Metallica-what do you think about it?

I think Metallica is a very good band,actually my favourite and Kirk Hammett is the best guitarist ever.What do you think?Your opinion?

ya I think hes the best guitar player too, I mean, Satriani and Vai basicly all you need to elarn is play it and people willr egonize it, But with Kirk you need his fingers to sound like him, but most of his stuff is penatonic scales n stuff but the solos that really kick ass are the solos that you never hear cuz ppl think there "dumb songs" listen to the solo in "fade to black" "The Outlaw Torn" or "Eye of the Beholder" those are some really cool solos that I think is some of his best work, especially outlaw torn and fade 2 black, sounds actually kinda like a dolphin with the slide he uses

Metallica rules and Kirk Hammett is God

So Kirk Hammett is God . . . James Hetfield Is Jesus . . . what about Lars? Is he Muhammad?

Lars is just a drummer.

Yes,but he is one of the best drummers!

lars is'nt the best drummer i think he does'nt put an effort into his drums when they make songs there just simple little beats but on and justice for all his drumming was good i think he should just put a little more damn effort in playing the damn drums

"just a drummer" HA!
Also, I think that though Lars is a good drummer, he's no where near up to the snuff of people like Tim Alexander, Vinnie Paul, The guy from Dream Theater, Bill Ward, or many many jazz drummers. I just don't hear him propelling the band as he should be. Then again though, he's a much better drummer than I'll ever be.

Originally posted by Raskolnikov
Then again though, he's a much better drummer than I'll ever be.

But that's just because you have no desire to play the drums, right? Lol.

lol

yeh i also think he is the best guitarest ever although santana and via and jimmy hendrix are also good ,no one can rip down the fretboard like he does!!!!!

Kirk is good at what he does, that's it, he's not an amazing player in my oppinion. I think he is the reason that I don't like wah's anymore, the bastard. lol
As for Metallica, they lost my interest when they released Load. I still like their older stuff though.


Greetz, TK

they are all great! but what about cliff?? he was with them when they started. MetallicA wouldn't be MetallicA if it wasn't for him.

I'm not even gonna go down this road guys, later!

Originally posted by Christoph
But that's just because you have no desire to play the drums, right? Lol.

Actually, I would like to be a decent drummer. I'm a pretty good bassist, tolerable guitarist, it would be nice to round out the mix a little more and play some solid drums. But oh no, mother nature/ genetics were not so kind.

As for other issues brought up in this thread:
-Don't confuse your favorite with "the best." In reality, their really can't be a best. Someone's always better at something.
-Napster is responsible for the mess it's in, not Metallica. Don't make them into a scapegoat.

The best ever?
I don't think there really is a "Best ever" for anything.
My personal all time favorite guitarist is Alex Lifeson (you can see my comments in another thread), but I don't consider him to be the best.
I am not knocking Kirk, I like his style. I like Load (I really like King Nothing), but after that, I think they went to ****.

As for Napster, I don't think its thier fault totally.
I don't think its Metallicas fault totally either.
But Lars being so outspoken and out front about it all, kinda made them look bad.
You can't really blame someone for the tools they make
if those tools are being used improperly/illegally by others. You can use a gun for hunting for food, or you can use it to shoot your boss.

[Edited by Code_Monk on 05-21-2001 at 08:06 PM]

A gun isn't made specifically to shoot your boss, Napster is made specifically to trade mp3's- legal or not... We all know that the majority of material that could be traded on Napster is copyrighted. Now, the big issue damning Napster is that they were offered a licensing deal by all of the major record labels, and they turned it down. Napser was the only such service to do so. Then some artists filed a suit, and after that Lars joined it. So yes, Metallica looks bad, but we all know looks aren't everything. I personally have no beef with Napster except that it takes the choice out of the artists hands. You can go to my band's web page right now and download 2 mp3's- one third of our demo for free. I think that should be up to myself, my drummer and my guitarist, not some kid with our cd and an mp3 encoder. Napster goes a long way to taking that decision away from my band.

I noticed that you can basicly swap the music/ lyrics to King Nothing and Enter Sandman with almost no hitches. it's kinda funny.

Ok true about the gun part
My real beef with this issue is some of the record companies
paranoia with mp3's. They are trying to fight it instead of embracing it (some do seem to be trying somewhat).

I know how some of them feel. Writing shareware provides me with part of my income. But fighting the pirates is a losing battle and most methods to fight it only hurt valid users/people.
Have a read here about how much choice the artists really get:
http://www.offspring.com/news/news64.html

Anway..this is off topic of the original thread.
I am going to stop here.

No way is Kirk Hammett the best guitarist ever. And Metallica definately arent the best band ever. Ive listened to a good few Metallica songs and I hear no feeling or emotion in them. Hes like a robot. These days metllica are just writing songs for the money(I Disappear - terrible song). Fade To Black has a good intro and is ruined by the singing. I really dont see the fuss over Enter Sandman and teh less I say about Nothing Else Matters the better. That song just wnats to be Stairway To Heaven. On the other hand I like One, which is something.