Metallica may give next album free

ShawnRaven

Lol First they promote bootlegging of their material to get the word around...
Then they sue their fans for what they once advocated nearly 20 years later...
Now they feel their music is so worthless that they're giving it away?

Maybe dumping Bob Rock was the better move after all!
VR!

nyarlothothep

Damned if they do, damned if they don't, unless their album is really good and kicks ass (its a possibility)

FunkyBarSteward

I think Lars etc.. did a lot of damage in the past and to top it off the last offerings weren't the greatest, so, i think Metallica owes us.

lord lucan

validreasoning! wrote: »

Lol First they promote bootlegging of their material to get the word around...
Then they sue their fans for what they once advocated nearly 20 years later...
Now they feel their music is so worthless that they're giving it away?

Maybe dumping Bob Rock was the better move after all!
VR!

tbh,they only ever encouraged fans to bootleg their live shows,going so far at one stage as to set special bootlegging sections beside the sound desk aside.

grames_bond

lord lucan wrote: »

tbh,they only ever encouraged fans to bootleg their live shows,going so far at one stage as to set special bootlegging sections beside the sound desk aside.

yeah then peoples arms hurt so they introduced livemetallica- so from free to payin a tenner,yup thats fair!! :rolleyes:

Mushy

grames_bond wrote: »

yeah then peoples arms hurt so they introduced livemetallica- so from free to payin a tenner,yup thats fair!! :rolleyes:

Ah, but you can get free stuff on livemetallica...albeit it being much older stuff, its still really good quality. Sure Pearl Jam charged for their bootlegs, the ones on the official site, and ya dont hear them getting lambasted for it! Very easy to have a pop at Metallica, say what ya want bout them, but they still did some great stuff. And could possibly do it again.

lord lucan

grames_bond wrote: »

yeah then peoples arms hurt so they introduced livemetallica- so from free to payin a tenner,yup thats fair!! :rolleyes:

in fairness,there's nothing to stop people still bootlegging shows,i actually prefer the bootlegs sometimes as you get a better vibe with all the crowd noise compared to livemetallica downloads which are taken from the soundboard.

for those interested the pre-album campaign has started with the launch of this site which goes live next monday. it looks like this is being run by warner and not the band but should be interesting.http://www.missionmetallica.com/

grames_bond

lord lucan wrote: »

in fairness,there's nothing to stop people still bootlegging shows,i actually prefer the bootlegs sometimes as you get a better vibe with all the crowd noise compared to livemetallica downloads which are taken from the soundboard.

i totally agree with you there, some guy with a mic in the crowd gets better bootlegs coz you feel more part of it, crowd being louder but some bootlegs donE this way can be MUCK!!

Run_to_da_hills

Max_Damage wrote: »

Well, if it's anything like St. Anger, it would want to be free.

They should pay you to download that stuff. Anything recent from Metallica is of the toilet.

slayerking

lord lucan wrote: »

for those interested the pre-album campaign has started with the launch of this site which goes live next monday. it looks like this is being run by warner and not the band but should be interesting.http://www.missionmetallica.com/

Cheers for the link.
That looks interesting...... Wonder what will happen monday!?!
Could be a hint at the album art style too....

lord lucan

grames_bond wrote: »

i totally agree with you there, some guy with a mic in the crowd gets better bootlegs coz you feel more part of it, crowd being louder but some bootlegs donE this way can be MUCK!!

yep,especially if you get some drunken gob****e standing beside the bootlegger roaring all sorts of random ****e. i've a cassette tape bootleg of G N' R at slane and for a lot of it all you can here is the crowd roaring for water from security/stewards:D

grames_bond

lord lucan wrote: »

yep,especially if you get some drunken gob****e standing beside the bootlegger roaring all sorts of random ****e. i've a cassette tape bootleg of G N' R at slane and for a lot of it all you can here is the crowd roaring for water from security/stewards:D

urgh that horrible, if anyone is lookin for some savage bootlegs go to www.live-recordings.net remember folks bootlegs are not for sale....but you can trade!