I've always said that Metallica with Mustaine and Burton was fucking unbeatable. Then Dave got fired, Cliff passed away, James became a pussy and Lars turned into an asshole.
True. If Dave had stayed with them and Cliff hadn't died... fuck. The possibilities. James' voice turned to shit, it just doesn't have the power or the grit anymore. It'd be interesting to see what his vocals would sound like today if he hadn't blown his voice out. Lars' drumming took a huge nose dive... On Justice he was bloody great. In other news I think it'd be pretty cool if James grew his hair long again, as well as the handlebar, and left it grey.
And if they got a bass player who didn't look like a stoned gorilla. Robert Trujillo? More like Robert Gorillo.