Metallica

Hall, Russell J russell.j.hall at LMCO.COM
Wed Apr 7 15:42:07 EDT 1999


"Living Dead Girl" was the last Zombie tune that I heard.

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> From:         BREVARD, Adrian R.[SMTP:abrevard at SHL.COM]
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> >A buddy of mine (Crow from this list) made me a super compilation with a
> bunch of Metallica and a pile of other stuff. Astronomy really is
> excellent. It has a different feel than BOC, certainly heavier, and I
> think it's a damn good cover. The only thing I don't like is that they
> fade it out when it just seems to be gaining speed for a real end of
> song jam. I agree on "Whiskey........" btw, they really did a decent job
> with that one as well.
>
> I've said many, many times in the past that I am not a big fan of
> Metallica.
> Some of the stuff I had heard was OK, some downright good, but overall I
> couldn't begin to imagine what all the hype was about.  Not sure when this
> happened but 98Rock from Baltimore can now be heard where I live and thats
> a
> least a 100 miles from B'more.  This is a good heavy rock station; they
> refrian from alternative and give you a ton of classic and current heavy
> music.  One of the things they do every hour is"mandatory Metallica".  No
> Enter Sandman or Turn the Page, they play a lot of the classic stuff.
> Listening to this blistering number the other day I thought "damn that
> kinda
> sounds like Metallica but it really rocks and its so, so, so damned fast."
> To my surprise it was, something from Master of Puppets I believe.
>
> Huge difference in Metallica then and now.  I kinda like the "then".
> Maybe
> I'll reassess these guys by getting one of the older releases and then
> Garage Inc as a comparison.  Anybody got a classic Metallica
> recommendation?
>
> One other question, can anybody tell me the name of that new single by Rob
> Zombie?  Sounds like an interesting mix of Metal and industrial, it sure
> has
> a great beat.  Was midly surprised to hear that song as part of the
> soundtrack to the Matrix.  Hey Rob may be a poser but I bet he gets big on
> the dance circuit.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ghost in the Ruins
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