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nicely writtenI like Dunk

dunks — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:24:57 +0000

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nicely written
I like Dunk Guns N Roses but i would change some of ur choices :)

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Don't get me wrong, I LOVE

fx15 — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:28:29 +0000

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Don't get me wrong, I LOVE both Metallica and G&R equally but Metallica wins this time.

Fav G&R Album: Appetite for Destruction

Fav Metallica Album: ...And Justice For All(look from a guitarist's perpective and you'll find the Holy Grail of metal)

GNR fucking BLOWS NOW!

Diceman — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:35:09 +0000

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GNR fucking BLOWS NOW! Metallica absolutely kicks the shit out of them, now and in the past.

I am not really all that

Jonny — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:17:47 +0000

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I am not really all that interested in talking about Chinese Travesty, or whatever it's called. What a steaming pile of hubris. It's friggin' ridiculous.

What I'm commenting on is Death Magnetic and the resurfacing of Metallica since Justice. When I was in high school, I decided to embark on Metal as my musical choice, and went and bought all the Metallica albums to date, including Justice and Garage Days Rerevisited. It took me a long time to get out of the first two and into the older albums, and it's because Justice and Garage Days were just...so good to me. Justice especially.

Fast forward what...15-20 years, and a handful of HORRIBLE albums, and I had totally lost my appreciation for Metallica and had moved to death metal. The Black album started Metallica down the sad path of over-production.

Then...I heard what I at first thought was a cover band that sounded a lot like old Metallica by the name of Death Magnetic, and the song, Day that Never Comes, was super-excellent. Turns out I misheard the radio announcer, and found out Metallica finally did something right.

Here's what they did right. Drums. Hold Death Magnetic up to Justice and listen to the similarities in the snappy, sharp drums. They aren't awash in reverb, and unlike St. Anger..you can hear them and the drums are in tune.

Glory be! Makes me hope that a bunch of 40-somethings can sound hard!

DM is, pound for pound, a

DF — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:26:35 +0000

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DM is, pound for pound, a better album. I think that it's mostly the long detour they've taken to get there. I've gotten older in the meantime and my tastes have evolved. There were parts of the album that I definitely enjoyed, but overall I couldn't shake the feeling that it was too little, too late. Even so, it's a marked improvement over what they've been doing since the black album. I hope they keep working with Rubin.

RE: GnR, you're absolutely right about Buckethead/Slash. Buckethead should stick with just being weird and talented and avoid people like Axl.

I love ..And Justice for the guitar work, but the mix always gets to me. It's so trebly that you can hear the string chirps as the guitar players slide up and down their strings. For me, Master of Puppets is still the ultimate 80s thrash album. I can listen to it from beginning to end over and over again.

Thanks for stopping by, Ken.

Great article, however I

Ken the Bassist — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:38:34 +0000

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Great article, however I believe that Metallica's Death Magnetic was in many ways the superior offering. First of all, listen to the tracks that aren't on the radio i.e. Suicide and Redemption. That my fellow bassist is true metal, when the band tells James to shut it while they work thier magic. Also, the progressive elements are back (intro solos anyone?). Overall, DM was a return to thier Black Album days and possibly is a return in the future to thier 80s godliness.

Chinese Democracy on the other hand is a tragedy of the music industry. While the songs are tolerable to listen to, they are most certainly NOT G&R. Bucket Head is an awesome musician but he does not have the same tone and sound as Slash. Axl should have started the band under a new name for the new sound. This sound is the sound of the mainstream eventually flowing into the forgotten sea. From what I can tell, Axl was either tired of or forced to quit producing the never ending album and took shortcuts. They sound just like everything else out there today.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE both Metallica and G&R equally but Metallica wins this time.

Fav G&R Album: Appetite for Destruction

Fav Metallica Album: ...And Justice For All(look from a guitarist's perpective and you'll find the Holy Grail of metal)

I heard Death Magnetic and

lappet — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:39:09 +0000

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I heard Death Magnetic and Chinese democracy and found them both weird! I coudn't stand Death magentic...i dont understand how u find the sound closer to their earlier albums cos i don't! as for chinese democracy....its kinda ok...i mean u know u can't expect much without Slash & co.

appetite for destruction is a

Deadman — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:22:53 +0000

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appetite for destruction is a hell of an album - one of the better ones when it comes to that genre. i love trying to belt out welcome to the jungle when i karaoke, tho sweet child o mine is a much better song. kind of curious to listen to chinese democracy tho i'm much more inclined to think anything that takes this long to publish is going to suck, rather than have inflated expectations.

Oh, I was listening to a lot

DF — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:11:00 +0000

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Oh, I was listening to a lot more than this (and still do). I'll readily confess to a bit of nostalgia here. Both of these bands are way past relevance, even in their genre, but I felt I owed it to myself to do a bit of re-visiting. Plus, it was an opportunity to make a post outside of the 'Politics' category! Also, it was a chance to make a really sweet custom graphic.

While you were listening to

Orlando — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:56:59 +0000

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While you were listening to these bands, I was listening to U2 and the Depeche Mode and lots of classic rock. I never really liked Guns and Roses and I couldn't name a Metallica song so I'm really unqualified to comment. But you obviously put a lot of time into it, so thanks for writing it.