Originally Posted by: HambergWith Jason Newstead replacing him as a bass player the band lost a certain amount of accuracy in regard to technique.[/quote]
I'm not sure if you're trying to say Newstead was the problem or not, but I think he gets a lot of flack he really doesn't deserve.

It doesn't take a lot of investigation to see that not only was he almost totally shut out of the songwriting process, but also that his side projects tended to be much more "Metal" than what Metallica is putting out these days.



[QUOTE=Hamberg]As for the Napster incident; for a legendary band to confront one of the best marketing devices ever employeed in the music industry and then to destroy it is ludicris. By their greed, Metallica has seriously compramised any of our chances as artists to get noticed by the industry. I have bought all of the Metallica albums from Kill em All to Black on casette and CD as well (thats right, I bought all of them twice.) I've been to 4 of their concerts. I bought their guitar tabs books, stickers, T shirts, ect..., and this is how they do me? Thanks alot Lars. You F***** D*** HEAD :mad: :mad: :mad:

1). No matter how good or bad it may have been for artists, Napster was illegal.

2). Lars didn't file the law suit, he joined it. Take that how you will but as an enterprise, Napster was going down no matter what.

3). If mp3 sharing increases record sales (which, by the way, bands make very little money from), how could Lars joining the suit be considered greed?

4). Mp3 sharing hasn't gone anywhere or even slowed -- what has really been taking away from you?