okey dokey lokey
so if we go by your logic, then dave mustaine is hardly metallica related, is it. even if you first got into metallica when the black album came out, dave mustaine was still an important part of metallica. granted he was thrown out of the band long before cause they couldnt all just get along. metallica wouldnt be who they are if it wasnt for dave mustaine - strung out on heroin or not. dave didnt even get a chance to play on his own songs on kill em all. same exact thing that happened to neil on spreading the disease.