Lars Defends His Drum Sound & Production On St. Anger

[Akumojo Dracula X3]

~Someone mentioned that he just flipped the knob on his snare, I did that once for a rehearsal,... when I was stoned and laughing my ass off for no reason. Reverb is one thing, but snare buzz is not a musical instrument however. Metallica's problem is that they experiment too much. "Oh instead of me playing drums this album why don't we record my farting on the drums and pissing on the cymbals and program them into a loop?" Why does Metallica insist that they are above criticism?

 

[Akumojo Dracula X3]

~Someone mentioned that he just flipped the knob on his snare, I did that once for a rehearsal,... when I was stoned and laughing my ass off for no reason. Reverb is one thing, but snare buzz is not a musical instrument however. Metallica's problem is that they experiment too much. "Oh instead of me playing drums this album why don't we record my farting on the drums and pissing on the cymbals and program them into a loop?" Why does Metallica insist that they are above criticism? And then when they defend themselves they always fall back on record sales for justification. Oh no there's no conceit in that approach at all is there? Keep being a rich cocksucker Lars, your fans will remember it.

~Oops repost. I though I was editing, oh well.

 

[Valofvalhalla]

MU: Ah, back to Metallica.
I was reading this on Metal Update:

JK: Yea, sure. I've admired what they've done. I'm not going to say I like what they've done on 'Load' and 'Reload'. They're not my 'Master Of Puppets'. But I give them a lot of credit for hanging in there. Because it's not even necessary for them to work for a living. They don't have to do anything. I think it's pure self-indulgence. They're making the kind of music they are because that's what they're into at this point. I admire the fact that they're not trying to do another 'Ride The Lightning' or another 'Black' record. How do you top that? That was one of the biggest selling records of all time. You don't. You go on to something different. People were expecting another 'Black' record, and they didn't want them to get haircuts.