Episode 47: Metallica Articles (Patreon)

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As for Metallica, the articles were exactly as promised. Just some very, very special stuff, especially the Playboy interview. If you only read one article we've ever talked about, that's a pretty good one to read.

Playboy: "Metallica: The Playboy Interview" (April 2001)

One of the best articles we've ever read, where we find out James is a homophobe, Jason Newsted got hazed, and much, much more.

https://web.archive.org/web/20090428091714/http://www.playboy.com/articles/metallica-interview/index.html?page=2

Metallica [dot] com: "James Hetfield: The New Album is 'The Best It Can Be'" (March 12, 2003)

James reveals to his band's own official website that this new album is just raw, man.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161102124350/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-s-james-hetfield-new-album-is-the-best-it-can-be/

Metal Edge: "Metallica's Hetfield: New Album Contains 'Two years of Condensed Emotion'" (April 7, 2003)

James has some words for the other bands on the Summer Sanitarium tour, and thinks this new album has a lot of parts that sound like the old albums.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161102124554/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-s-hetfield-new-album-contains-two-years-of-condensed-emotion/

MTV.com: "Metallica Producer Speaks Out on St. Anger" (June 4, 2003)

Bob Rock reveals to MTV.com that this new album is just raw, man.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161102124943/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-producer-speaks-out-on-st-anger/

New York Times: "Band on the Couch" (June 20, 2004)

In reviewing "Some Kind of Monster", Chuck Klosterman provides us with some great quotes from the St. Anger-era Metallica.

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/magazine/band-on-the-couch.html

Rolling Stone: "Q&A: Lars Ulrich" (September 2, 2004)

In where Lars discusses one of the worst pranks we've ever heard about on this show and says some other dumb shit.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-lars-ulrich-162348/

Louder: "Metallica's St. Anger at 20: How Metallica's Most Maligned Album Saved Their Career" (June 5, 2023)

A retrospective that also includes a lot of quotes from that era, we learn here about the whole band struggling with James' sobriety, some reflections on how Jason was treated, and how the main emotion the band deals with is anger.

https://www.loudersound.com/features/st-anger-at-20-how-metallicas-most-maligned-album-saved-their-career

There you have it. What an episode. Thanks for listening.

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John and Bryan