Seriously if you look at it you will see it was a pretty brave move, they don't come off very well (James and Lars). The whole rock star thing kind of went to their head but it explains a lot about the sound of St Anger - interesting to see them in the studio with ProTools. Apparantly the new album is all being recorded direct to tape - no fancy edits or cuts in the digital world, pure analogue. Sounds like it will be great.... once James goes back to basics and forgets about being melodic :p