James Hetfield's (Metallica) interview on TOP40 (1996)

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James Hetfield's (Metallica) interview on TOP40 (Finnish TV show, 1996)

[@TheBlackQueen]

You can absolutely see the difference between Pre-Rehab James and Post-Rehab James. Despite "Selling Out", you can still see that this is the the mustache-d macho man riff master that sings for the toughest band on the radio. After Rehab, he was much more honest about himself and generally a normal guy. Perhaps that's why it's perceived by fans that their later albums just didn't feel that powerful, because James got it all out of his system. Rehab does more than get you over your addictions, it breaks you open and cracks down on the root of all your demons.

[@flandyc4513]

How did Kirk say it? Something along the lines of "they split you apart and empty every piece of you onto a table and examine each one meticulously". Not a verbatim quote I'm sure but that was the jist of it.

[@luciferdzhugashvili]

He should have just made a solo country record at this point

[@drkallo3127]

Great interview. Ty.

[@hmpz36911]

They definitely feared for their careers at this point. I remember how rough it was for metal bands back then. Slayer, Iron Maiden, Megadeth - they were all playing clubs again. Pantera, Ozzy and Metallica seemed to be the only ones doing well, but I don't think any of them took it for granted. It was like surviving a massacre.

[@knightfall9394]

At this point in the bands career especially considering the success they had with justice & the black album and the massive arena tour they just did over 3 years i dont think they had anything to worry about and they knew it. The other groups may not have been playing arenas like metallica and ozzy but they were doing fine in europe and asia with festivals and what not. None of them were playing shitty clubs if anything theaters and outdoor venues

[@georgecostan3248]

Megadeth did better than Pantera, though. Maiden, despite playing clubs, it wasn't really a survival scenario. Some artists chose the safe path, playing softer or riding a trend, while others went more underground, using more niche influences, like industrial or extreme metal. Metallica seems to have went just softer, as it felt more comfortable for them.

[@RafaelCDet]

@@georgecostan3248 I'm not sure Metallica went softer because it was comfortable. At least James went softer because he really did want to writer softer. Metallica could've just written the Black Album 2.0 and they would've made millions, but they decided to make this weird grunge/southern metal album - for better or worse.

[@straycatsanctuary3475]

You have no idea what you're talking about!

[@hmpz36911]

@@knightfall9394 Slayer, Maiden and Motorhead were booked at The Trocadero which used to be a burlesque club/theater. I think it held about 1000. Megadeth were booked at The TLA which is slightly smaller. A lot of bands split up or were playing venues akin to ehat they started at. Bands were certainly getting nervous.

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

cool james hetfield 's 1996 interview !!!

[@UncleUncleRj]

Black album is their best sounding album, the work they put into it picking everything apart was worth it, imo.

[@Mikael11Fior]

As much as I like Metallica, James’ vocals are kinda off putting in their first three albums, it wasn’t till And Justice for all… where he got his badass iconic voice.

[@anthonysoley7121]

What people have to remember Metallica had 30 songs they had recorded, but the rest of the songs when Load came out which is still a classic record today couldn't be finished until a year later when the band went back to the studio to finish recording which end up being the new title Re-Load which is a little bit heavy ended up being another classic album by having two albums at #1 in the late 90's.

[@flandyc4513]

I can't get over the possibility of "Load 2" lol

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

James Alan Hetfield (Downey, California, 3 de agosto de 1963) es un músico estadounidense, conocido por ser el vocalista, guitarrista rítmico, principal compositor y cofundador de la banda de thrash metal, Metallica.

[@ranarsa]

Shorter songs, shorter hair. Lol I mean its kind of true xD

[@robhuiting1041]

0:56 .... More Muscle If you're interested what he means Look for this video Devils Dance in Rosemont horizon 1997 ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGnWe6epbLZ6oNU ) .. when the bass starts That's muscle

[@MehtaKyaKehta]

Cliff Burton had Kaal Sarp Yog and Pitra Dosh. Look it up, don't bore me about it.

[@vernetexon4914]

There is one great album in the two load albums. Bit like G.n.r use your illusion.

[@ozanareyiz7773]

They had 30 songs and the most of them were dull. Reload should never be existed. It should be only Load with 12 songs maybe. Including some songs from Reload.

[@juanrezende4914]

Actually 27 songs

[@TerribleEnglish]

Yeah, they admit as much in the SKOM documentary. Of the 12, you'd have 8 from Load and 4 from Reload, I'd say.

[@ozanareyiz7773]

@@juanrezende4914 They made 30 songs. Put 27 into these double album.

[@loombaron]

load and reaload is good music, but of course is not metallica anymore. But within heavy metal I dont know any other band that took a risk to do something out of metal and out of the uniform of metal.

[@scoobooyt]

The thing is, Load and Reload are good albums bogged down by some filler. It also really felt like a natural evolution IMO, never felt like they were just trying to sell records or anything like that.