I love a good Metallica song just as much as the next person, but I would not classify them as alternative by any stretch of the imagination. Not even in the 80s when this song came out. Just seems… odd.
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Out of interest, I didn't grow up in the US, so never saw Alternative Nation or 120 Minutes. I have heard of them but only know what I can read about them on Wikipedia. Would this song have been aired on those shows?
absolutely not. This is headbangers ball material.
Agree with the other response, Metallica was featured on Headbanger’s Ball, not Alternative Nation or 120 Minutes.
I know that I’m going to get hat for this. I always do. I was a huge fan of Metallica. Whether it was “and justice for all, master of puppets, ride the lightning, kill em all, or their self titled album aka the black album. I even got garage days.
Then Load came out, and I knew something was wrong. It was ok but wasn’t up to their usual standards. It was the same feeling I got when I heard Koran’s fallow the leader. Also, an ok album but not up to their previous quality.
Anyway, I don’t remember which came first Napster or Reload. But, living in that time and experiencing it first had. It was like watching your hero become the villain.
You can argue that artists deserve to get paid for their work, and they do. But at the time Metallica was signed to Warner bros. record company. Warner Bros. is who was really getting paid for their CD sales. Of course now they have bought back all their tracks and have their own record company. It’s a different story.
Anyway, I literally haven’t bought a Metallica album since Load, and have refused to listen to them since. Most of the time the bad guys win.
Fuck Metallica.
As a quick addition. I would like to say, that if you have to listen to metallica. OP picked a good one to listen to.