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06/17/2008 Entry: "METALLICA'S SECRET PRE-BONNAROO SHINDIG"
 So I read that Metallica were going to have a secret Pre-Bonnaroo shindig around 4:00 PM on Thursday in Nashville somewhere – and that the MetClub was having a contest that clubbers could enter, and if chosen would be a part of this shindig, whatever it was. MissionMetallica.com had a contest to attend the same shindig. Well, I didn’t win anything, but if Metallica were going to be doing something 15 minutes from my house, I had to at least try and see them/sneak in/be part of the event.
I remembered that they did an in-store signing/meet-n-greet for Record Store Day a few months back, in California, and figured they weren’t going to play/show up at some bar/club for this special shindig, so it had to be somewhere cool, private, and secure. So I did a little searching and found this among the list of record shops was this place called Grimey’s, in Nashville. I checked out the place online and it looked similar to the record shop in California. So I did a little more investigating. I called this record shop and tried to smooth talk the person on the phone, but they yielded no helpful information. So I skipped my lunch break and left work at 4:00, an hour early, threw on my “Young Metal Attack” Metallica shirt and drove to this record shop, still not certain of anything. I drove by the front of the store and noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Took a right past the shop and headed down a side road and low and behold.....black tour buses. Jackpot! So now I had to figure out what to do next. What do I say and to whom do I say it – two very important questions when you are trying to get into an event where you aren't on the list. So I walk in the front door and up to the guy behind the counter. I say to him, “So I guess I'm in the right place?” And he says, “By the looks of your shirt, you’re in the right place. Go out the back door and down the stairs.” So I walk outside to a group of people standing around and I assume they are MetClubbers. I lean against the railing and some guy tells me, “End of the line is over there!” Jeez, already getting hassled. Looking around there are road cases which means one thing – Live Show. So I sit around for a little while longer thinking of what I should do next - who can I talk to that could get me into the show. Just because I am outside with a crowd, near the event, doesn’t mean I will get to see "The Boys" in action. So I finally find someone that looks like they can help me out and after chatting for a bit, I nonchalantly say something about the MetClub winners and how I could be one their guests if any of them were solo…..so he says, “well....., hang on, I can’t promise anything and don’t get your hopes up….but hang on……”, so he comes back a few minutes later and tells me that I can walk in with the MetClub winners when they get to the record shop (the 12 winners + guests were meeting each other off site). So all is good, I met up with some of the other Clubbers, and got inside the venue and near the stage around 7:00. The Four Horsemen come out a few minutes later and blitz into No Remorse, which was a cool track to start off the set. They played it really fast. The solos sounded complete. Fuel was next and is a really good live song - very fast and furious. Harvester, Sanitarium, and Bellz are next. Harvester was really heavy. After Bellz, they jam on a few riffs from 2x4, a Mercyful Fate medley, and long a jam of Frayed Ends of Sanity - really cool. Kirk blew out his amp after Bellz and the roadie had to replace it. Jaymz said he forgot how hot it was in Tennessee - everyone was sweating. Master of Puppets and Sad But True were next. I keep yelling for Leper Messiah, Orion, and TUI, but they weren’t listening. After MOP, this guy in the front, who was blocking my camera view the whole night, passed out from the heat and security took him out of there. YES!! Then I got to move a lot closer, which was cool. Then they ripped into Motorbreath which was a nice surprise and sounded really tight. They closed with Seek and Destroy. No surprise, but lots of singing by the crowd. They thanked everyone for coming and bragged about how much they liked the intimacy of playing in such a small place. It reminded them of the old days. Lars thanked everyone and said they would be back in October with a new album and tour. The overall sound was really good and I could hear plenty of guitar, bass, and drums. It was also my first time to ever wear ear plugs at a Metallica show, but I had to. The speakers were right above me and it was crazy loud. I ended up getting about 15 guitar picks and gave Hetfield a pat on the shoulder and got a high five from Rob. They left and got on the tour bus and everyone filtered outside. There were around 150 people at the show, some hanging around outside during the show because they couldn’t get in. All in all it was the coolest Metallica experience I'd ever had. And to think just a few hours earlier I had no idea where to go or how the night would end - but it turned out perfect.
The General
Replies: 88 comments
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Killer!
Posted by EET FUK @ 06/17/2008 04:33 PM EST
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Thats fuckin intense man! That shit never happens up here in the Arctic! I gotta head south here and try and plug myself into the scene.
Posted by Yukoner @ 06/17/2008 05:09 PM EST
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Good stuff. Anyone hear the MM vid from yesterday??? F***ING SWEET!!!! It's the one with Q Prime listening to a part of a demo. The demo is kick ass!! Very old school Metallica, but with a new twist and a touch of Garage Inc.
Posted by Nick @ 06/17/2008 05:18 PM EST
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The General does not fuck around!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by NIGHTSHAMAN @ 06/17/2008 05:37 PM EST
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General, you are a fucking legend! I wish that Metallica would come and play in a fucking record store here in Australia. Still no hints of new tracks, by the sound of it. But, what's this...???? Lars saying new album in October? What happened to September?
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/17/2008 07:31 PM EST
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haha nice.
Posted by sean @ 06/17/2008 08:54 PM EST
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I think they meant the TOUR in October.
Posted by Nick @ 06/17/2008 10:06 PM EST
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lol dont listen to lars he says every year.."see you next year with a new tour and album"
Posted by sean @ 06/17/2008 10:21 PM EST
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! I need to hear just ONE NEW METALLICA SONG! I am going out of my fucking mind. I'd REALLY like to hear the one code-named Flamingo, as I think thats the one that is supposedly like a modern-day One. But I'll take anything! Hell, one consecutive minute of a new song would make me happy. They can't possibly do this! Why are they torturing us like this?! What did we do to deserve this?!?! I am pretty sure this constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Posted by D-J @ 06/17/2008 10:32 PM EST
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Thats a preety awsome story dude, you rule when you try, things happen. killer
Posted by fixxxxer80 @ 06/17/2008 11:07 PM EST
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They're doing it BECAUSE THEY CAN. The longer they take to record a new album and the more little snippets they give us to string us along, the more hungry we are for new material and therefore, the more records they sell.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/17/2008 11:09 PM EST
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Cool story, General, thanks for sharing it.
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/17/2008 11:33 PM EST
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cool thanx. Some of the people at the show kept saying that they were playing a new song and I just had to tell them that they were foolish. They are not going to debut a new song live. Anticipation is the name of the game. Yeah Lars DOES say that at every show, "We'll be back with a new album and tour." Maybe this time he means it.
Posted by The General @ 06/18/2008 08:46 AM EST
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i knew it! great for u dude!
Posted by xino @ 06/18/2008 12:33 PM EST
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Rob was killing it!! I hope that riff is on the album.
Posted by metal in ar @ 06/18/2008 10:44 PM EST
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Flamingo? Man,who new Rob could play like that--killer chops!
Posted by EET FUK @ 06/18/2008 10:46 PM EST
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/\ who "knew"...duh!
Posted by EET FUK @ 06/18/2008 10:47 PM EST
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sounded like God That Failed
Posted by Tony @ 06/18/2008 11:53 PM EST
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Thanks for the post, kotrinio. Yeah, Rob was tearing it up. Rob "Esteban" Trujillo. That entire clip was really cool!
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/19/2008 01:15 AM EST
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Well I guess we can def. say Rob is having his influence on the band! Loving it too!
Posted by Nick @ 06/19/2008 06:18 AM EST
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Kirk: "Alright, we hate you now!" LMAO :))
Posted by $trangeR @ 06/19/2008 07:19 AM EST
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how cool was that interview with Brian Slagel w/ Jaymz and Larz talking about Kill Em All? I didn't want that interview to end. Talking about going in to Larz' Dads meditation room, putting the mattresses up on the wall and writing Seek and Destroy. pretty cool
Posted by The General @ 06/19/2008 09:44 AM EST
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that is exactly the stuff I was hoping that Rob would bring into Metallica... just some really cool, new and fresh ideas. Rob is the shit!
Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/19/2008 04:05 PM EST
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yea finally rob not holding back..glad james started soaking that shit in and copying it because the most inspiring thing creatively for a musician is to watch another musician..especially if you're in a riff spell..playing the same shit over and over again..
Posted by sean @ 06/19/2008 05:05 PM EST
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Too fuckin right. I think they got a bit stale and starved for ideas for a while. A fresh injection of new blood, new ideas and new enthusiasm for the music is exactly what Metallica needed. Jason was awesome as a backup vocalist, but he pales in comparison to Rob as a bass player.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/19/2008 06:23 PM EST
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Jesus titty-fucking Christ! Rob can fuckin Jam! Jason Newsted was damn well intense and had a stock of talent, but Rob is definately showing Metallica that he deserves to be there and is just screaming talent! And yeah it does have a big 'God that Failed' feel to it (one of my top 5 favorite Metallica tunes of all time!)
Posted by Yukoner @ 06/19/2008 11:32 PM EST
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Theres also a pretty decent interview with James and Lars on the 25th Anniversary of MEtal Up Your Ass (Kill'em All) on there, some cool anecdotes.. I got a laugh about the jamming at Ron McGovneys place... I wonder what he wound up doing? I think the link is found on the Blabbermouth news page. And it is, of course, followed with a pile of unwarranted Metalli-bashing. Maybe Metallica should be 4 Kerry Kings to satisfy those bean brains
Posted by Yukoner @ 06/20/2008 12:04 AM EST
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Rob, you are the shit. Bow Down... Sell you soul to ROB!!!
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/20/2008 12:58 AM EST
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i hope no body compared them with system of a down if they do put that riffs in.. :).. metallica is the besttt
Posted by ZeNosD3AD @ 06/20/2008 02:39 AM EST
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if Jasonic was sitting in Rob's seat, we'd be hearing the same kind of bad ass shit. JN could play and had tons of ideas/riffs, but they never let him open up, or took him seriously. I am liking Rob more and more. he needs to get rid of that pippy longstocking hair though
Posted by The General @ 06/20/2008 07:47 AM EST
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well if Jason did have the same ideas and stuff, how come we havn't heard a single thing from him since he left Metallica? Just that one Egobrain band, and they were lame.
Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/20/2008 10:01 AM EST
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cuz he can't find a drummer like lars or a guitarist/singer like james to pound out the hits with. but that's not to say he didn't have good ideas...his ideas were kinda cool, from what i heard on misery and live solos... i'm actually kinda worried if they're going to use rob's ideas.. kirk's i can live with, but that's metallica to me....sometimes input from elsewhere just waters the music down and that true metallica of james and lars in the dungeon goes missing.
Posted by Tony @ 06/20/2008 10:15 AM EST
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oh jason is great..great riffage,lots of energy,vocal harmonies,etc ..rob is technically better..if i wanted to hear the intro to seinfeld i would call rob..if i want to hear whiplash i call jason.
Posted by sean @ 06/20/2008 10:55 AM EST
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hahahahah
Posted by Tony @ 06/20/2008 11:23 AM EST
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For me Rob makes old songs sound better. Never saw Burton so i'm not comparing Rob to him, but since Rob joined, everything sonuds better.
Posted by Bleeding @ 06/20/2008 11:43 AM EST
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prob cause they are turning the bass up at the shows, lol. Jason sang whiplash as good as Hetfield. Sometimes I want to tell Rob that Metallica is not a nu-metal band so quit dancing around like a fairy so much.
Posted by The General @ 06/20/2008 12:11 PM EST
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Album wise I rather have Rob than Jason. Live wise I would rather have Rob, except for vox.
Posted by Nick @ 06/20/2008 12:54 PM EST
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Great fuckin' story General... you da man! I agree, if JN were the "newbie" he'd be getting these praises. I love Rob, but Jason is the Metallica I grew up with... Cliff died when I was in second grade. Jason Newsted has done a number of other projects that are as obscure as what Trujillo did before joining Metallica... don't knock Jason. If anyone has the right to feel bitter about our beloved Metallica it's him.
Posted by MOTORBREATH666 @ 06/20/2008 04:45 PM EST
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Really cool 6 days old platinum video, a lot of new shit, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wfPZCNBHe8
P.S. might be worth adding "myf*ckingnewaccount" to your fav list, he seems to post all new M:M videos.
Posted by $trangeR @ 06/20/2008 05:59 PM EST
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I think Rob is a beast and a welcomed addition to the band. I think he'll contribute quite a bit and I'm anxious to hear what he'll bring to the table. I just wonder how Mustaine can cry about not having Metallica's success after only playing for them for one year. Jason, on the other hand, played for them for 14 years and you don't hear him cryin'. I wonder what Jason's doing nowadays.
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/20/2008 06:02 PM EST
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He shouldn’t be cryin', he quit!
Posted by Tim @ 06/20/2008 10:01 PM EST
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He shouldn’t be cryin', he quit!
Posted by Tim @ 06/20/2008 10:01 PM EST
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ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!! Ok... call me CRAZY, but I am almost positive I heard Lars say in the latest MM vid there is an INSTRUMENTAL!!!! He says something like.. lets get the instrumental out of the way or something like that... Hell yes! O and not to mention the other vid had some sweet ass riffage!
Posted by Nick @ 06/21/2008 02:18 AM EST
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Jason had some good points. He could sing and he was an ok bass player. But, Rob is an animal. He's a freak on the bass and he is very similar to Cliff in style. Regardless of who thinks who is better, the fact remains that Rob has had no small part in helping to steer Metallica back on to the road that they once travelled. So if they put something out that resembles master of puppets, then Rob has had a hand in it. And for one, I welcome any influence that brings them out of the fucked-up nineties Metallica and back to the glory days of 80's thrash-metal kings.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/21/2008 03:48 AM EST
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Nick, I heard that too....I really hope it's true and if so , that's not the song 11th sond that they cut out from the album. That would be fuckin killer if they have an instrumental on the album. Maybe they've been hearng us ask for one for years now. Also, I loved Jason, but I think Rob is way better. I was s happy when heard that he was now in Metallica since I liked him with Ozzy, Cantrell & Zakk. He does seem to have a big influence on the band make them wanna play better.
Posted by MONSTER @ 06/21/2008 10:52 AM EST
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anyone else having issues logging on to MM?
Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/21/2008 03:38 PM EST
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NoCreativeNameGuy are you using a Mac or Safari for Windows?
When I click "Go" or hit Enter nothing happens, but if you go to http://www.missionmetallica.com/calendar after trying to log in it works.
Hope that helps you.
Posted by DuManchu @ 06/21/2008 07:19 PM EST
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I have been having the same problem with the login DuManchu, but i found that if you hit refresh after you try to login, the screen refreshes with you logged in.
Posted by EET FUK @ 06/21/2008 08:42 PM EST
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its almost 2 months before new album hits from one of the biggest bands in the world and all we got is an album title..thats impressive.
Posted by sean @ 06/21/2008 09:57 PM EST
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oh..and MM which is like watching scrambled porn...occassionally you see a tittie but thats about it.
Posted by sean @ 06/21/2008 09:58 PM EST
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thanks guys! I did end up getting into MM, might just get hung up when they are posting new stuff or something...
Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/21/2008 11:43 PM EST
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i thought i heard that the new single will be at radio stations sometime in august. if so we should be getting a tracklist soon. MM isnt that bad - at least some of the clips are long......and Larz did say 'instrumental' but he was most likely blowing smoke for the camera. but you never know.
Posted by The General @ 06/21/2008 11:51 PM EST
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I really think there will be an instrumental.. I really do. I am actually liking the amount of riffs they give on MM. It isn't a lot and is why most people bitch, but I want to be surprised when the album comes out... anyways I thought the last few videos have been really good.
Posted by Nick @ 06/22/2008 01:28 AM EST
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so far my fav video from MM is the one with Rob playing the "flamingo" style music, just watching him and and seeing the other guys brainstorming off of it, that's the type of shit I hoped to see from that site. I also have to agree with the General, it's frustrating to just hear the last couple seconds of a riff here and there, but if we did get the whole thing... we would play it until we were sick of it, then what when the album comes out?
Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/22/2008 10:04 AM EST
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oh! and I do hope they are keeping some good clips for a later vdv release because I would love to see them do kinda the same thing as the SKOM movie. Where you can watch them talking on the phone with a record label exec and hear James getting mad and say "wash your back so you won't stab mine". HOW COOL IS THAT? Seeing exactly where that line came from?? That's the shit I eat up.
Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/22/2008 10:07 AM EST
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scary guy with wings-purple black cloudy background
Posted by sean @ 06/22/2008 10:35 AM EST
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Death ELECTRIC??
.. JD smoke-um peace pipe..
Posted by Blaster of Muppets @ 06/22/2008 12:33 PM EST
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Someone didn't do their homework... so I pulled the link.
Posted by IS-JD @ 06/22/2008 12:36 PM EST
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cool tool though, I shall make star wars crawls and send them to everyone
Posted by blaster etc. @ 06/22/2008 12:38 PM EST
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that your prediction for the new album cover? i say swap the scary guy for the 3-D metallica logo on MM, and keep the black clouds. And an instrumental for the last track, or is that too redundant? i'd pay for a dvd of the making of Death Magnetic. i wish that were the name of a song...still getting used to that as the title.
Posted by The General @ 06/22/2008 02:09 PM EST
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the rob interview..to the side of him is a laptop with that picture up..the new MM is james nicely telling lars how to play drums lol ..it seems he has minor corrections for him in half the MM videos.
Posted by sean @ 06/22/2008 04:55 PM EST
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yeah that 3d logo is badass..look at that picture tho in that pointless killingtimeproductions video..if it is artwork it fits in nice with RTL MOP although the scary guy with wings is like the avenged sevenfold skull with wings which is like overkills skull with wings.
Posted by sean @ 06/22/2008 05:00 PM EST
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What pic is everyone talking about?
Posted by Nick @ 06/22/2008 05:20 PM EST
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general is talking about the new/old 3d "metallica" logo on the offical site. also there is this "killingtime" video of rob being interviewed by some planet of the apes homo..but next to rob is a laptop with a picture of the scary guy with wings with a purple/black sunset cloudy thing going on. http://www.killingtimeproductions.com/content/metal/index.php
Posted by sean @ 06/22/2008 09:59 PM EST
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I just watched that "Killing Time" vid. Is that ape-looking mother-fucker for real? I can't believe that I wasted ten minutes of my life listening to that wanker dribbling shit. I don't blame those people on the video for wanting to hit him or pull a switch-blade on him. After a few minutes of watching him, I wanted to punch him in the face too!!!!! Although I did agree with Rob on one thing... I wouldn't want to see a pissed off Zakk Wylde with brass knuckles either.
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/23/2008 01:00 AM EST
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planet of the apes, lol. I actually thought it was Ernest from Ernest Goes Camp. That winged scary man logo looked like it was overlayed over the word Metallica, in some weird font, couldn't tell. That could very well be the album cover. or could not.
Posted by The General @ 06/23/2008 09:50 AM EST
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lol yeah. new FOTW 23 is uneventful. its like being a fly on the wall to see JLO get dressed but all we keep seeing is mark anthony talk about her ass.
Posted by sean @ 06/23/2008 02:47 PM EST
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Metallica are the sultans of tease...
it drives me bonkers to think that this album is/has been finished... and.... nothing. an odd riff here or there, but no song yet! at least we could trivialize the tiniest details of a single in the past.... I'm so bored!
Posted by Tipper @ 06/24/2008 12:15 AM EST
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I'm with ya, Tipper. I wish they'd hurry the fuck up and just give us something already!!! I think the only thing that would make it worse would be if they put up a "___ days to go" counter on the web. Then we could sit and count the days down, one by one. I'm hedging my bets that it'll be the second week in September, so that would make it around Monday the 8th. Let's start the counter off... 76 days to go...
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/24/2008 12:35 AM EST
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I think metallica will release the album on 22nd of september.5 days before 27 of september. cliff lee burton die on a 27 september 1986. it's only a speculation...
On MM website, they don't show to much because they want to surprise us with the new album.
see you 'tallica later
Posted by maiden @ 06/24/2008 01:01 AM EST
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Sept 9th, im calling it now
Posted by Mark @ 06/24/2008 01:11 AM EST
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My guess is 9-23-08.
Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/24/2008 02:19 AM EST
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Let's start a sweepstake... winner takes fuck-all
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/24/2008 02:33 AM EST
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My Feelings goes to 09-23.
Posted by Bleeding @ 06/24/2008 07:39 AM EST
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9-11, just for lulz.
Posted by caspian @ 06/24/2008 07:47 AM EST
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I called September 9th way back on April 17th. Check the archives.
Posted by IS-JD @ 06/24/2008 10:31 AM EST
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checkin right away! haha just joking.. you guys are all in the ballpark of September..good job... hahaha all i know is that i'm crankin' that shit i don't give a shit when it comes, as long as it comes
Posted by Tony @ 06/24/2008 03:17 PM EST
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i do believe JD ....9/9/08
Posted by xino @ 06/24/2008 06:18 PM EST
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I'm still saying the 8th. 75 days to go...
Posted by Harvester of Sorrow @ 06/24/2008 07:42 PM EST
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august 26th.
Posted by sean @ 06/24/2008 10:14 PM EST
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Have not heard about it, but they have diddled (is that a word?) with it live a few times.
Posted by manguy @ 06/25/2008 10:27 AM EST
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I remember "Remember Tomorrow" being on a "Garage Days 2" bootleg I had (till someone stole my entire CD collection :( ).
Still mad about that, it had "Let It Loose" and "Sucking My Love" on it.
Posted by DuManchu @ 06/25/2008 10:37 AM EST
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8.8.08
Cuz they do what they want...
Posted by guidedbyvoices @ 07/09/2008 03:11 PM EST
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