MetallicA/Talk

I, JimboWales, confess to listening to almost no other music than MetallicA.

I think it is really interesting to see the shift in MetallicA's image since the whole NapsteRVsMetallica? controversy erupted. MetallicA was always known as a band of the people -- a band that grew in popularity by touring a lot and connecting directly with the fans, with very little record company or MTV corporate support of any kind.

Now, they are viewed as some kind of corporate shills.

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WojPob's theory is: something went wrong after they collectively cut their hair (which started to look a bit MulleT?-like). Then they released /Load, which in the view of a lot of fans was a "weird" album. Then, less than a year later came /Reload, which was released much too quickly and obviously needed some more studio work. They still have the talent - maybe they're just too old now???