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on the topic of Metallica (way, WAY off-topic)

So another poster commented that he was a fan of Metallica here: https://www.tuscl.net/discussion.php?id=…

As a longtime fan of Metallica, it occurs to me that you need to be more specific as to which Metallica you are (or were) a fan of. For the records, I started listening to them with "...and Justice for All" and bought all of their albums after that working my way back. The last album I bought was S&M.

The first Metallica: Metallica's first original album, "Kill 'em All" was pure death metal, as the title implied. It was good, but not really my cup of tea. Their death metal phase improved and evolved through "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets". "Master of Puppets" was the first best of these and the best of their first four albums. By "...and Justice for All", they were playing speed metal. I am a fan of this Metallica, as they improved markedly over the years. Orion is a particular favorite track of mine.

The second Metallica (new lineup): A lot of it certainly had to do with the cultural climate in America, but they were deeply affected by the loss of their bassist, Cliff Burton. Since they had progressively moved and evolved through these first albums from death to speed metal, it is tempting to lump them together as their first iteration. However, "...and Justice for All" stands apart from the rest of their discography in style and tone, marking it as a second, distinct, speed metal phase. "One" is a classic. Unfortunately, the album got old quickly. Unless you are able to completely geek out over complex guitar chords, it doesn't have as much as offer as their other work.

The third Metallica: It would be a few years, before Metallica returned with their self-titled album (aka the black album), debuting an entirely new and entirely welcome heavy metal musical style. This may have been their best audience reception and most popular album. This will stand as my all time favorite Metallica album

The fourth Metallica: Then Metallica cut their hair. And they switched to a style of hard alternative rock/metal. Many people hated the change, but I really liked these albums. Their are so many different tracks that can be listened to over and over. They tie as a close second favorite of mine after the black album. They also teamed with soundtrack composer Michael Kamen to play with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and record the S&M album. They incorporated the orchestra into several existing songs, and released two new tracks on the 2-disc set. I did not like this album. The two new tracks - No Leaf Clover and Human- are pretty good, but only Nothing Else Matters was improved from the existing versions.

Fifth Metallica: Then they sucked. Imagine the retarded lovechild of two giant douches like CJKent and SJG, have this retarded bastard raised by a self-righteous egomaniacal hypocritical co-parenting of RandomLoser and twentyfiveIQ, and you would get a perfect fifth member for the fifth Metallica. Suing and testifying in court against Napster, release a video of their pathetic quadruple counseling like "Some Kind of Monster" (which also included the departure of Jason Newstead), and completely abandoning their steadfast fanbase to release critically acclaimed garbage like "St. Anger" and "Death Magnetic". I still remember turning on Mancow's Morning Madhouse one morning, and hearing some noise that kinda sorted sounded like Metallica. Then he finished playing the first release "St. Anger", Mancow was like "yep, well, that was Metallica." One caller summed up my feelings perfectly when he said "My wife and I are in tears. We cannot believe our favorite band has fallen so far."

I still enjoy listening their first few albums, the Garage Days CDs, and even "I Disappear" from the MI:II soundtrack; but I cannot forget how they turned into a bunch of whiny douches. It sours my enjoyment of those albums a little, and I could not tell you the name of any songs or albums they released after S&M with the exception of St. Anger. I even had to look that and Death Magnetic up online to make sure I had it right.

Yeah, so, nothing to with strip clubs. Just inspired by another, on topic TUSCL discussion comment. therefore, relegated to the dust-bin of the front room for unverified lurkers to enjoy.