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The NYT website has a neat feature that allows you to search their archives back to the mid 1800's. Certainly far enough back to find some of our favorite bands.
Why bother doing this? Because reading about history in contemparaneous accounts makes for, I think, a clearer reminder of what actually was going on- The article below were NOT writting after the history was written. Metallica wasn't mainstream. Would they ever be? Unknown, and doubted, at the time the article was written. There's no way to write about their history now without being influenced by what you already know- they crossed over, became huge, cut their hair, fought Napster, parted with Jason, etc etc etc.
I searched "Metallica 1986" first for fun. 350 something articles came up, including this one:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...%201986&st=cse
Here's NYT's original treatment of RR's death:
Kinda neat. Just try to ignore the "I have an Associate's Degree in Psychology, look the fuck out" attitude that crops up from time to time in the author of the Metallica piece.
Vass
Why bother doing this? Because reading about history in contemparaneous accounts makes for, I think, a clearer reminder of what actually was going on- The article below were NOT writting after the history was written. Metallica wasn't mainstream. Would they ever be? Unknown, and doubted, at the time the article was written. There's no way to write about their history now without being influenced by what you already know- they crossed over, became huge, cut their hair, fought Napster, parted with Jason, etc etc etc.
I searched "Metallica 1986" first for fun. 350 something articles came up, including this one:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...%201986&st=cse
Here's NYT's original treatment of RR's death:
Kinda neat. Just try to ignore the "I have an Associate's Degree in Psychology, look the fuck out" attitude that crops up from time to time in the author of the Metallica piece.
Vass
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