(+) The ’80s Metallica
(-) The ’90s — present Metallica

+ Demo, “No Life Til’ Leather” was distributed for free among San Francisco metal community.
- Sues that unnamed web-sharing site for distributing demo songs for free.

+ Zero video releases; relied on “underground” metal community for promotion.
- Three videos released to MTV; the first, “One,” featured snippets of an old war movie that no one ever watched.

+ Creepy Pushead artwork accompanies liner notes.
- Creepy Anton Corbin photographs band.

+ “Heaviest I’ve ever heard,” says unknown San Francisco native.
- “Yeah, we sell out,” said former bassist James Newstead, pausing for drama. “Every seat in the house, every time we play.” Newstead appeared on VH1.

+ Records covers of songs by the Misfits, Black Sabbath and Motorhead.
- Covers Bob Seager’s [sic] “Turn the Page.”

+ Vocalist James Hatfield [sic] clearly screams. And we scream along.
- While being interviewed for MTV James Hatfield [sic] says, “I had to learn to sing for this record,” referring to the Black album.

+ “How can you listen to that?” my mother asks, responding to “Master of Puppets” album.
- “I like that song,” my mother says, referring to “Nothing Else Matters.”

+ My very first concert: 1988, Metallica, Louisville, Ky. (estimated attendance: 2,000).
- One of my last concerts: circa 1993, Metallica, Orlando, Florida, Lollapalooza (estimated attendance: 7,000).

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