Comments on: Metallica really wants you to dislike them

Metallica is at it again. This time, the band is attacking bloggers and Don Reisinger has something to say about it.

[pepsishark]

Dalkorian: You're an idiot. Unless the only music you listen to is generic 80s thrash metal, certainly you must at least recognize The Black Album as an all time great hard rock record.

Ignorant people like you are the reason Metallica will never get the respect it deserves as a band. And it's quite sad, as Metallica's musical catalogue certainly eclipses bands like AC/DC, U2, Aerosmith, etc. in my eyes.

[qozmiq]

Folks, there is only one thing you need to know about Metallica.

Napster Bad. Probably one the funniest things Camp Chaos ever made.

Napster Bad, Metallica Bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuR5TNyL8Y

[fwdracer]

KroQ in L.A. plays them 1-2 times an hour , probably building hype for the new album. Also, the only reason I tune into that station once in a while.

[Ev720]

This article, if you can call it that, is a perfect example of how low journalistic standards have fallen. Don, you are completely misinformed, you should be ashamed of even writing this substandard garbage. I suppose they let you edit your own work, I can't see any other excuse for this ending up on the site; any editor with an ounce of sense wouldn't have let this slip by.

[dadsgravy]

Metallica are greedy millionaire ******. When's enough enough? I guess It can never be about the music when you never made any music to begin with. Metallica also have some of the most nasty and ignorant fans. Head out to any prison and ask a couple of baby rapists what their favorite band is? Skinheads love um too. So do carnies. Mmmm... that's some good fan base.

[TehAwesome]

lol

So wait. Because they opted not to have their reviews written based on the quality of the 6 tracks they had available, NOW you're starting up the "I hate Metallica" bandwagon? Again?

You say you're not basing this on the sins of the past, so to speak, so, you're essentially going off on a tangent about literally just this one incident? And it's worth several paragraphs?

I don't know where CNET gets their writers, but I sincerely hope they aren't paying you.

It also looks like Metallica themselves are pushing the reviews now and saying that their managers were the ones who opted to have the reviews taken down, all while the band was out on tour dates.

Do your research next time, meat-head. Trying to make a name for yourself in the high stakes world of moronic volunteer article writers is one thing, but you're not going to be the next (I have no idea, insert a relevant name here if there is one) just because you opted to be the internet tough guy in a CNET article.

[wtiger--2008]

Donny Boy you've been punked. Ahahahaha

[mikesketball]

The sheer idiocy on display in this "article" is absurd. I'll admit that St. Anger wasn't Metallica's best effort, but the band's entire body of work is on par with many of the so called "legends" of rock. I guess 95 million records sold worldwide, (57 million in the U.S) does not constitute being a legend? Metallica defined a generation, plain and simple. Their new album will be met with a certain level of scrutiny I'm sure. But the direction that this so called 'journalist' has taken is a complete joke.

[berbar]

Don, It seems you are being biased by your musical taste. Whether Metallica's time is up or not, I believe only time will tell. I still listen to their pre-90s albums and I still love it. And no, they don't need to try to become legends of rock. They are legends of rock.

Granted, they should worry about making better records instead of picking on the digital world, maybe that way they could achieve a real come-back.

[kellyismetal]

It's really sad that people are still not over the whole Napster thing. NAPSTER is still around and there are tons of free download programs out there. Big deal. Quit crying.

Oh and another thing, don't mess with Metallica. Metallica's fan base is one of the strongest out there and we don't play well with others.

[dadsgravy]

You bum rapers seem to play with your old friend Dick quite nicely.

[mrcheck1]

Ok. I just noticed this in the right column of the site: "He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET." Having read that, this article bothers me a bit less. Still not sure why "Don Reisinger's take on the TECH closest to home" has so much about whether a band's MUSICAL time has past or not, but at least it's just a blog post from a non-CNET employee.

[tehjaybo]

In this blog: A link was posted on some Metallica fan site to come defend their has-been heroes. Can we please put these old horses out the glue fac-- pasture? Metallica's time has come and gone. "Waah, you're just not metal enough to get it" is not a valid defense. The new tracks probably sucked, and then Metallica got butthurt when the reviewers stated their opinion (which is protected by the first amendment, by the way).

Too bad Metallica's flat broke because of all that Napster piracy. They'll just have to work the rest of their lives like everyone else.

Oh wait.

[bytecollektr]

Even though I was very upset to read a lot of the things said in this piece, somehow they are all coming true. I remember when Metallica was realeasing Load, and all the hype around it. As teenagers, when metallica got their new look, it was like the biggest event of our lives. But we used to make copies of their tapes, then their cds, and still get their songs through Limewire, whatever Metallica says. I have given up cds a while ago, since I really ran out of space, and use only mp3 and ogg for years now. I mean, seriously, who has walked in a cd shop lately looking for cds? The only cds around me are my wife's cookbooks. I think they are losing more money than making with this kind of approach.

[douglord]

Don Reisinger is nothing more then an uninformed, angry ******.

"whether or not more than 10,000 rabid fans actually care about this new album is up for debate"

Did you even bother to look up the sales numbers for St Anger?

Per MTV - "Despite an abbreviated sales week, St. Anger, Metallica's first album of new material in five years, sold more than 417,000 copies in its first week, according to SoundScan, to top next week's Billboard albums chart.... previous albums Reload (1997) and Load (1996) also debuted at #1, with sales of 417,000 and 680,000, respectively. Their double covers LP, Garage Inc., came in at #2 in 1998, with sales of more than 426,000."

These are all week 1 sales numbers. Saint anger went on to sell over 2mm copies. S&M (1999) and Garage Inc (1998) both sold 5mm and were nothing but rehashes of old songs. Load (1996) sold 5mm and Reload (1997) sold 3mm.

If that's old and washed up - I'd like to be old and washed up!

[paullosada]

Yeah, dude, music is supposed to be about "the biz." Sorry, but I'll keep listening to Metallica because they, uh, rock. Only a tech nerd would base a critique of a band on whether or not they release their music for free on horrible mp3 quality. I guess it beats having to take your pizza face to a social environment like a record store, huh? Stick to the computers, guy, and leave the music to the big boys, k?

[ckh1272]

I agree that this journalist's comments are off base in regards to being washed up. I personally don't like Metallica anymore, but i understand their are still a lot of people that do. I'm not going to get into all the reasons why I think Metallica is a bunch of hypocrites, but I will provide one shining example of their ignorance regarding Napster and people "stealing" their music. I remember back in the 80's through the early 90's, they encouraged people at their shows to bootleg their shows (at no charge, just the cost of a blank tape and a tape recorder) . I used to have several. I gave them away after the Napster mess. Just a little food for thought.

[usadtom]

They still have no issue with bootlegs. Trade away. The issue with Napster started when a track that was not released by the band was available for download.

The part I do not understand is why Metallica takes all the heat on the Napster issue. Yes they started the 'down with napster' issue but dozens of other bands were in that corner as well. Aimee Mann, Alanis Morissette, Art Alexakis, Barenaked Ladies, blink-182, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Christina Aguilera, DMX, Faith Hill, Filter, Fisher, Garth Brooks, Hanson, Herbie Hancock, Nanci Griffith, Primer 55, Saliva, Sarah McLachlan, Shelby Lynne, Sisqo, Vertical Horizon, and many more.

[douglord]

The #30 album of all time. A total of 7 albums that each sold more then 5mm copies, including 2 of the last 3 and 3 of the last 5 (with the other 2 ONLY going triple platinum). #18 on the ALL TIME artist list with 57mm units sold. That puts them 500k ahead of Van Halen and only 2.5mm behind Micheal Jackson. #8 band of all time, behind The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Areo Smith and The Rolling Stones. More sales then Van Halen (56.5mm), U2 (50.5mm), Guns & Roses (39.5mm), Def Leppard (35mm), Bon Jovi (34mm), Pearl Jam (30mm) and pretty much any other band you can name.

Anyone want to put a side bet on this thing going double platinum?

[KingNitram]

Don, I think you're an idiot -- who the hell are you? A tech blogger -- ooooh. Perhaps I should take the time to read a number of your articles to see if your general tactic is to say things off-the-cuff in hopes that it will increase your fame, but then again, I don't really care. And Metallica? Wow, smart choice; those are some awesome coat-tails to try and ride.

Art does indeed have a relationship to its Audience, but to assume that the Art (and artists) should supplicate itself to the Audience is RETARDED. To complain that it does not is to align oneself with same attitudes that produce our endless american wave of highly-marketed-but-utterly-vapid pop trash. Art takes individual courage that can be easily derailed by committee and marketing profiles.

Lastly, we are all such suckers, thinking ourselves so important. . .Who is to say that this move by Metallica's management isn't a carefully designed ploy to create buzz about the new album?? Afterall, here we are all talking about it. Here Don is panning it. Here I go buying it to see just how bass-ackwards Don is.

SUCKAS!

[patriotsrule1337]

Even if you think Metallica are being foolish with this whole thing, fans of the music aren't going to dismiss the album just because the people making the album are acting weird. Metallica fans have probably seen Some Kind Of Monster, they know the band's a bit...dysfunctional.

And yeah, there are still a LOT of Metallica fans. Just because the members get older, they become "washed-up"?

[balkce]

You are cruel and your intention of making a blogger name for yourself by demeaning the reputation of a well established music creator like Metallica is (not was), is just plain pathetic. If you want to be a journalist, go ahead and research before you write; as you well put in your article, it was Metallica's management who blooped, not them, so you're comments towards the band in such a disgusting manner was completely un-called for. I hope you got what you deserved in all of these comments, and may God bless us with your muteness, you pathetic intent of a blogger.