Benjamin Franklin) musing on the symbolism of the rattlesnake that adorned a militia flag seen in Philadelphia. Phrases from the essay, such as "never begins an attack," "once engaged, never surrenders," and "emblem of vigilance" are lifted directly into the lyrics of "Don't Tread On Me." Patrick_Henry famous "Liberty or death" also makes an appearance in the song (it's the song's first lyric in fact). Indeed, the phrase "Don't Tread on Me," along with the famous coiled rattlesnake, was an important symbol of American resolve during the Revolutionary War, and is particularly identified with the Culpeper Flag used by Virginia militiamen. These militaristic images, coupled with the song's quotation of the "America" theme from Leonard_Bernstein ''West Side Story'', give "Don't Tread On Me" an unabashedly nationalist sensibility. Moreover, the general foregrounding of militaristic prowess and national pride in the song swims against the normal criteria of political popular music so that, like celebrations of white racial pride, it was quickly understood as stemming from a generally right-wing sentiment. Finally, the release of The Black Album soon after the Persian Gulf War (a war many Americans felt had at last removed the Vietnam_War specter of military failure) led many rock critics to hear the rightist imagery in "Don't Tread On Me" as mindless and jingoistic propaganda following a war in which the American homeland and its citizens were never threatened. :Importantly, the members of Metallica worked very hard to dissuade commentators from assuming the band's pointed critiques of various aspects of American society amounted to an activist's desire to become directly engaged in political action. In other words, according to Hetfield and Ulrich the songs most easily read in terms of left-leaning political statements were never intended to also represent ringing endorsements for social change. This is an important distinction in comparison to the aesthetics of other popular music groups at the time, such as U2_%28band%29, R.E.M._%28band%29, or Public Enemy for whom some sort of conspicuous praxis was an important part of the critique. Thus, while "Ride the Lightning" may have explored the thoughts and emotions of one sentenced to die by electrocution, the song was not meant to participate in the broader debates regarding Capital punishment. Instead, as discussed in the ...And_Justice_for_All_%28album%29, Ulrich and Hetfield framed their lyrical critiques as the products of merely being "interested" in a certain topic, without appearing to tell others how to act. Still, an ideology of "interest" is something of a political statement by itself, and the desire not to be pigeonholed points dramatically to the band's overarching concern with a kind of Libertarian personal independence and self-reliance. "Eye of the Beholder" (from ''...And Justice For All'') would seem to be one of the band's most direct takes on this subject, with its blunt statements on personal freedom that pepper each verse. At the same time, the freedom that lies at the heart of the lyrical message is constantly under threat from entrenched cultural interests (the inspiration for the lyrics seems to have been Hetfield's reaction to the indecency trial of Jello Biafra in 1986). However, for all the emphasis on personal freedom, Hetfield resisted making "Eye of the Beholder" into an anthem of greater empowerment: the song's chorus music (perhaps the archetypal place for such statements in popular music) simply oscillates between two pitches with no goal-oriented direction with which to solidify a definitive message about freedom. This leads many to believe that Hetfield is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian Libertarian :Any discussion of music and politics in Metallica must also take into account the way "political" lyrics largely disappeared from Hetfield's lyrics after ''...And Justice For All''. Moreover, the general shift in Hetfield's lyrical subjects away from the politics of society and toward a psychology of himself was accompanied by the gradual reshaping of the band's public image and the ascendancy of the individual band members' personalities into that image. Of course, the individual personalities had always been present, but during the 80s critics and journalists had little interest in recognizing the differences. As such, any political leanings in Hetfield's lyrics from those years were ballooned into representing the views of all four members. Especially after The Black Album and throughout the rest of the 1990s Hetfield and Ulrich developed radically different social networks outside of Metallica, as Hetfield began asserting a down-to-earth working class identity (marked by hotrods, Harley-Davidsons, and tattoos) while Ulrich moved more in more within the "glitterati" of Hollywood and New York (Ulrich began to be known as a serious modern art collector in these years). These divisions, combined with Hammett's interest in Eastern philosophies and vegetarianism, make it difficult to discuss the politics of "Metallica," because the individual members have so developed public images outside of the band. Indeed, for the first two decades of its existence, any discussion of the Metallica's "politics" is really a discussion of the song lyrics, and because of that political readings of the lyrics are in some way traceable back to Hetfield alone. While Ulrich certainly spoke to critics and journalists about the meaning of certain lyrics, there is still the issue of Ulrich ''interpreting'' Hetfield's lyrics. The missing views of Hammett, Newsted, and even Cliff Burton are also important. It's certainly reasonable to collapse all of those views into a monolithic understanding of "Metallica's" politics, but it's also dangerous to assume that Hetfield's lyrics represent some sort of agreed-upon and unified front put forth by the members of the band. -User:Phthoggos 22:58, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC) == Sample quality == I've downloaded the .ogg samples, and found the quality rather mixed (played with VLC on an Apple TiBook to headphones). "One" is nearly unrecognizable. "Nothing else matters" is kinda ok. "Seek and destroy" is bad, with the beats totally blanking the rest. "Enter Sandman" is recognizable, but very distorted, and so is "Fade to black". They all seem to have been recorded with with much to much gain, maybe in an attempt to make them sound "loud". Any help? --User:Stephan Schulz 17:42, 26 May 2005 (UTC) * Something's wrong on your setup - I listened to the "One" sample and I have no problem recognizing every single note played... // User:Gargaj 20:22, 2005 May 26 (UTC) *The quality is pretty noisey but listenable. Remember these are supposed to be samples. --User:Arm == Grammys == They won seven Grammys, not six: *1990: Best Metal Performance - "One" *1991: Best Metal Performance - "Stone Cold Crazy" *1992: Best Metal Performance With Vocal - ''Metallica'' *1999: Best Metal Performance - "Better than You" *2000: Best Hard Rock Performance - "Whiskey In The Jar" *2001: Best Rock Instrumental Performance - "The Call Of Ktulu" *2004: Best Metal Performance - "St. Anger" --User:Nagytibi 08:59, 2005 May 27 (UTC) == Unnamed Feeling ep == Before the ''Some Kind of Monster'' ep came out, there was an ep for ''Unnamed Feeling''. It contains the same live tracks as SKOM. Not too sure how widely it was released, but I saw it in music stores. --User:Baseballfan 00:00, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
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Metallica is an American thrash metal/Heavy_metal_music band active from the 1980s. After building a loyal following through its role in the development of thrash metal in the 1980s, Metallica successfully broadened its audience in the early 1990s. Accordingly, the band stood as the most commercially visible example of the metal genre for most of that decade. However, Metallica's vastly increased commercial success was accompanied by stylistic changes that fostered accusations of "sell out" by some long-time fans. In 2003 Metallica released ''St._Anger,'' a collection of the most aggressive music they had written in a decade, to deeply divided critical reviews and comparatively mediocre sales figures. Nevertheless, extensive and successful tours throughout 2003 and 2004 reinforced the band's reputation as a top-notch live act. The band was ranked # 5 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". ==Statistics== *Genres: Grunge, Alternative Rock, Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal *Country: USA *Status: Active *Time: 1981- ==History== ===Formation and early work=== Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981 by drummer and former tennis prodigy Lars Ulrich, and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, who met after each had separately placed classified advertisements in the United States publication The Recycler. Bassist Ron McGovney was also an original member, and the band used a few transient guitar players, such as Brad Parker and Jef Warner, in the course of settling on a four-person lineup. Metallica got its name when drummer Lars Ulrich was helping San Francisco-area metal promoter Ron Quintana pick out a name for a new magazine to promote metal and the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) bands. Quintana came up with a suggestion "Metallica," but Lars quickly suggested another and decided to use that name for the band he and James Hetfield had just started. In early 1982, Metallica recorded "Hit the Lights" for the first ''Metal Massacre'' compilation. Guitarist Lloyd Grant was brought in to do the lead guitar solos on the track but was never a full member of the band. Desperate for a full-time lead guitarist, Ulrich posted an ad in the local newspapers. Dave Mustaine, a guitarist from the band Panic_(band) responded, and upon arrival started a sound check. Ulrich and Hetfield were so impressed with Mustaine's soundcheck that they immediately asked him to join. A few months later the band recorded a full demo, ''No Life Till Leather'', which quickly drew attention on the underground tape trading circuit. By this point bassist Cliff Burton had also joined Metallica, lured from his band Trauma in exchange for the other members of Metallica relocating to the San Francisco area. Upon arriving in San Francisco, the group quickly built a healthy local following in the Bay Area Thrash scene via word-of-mouth and live performances. Metallica then travelled to New York in 1983 at the urging of local promoters Jon and Marsha Zazula, and after a few gigs the band signed with the Zazulas' brand new label, Megaforce Records. Megaforce released Metallica's first two albums. Shortly after arriving in New York, Mustaine was fired due to various disruptive, unproductive behaviours all related to alcoholism and other addictions. Kirk Hammett was drafted from Exodus (band) to replace him. Mustaine would go on to create the speed metal band Megadeth. Metallica's first album, ''Kill 'Em All'', set the template that they would follow throughout the 1980s, prominently featuring the heavy vocals and rhythm guitar of James Hetfield. A year later, the next album, ''Ride the Lightning'', expanded and improved their form with longer songs that featured both instrumental pyrotechnics and lyrics which rose above some of the more puerile songs on ''Kill 'Em All''. Perhaps the most significant feature of ''Ride the Lightning'' was the inclusion of "Fade to Black," a slower, more interior song that mused on the thoughts of someone contemplating suicide, written after a series of band setbacks including the 1984 theft of the equipment used to record ''Kill 'Em All''. Indeed "Fade to Black" is the first such song in a tradition of these kinds of songs that would come to include "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and the band's first single to receive a video, "One." The inclusion of these slower, introspective songs distinguished Metallica from most other thrash metal bands such as Anthrax (band), Slayer, and Megadeth. Metallica's formation was seen by some fans as a direct reaction to the prevalent rock and roll music of the early 1980s. Inspired by bands such as Motörhead, Diamond Head (group) and Saxon, the so-called New Wave of British Heavy Metal, as well as hardcore punk like the Misfits and Discharge, Metallica was single-minded in their desire to break the grip of soft metal on Heavy metal music fans. ===Popular success=== After signing a major label deal with Elektra Records in 1984, Metallica went on to produce another album, ''Master of Puppets'', released in February 1986 and regarded by many of their fans as their best work. However, on September 27th of that year, during a European leg of shows, bassist Cliff Burton was killed in a tour bus accident in Ljungby, Sweden. As something of a psychological defence against the potentially debilitating grief that now surrounded them, the band immediately found a new bassist in Jason Newsted, formerly of Flotsam and Jetsam. Shortly thereafter Metallica released The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited as a preliminary effort with their new member. This album continued the band's interest in recording obscure songs by relatively obscure (to American audiences) British metal and hardcore bands. In 1988 they recorded ''...And Justice for All (album)'', an album full of some of the band's most structurally complex music. The band actually refuses to play many of the songs from this album live because of its complex structures: an amusing example of the wisdom of this stance can be seen on the Live Shit: Binge & Purge DVD, in which the band becomes quickly lost in an attempt to play the track "The Frayed Ends of Sanity." Critics regarded ''...And Justice for All'' as a milestone in the history of metal, noting its intense focus on topics related to personal control and independence. Importantly, many writers also celebrated this album (and, by extension, Metallica itself) for the way it appeared to divorce hard rock from Blues in ways bands such as Mötley Crüe or Poison (band) resisted.Also,the production of this album was heavily criticised as Lars Ulrich's drums clicked more than thudded and the guitars had a thin sound to them. James Hetfield excelled himself, however, with some of the best riffery heard in metal music. Kirk Hammett's solos were innovative and Lars' drumming incredibly complex. In 1991, the self-titled album, Metallica (album) (popularly known as ''The Black Album'') broadened the band's horizon again. The record was co-produced with Bob Rock, whose resume included work on albums by such pop-metal acts as Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe, to create a more commercially viable product. The album featured a black cover that evoked humorous comparisons to Spinal Tap (band). The album featured the hits "Enter Sandman", which exemplified the radically pared-down style of songwriting across the album, and "Nothing Else Matters", a more plaintive, acoustic ballad that outraged some of their more hardcore fans. The album was a massive crossover hit, bringing Metallica firmly into the mainstream, and it was with this album that the band first encountered significant accusations of having "sold out." Charges of selling out would follow Metallica throughout the 1990s. ===The "alternative" era=== After almost three years of touring to support the Black Album, Metallica took a respite until late 1995, when they came back into the studio with a new zest for recording. Ulrich and Hetfield, both of whom were very strict on Hammett and Newsted in previous endeavours, claimed to have loosened the reins somewhat. The resulting albums, ''Load (album)'' (1996) and ''Reload (Metallica)'' (1997) represented a significant musical change for Metallica. The band's breakneck metal tempos and layered guitar compositions had largely been replaced by bluesy rock songs, full of bent notes, warm guitar timbre, slide guitar, and shuffle and swing rhythms. Hetfield's vocals took a larger role than ever before, and several songs (such as "''Mama Said''" and "''Low Man's Lyric''") showed the band's willingness to experiment with drastic stylistic changes. The intricacy and intelligence of Metallica's songwriting had not been watered down, but it had been presented in a radically different - or perhaps simply radically more varied - stylistic package. Many of these changes had been anticipated by earlier experiments (especially on the Black Album), but listeners generally regard ''Load'' and ''Reload'' as the band's turning point. This perception may be due to the fact that with these albums, Metallica also reinvented their visual image: the CD booklet for ''Load'' contained many controversial photographs of the band, taken by Anton Corbijn. The band members - who had recently cut their hair - were depicted wearing pimp suits, smoking cigars, and sipping brandy, sometimes wearing heavy cosmetics. Previously rabid fans began to sarcastically refer to the band as "Poptallica" or "Alternica" in light of the band's appearing to conform to the more mainstream style of pop or alternative rock music. In spite of, or because of, these changes, ''Load'' and ''ReLoad'' spawned a plethora of radio hits, including "''Fuel''", "''Until It Sleeps''", "''The Unforgiven II''", "''Hero Of The Day''", "''The Memory Remains''", and "''King Nothing''". Many in the band's thrash metal fanbase remained hostile and cited these songs as "proof" that the band had sold out. Metallica, according to them, was no longer playing metal. Rather than the fan base shrinking, though, it actually swelled, fueled by a turnover stratified by taste that was somewhat akin to a change in generations. For each disappointed headbanger that regarded ''Load'' as Metallica's worst offering, there was a new listener who had been grabbed by it and saw it as their best. In 1998 Metallica returned briefly to its role as a cover band and compiled a double CD called ''Garage Inc.''. The first CD contained newly recorded tracks, ranging from obvious Metallica influences such as Danzig (band), Thin Lizzy and Black Sabbath to more unexpected choices such as Bob Seger and Nick Cave. The second CD gathered together previously released covers, including the complete ''Garage Days Re-Revisited'' EP, which had at that point become a scarce collectors' item, as well as a collection of b-sides going as far back as 1984. On April 21-April 22, 1999, Metallica recorded two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, then conducted by Michael Kamen. Kamen, who had previously worked with the band on "Nothing Else Matters" from ''Metallica (album)'', had approached the band shortly after that collaboration with the idea of pairing Metallica's music with a symphony orchestra. Kamen and his staff composed additional orchestral material for a number of Metallica songs, and the concerts featured a collection of tracks dating as far back as ''Ride the Lightning''. Metallica also wrote (and Kamen scored) two brand new songs for the event, "''No Leaf Clover''" and "''− Human.''" The recording was eventually released as the album ''S&M (album)'' in November 1999 on compact disc, VHS, and DVD.. === Napster controversy === In 2000, Metallica discovered that a demo of their song "I Disappear" had been floating across the Napster file-sharing network. They soon discovered that their entire catalogue was also freely available. The band immediately determined to sue Napster and in the process asked that 300,000 Napster users found to be trading Metallica songs be kicked off the network. In 2001 Metallica and Napster agreed to an out-of-court settlement, and the band never actually sued any fans for copyright infringement. Nevertheless, the controversy created a public relations nightmare. In particular, Lars Ulrich found himself portrayed as a greedy and pretentious rock star completely out of touch with his fans. Many saw him as a pawn of the record industry, supporting the right of the labels to charge high prices as the middle men. Still some support him when it comes to illegal music sharing, believing that he tried to do what he could to save the music industry. He is posted as a symbol against illegal music on the Internet and the phrase "The man who started the fight against illegal file-sharing" is used. The people who support him believe that piracy and illegal file-sharing are damaging the music industry. === Newsted leaves === Before they went into the studio to record their next album in 2001, Jason Newsted left the band, ostensibly due to "the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love." However, subsequent interviews with Newsted and the remaining members revealed that Newsted's desire to release and tour with his Echobrain side-project — and Hetfield's intense resistance to such an idea — was the primary cause of Newsted's departure. This began a low-point in recent Metallica history, as Hetfield soon entered rehab due to "alcoholism and other addictions" in July 2001. For nearly a year the entity known as "Metallica" ceased to function in any meaningful way, and Ulrich and Hammett for the first time seriously considered the possibility that Metallica might be finished. Upon Hetfield's return, though, the band slowly and cautiously continued as an incomplete 3-piece throughout the writing and recording of their next album. Longtime producer Bob Rock handled bass duties for the sessions. Metallica eventually found a new member in early 2003, bassist Robert Trujillo (ex-Suicidal Tendencies), who was then playing with Ozzy Osbourne's band and touring with Zakk Wylde in Black Label Society (He appears in Black Label Society's DVD Boozed, Broozed, and Broken Boned). In an interesting turn of events, Jason Newsted, who had joined Canada heavy metal band Voivod (band), filled Rob's shoes playing bass for Ozzy during the Ozzfest 2003 tour (which Voivod also supported). In June 2003, Metallica released their eighth full-length studio album, ''St. Anger''. The album debuted at number one on the album charts, heralded as the band's most aggressive album in over a decade. Metallica seemed to have recorded an intentionally "raw" and unpolished album as a response to critics' complaints that they had lost their edge. Harsh criticism followed, however, for the record's underproduced sound (notably the sound of Ulrich's snare drum and Hetfield's "flexible" sense of pitch), overwrought songs, and total lack of guitar solos. Nevertheless, Metallica won a Grammy Award in 2004 for ''St. Anger'', the band's seventh such award.The movie Some Kind Of Monster followed the album and offered an inside view into the daily affairs of Metallica like never before.It focussed on the growing tensions within the band. Also,it fulfilled its actual purpose-the making of St.Anger. In an interview James Hetfield said that he felt that St.Anger was similar to "Justice". == Line-ups == ===Early Lineups=== Early Lineup 1 (''No Life 'Til Leather'' demo) *James Hetfield *Dave Mustaine *Ron McGovney *Lars Ulrich Early Lineup 2 (various tracks and contributions in ''Kill 'Em All'' and ''Ride The Lightning'') *James Hetfield *Dave Mustaine *Cliff Burton *Lars Ulrich The work of this lineup is scattered throughout Metallica's early works and is very controversial. The sole difference between this lineup and Metallica's first major lineup is Dave Mustaine as lead guitarist. Mustaine wrote many of the lead guitar parts in several songs on ''Kill 'Em All'', as well as some of the riffs on ''Ride The Lightning'' (such as "The Call of Ktulu"). Mustaine claims to have also written parts of "Leper Messiah" (''Master of Puppets'') and "Dyer's Eve" (''...And Justice for All''). None of those claims has ever been acknowledged by the other members of Metallica. ===Recording Lineups=== 1983-1986 (''Kill 'Em All'', ''Ride The Lightning'', ''Master of Puppets'') *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Cliff Burton *Lars Ulrich 1986-2001 (''...And Justice for All (album)'', ''Metallica (album)'', ''Load (album)'', ''Reload (Metallica)'', ''Garage Inc.'', ''S&M (album)'') *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Jason Newsted *Lars Ulrich 2001-2003 (''St. Anger'') *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Bob Rock (temporary bassist, also the band's producer) *Lars Ulrich 2003-present (no studio albums have been recorded by this lineup as of yet, but an EP called "Some Kind of Monster" has been released within this period) *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Robert Trujillo *Lars Ulrich 2004 (The following line-ups were from the 2004 Download Festival in June, which was the infamous concert that Lars Ulrich missed due to being hospitalized after becoming sick on a plane.) *James Hetfield *Kirk Hammett *Robert Trujillo *Dave Lombardo and Joey Jordison and Flemming Larsen, Lars's drum technician. == Discography ==
| Year | Title | Label | Other information |
| 1983 | ''Kill 'Em All'' | Megaforce | The rights were sold to Elektra who now releases the title |
| 1984 | ''Ride the Lightning'' | Megaforce | The rights were sold to Elektra who now releases the title |
| 1986 | ''Master of Puppets'' | Elektra | |
| 1987 | ''Garage Days Re-Revisited (EP)'' | Elektra | |
| 1988 | ''...And Justice for All (album)'' | Elektra | |
| 1990 | ''The Good, the Bad and the Live'' | Vertigo | Box set of singles and live tracks |
| 1991 | ''Metallica (album)'' | Elektra | Usually called ''"The Black Album"'' |
| 1993 | ''Live Shit: Binge & Purge'' | Elektra | Live box set (with videos of 2 shows) |
| 1996 | ''Load (Metallica)'' | Elektra | |
| 1997 | ''Reload (Metallica)'' | Elektra | |
| 1998 | ''Garage Inc.'' | Elektra | A collection of covers, including all tracks from Garage Days Re-revisited |
| 1999 | ''S&M (album)'' | Elektra | A collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony (Symphony & Metallica) |
| 2003 | ''St. Anger'' | Elektra | |
| 2004 | ''Some Kind of Monster (EP) (EP)'' | Elektra |
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