And why did he stop letting it down?

I am a guitarist who can play solo seek and destroy

What is the next solo that is equally difficult for me to learn?

Maybe Metallica or Megadeth or others ?

Hi, I'm wondering how many songs and visuals are being repeated so far?

This is my favorite Metallica era!

If you like them, I'll upload some more

I collect audio cd's and this is my favourite metallica album. But I wanted to hear your opinion about it being the one with a polygram label. I mean, its not the original one from 1984, its a later release but it still looks legit to me tbh

Was looking at the diamond plated stairs on the machine at my job and noticed a familiar looking shape, wonder if this is where James got his inspiration?

EDIT: I'm aware that it's the M from the classic logo and that it's meant to look like a ninja star, but my thought was maybe James got the idea to arrange it that way because he had seen some diamond plating while doing hotrod work or elsewhere, and I included the diamond plate guitar because he obviously had enough of an attraction to that look to want a guitar like that. Sorry for not making that more clear!

It's my favorite Metallica album (and one of my favorite albums of all time) but what do y'all think of it? Personally, I like its raw energy, whether it's the blistering speed on some songs or James's old vocals.

Anybody got pics of the pop up shop week 3 foil poster?

Just wanted to share with the community this piece of art, all picks were collected at the shows!

If you have anything yourself please do share in the comments!

Found this guy loose at a flea market yesterday, paid a couple dollars so it was worth the buy no matter what. Just looking to find out a little more info on it if anyone has the knowledge, much appreciated.

After some research I cant find any for sale online from this era with same color and logos. There was a post to this reddit a couple years ago of a similar one but the “Important” logo is different. I also see 2 others sold on music sites for $50 and $30 but Idk how long ago they sold. So how rare is this nowadays and is it an original release cassette from 1983?

Just revisited it. I still love it. Invisible Kid and My World are my favorites.

Photo of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Jason Newsted outside of KSJO Studios in San Jose, California, December 18, 1997, with guest musicians from the Don't Call Us, We'll Call You radio gig, Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity), Sean Kinney and Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Jim Martin (Faith No More), John Popper (Blues Traveler), and Les Claypool (Primus). These musicians all appeared as guests on the track "Tuesday's Gone" from Garage Inc.

At a surface level, particularly for the type of person who has only listened to Metallica and no other thrash bands, it might seem completely absurd to make this argument. However:

• Thrash bands frequently write about topics because they are evil or dark without passing any kind of judgement or attempting to convey a message. Angel of Death, which was long accused of being pro-Nazi, is not a political song. The band assumes the audience already realise than Nazism is bad, instead focusing on the horror of Dr. Mengele's actions for purely lurid purposes. Silent Scream is about abortion but Slayer are not a "pro-life band". In a similar vein, Ride the Lightning is not pro- or anti-death penalty, nor is Creeping Death any indication of Metallica's stance on Judaism, organised religion or Egyptian pharaohs.

• "But the song is based on the book" The concept of the song, a man trapped in his body without limbs or senses, was conceived during the MOP writing period with no reference to war initially. It was only later on that one of the band managers pointed out the concept had been done in a book. The novel serves as a framing device (and gives a convenient reason to why a man wakes up with no arms or legs) but the genesis and meaning of the song are completely focused on the sensation of helplessness experienced by the man, rather than the politics of whether war is good or bad.

• "But it still portrays war as bad" Everyone knows war is bad, but there is a difference between being anti-war and accepting war as a grim necessity. Anti-war songs (Fortunate Son, Universal Soldier...) are explicitly the former. The song doesn't point to either position. There is no commentary on whether the war was a 'just war' or not. We know from external context that the eventual framing was probably WW1 but there is nothing in the song itself that points to WW1 specifically. Additionally, helicopters were not used in WW1. As such, the song is equally applicable to a soldier injured in what are commonly considered "just wars" (American Civil War, WW2) as "unjust wars" (WW1, Vietnam). The politics of war and which war exactly are external to the core of the song: the situation of the man himself in a hospital bed.

TL;DR: 'One' is not a song that actually passes any judgement on the concept of war itself. Like so many thrash songs, it's dark for darkness sake, focusing on human experience rather than wider issues.

ok ok, I un-subbed from here because I'm not going to the Sphere shows until the very last two days in march. I did allow myself to see the outside of the Sphere.

So naturally getting a new phone, means new wallpaper!

I think ill keep it for mysellff

I used Photoshop and some other tactics to make a glow around lady justice and darkened some of the shadows.

I came across a video of Dave playing the whiplash solo in 82-83 and was wondering if anyone had notation for it or high quality audio for it because I want to try and learn it

I decided to put a BUNCH of Metallica concerts on iTunes dubbed “The Carefully Chosen Concerts Collection” such as, for example, I chose 3 shows from the 2014 By Request shows:

2014.03.18 - Quito, Ecuador

2014.03.24 - Asunción, Paraguay

2014.06.28 - Pilton, England (Glastonbury)

I will upload the ENTIRE list once the collection is complete and will be divided by tours

How has this been working for those that have done it? I received an email that there is a special pickup line, is that for room keys as well or do you check in like normal for your room?