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作  家: dxtl (Terry) on board 'music'
题  目: Metallica: The complete reference(5)
来  源: 哈尔滨紫丁香站
日  期: Fri May  9 20:53:55 1997
出  处: bbs@bbs.orange.sjtu.edu.cn

发信人: Jeff_Tian@bbs.ustc.edu.cn (Sly Boy), 信区: rock
标  题: Metallica: The complete reference(5)
发信站: 中国科大BBS站 (Sun Apr 27 23:15:14 1997)
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              ""

  Metallica: A Brief History of..

 :  Lars Ulrich, a Dane abroad in Los Angeles and would-be tennis
  pro meets up with James Hetfield, a.k.a. "The Angriest Kid in the World."
  The pair form a band and call it Metallica (so old people wouldn't mistake
  them for an old-time jazz ensemble). Other players include a bass player,
  Ron McGovney, and a lead guitarist, Dave Mustaine.

 :  After two years of sticking out like a sore umb on the scuzzy
  LA glam metal scene, Metallica relocates to San Francisco to hook up with
  a new band member, eccentric bass genius Cliff Burton. The band then boots
  Mustaine and moves to New York with new bassist Kirk Hammett in tow to
  record their debut LP, appropriately entitled <<Kill'em All>>, Marked by
  speed, energy, and twisted innocence, <<Kill'em All>> blows the tired,
  brain-dead heavy metal genre all to hell.

 :  Metallica's much-awaited second album,<<Ride the Lightning>>,
  is released. The album--all rage and black fury--begins, shockingly, with
  acoustic guitar. (Afterward, 3,000 other bands steal this idea and follow
  suit.) Despite a solid wall of disinterest from commercial radio,<<Ride the
  Lightening>>goes gold and spends 50 weeks on <<Billboard>>'s Top 200.

 : The good news: Metallica's third release, <<Master of Puppets>>,
  defines "thrash metal" (an unfortunate appellation) with its inexorable,
  intense, melodic sound. Without the dubious benefit of singles or
  videos--vanities Metallica remains uninterested in--<<Master of Puppets>>
  sells a million copies in the U.S. alone.

           The bad news: While on their first headline tour of Europe,
  Metallica's tour bus skids off an icy Swedish road. Cliff Burton is
  killed instantly. Despite the grief shared by remaining members of the
  band, there is no doubt that Metallica will carry on. "Cliff would
  have been the first one to be pissed off if we didn't," says Lars. Weeks
  later, a new bassist is found in Jason Newsted.

   : Metallica returns from Europe to play the gigs postponed after
  Cliff's death. Back in San Francisco, the band converts Lars' garage into
  a rehearsal room, records a handful of favorite cover songs, and releases
  them on the <<$9.98 CD: Garage Days Revisited>>,<<(a.k.a.)The $5.98 EP>>.
  In the summer, Metallica plays the Donington Festival, warming up with a
  gig at London's 100 Club. In the row is one John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin's
  bass player, who after the gig is seen shaking his head and muttering,
  "I didn't know that sort of thing was possible...."

   :  Metallica releases <<Cliff 'Em All>>, a long-form video complied
largely from footage shot by fans during gigs, dedicated to their late friend.       They then tour the States as part of the Monsters of Rock package, rendering
  the likes of Van Halen, The Scorpions, and Kingdom Come musically redundant.
  Metallica's fourth LP, <<...And Justice for All>>--in all its sophisticated,
  mechanically violent glory--is released in September. Sales go through the
  roof, etc. Metallica embarks on a world tour, including 120 arena gigs in
  the U.S. alone. All this, without brown-nosing one MTV producer or a single
  DJ. Remarkable. For the first time, Metallica releases two singles--
  "Harvester of Sorrow" and "One"--as well as two different videos for "One."

   : <<Metallica>>, the eponymous fifth album that comes to be known
   as "The Black Album," is redolent with bittersweet, heavyweight simplicity.
  The album was produced by Bob Rock, know for his work with Bon Jovi. The
  rock community behaves as if this were the single most important and
  telling event in Metallica's decade-long career. Needless to say, it's not.

   "Human nature is strange," says Lars. "There's been this mass hysteria
  over nothing. It's been fun to sit and watch it happen, though. <<...And
  Justice for All>> now sounds like it was recorded in a matchbox. It was
  like, 'Look at us, we can play all this intricate sideways stuff.' Well,
  so what? Metallica is more emotional. When it's angry, it's more angry.
  When it's subtle, it's more subtle. For the first time, we've done what
  was best for the big picture."

   "No rules but Metallica rules," says James, summing up the band's mood
  perfectly. "Here it is, black sleeve, black logo, fuck you."

   The single, "Enter Sandman," is an international hit, and soon becomes
  a live favorite, as does "Sad but True," "Nothing Else Matters," and
"Wherever I May Roam." Metallica plays 300 shows around the world between
August 1991 and July 1993. Their reputation as one of the planet's most
exciting live acts is carved in stone--they are the band who took heavy into
the mainstream. Then they all go on holiday for a year.

   : Tagged "Escape from the Studio '95," Metallica set up a minor
diversion at Castle Donington, playing to 60,000 people. Then they return
home to complete recording the next LP, again with Bob Rock. Astonishing
rumors abound that not only has Metallica kept to self-imposed deadlines,
they've actually recorded two LPs' worth of material.

   : The band announces their headlining status on this year's
  Lollapalooza festival tour. And with the release of <<Load>>, Metallica
  rewrites the rule book yet again....

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