metallica is a giant... they're an icon in the metal world. compared to their old shit their new shit isn't as good, in fact, st anger is one of their worst cd's but that doesn't make me NOT like them
i respect artists that can stick around... and STILL be popular, like Metallica, Madonna, U2, etc even if i don't like the music.
why? because they've proven that in this life... most of the music here changes... and they can adapt, and still win grammies, and all that crap. that's HARD.
having that said, i loved their show when i saw them at the summer sanitarium tour.
right on james.
on a side note: the record label takes most of the money that they get from sales of the album... they see very little, no matter how much they sell. the industry is fucked that way. they front them a check, and if they can't make it all selling records, they have to pay what they didn't earn... BACK TO THE LABEL... WTF?