More like why they still allow lars to fuck up on the drums svery night and not find a new drummer who can keep a rhythm. There is a video out there of Joey Jordison (RIP) of Slipknot fame playing an entire concert with Metallica and it's literally so much better. He's playing the parts that Lars wrote, just on time.
Dave Lombardo too, from that same gig. Lars was too hungover to play. James actually had to keep up with the drummer for once, instead of the other way around.
No, that's Hetfield that wrote most of the music. Lars just paid for the band to exist while being a mediocre drummer with no plans to get better at it.
Idk why people say this. Hetfield writes most of the music, I know Lars contributes some input but he doesn’t “compose most of the music” like this comment implies
James Herfield doesn't exist? He can also fire himself by simply acknowledging that his prime is behind him and he's not able to keep up with the band anymore.
Wouldn't have Metallica without Lars. They've managed to become literally one of the greatest bands of all time with him on the drums. Id say he's doing just fine.
Then he got old and slow and can't keep a rhythm. Of course he's doing fine monetarily or whatever, but that doesn't counter the argument I made. Are you some kind of Lars stan?
No, just love Metallica. Seen them twice in the last year and they sounded fantastic. Sometimes loving your bandmates is more important than a drummer that can be 1ms faster when needed.
It's not just 1ms. I love Metallica too, Lars is a bad drummer.you can both be a fan and be objective at the same time. Lars is also an all time great asswipe just generally sooooo
Sounds pretty damn good and has played drums on some pretty damn successful tracks for a bad drummer.
Technical skillset aside....simply put, there is no Metallica without Lars. For that reason alone, I love the guy, and wouldnt want anyone else creating Metallica tracks with James.
Honestly, I listened to a mix with the bass a little more forward.. they didn’t let him do anything but play the root notes either. Weird thing to do to honor your dead bandmate.. haze the new one… I can kinda stand Kirk.. James and Lars bum me out. Truillo is a monster though, love his collected works.
Oh, good point. This decades-old controversy about which there is nearly unanimous opinion and which has been directly addressed by the band on numerous occasions simply must be addressed.
It’s the sphere. I believe every ticket sold there has been well above $500 in regards to concerts. The Wizard of Oz plays there daily and the bad seats are still $300.
Edit: there are concert tickets cheaper than $500 my bad. I’ll say Metallica has always had egregious ticket prices, I was just trying to give a reason these were astronomical.
Those were all considered residencies i think. They don't do one off shows there. I believe it costs a fortune to create all the graphics so there's always multiple shows by a particular performer.
I mean it makes sense. I’m guessing they have to spend a ton to make a show that ONLY works with that venue and nowhere else. If you barely play there that’s a huge investment that has a small window to recoup
They should've done songs about greed and being ridicilous.
I've listened to rock and metal my whole life, but metallica is overrated imo. They were huge and every new rock/metal listener might drag some metallica in their life, but metal is not mainstream anymore even here in finland or anywhere. "Our policy is fuck the politics as long as you buy our ticket"-kind of mentality keeps me the hell away from their music.
I am not a concert goer, so I could be missing something, but tickets seem to be over $400 for bad seats ( like a corner sections in most stadiums) and $900+ for 50 yard line.
I was looking at Vancover BC and Salt lake tickets, probably soccer stadiums.
This was at The Sphere in Vegas, so I'm sure the venue was part of the upcharge. The cheap tickets were 1000. Ugh. I think American venues in general might be more expensive. Went to a concert in Canada last year. Cost of plane tickets, hotel room, and concert tickets came out to less than just the concert tickets in my home town.
I was at the show he said this at, and was lucky enough to have great seats in the 200 level in the center and was also lucky enough to not have to pay because of a family member but retail on them was $350. It’s all the resale that’s insane. When they went on sale they weren’t THAT bad. (Not that $350 is cheap though)
I got floor tickets for both nights of their M72 tour for 500CAD (250 per show). Different opening bands and different setlist each night, absolutely worth it.
As with all other music acts, the ticket prices aren't being set by the artists it's being set by Ticket Master and they barely make any of that $1000. Fuck James Hetfield here still though.
For one, $1000 has got to be a more extreme outlier. For two, as a former stagehand union carsholder who worked a few Metallica shows, they ball out. Last teardown I did at lincoln financial involved 2 seperate 10 hour shift crews, had three cranes on the field dismantling four huge 300 ft towers, we had at least 30 people doing scaff, and the whole thing packed into something like 40 TTs.
Let me translate your comment to the masses: "I do not care about morals, ethics, nor who supports what injustices in the world. I'm a simple consumer sheeple whose interests don't go beyond my wallet or my crotch. And I'll try to invalidate anyone that does to not feel like i'm supposed to see myself as bad and break my personal narcisistic self-image".
Such a pussy take! They have multiple albums speaking out against “masters of power like drugs military and corrupt politicians” to quote the bad themselves! They have songs against genocide and then during the most corrupt Administration in American history and multiple Genocide they are going to be fence sitters. I completely understand why people think this is cheesy as fuck and that metallic is bitch made!
I just bought Metallica tickets for m72 tour for around $200. Although some of the floor seats were over a grand which is insane but probably nothing compared to what swift tickets go for
I mean they also have a song with the lyrics "Ive even fucked a school girls twat". That plus the whole napster thing always made me wonder why people support them so much
You mean the higher selling tickets for VIP? Cause this is pretty standard for most bands this big. Stop trying to spread misinformation to fit your narritive, it's gross.
It’s specifically for the Sphere. I’ve been to plenty of shows for $200 (solid seats) the last several years. My wife was kicking the tires on seeing the Backstreet Boys there a few years ago and she quickly pulled the plug because tickets were exorbitant.
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u/APoolio12 17h ago
Drama over nothing. The REAL Metallica controversy should be over why their tickets cost over $1000.