This month's Sound On Sound...

[Mattayus]

When I saw them in '03 they opened with Blackened, and it was tight as holy goddam fuck. The debate over whether he's a good drummer or not could go on forever, as he's clearly hit and miss (no pun intended), but I have respect for him as a player of his time.

There are kids 15, 16 years old now who learned to play by learning his stuff, and have subsequently surpassed him as a player almost immediately But, then again, when Metallica were up and coming there was none of this techy bullshit toss that's saturating the scene these days, where every cunt treats their instrument like it's a piece of sporting equipment. Lay off the blast beats and double kicks in 520/17 please kids, I wanna hear an actual song, not your practice regime...

 

[Skinny Viking]

Why? He can do whatever he wants to, it´s his music!

You should get over yourself man!


Carlos

OT - I'm the only Carlos here. We shall call you Andre instead. Why Andre you ask? Because Andre is a badass name and there can only be one Carlos

Carry on

 

[Skinny Viking]

btw.. Did anyone notice James only played down strokes on blackened Thats fucking crazy D

Is there any other way to play it?

Real man downpicks everything

 

[Paulie!]

Is there any other way to play it?

A Real man downpicks everything

I'll give this a +1 and some helpful fixing

 

[jangoux]

Lars is obviously sloppy and his hand/foot coordination sucks ...but I don't see Metallica in any other way.

 

[cent73]

I dare anyone to find a bad performance of him Pre black album.

Sorry, but you obviously haven't heard any bootlegs of theirs. They would prove you to be wrong. Below is a clip w/ Frayed End... and Last Caress. While the former is rather well played, most of the rolls in Last Caress are so screwed up it really hurts.

But still, it's stupid to deny Lars's influence on the genre and thousands of drummers. Like wise it's stupid to treat him like a god.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Metallica is like sex. Even when it's bad, it's still better than anything

 

[crillemannen]

Don't forget that they probably played drunk all through the 80-06 hehe That could explain some of the bad live performances

 

[Fabrice]

If you want ear clearly the real bass sound of AJFA watch (and ear) this :


and enjoy

 

[Mattayus]

Holy awesome basslines batman!

 

[crillemannen]

Jason Newsted is a really really good basplayer. I heard the Dyers Eve bass recording and it was smokin

Btw.. take a listen to all the songs on AJFA with enhanced bass. Thats awesome bass playing right there

 

[acalaf]

I just saw that video from 2008 and I though it was awesome. Sure the tempo was sloppy but the energy of the performance is incredible.

 

[Axell Strad]

btw relative to AJFA Anyone know what amps was used?

 

[Fabrice]

Take a look at those websistes : http://www.encycmet.com/equipment/jayhiseq.shtml
or
http://www.freewebs.com/montyjay/jamesamps.html
or
http://www.guitargeek.com/chat/complete-rig-27/james-hetfield-justice-all-rig-63438/

 

[Virgil.]

Oh shut it. Lars is/was a crappy drummer, just like Ringo. Regardless of how big the band the person is, if they're a crappy musician, then they're a crappy musician.

Are you going to tell me I can't rag on Britney Spears because she's big and famous and puts effort into things and makes compromises and meets deadlines?

Are you going to tell me that I can't say Kirk Hammett only plays shitty pentatonic licks covered in wah and has vibrato that sounds like a bee hive because he played on some big albums?

Get over yourself.

+1. I've always hated Lars' drumming, as well as Kirk's guitar playing.

 

[Axell Strad]

Take a look at those websistes : http://www.encycmet.com/equipment/jayhiseq.shtml
or
http://www.freewebs.com/montyjay/jamesamps.html
or
http://www.guitargeek.com/chat/complete-rig-27/james-hetfield-justice-all-rig-63438/

Thanx!

 

[FadeToMuffins864]

+1. I've always hated Lars' drumming, as well as Kirk's guitar playing.

That's funny, I've always loved Lars' drumming as well as Kirk's guitar playing.

 

[Mattayus]

btw relative to AJFA Anyone know what amps was used?

They had just had their Marshalls stolen not long before hitting the studio and had just got some new Mesas, according to Flemming.

 

[dan weapon]

I've always thought as far as technical musicians go, Lars and Kirk aren't that great. But at the same time (at least up til the year 2000) that they WROTE some great stuff. Kirk has got some very memorable solos from 84-91, even if he did start to use the same old pentatonic licks again and again, and has toilet vibrato. And Lars knows how to arrange a song, and play drum patterns that work for the song.

But regardless, the riffs and guitar tone on AJFA fucking slay.

 

[Joshua Wickman]

Metallica is like sex. Even when it's bad, it's still better than anything

Nothing more needs to be said.