Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington disappeared after a Metallica show last October. By Gil Kaufman Metallica's James Hetfield Photo: Lyle A. Waisman/ FilmMagic Police in Charlottesville, Virginia, said on Tuesday that they believe the skeletal remains found on a Virginia farm could be those of Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who went missing on October 17 after attending...
Yeah yeah, I know. I just had to take a break, my outrage meter has been pegged for too damn long so I said fuck it for a few days. It doesn't make a damn bit of difference what I have to say, the long slide into the abyss continues apace, uninterrupted, anyway. I have been busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest at work, been all by myself pretty much for two damn weeks. It's kicking...
Metallica’s James Hetfield revealed that his worst Christmas was when he learned that there wasn’t a Santa Claus! He tells The Rock Radio, “The worst Christmas was discovering that there was no Santa. You know, I had gotten up at whatever, one in the morning and walked out and saw my brothers carrying presents down to put under the tree, and I was like, ‘What are you doing?’...
"If I can shoot rabbits, then I can shoot fascists" . The BNP tried to argue the Manics If You Tolerate This can be "interpreted" in lots of different ways, after streaming a video using the song. Apparently they were also interpreting copyright law in a surprising way. Andy Burrows became the latest person to have had enough of Johnny Borrell. Trouble was, being in a band with...
Hey Covers, You Suck! Part 6 Even more of the worst videogame box art. By Scott Sharkey Supreme Warrior 1994 - Digital Pictures | 3DO On returning to the inexhaustible well of bad videogame cover art it occurs to me that there's a peculiar concentration of the stuff centered around the 3DO console. The why of this is probably lost to time (not really, I just don't think anyone gives a damn) but man,...
Filed under: Tax , Charity , Celebs & Money Metallica singer and guitarist James Hetfield may well be feeling charitable around the holidays. The Marin County Board of Supervisors just voted unanimously to accept Hetfield's donation of 330 acres overlooking California's Lucas Valley. The land is to be preserved as farmland. Hetfield has previously donated more than 400 acres to the county for...
Metallica frontman James Hetfield has donated a massive area of his Marin County, California estate to conservation groups. The Marin Independent Journal newspaper reports the move [...] Read more!
Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, has become a somewhat troubling American tradition, making an unofficial start to a secular Advent of consumerism. We usually do as little shopping on "Black Friday" as possible, but since Hon Daughter No. 1 needed a ride to her job at a retail establishment, we decided to go in and look around. We were browsing a display of recorded Christmas...
Metallica frontman James Hetfield is rather proud his band's music was played at top volume to break down the resistance of Guantanamo detainees under interrogation. "It’s strong, it’s music that’s powerful,” he told an interviewer from a German TV network. “It represents something that they don’t like—maybe freedom, aggression—...
Metallica ( is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981) makes its way onto iPhones with a finger-tapping music app called "Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica ." Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk...
We've explored what it takes to collect and refurbish existing pinball machines , but what if you want your own, custom game? Creating a one-of-a-kind pinball experience is a much different beast, but we were able to catch up with Wade Krause and Tanio Kryce, two men who put together a special table for some big pinball fans: Metallica. "[Singer] James Hetfield saw the Hellacopters game that...
The third track from Metallica’s second album Ride the Lightning. Composed by Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich, the lyrics are based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel of the same name. The chromatic introduction, often ...
If you've ever felt that there wasn't enough metal music in cartoon form, then this is just the show for you. Metalocalypse has already had a couple of series dating back to 2006, so I'm a little slow on the uptake, have just borrowed a boxset of the first series, but I'm glad I checked it out. It follows the band Dethklok, who for reasons that aren't really explained, have got so massive and popular...
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