the danger of making progress in spite of your fans
james hetfield is “bummed.”
in this reuters report (via abc), we have some comments on metallica’s latest release st. anger, which has moved 1.5 million units in the us since june and was a #1 debut.
maybe there’s some blowback from the mp3-fans in the united states – maybe. then again, maybe the band understands what’s going on…. american metallica fans have expectations, and maybe this….
“it’s a very challenging record”
“constructed by a computer program and features no guitar solos.”
…isn’t what american metallica-oids expect.
since this theory echoes some of my previous comments (see “the ponderous public” and “i liked you better yesterday”) on plan g, i thought i’d use it to reinforce my own preconceptions in public.