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iwarrior
Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 3526 Location: Pittsburgh,PA
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 3:36 am Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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[i]METALLICA Guitarist Insults Metal Elite [Hot Flashes - 04.03.26 16:15:59]
Out-of-touch METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett spoke to the DenverPost.com recently about their former peers. Hammett commented: "You look at DEF LEPPARD, BON JOVI, JUDAS PRIEST and IRON MAIDEN, and it's a trip to see bands that were big influences on us and not relevant anymore."
And all those bands influenced Metallica?
"Well ... all of them except for Bon Jovi."
(Thanks Maidenfans.com) [/i] |
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PaulEMoz
Joined: 24 Oct 2000 Posts: 843 Location: Newcastle, England...now in Detroit, MI, USA
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 8:19 am Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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Metallica are 'relevant'? |
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TageRyche
Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 542
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:19 am Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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I don't see how any of the bands Hammet mentioned can say those bands are not relevant.
At least they didn't turn out St. Anger. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:55 am Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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Bon Jovi did influence Metallica. First, Bon Jovi decided to be a completely media-driven sell-out act. Then Metallica did the exact same thing. First, Bon Jovi had Bob Rock produce a crappy pop-oriented marketing dominated record for them, then Metallica had him do the same thing.
It's cool of Hammett to admit all of this. Never expected he would. |
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Wyvern
Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 2214 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 2:13 pm Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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Metallica and used toilet paper have the same relevance, only used toilet paper doesn't stink as bad. |
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Jake
Joined: 02 Mar 1999 Posts: 4963
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 3:01 pm Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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I don't think any of those bands are relevant today, including Metallica. Scorpions aren't relevant either [and they'd really have to come out with a stellar album this year to change that around].
Nevermore, Opeth, CoF, Dimmu Borgir, and various Gothenburg Death metal bands [especially In Flames and Soilwork], plus the numetal leaders like System of A Down and unfortunately Limp Biskit are all relevant. The mainstream numetal bands are relevant because the mainstream rock movement will follow them, and Nevermore and the others are relevant because the underground will try to follow them or at least inspire people to play good metal music.
Funny Kirk Hammett making those choices though. Though he stole a lot of his likcs from Adrian's playing on Number of the Beast, James and Lars have always claimed that Metallica was founded on the too 'heads- DiamondHead and Motorhead. Two bands which are also fairly irrelevant today except for the fact that Motorhead proves that you can still rock when you are 58 [which will not be the case for Metallica]. |
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JesseR72
Joined: 17 Feb 2002 Posts: 414 Location: PA
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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quote: Originally posted by iwarrior:
[i]METALLICA Guitarist Insults Metal Elite [Hot Flashes - 04.03.26 16:15:59]
Out-of-touch METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett spoke to the DenverPost.com recently about their former peers. Hammett commented: "You look at DEF LEPPARD, BON JOVI, JUDAS PRIEST and IRON MAIDEN, and it's a trip to see bands that were big influences on us and not relevant anymore."
And all those bands influenced Metallica?
"Well ... all of them except for Bon Jovi."
(Thanks Maidenfans.com) [/i]
...nah...I was gonna comment, but this one is WAY too easy! [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] |
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WastedRockRanger
Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 81
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 8:14 pm Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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Personally, I think the whole band has turned from free-spirited rebellious rockers to being self-righteous pricks and money whores. Cheers to Jason Newsted for seeing the light and getting the hell out of Dodge. As far as the rest, f 'em and their opinions. |
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Dillinger
Joined: 28 May 2003 Posts: 151 Location: Philly
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:57 pm Post subject: Kirk Hammett Makes Idiotic Remark |
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quote: Originally posted by WastedRockRanger:
Personally, I think the whole band has turned from free-spirited rebellious rockers to being self-righteous pricks and money whores. Cheers to Jason Newsted for seeing the light and getting the hell out of Dodge. As far as the rest, f 'em and their opinions.
I think they were always pricks. I met these guys at the Omni on Oakland in what you call their "free spirited" period. They (Kirk and James) were hella rude, drunk and abusive (Lars, busy at the bar talking to fans, excluded). They were already on an anti-autographing crusade at the time. I don't see what the point of that is. They were never a truly great band with the personal qualities of the top stars as far as I am concerned. |
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