Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
I feel exactly the same way as P4Pking. Not my cup of tea at all. It would be like choosing between fish, they both smell and I'm eating neither.
Fish is a whole food group. By not partaking you are basically saying I don't like food. Its like pretending you are a punk without any understanding or love of reggae. For all their corporate foibles even the most ardent of Metallica haters would have to acknowledge their crucial role in helping to spread the word and establish Thrash. Exodus, flotsam and jetson, the whole bay area thing, anthrax etc were obviously and equally influenced by punk bands as metal and rock bands and the fact that like Maiden, Metallica were able to build a huge following and career on the strength of live performances and album sales is something to be admired. Maiden are a bit like Lord of the Rings for grown ups and Metallica really threw down the garage metal gauntlet with Kill em all. Check out 'Whiplash' Miles for an exhilarating exercises in concise brutality and joy. I swear that you can hear James Hetfields shit eating grin on the bounciness of the recording.