RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT METALLICA’S RN’R HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
Monday, April 6th, 2009 at 2:00pm by Axl RosenbergHey y’all. First of all, thanks to everyone who wished me well during my “family emergency” on Saturday. I may have inadvertenly made it sound more grave than it was. In any case, I appreciate the good thoughts.
ANYWAY, I finally watched Fuse’s broadcast of the ceremony last night. First of all, my DVR cut off the end – did this thing seriously run past 1 AM EST?!?! – so I’ve only been able to watch the performances online. Still, here are my thoughts, not collected or organized in any particular fashion:
- Was Jason Newsted totally fucked up or what? Not that I blame him – I’d off been thirty sheets to the wind, too – but during his pre-show interview he was speaking wwwwaaaayyyy slowly, and then, during the acceptance speeches, he was rocking back and forth (almost distractingly so) the whole time.
- When Hetfield said, during the pre-induction video, that “every band dreams” of being inducted… I did cringe a little. I mean, I’m sure it’s very flattering to be feted this way, but I have a hard time imagining that the members of, say, Wolves in the Throne Room spend a lot of time plotting their path to induction.
- Very cool to include Ray Burton. I assume that was Cliff’s mom, Jan, weeping in the audience; it was easily the only really, truly emotional moment of the evening. I thought what Flea said about “singing your song,” as cheesy as it was, was pretty cool, too.
- Newsted thanked Floatsam & Jetsam!
- Trujillo thanked Mike Muir & Rockey George!
- Hammett didn’t mention Exodus. Fail.
- No one mentioned Mustaine. Fail.
- No mentions of Megaforce, Jonny Z, etc. WTF???
- Good to see Ulrich’s pops hasn’t shaved.
- I actually had no problems with the performance. Sure, it was a little bass-heavy, but what did you expect with two bassists?
Overrall, I actually thought this was okay. Weigh in with your thoughts below; but first, enjoy these acceptance speeches/performance.
-AR
Will Slayer ever be inducted?
SLAAAAAAAYYYYEEEEEEEERRRRR !!!!! Metallica is selling out, Hall of Shame is still lame. But I’m glad they played Master Of Puppets, epic song :]
Last I checked, aside from coming from the same area, Slayer and Metallica are very different bands and have always taken seperate paths. I have no doubts that the guys from Metallica are where they always wanted to be. Even in the Cliff Burton days, the dude was way into things like Rush. Slayer always had more of a punk rock feel. My point, why keep comparing them?
That being said, there is a place in something called a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a band like Slayer. They are the best at what they do. Will they get there? Maybe one day.
I’m glad “Puppets” live still rips. \m/
I guess I’m happy for the guys, even though I don’t really place much value or importance on the R & R Hall of Fame. My feelings regarding Metallica have been unbelievably up and down over the past few years, but I when I think back and remember that the band did provide me with some of the most influential, important music of my life, I can’t hate too much. I don’t have an ex-wife, but if I did, I think of my view of Metallica would be similar to that of said ex. We may have grown apart and become incompatible, but damn we had some good times together, and she left an indelible mark my psyche and personality. PS: This analogy only works if the ex-wife is generally sane, not someone you had to divorce because she stabbed you with an icepick and stalked you for 4 years after you separated (or some such).
Wolves In The Throne Room will be inducted before Rush, probably in the same class as The Spin Doctors and Young Jeezy
And yeah Slayer will be inducted, and they’ll be inducted by Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon in an effort to one-up the unmetalness of Flea
James’s guitar is painfully out of tune on “Puppets”. And that fauxhawk! Damn, dude.
fuck the rock and roll hall of fame
grats to talicca i guess
but fuck it
Is it just me or does Hetfield look like Stripe from The Gremlins??
As for the Rock Hall… MAIDEN should have been inducted first!
gees, you think they at least give a passing thanks to Dave; i mean the man came in and gave the band life, not to say james and kirk did nothing; they wrote some of their best stuff, but Dave was the one who turned metallica around and made it one of the biggest underground metal bands at the time, yet they treat him like he died after he got kicked out and just completly ignore his success and effort put into the band, give the guy something at least!
Yeah, really, disrespect to Dave, that a certain rap group was inducted alongside them makes me feel like this isn’t worth looking at.
james’ laugh at the end was the best part
FYI: Every time I’ve seen Metallica in concert, at in stores or backstage, Jason’s always acted like that.
god I miss Jason’s backup vocals…
MASTER!
haha. Rob & Kirk combined can’t match one Newsted.
Thanks for giving us a shout out, Axl.
Megaforce Records
Any thoughts on the Metallica/Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page/Joe Perry/Flea jam?
It’s great to see metallica inducted. And the only problem I had with the performances, Het sounded like shit on the vocals. He really had trouble pulling off MoP. And Kirk is really getting sloppy with his solos. But hey, those guys are in the RaR HoF and I’m no where near there, so I can’t really talk to much I guess.
Those 4 vids gave me the biggest boner ever E-V-E-R! I have no idea how i’m gonna go to sleep, wake up an continue my life as a citizen tomorrow.
Hush little haters, don’t say a word, never mind that voice you heard! It’s just the jelousy in your head, in your closet, in your bed!
The best part was Hetfield giving a HUGE Shout out to Deep purple Thin lizzy Rush KISS Maiden Priest Motorhead and that dipshit ted nugent. cheers to james. i cant believe nobody mentioned this before ?
Anyone else think the whole fuckin’ song sounded sloppy? Guitars a touch out of tune and the time off a bit, IMHO.
I don’t think a band such as Wolves in a Throne Room spend alot of time plotting making good music.
i wonder if lars was standing on a box when he gave his speech
no sabbath?
well hetfield kinda did make an allure to mustaine
Goddamnit James! Drop the guitars half a step… you just can’t hit the high notes with your voice! It sounds awful.
Sabbath is already in the hall, methinks.
“As for the Rock Hall… MAIDEN should have been inducted first!”
No, seriously, no. Maiden is one of the biggest sellout bands ever.
Though grats to Mettlica.