Metallica has been getting some pretty vicious feedback for performing at the SXSW festival - a festival designed for indie bands to find a label. For instance, Scott Hamilton had this to say:

"It was the worst thing I've ever seen at SXSW," says Scott Hamilton, head of Detroit-based Smallstone Records. Hamilton and a handful of Smallstone bands, including hometown outlaw country boys Whitey Morgan were showcasing right across the street from Stubb's at the time of the Metallica performance. "Not only did they affect my showcase, they drained every club," Hamilton says. "Why come down here and ruin a festival that's about breaking independent artists? A band that big has no business being at that festival."

"The Metallica thing was a little frustrating, but probably more so for Scott and some other Smallstone bands than us," says Jeremy Mackinder, bassist for Whitey Morgan which played early in the evening. "Our crowd was pretty different," he says. "They had a decent crowd and the people that saw them loved them," Hamilton says of Whitey Morgan.

Ideally, the draw for Metallica should've helped attendance figures at other nearby showcases. It didn't. "When Metallica was done, they all went home," Hamilton says.

Read the entire report from the Detroit Free Press.

I can see the point being made here, but Jane's Addiction also played the festival and there is no hate on them. Jane's Addiction wasn't even a band 7 months ago. They had completely broken up.

People just love to hate on Metallica (this website included). It is easy because Metallica has achieved a measure of success that little in the musical world have. They helped shape an entire genre of music and influenced countless bands.

This just sounds like "sandy vagina" syndrome. The guy is getting publicity for his band through tearing Metallica down and denouncing their action.

Here is what Scott Hamilton might look like: