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@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

yea

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: