METAL BEEF: METALLICA VS. KIP WINGER
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 10:15am by Vince NeilsteinIt may’ve happened 15 years ago, but where we come from there’s no shame in digging up old dirt as the intrepid reporters at Buzzgrinder have, right? In a mid-nineties interview with Kip Winger, the hirsute bassist/singer shared his hatred of Metallica, apparently brought on by an offensive clip in the “Nothing Else Matters” video in which Lars Ulrich is seen removing darts from a pinned-up poster of Winger:
That is why it’s the great irony that we ended up on that geeky guy’s shirt on Beavis & Butthead, because Metallica couldn’t play what we play, they couldn’t do it, they literally – technically couldn’t do it. And I’ll fucking challenge those chumps to a fight any day of the week, but we could play their music with our hands tied behind our back.
And here’s said video. Fast-forward to around the 2:55 mark for the good stuff.
-VN
man, that song sucks.
I mean, I wouldn’t say hes wrong about Metallica’s technical proficiency, but the difference is that James and Lars are great song writers, and Kip Winger wrote cherry fuckin pie.
kip winger did not write cherry “fuckin” pie get your facts straight buddy if you are going to make a point.
And here we witness Metallica’s ultimate dis on Newsted: Showing footage of him shooting a basketball and not making it. Couldn’t they have done another take. Give the guy a break.
* Kip Winger wrote cherry fuckin pie * <— hahahahaha, suck it Jani Lane.
Kip Winger could totally put on his tutu and do a devastating spinning kick pirouette on Lars “white leather jacket” Ulrich
Winger is a complete sissy crybaby bitch…he should be happy he got some air time in the 90’s.
oo whoops was cherry pie warrant? My bad, all those shitty hair metal bands kinda look/sound the same. Let my rephrase- Kip winger wrote Heaven isn’t to fuckin far away.
There, cleared that up
hahaha warrant wrote that song too! Damn, these bands are not distinguishable I tell ya. Ok let me try again- kip winger wrote headin for a fucking heartbreak!
Good song writing > technical proficiency
genre-changing legacy > one-album wonders in a generally ridiuculed genre
Hey Vince…that’s for the intarwebs hat tip.
Also, what Sammy said. Although I think Winger did have some decent songs, people’s taste for Metallica have been soured by their recent releases and it smears their past albums.
I really can’t people are trying to actually compare Winger to Metallica? Really?
METALLICA SUCKS GIANT HAIRY ASS!!! WINGER IS 100000000000000000000000 BETTER!!! FUCK LARS! WORST FUCKIN DRUMMER IN METAL!
clearly winger suck giant balls and they were one of the millions of wannabe motley crue bands.
and its their fault, that hair metal is gay. motley crue fucking rip, its too bad that everyone associates motley crue and winger/poison/warrant (shit bands) in the same box
Guys do you really know what you talking about. Winger have nothing to do with motley crew because Motley suck even more than metallica. Winger made really inteligent hard melodic rock and they were/are still really good technically . The problem was that bands like them ,Extreme and Mr. Big was difficult to understand for guys like you that write only shit. That’s why they didnt sell that much like Metallica and Motley. Maybe they didnt sell their music as they should. Great musicians are not great bussiness man Dream theater are also technically the best band in the world but not selling so well as Metallica. I rest my case. So please guys write stuff but think a litlle
no no. just because some bands went to music theory class and know their scales and shit doesn’t make them better song writers. metallica wrote better songs and thats why they sold more albums and have lasted for 20 years