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QUOTE (DEATH @ Sep 2, 2008 - 11:24 AM)

>I wouldn't say it [or they] ruined metal as a whole but I have to say it goes farther back than that - Their "Black" album was the final nail in the coffin IMO - totally manufactured POS hit dispenser. It wasn't just them tho. Metal wasn't and hasn't grown since those days.
I wouldn't say that album ruined my image of metal either; just my image of Metallica. Pretty much And Justice For All is where it ends for me with them. That was their best - and last good - album.
I listen to just about everything. I can rock out to Elvis or Chuck Berry, get on a HUGE Beatles kick, Janice Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, CCR, Simon and Garfunkle or Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee and Johnny Cash (the ONLY country I will listen to, BTW). I love bands like The White Stripes, The Hives, Jet, Greenday... more "mainstream" modern punk. But I also love any Zombie (White or Rob LOL), System of a Down, Korn... most U2, 80s stuff like Depeche Mode, New Order... etc. My all time
favorite band is Tool though, with Led Zeppelin a close second.