Reb beach bagging on hammet

[Nightbat]

I'll bet Kirk read this and was laughing all the way to the bank

Don't give a rat's as about Winger, Metallica, Beach or hammet

Al I do know is that whenever Lars Ulrich starts talking, I sincerely wish for technology
to make it possible to strangle someone through the TV
Ulrich is like the William Shatner of metal, with the difference being: Shatner doesn't take himself so serious

[lerxstcat]

yeah, not like Some Kind Of Monster which truly demonstrates what metal is all about

My favorite part of that movie is when James is back - after a YEAR in rehab and therapy - but won't work past 4PM! And THEN he says theo OTHER guys can't even LISTEN to the tracks while he is gone!

He says something like "I feel you guys will make decisions without me and I'll walk in and it'll be a done deal".

Then Kirk says "Now you know how I've felt for the last 15 years!" :ROTF:

Kirk grew a pair to speak up ONE TIME, and he was forbidden to play solos on St. Anger as his punishment! "We don't really NEED you, Kirk!"

Yeah, metal up your ass, huh?

[toxikdeth]

I agree but at least Metallica had a cool period.

Yeah the first 4 were pretty good but I feel that there was better thrash going on at the time.

[toejam]

And....What did Kirk ever write that was good? I don't believe he wrote MOP...

Did he write anything? I know he came up with the riff to Enter Sandman, but Lars arranged it and James wrote the lyrics.
All Kirk usually did was just play solos on the albums. He didn't play any rhythm on album until Bob Rock came into the picture.

[Grandturk]

A - I'm not sure that he played rhythm on the black album at all.

B - I've never understood why composing a lead track, or the drums or bass never counts as a writing credit. Kinda sucky.

[Endrik]

Did he write anything? I know he came up with the riff to Enter Sandman, but Lars arranged it and James wrote the lyrics.

and I think they all listened to Stone too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHlr3U_s8Q

[toejam]

A - I'm not sure that he played rhythm on the black album at all.

I'm not sure he did either. I think he learned the songs in the studio and just James still did all the rhythm tracks himself. I believe Kirk did rhythms on Load and Reload on the opposite speaker from James.

[toejam]

and I think they all listened to Stone too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHlr3U_s8Q

Ha! Kirk ripped them off.

[Vass]

and I think they all listened to Stone too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHlr3U_s8Q

Thanks for this.... I've heard their name thrown around due to the COB association but never gave it a listen. Crazy thing is the singer kind of sounds like a young Hetfield.

[Endrik]

Stone was the first thrash band I ever saw, right there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaw90R2gHoc but I can't remember anything from it as I was so young.
They were probably the most important extreme metal band for this region.

[Musician78]

B - I've never understood why composing a lead track, or the drums or bass never counts as a writing credit. Kinda sucky.

I've never understood that either....

[Accept2]

Who the fuck is Reb Beach?
What dumpster is he living behind?...........

[SlaytanicDude]

Yeah the first 4 were pretty good but I feel that there was better thrash going on at the time.

I agree, IMO Slayer, Megadeth, Exodus, Overkill and Testament are all better bands. But just because those guys are better and worth my money doesn't mean Metallica's first 4 were shitty, just not the shiny golden beacons the critics says they are...RTL was their best IMO.

[lerxstcat]

Who the fuck is Reb Beach?
What dumpster is he living behind?...........

He's an exceptional rock/metal guitarist who has done session work for artists as diverse as Danger Danger to Chaka Khan, played for Alice Cooper, then Wiinger, then Dokken, and has also played in Night Ranger and Whitesnake. He also had a band called The Mob with Doug Pinnick of Kings X on vocals, Kip Winger on bass, and Kelly Keaggy of Night Ranger on drums and vocals.

His tapping technique has been favorably compared to that of Steve Vai, and is well-respected by players like Vai and Steve Morse.

Meanwhile, Kirk Hamster is a guy who is best known for being Joe Satriani's worst celebrity student and for not writing a decent solo since Master of Puppets. And he didn't write his first decent solo til Ride The Lightning. So you're talking about a mediocre player that happened to hitch a ride on the gravy train.

Gonna tell us about milllions sold? I guess you'd be a Britney and N'Sync fan too if you play that card.

[toejam]

Rich, I think Accept2's sarcasm just flew over your radar.