hellkitty wrote:I beg to differ: Jason Newsted, technically, is miles-better than Clif ever was. Listen to some old Flotsam and Jetsam--the only decent thing in those songs is his bass work. (And look at what happened to F&J after he left--crash and burn!) Burton was competent, nothing more. Now, we can argue that since joining Metallica, Jason hasn't really brought the same power, but...that's not the same as saying he *sucks* as a bassist. He's quite good on a technical, studio-album level. I've not been impressed with him live, but I never saw Burton live, either so I really can't compare.
Mind you, I'm old-school (comes with being old): I own an original of Ride the Lightning, which is and will always be, in my mind, the best Metallica album ever. Though Garage Days is a close second...tied with Puppets, I think. Load and Reload turned me the hell off Metallica (*cough cough**sellouts*) as any time a metal band does power ballads, I'm OUT. Death Magnetic has failed to impress. (And, the image on the CD cover looks a bit too much like lady-parts to me).
I LIKE Mustaine, but he was an awful fit for Metallica, I admit.
HK and let the hate begin....
So I;ve been gone for a while and was hell-bent on finding a Hellkitty post to make my re-enterance with, and am stunned for some reason to find it here, and to see some of the things it says.
For starters, while Cliff was the best bassist in Thrash metal, Jason was/is darned good, but he wasn't better than Cliff. Oh Hellkitty, I've always thought you pretty intelligent....
I'm kidding, I know you are, and I'm a Newstead supporter, but there is just no way he's better than Cliff. I play bass myself because of Cliff Burton (being like, my main influence) but the man was way too good.
As for Death MAgnetic, thanks, I'll never look at the cover in the same way again, but I really really like it. Load/Re/St, Anger were just crap to me, but DM brought them back to relevancy in my mind. But, I can see how people might not like it, in honesty and fairness.
Dave Mustaine, despite piss-poor Megadeth outings of late, is one of the greatest as well, but I do sort of agree that he was the wrong guy for Metallica. At that time at least he was super self destructive, and that is not ever really a good piece to any puzzle.
By and large, the first four albums are essentially the best first four albums by near to any band. After that, eh. Everyone loves the Black album, and the more they protest the more it proves their love for it. Even us Black metal guys love that record.
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