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Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, this enormously popular heavy metal band built a fan base during its first decade with non-stop touring and word of mouth accolades. Moving to San Francisco in 1983, the band attracted a strong underground following [its debut album was originally titled "Metal Up Your Ass"] and eschewed mainstream radio play. By 1991, the more radio-friendly music of "Black Album" reached the top of the charts, and Metallica became an MTV regular with releases including "Live Shit: Binge and Purge," "Load" and "Reload," and "S&M." In April 2003, the band gained permission to record an MTV video on the grounds of San Quentin Prison for the title song on its new album, "St. Anger," and repaid the favor by throwing a free, hour-long concert for the inmates....more

  • Heavy Metal in Baghdad

    by Ben WesthoffJune 25, 2008Comments (0)

    "the group learned English by listening to tapes of groups like Metallica and Slayer" (read more)

  • Hey All Right! If I Get By...

    by Howard WymanMay 21, 2008Comments (1)

    Soon enough my targets snowballed and there was no longer any real justification beyond selfish, rebellious impulse. Fancy lighters, junk food, household explosives (read more)

  • Lord of the Amps

    by Max MobleyMay 21, 2008Comments (11)

    Some of the greatest amps in rock’s sonic history aren’t unique at all, but still offer great tone. They are perfectly respectable, some even honorable. (read more)

  • Sunset Boulevard: The Metal Years

    by Eric WeisbardMay 14, 2008Comments (3)

    Use Your Illusion, then, arguably marked the end of rock in the weird shape it had taken when the sixties ended: Mass culture masquerading as oppositional culture (read more)

  • Pattern is Movement

    by Jocelyn HoppaMay 7, 2008Comments (0)

    "constructed around a series of old photographs found on the street in Philly" (read more)

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