Our regular visitor [email protected] from Connecticut reports. A local radio station called "New Rock 104.1"
coming from Hartford, Connecticut played the Metallica + Ja Rule song on the
radio on July 1st at around 5 o clock in the evening. The radio DJ "Carlito"
admits to being a die-hard Metallica fan for his whole life, but said the
song was just terrible, and the rap/rock thing was another way for them to
make $$ and sell out to their loyal fans. Tons of people called in insulting
the pharaohs themselves, and saying how terrible the song is.
This is when radio DJ Carlito decided to boycott the song and lock
himself in the broadcast room until he talked to someone involved with
Metallica. Let it be a spokesperson, Electra salesman, or whatever....
During the protest the radio station only played Metallica songs of
all kinds and took calls from listeners about the situation. (I stayed up
listening all night long and had the radio on at work.) It seemed like
everyone was against the GODS because people were calling in saying they sold
out, bringing up Napster, the hair cutting, the Load and ReLoad albums, and
pretty much anything they could to say Metallica is just in it for the money.
(I finally got through and told him he was full of bullshit and this is just
a way to get more listeners and told him to jump off a bridge if he wanted
attention, but that is not important.)
As the situation grew over the Internet from their webpage
broadcasting people were calling in from all over the country (New York,
Texas, Illinois, etc.). It was getting really out of hand. Well, 18 hours
and a whole lot of Metallica songs later, LARS ULRICH himself called the
radio station!!!! One of his agents or affiliates from New York City had
heard about the situation and contacted Lars. Then at 1:56pm (eastern time)
Lars called up from California!!!! He said that about a year ago Swizz Beatz
had asked them to help out for his first new album under his own label.
Swizz Beatz really "got his jollys off" over the idea of having Metallica on
his album. So what they did was simply flew him into their recording studio
in California and had him listen to a few of their new riffs. He then took
some samples and mixed a song out of them and had Ja Rule rap over them.
Lars said that the 'Talica boys just sat back and let them do whatever they
wanted to do with it.
Lars was also comedically suprised at how quickly the song spread over
the Internet. It surfaced over the weekend, and the radio was playing it
Monday!
Lars then said how it has nothing to do with the new album (which I
knew but it seemed like many Metallica fans were not aware... they should
start reading your site!). He also stated that the new album will be very
heavy, without the bluesy stuff from the Load/ReLoad cds.
Lars also said how this album is nice because they are taking their
time in the studio not trying to beat any deadlines or plan immediate tours
and try to quickly bang out songs. He said they have about 25 pieces to work
with in the studio for the new album. And he promised Connecticut that it
has been a long time, but they will be coming back to see their friends in
Connecticut very soon!
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