The Metallica Thread v. Reloaded

[Kotowboy]

Today is Cliff Burton's birthday. He would have been 55 ?

Anyway - Jason was always my favourite member of Metallica when he was in the band. But I think that Rob is by far their most technically proficient bass player.

[Phoenix87x]

Word on the street is that a US tour will be announced on Monday...

My body is ready

Both Iron Maiden and Metallica this summer!!! holy shit, my head is going to explode 

[cramx3]

Word on the street is that a US tour will be announced on Monday...

My body is ready

Both Iron Maiden and Metallica this summer!!! holy shit, my head is going to explode 

Hopefully Dream Theater too

[TheCountOfNYC]

Today is Cliff Burton's birthday. He would have been 55 ?

Anyway - Jason was always my favourite member of Metallica when he was in the band. But I think that Rob is by far their most technically proficient bass player.

Cliff to me is the greatest metal bass player of all time. He took what a bass player is supposed to do in a metal band and completely turned it on its head. He influenced so many bassists in a way that really only Flea and Jaco can match. I know that I wouldn't be a bassist if it wasn't for seeing Cliff play and I wish I could have been alive to see it in person. I know that (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth doesn't get much love here, but the first time I heard it my jaw was on the floor the entire time. It is still one of the holy grails of solo bass music and has certainly earned its place in Metallica's discography. Orion is a masterpiece for bass in terms of both playing and composing, with a well written a music bass solo following the absolutely breathtaking spacey middle section. His brilliance cannot be overstated.

[twosuitsluke]

Today is Cliff Burton's birthday. He would have been 55 ?

Anyway - Jason was always my favourite member of Metallica when he was in the band. But I think that Rob is by far their most technically proficient bass player.

Cliff to me is the greatest metal bass player of all time. He took what a bass player is supposed to do in a metal band and completely turned it on its head. He influenced so many bassists in a way that really only Flea and Jaco can match. I know that I wouldn't be a bassist if it wasn't for seeing Cliff play and I wish I could have been alive to see it in person. I know that (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth doesn't get much love here, but the first time I heard it my jaw was on the floor the entire time. It is still one of the holy grails of solo bass music and has certainly earned its place in Metallica's discography. Orion is a masterpiece for bass in terms of both playing and composing, with a well written a music bass solo following the absolutely breathtaking spacey middle section. His brilliance cannot be overstated.

Yea, I'm with you on all the above. Cliff 'em All 

[Azyiu]

Cliff to me is the greatest metal bass player of all time. He took what a bass player is supposed to do in a metal band and completely turned it on its head. He influenced so many bassists in a way that really only Flea and Jaco can match. I know that I wouldn't be a bassist if it wasn't for seeing Cliff play and I wish I could have been alive to see it in person. I know that (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth doesn't get much love here, but the first time I heard it my jaw was on the floor the entire time. It is still one of the holy grails of solo bass music and has certainly earned its place in Metallica's discography. Orion is a masterpiece for bass in terms of both playing and composing, with a well written a music bass solo following the absolutely breathtaking spacey middle section. His brilliance cannot be overstated.

That! 

[Stadler]

Today is Cliff Burton's birthday. He would have been 55 ?

Anyway - Jason was always my favourite member of Metallica when he was in the band. But I think that Rob is by far their most technically proficient bass player.

Cliff to me is the greatest metal bass player of all time. He took what a bass player is supposed to do in a metal band and completely turned it on its head. He influenced so many bassists in a way that really only Flea and Jaco can match. I know that I wouldn't be a bassist if it wasn't for seeing Cliff play and I wish I could have been alive to see it in person. I know that (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth doesn't get much love here, but the first time I heard it my jaw was on the floor the entire time. It is still one of the holy grails of solo bass music and has certainly earned its place in Metallica's discography. Orion is a masterpiece for bass in terms of both playing and composing, with a well written a music bass solo following the absolutely breathtaking spacey middle section. His brilliance cannot be overstated.

Help me out.  Not shitting on your opinion, but honestly asking.  As someone who is Het's age - and by the way, I think Het IS Metallica - therefore grew up with the generation before, I get that Cliff was good, and different than the simple "root note chugging" of a lot of thrash, but I honestly do not get that statement.  He advanced the instrument, but in a world with Steve Harris, Geezer Butler, Roger Glover, and Geddy Lee, I'm just not seeing how Cliff turned the world around to THAT degree.   

If you wrote that paragraph and replaced "Cliff" with Geezer Butler, I'd see it.  Or Chris Squire.   But Cliff Burton?   Can you enlighten me on that?

[KevShmev]

I suspect the fact that Burton played the bass like a lead sometimes will be the answer, like during the intro of For Whom the Bell Tolls or parts of Orion.  You rarely hear a bass guitar used like that in music in general, much less metal, where the bass is often just rumbling all along with the drums to give that low end more aggression.

That said, he wouldn't be in my top tier of favorite bass players, but I can see why others would put him in theirs.

[Kotowboy]

- - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - -

METALLICA confirm collaboration album with LADY GAGA

15 track 3 disc set titled "Me-Ga"

Out April 1st on @BlkndRecordings

yes i'm joking

[TheCountOfNYC]

That IS a joke right?

[Kotowboy]

Which part exactly got you confused ?

[Mosh]

They are actually performing at the Grammy's right? I look forward to that.

[Kotowboy]

They are.

[TAC]

- - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - -

METALLICA confirm collaboration album with LADY GAGA

15 track 3 disc set titled "Me-Ga"

Out April 1st on @BlkndRecordings

yes i'm joking

MetalliGa

[Kotowboy]

Yes. I thought so too.

[Dream Team]

They are actually performing at the Grammy's right? I look forward to that.

I would be if it was just them. Can you imagine them collaborating with Madonna or Whitney Houston in 1988?

But whatever, nothing will top that performance of One for their first appearance. The crowd had no idea how to react. 

[TAC]

Tour dates Monday?

A7X and Volbeat as support. I hear it's a stadium tour.

[Mosh]

They are actually performing at the Grammy's right? I look forward to that.

I would be if it was just them. Can you imagine them collaborating with Madonna or Whitney Houston in 1988?

Not a fair comparison, they were a different band then.

[jammindude]

That IS a joke right?

Ever since Lulu, we can never be sure.

[Ben_Jamin]

Watched the Grammy performance. They played Moth into Flame. Lady Gaga was pretty good, and Hetfields mic didn't work. He got pissed threw down the mic stand, then at the end tossed his guitar to his tech.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Is there a full video anywhere? All I've found are short clips.

Edit: Found one.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HgiFW7vttA   Quality's kinda shit, sorry. Damn, though, Lady Gaga sounds awesome.

[Adami]

Oh man, that sucks! That probably would have been a super cool performance (I'm a Gaga fan). So lame that the mic cut out, doubt we'll get to see that again.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Apparently when Megadeth accepted their award, they played Master Of Puppets over the PA 

[Adami]

Apparently when Megadeth accepted their award, they played Master Of Puppets over the PA 

I had to look that up, because I was like "no way that happened".


Totally happened. I was surprised Mustaine didn't even comment on it.

[pogoowner]

That was really disappointing. I was looking forward to watching that all week. Even when they got his mic working, he was too low in the mix. And he was definitely pissed.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Lady Gaga killed it with Metallica. I already loved her, but between this and her stellar halftime performance, she has officially become my favorite pop artist of all time. She's the queen.

Oh, and Metallica were great as usual.

EDIT: And once again metal gets snubbed in the in memoriam. This time it's Nick Menza, the most significant drummer in Megadeth history, who gets forgotten. What does a metal artist have to do to be deemed important in the eyes of the people who make these in memoriam videos? Hell, even Muhammed Ali made it in and he wasn't even a musician.

[erwinrafael]

Lady Gaga is a natural.

[jammindude]

Apparently when Megadeth accepted their award, they played Master Of Puppets over the PA 

I had to look that up, because I was like "no way that happened".


Totally happened. I was surprised Mustaine didn't even comment on it.

Bet you a million bucks that Lars had something to do with it.

[Adami]

Apparently when Megadeth accepted their award, they played Master Of Puppets over the PA 

I had to look that up, because I was like "no way that happened".


Totally happened. I was surprised Mustaine didn't even comment on it.

Bet you a million bucks that Lars had something to do with it.

lol why? It wasn't over the PA, it was the house band. Likely a result of non-metal fans making the decisions without knowing the difference between the two bands.

[Anguyen92]

So in terms of recent Metallica grammy appearances, which was better.  The one with the pianist where everyone went crazy and sloppy at the end of One or this one with Lady Gaga with Hetfield's mic not working?

[TheCountOfNYC]

So in terms of recent Metallica grammy appearances, which was better.  The one with the pianist where everyone went crazy and sloppy at the end of One or this one with Lady Gaga with Hetfield's mic not working?

This one was miles better.

[jammindude]

Apparently when Megadeth accepted their award, they played Master Of Puppets over the PA 

I had to look that up, because I was like "no way that happened".


Totally happened. I was surprised Mustaine didn't even comment on it.

Bet you a million bucks that Lars had something to do with it.

lol why? It wasn't over the PA, it was the house band. Likely a result of non-metal fans making the decisions without knowing the difference between the two bands.

Just a gut.   I didn't see or hear it....but I can still picture Lars passing out the sheet music to the band saying, "Trust me....he'll LOVE it!"

[Progmetty]

I can't get over how powerful Lady Gaga's voice was on this performance, I was really surprised at how well her vocals harmonized with Hetfield in the chorus. That high note she hit with "high again" before the first chorus was pretty wicked.
I think I'll check out her music because of this.
This was a great performance, I wish it wasn't clouded by Hetfield's mic problems but it was and it's mostly what people are talking about.
I know this is lame to talk about, or at least I think so, but comments I've been seeing about this duet kinda irritated me, good fuckin God it's 2017 and there are still people with the teenage metal attitude of "metal musicians shouldn't mix with musicians from other genres, they're above that", I won't deny I was that guy in high school too and I thought it was an attitude confide to the late 90's/early 00's but I was wrong and a lot of people still carry it around, like they think they're elitists, you're not elitists, you're dim wits.

[Progmetty]

 

[Phoenix87x]

It would have been crazy if it was just the mic not working or just master of puppets playing for megadeth, but the fact that both happened. Oh man 

And to go one step crazier, Megadeth comes from all the way in the back and you can see all the empty seats in the place. Damn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gpvXR3ifvo