Trujillo & Metallica

Wow...One was one of the most uninspiring things I've ever seen....James a front man is really, really bad.

Aside from the bass intro on For Whome the Bell Tolls and Kirk Hammets guitar solo...this band really has no redeeming value to me any more.


The music not only feels drained of life, but their "enemy" or counterpart, Megadeth, is making music now and still playing with an energy that Metallica hasn't matched.

The band did, essentially, die when Cliff died. (I'm not a huge cliff fan, but let's be honest. Load? Reload? St. Anger?)

Although Trujillo can hopefully breath some life into the band (his intro is good!) I doubt it for the new album.

Oh...and any idea what distortion he's using for that intro?

 

but it wasent cliff that did the black album right? i agree st anger and reload were not great. but the band didnt die completely when cliff died


EDIT: after watching the video i think that james dosent look like as much of a frontman anymore. (i think its the hair)

 

I've never been impressed with Trujillo and this performance sure hasn't changed that. I don't think any bass player (no matter how good they may be) can revive this now lacklustre band.

 

was it? it didn't impress me in the slightest to be honest.
Another thing that really annoyed me, when it comes to playing anything slightly complicated he lifts his bass up onto his knee. Why doesn't he just wear it there in the first place??!!!!!!!

really bugs me when people put image above playability!

 

Trujillo is pretty good but why does he imitate a monkey?

 

He's a Primate..uhhh primal player!!

 

Metallica Rules I am very interested in hearing what Robert brings to his first record with Metallica in the studio.

 

I'm confuzzled. Did he also keep on pulling off those silly poses when playing live with Suicidal Tendencies and Infections Grooves?

 

That's assuming Metallica lets him play on the record. Jaymzzz did say that Bob Rock's playing on St. Anger was the best bass playing he'd ever heard...

 

I cant say i heard that. Jason's Chops could out play Bob's bass skills.

 

I never thought a whole lot of Jason's playing myself. He's definitely good, but I never considered him a chops monster. For that matter, neither is Bob Rock, but I thought his playing was excellent on St. Anger. Probably the best thing about it.

 

oh how the mighty fall!!
James seems to be heading towards a career in working men's clubs. The next thing you expect him to say is " heads up for the raffle.

The only ones that seem to have any energy are Rob and Lars.

it's almost a "by the numbers" performance. i felt quite embarassed watching it - as someone said earlier there are bands out there who are older and still giving it the energy they always have and more.

Come On Metallica!!!

having said all of this, I'll still go out and buy the album, just to hear what Rob is producing!

 

Trujillo is a badass, but those performances were kind of loose and sloppy. I remember when that band was a force to be reckoned with.
Tune the guitars!

 

James did indeed say that, I forget which guitar mag I read it in, but it was in an interview shortly after St. Anger came out. It was pretty pathetic overall, it was basically 3 pages of James talking about how wonderful Metallica was in all respects, and how great Bob Rock is.

You see James and Lars litterally WORSHIP this guy. If he told them to do an Emo record they'd think it was the greatest thing they've ever done.

He keeps them rich and they make him rich in the process, so I guess its a happy relationship. Bob Rock's career has been made convincing marginally talented (and sometimes totally talentless) metal artists that they were the second coming of Black Sabbath and making whatever they turn out sound good enough for radio play, then convicing them they never could have done it without them. He definately hit the motherload with metallica though.

I would not be surprised at all if they had Rock play on the next album as well. If he says to do it they will.

Metallica = Bob Rock's beeotch.

 

::slow clap::

Yeah I couldn't even finish it. I loved them when I saw them in April '04, but I didn't like grace notes in the Bellz intro...and did jaymz kind of remind anyone of Mr. Rogerz?

 

Yeah, I don't know how Metallica is so widely respected/liked. I consider Metallica a metal gateway drug... once you realize there is better stuff, you don't really go back to metallica, except for occasional "remeber the good ol' days" business.

Everything metallica has ever done has been done better by someone else.

 

Same with Jaco, but the trick is to write it in the first place