Your passage re: Lulu is spot on. Metallica is a band very willing to simply piss off the larger fan base if it means their artistic integrity and expression. That album has always been a high point.
I'm a late comer, but have fallen in love with St Anger in the past month. It speaks to a lot of the religious trauma and latent rage I've had existing in America as a targeted minority. Messy, disjointed, but so honest.
Your passage re: Lulu is spot on. Metallica is a band very willing to simply piss off the larger fan base if it means their artistic integrity and expression. That album has always been a high point.
I'm a late comer, but have fallen in love with St Anger in the past month. It speaks to a lot of the religious trauma and latent rage I've had existing in America as a targeted minority. Messy, disjointed, but so honest.
Great piece.