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Hetfield is narrating a documentary about porn addiction.
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The conversation was good up until Rogan started talking too much about bow hunting... then James got a bit disinterested and I could tell James was getting tired... and was probably hungry.. by the end he was just kind of being polite.Originally Posted by Jon
The bees section was great. They were both genuinely into the interview at that point. The family stuff was also engaging for both of them. I think Rogan should have cut the interview time in half.
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The new songs sounded awesome on the current tour
Managed to get a nice momento from the band
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Not really huge into Lady Ga Ga, but she sounded pretty impressive with Metallica. WTF was up with Hetfield's mic?
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Hetfield looked none too impressed at the end!
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Probably pissed about his mic. And didn't the house band play Metallica when Megadeth was about to accept their award? ETA, yup, MOP.
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Ha ha, Grammys baĺls it up again!!
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I'm not even sure how can you fuck up so much in one night lol
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Well, Metallica just got embarrassed at the Grammys and let's hope they never play there again. Oh, I found out they're playing at the new Atlanta Braves stadium in July which is just a few minutes from my house.
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Unfortunate about Hetfield's mic. That's really unacceptable to let happen on such a big stage. Whoever did that needs to be held responsible.
That being said, at least it led to the cool visual of the two of them sharing a mic. And although it was a little thing, i thought it showed how Gaga is a step above her contemporaries in the pop world & more of a true artist, as she had the wherewithal share that mic. At first her vocals on that song were jarring to me, but I got into after a bit. The duet parts were especially good I thought, as it masked James' vocal deficiencies.
Band sounded good otherwise, but the ridiculous "YEAH RAWK OUT" dancers & Gaga's outfit/dance moves were unfortunate. Remove the dancers completely, and Gaga should have been a little more subdued. Less is more, part. if we're at all attempting to have metal taken seriously by the masses & move past some of the silly stereotypes associated with the genre.
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It's the grammy's. They are known for fucking with musicians. How are we not surprised?
On an unrelated note, there's a Vancouver stadium date for Metallica that was announced today, I'll be checking that one out. I've had 3 other opportunities to see Metallica in my life that I have passed up. One of them I even had tickets to and all, but then a trip/vacation got planned after the fact and it was during the week they were coming here (this was back in 2012 when they came here to film for some DVD). I had to sell the ticket since I was gonna be out of town. Had a couple of other missed opportunities before that, so I'm gonna make sure I hit this one up. Would be nice to see 'em at least once before they call it a day.
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Where was it in the show? I assume not towards the very end otherwise you'd all be having 2014 flashbacks.
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James' vioice & Lars' drumming get worse every year, so if you've never seen them, do it sooner rather than later. The ticket prices for this tour are hilarious though, so I'll be waiting for a free ticket if I go at all. $180 for GA for the NYC area shows. Hilarious. Stadium shows should be less, not more.
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Yeah, I know... same here. They're like $188+ fees for the show here. But, eh... since I've never seen 'em and had the chance to like 3 times, I consider if I went to all 3 of those shows, the accumulated cost between them would have well exceeded $200, so I will just pay the price, see them and then I can say I've seen Metallica and never have to see them again.
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Volbeat & AVX are pretty big bands to have as openers (they will do arena tours of their own as co-headliners), so I guess they didn't give much of a discount (if any) on their guarantees, which contributes to the high prices.
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Does not help that my girlfriend is OBSESSED w/ A7X........... another reason we kinda have to go to this lol...
My show is actually getting Gojira instead of Volbeat. But I'm OK with that... I tried listening to Volbeat and wow...... wow..... is that ever awful stuff. It's like country-metal. I'm no fan of A7X myself, but I can tolerate them more than I could from what I heard of Volbeat.
Saw Gojira last summer open for Rammstein, they're not bad. Not good enough to the point where I would pay to see a headlining show of theirs, but as an opener, I can dig that.
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Fun fact: despite their rock-a-billy metal style, they are somehow from Denmark, lol.
I don't mind some of their stuff when it gets played on hard rock radio stations. Wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them either. They have some decent hooks to pull me in.
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I don't like them collectively but their Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies album is fucking awesome.
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Gojira is the best band on that entire tour, including Metallica. Saw them headline twice thus far and they are just absolutely crushing. And they support Sea Shepherd, with the organization having a table at almost all their shows. Rare to see such positive activism from a popular metal band.
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Yeah dudes, I already have a ticket for Maiden in Dallas and Metallica is 4 days from that date, so I figured "what the fuck", go to both of them!
Metallica is $155 floor plus whatever bullshit fees they have. PASS!!!!
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$155 floor!! Wow, that's amazing! I just got hosed with 2 floor tickets at $208 each..... I have problems....
There is an ultimate VIP package reserved for only 12 people for $3299 a ticket...... lol....
You get to take a picture with Metallica and get a signed setlist.
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Like I said, best band (and tightest) on the tour. I wish Metallica would at least TRY to get somewhere near as crushing as this. And I LIKE the new record.
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I saw Gojira open for Lamb of God way back in 2007. They were the first up on a four band line up, were on stage for maybe twenty-five minutes, and fucking killed it. Never before have I seen an opener convert a crowd so quickly as when songs like Heaviest Matter and Backbone were played, and I've been a fan ever since. I wish they were accompanying Metallica on all the tour dates and not Avenged Sevenfold.
That said, I've always wanted to see Metallica live. They're the only 'Big Four' band I haven't seen yet and I'll probably check them out on one of these dates.
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Closest the tour is getting to me is Chicago. This is the exact same lineup I saw last summer in Minneapolis. You are in for a treat if you go. I had a great time, even if it was so loud my bones were vibrating.
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So freaking pumped for the Dallas show, though I'm bummed that Volbeat isn't opening the Dallas show.
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Mexico show is a few days away, we'll be getting Iggy Pop as the opening act, i'm not ashamed to say i bought my tickets mostly for Iggy, but of course i'm always up for a Metallica show.
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Some Kind of Monster is on Netflix. For those that haven't seen it, it's a good watch. Even for non-fans I'd recommend it as a good documentary. There are well-established cringe-worthy elements, but I think what gets lost in that is that they were brave enough to show that side of themselves to the world when it could have been shelved.
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I liked it because it was a vulnerable point of their lives. And funny how even Lars' dad wasn't into st.anger.
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Thanks for pointing this out, it's on the UK one too. I've been wanting to watch this for ages without feeling like I'm giving metallica any money!
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