Back in the '90s Metallica and Guns N' Roses were hard rock titans, owning the Billboards, touring together, getting caught on fire and leaving their crowds in riots. 16 years later it's less about burning flesh and broken bottles, and... CONTINUE READING METALLICA'S DEATH MAGNETIC TO GET A GUITAR HERO'S WELCOME»
Posted on July 15, 2008 in Video Games (4 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero | Metallica
I mean, I do. You don't go to Plattsburgh and the Went and spend one New Year's under a giant udder ball at MSG and another with a choir singing "Bohemian Rhapsody" in Boston without being intrigued by recent happenings.... CONTINUE READING PHISH IS MAYBE REUNITING: DO YOU CARE?»
Posted on June 27, 2008 (54 comments)
Tags: Metallica | Phish
Did you see Conan last night? That Anne Hathaway is delightful. Did you know she used to be in a college a cappella group? My Morning Jacket were on too, and they did "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream (Part... CONTINUE READING MY MORNING JACKET MEET THEIR BIGGEST FAN ON CONAN»
Posted on June 20, 2008 in Video (19 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Conan O'Brien | James Lipton | Metallica | My Morning Jacket | Nicole Atkins | St. Vincent | Zach Galifianakis
Every festival has that band that becomes small talk fodder fest wide, the easy ice breaker, the default conversational touchstone. Last year's Lolla it was Pearl Jam. Last year's Bonnaroo it was the Police. And last night, it was... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: METALLICA ARE AWESOME AT THER INSTRUMENTS, BEING PHOTOGRAPHED»
Posted on June 14, 2008 in Concert (35 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Chris Rock | Metallica
Greetings from Manchester, TN, where the present conditions are RAIN and I'M SOAKED, much as they were for approximately 85% of My Morning Jacket's slow-starting but ultimately epic, three-hour midnight set at the Which Stage last night. There was... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: MY MORNING JACKET OWN. EVERYTHING.»
Posted on June 14, 2008 in Concert (20 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Kirk Hammett | Metallica | My Morning Jacket | Zach Galifianakis
Today's full sets from Fiery Furnaces and Raconteurs can be viewed here. (UPDATE: Now with added Metallica.)... CONTINUE READING ROOTUBE»
Posted on June 14, 2008 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Metallica | The Fiery Furances | The Raconteurs
Remember when Metallica previewed their new album for some folks in London and then tried to clear the resulting reviews from the Internet? It was just last week. So you should remember. Well, Blinded By The Hype reached and let... CONTINUE READING METALLICA RESPOND TO THE BLOGOSPHERE»
Posted on June 12, 2008 in Album Art (10 comments)
Tags: Metallica
The other day we mentioned Metallica's forthcoming Guitar Hero. Of course, they also have a forthcoming record. Dave Grohl wrote a non-letter about it. So, the band gave some London-area journalists the chance to listen to part of the new... CONTINUE READING METALLICA PREVIEW NEW ALBUM, TRY TO WIPE INTERNET CLEAR OF REACTIONS»
Posted on June 6, 2008 (11 comments)
Tags: Metallica
We knew they loved record stores and hated downloading, but following in Aerosmith's digital footsteps and MissionMetallica.com, it appears the guys are moving further into the computer age with a Metallica version of Guitar Hero. Aerosmith's is out 6/29, and... CONTINUE READING ...AND GUITAR HERO FOR ALL»
Posted on June 3, 2008 in Video Games (3 comments)
Tags: Aerosmith | Guitar Hero | Metallica
While we weren't looking, Metallica launched and immediately took down the beta version of MissionMetallica.com, a place where Lars says "people can kind of tune in every day, watch clips, contests, get updates for what's going on with the record... CONTINUE READING METALLICA ARE ON A MISSION»
Posted on May 12, 2008 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Metallica
Remember right after Record Store Day we posted that funny local news clip of Metallica signing autographs and talking about the kids "textin'" and not going to record stores and shit? And that a number of your comments centered around... CONTINUE READING DAVE GROHL WRITES METALLICA A LETTER»
Posted on May 8, 2008 (58 comments)
Tags: Dave Grohl | Foo Fighters | Metallica
Reporting from Rasputin in Mountain View, Laurence Scott lets us know Metallica still has "old-school analog values" and "being a hardcore fan never goes out of style." That's why they showed up to sign autographs and talk about the importance... CONTINUE READING METALLICA LOVES RECORD STORES»
Posted on April 23, 2008 in Video (15 comments)
Tags: Metallica
Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. This week we take a pass through a Rolling Stone from 1989 featuring David Byrne striking poses, Mel Gibson being hunky, and Dennis Miller hawking Cuervo. CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: ROLLING STONE, JANUARY 12, 1989»
Posted on February 18, 2008 in OldStand (19 comments)
Tags: Bono | David Byrne | Dennis Miller | Mel Gibson | Metallica | Rod Stewart
It's been a long and indecisive season, but the endorsement you've been waiting for is finally in: Kirk Hammett supports Rockabye Baby!'s Lullaby Renditions Of Metallica. In this interview he makes public his love for the reworking of his music. Round up your young'n and watch! You and yours will literally spend hours debating whether the sampled version of "Enter Sandman" or Kirk's on-cam sniveling demeanor is more creepy.
Posted on February 8, 2008 in VIDEO (9 comments)
After hints and clues, Bonnaroo's 2008 lineup's been announced. They've confirmed Lez Zeppelin, but not Led Zeppelin. Though Robert Plant will show up to shuffle along with Alison Krauss. In their seventh year, Bonnaroo's also bringing... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO 2008 LINEUP: METALLICA AND PEARL JAM, BUT NO LED ZEPPELIN»
Posted on February 6, 2008 (61 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Death Cab For Cutie | Drive-By Truckers | Iron And Wine | M.I.A. | Mastodon | Metallica | My Morning Jacket | Pearl Jam | Rilo Kiley | Robert Plant | Tegan And Sara | Vampire Weekend
Someone named BakNBlack came up with a pretty ingenious and ongoing project, pointing out where various rock and metal riffs echo, borrow, pillage, and/or pay homage to one another. It's rich enough territory that he can afford to be picky:... CONTINUE READING METAL THAT SOUNDS LIKE OTHER METAL»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Judas Priest | Megadeth | Metallica | Nirvana
Count Slayer ax-man Kerry King among the many Metallica fans that just can't take the band seriously anymore, especially after Some Kind Of Monster. Via Metal Underground:I used to admire METALLICA and I don't wanna see them going to fucking... CONTINUE READING SLAYER SICK OF METALLICA'S SLOW FADE TO BLACK»
Posted on July 3, 2007 in Where's The Beef? (19 comments)
Tags: Metallica | Slayer
That's what a lucky couple from Kungälv, Sweden is able to say to friends and neighbors after a Swedish court overruled an objection from the country's tax agency to the parents naming their beautiful, bouncing baby girl after the heavy... CONTINUE READING "MEET MY DAUGHTER, METALLICA"»
Posted on March 21, 2007 (10 comments)
Tags: Metallica
The mixtape circuit championed The Game-fueding Joe Budden a few years back, but "Pump It Up" was what broke him far and wide. His self-titled full-length didn't go over as he wanted, but talks and leaked snippets of "Unforgiven" had... CONTINUE READING JOE BUDDEN HEARTS METALLICA»
Posted on January 11, 2007 in MP3 (7 comments)
Tags: Joe Budden | Metallica
The music mavens at the venerable Time magazine have compiled their list of the "ALL-TIME 100" albums -- unranked and broken down by decade. We're not sure what's better: that only five albums of the past five years are among... CONTINUE READING TIME'S ALL-TIME 100 ALBUMS»
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