Metallica's James Hetfield Admits Metallica Shows are Family Friendly
If you thought Metallica was alive and still around, you are living in
the past McFly. Metallica has been dead since Master of Puppets, but
shadows of Metallica have roamed the Earth since '87 like Cliff Burton.
Sure I could cite Load and Reload as evidence, but I am going with the family friendly atmosphere at Metallica shows.
Speaking with Australia's "The 7PM Project", Hetfield said he's even stopped singing the band's obscenity-filled cover of the ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE's "So What" because he doesn't want his son and two daughters to think it's okay to use bad language. Hetfield explained,
"Since I've had kids the show's become more family-friendly as far as the language goes. We haven't played 'So What' in a while — there are too many words that just ain't right. My son's heard them all, but I don't need to promote them."
Your favorite band has sold out time and time again and Metallica is now more kid friendly. The Universe has switched to Dimension X. The day I let my child listen to anything past Master of Puppets is the day I let Lars Wettner baby sit them...because I sure as hell don't own any of that crap on cassette, laser disc, cd, or mp3.
Kirk Hammett is the only keeping Metallica's spirit alive and well in concert. Watch as he punts a child Snow White as well he should.
Sure I could cite Load and Reload as evidence, but I am going with the family friendly atmosphere at Metallica shows.
Speaking with Australia's "The 7PM Project", Hetfield said he's even stopped singing the band's obscenity-filled cover of the ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE's "So What" because he doesn't want his son and two daughters to think it's okay to use bad language. Hetfield explained,
"Since I've had kids the show's become more family-friendly as far as the language goes. We haven't played 'So What' in a while — there are too many words that just ain't right. My son's heard them all, but I don't need to promote them."
Your favorite band has sold out time and time again and Metallica is now more kid friendly. The Universe has switched to Dimension X. The day I let my child listen to anything past Master of Puppets is the day I let Lars Wettner baby sit them...because I sure as hell don't own any of that crap on cassette, laser disc, cd, or mp3.
Kirk Hammett is the only keeping Metallica's spirit alive and well in concert. Watch as he punts a child Snow White as well he should.
Something that's stuck with me over the years is acomment Lars made when accused of selling out. He said something to the effect that "yeah, we're selling out...selling out every seat." I think that's a part of what's happening here, but the other part is that the paying audience is made up of 14 year old kids listening to Ride the Lightning who grew up. They want to expose their kids to the bands of their youth the same way my parent exposed me to the Beatles, Peter Paul & Mary, Buddy Holly, etc. They kind of forgot that a lot of what was on the pre-Black album albums was raw.
Now Hetfield and Co. are shrewd businessmen. They know the way to get money is to fill seats, give the grownups paying for tickets a trip down memory lane, and tone it down a bit because these same parents will be dragging their kids with them. Are they selling out? To an extent; Metallica is giving parents what they are nostalgic about but cleans up a bit. It sucks for those of us without kids who want to see the band that was so angry back in 1984, but it's a business decision and one that's obviously paying off.
I do think it's interesting how different generations approach the same music. Ozzy used to be the Devil Incarnate. Now my mom likes him. My grandfather destroyed my dad's Beatles albums. Now he listens to the Beatles. Twisted Sister used to be verboten. Now "We're Not Gonna Take It" is used to shill for sinus medicine.
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Don't forget Twisted Sister's We're not gonna take it was also used to sell Yaz birth control. Sellouts!
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