I'm starting to get the feeling the government doesn't always work in our best interest

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    yea I was a teen when Countdown came out. I basically cut my teeth on Metallica and Megadeth. Was a real shock when the Napster Bad happened and the Internet started making it easier to see these guys views' outside of the MTV/RollingStone filter.

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      I've never really forgiven them for the anti-Napster bullshit. Their music at the time had become the most boring, safe radio rock too.

      The whole thing was just bizarre in retrospect: who's going to be the first to raise a stink about Napster? Maybe one of the mainstream pop artists like Britney Spears or the Backstreet Boys? Nope, it's fucking Metallica, who built their careers around being anti-establishment, and were also rich enough that they didn't need any more money. Incredibly funny that they'd willingly destroy their credibility.

      • SSJ2Marx
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        9 months ago

        I've never really forgiven them for the anti-Napster bullshit

        Same. To this day I refuse to legally listen to any Metallica song. It might be petty but I've been doing it since I was like sixteen so I'm not gonna stop now.

      • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]
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        9 months ago

        Watch this tho. Someone changed "nothing else matters" to major scale and changed the whole feel. i think it's cool https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oruno-NlJh0