So did you hear about Metallica? If you are slightly in the rock, there is a chance you heard of them. But as it happens, they are not as popular as I thought.
Now, I love some Metallica songs, either covers they did or their original. I don’t go to their concerts but my mp3 player has quite a few of their tracks. I grew up in the late 80s and 90s and probably belong to one of the last generations that express themselves with music. When I grew up, it was a shame not to know who Pearl Jam were or when Kurt Cobain died. It was cool to despise Courtney love and it was even cooler to love Guns N’ Roses. They would literally laugh in your face if you didn’t associate a certain type of metal with Metallica. Years passed by and there came a time when they were considered so mainstream… What happened? They did not fall off the face off the earth or stop filling stadiums or selling records…
Maybe this friend of mine should hang with different crowds or hang with some older people. Because he plays the electric guitar and it is fun and cool and necessary to play Metallica. I have a classic guitar. Just like most my peers around my age, it was bought with the hopes that I could one day upgrade to electric and play electric guitar solos. Oh, the dream! I most wanted to play Paradise City by Guns n’ Roses. Ah, the dreams of the youth. Kidding, I am still young and I still dream. It’s just that I am tone-deaf and far too busy launching a writing career. But I had taken a course years ago and one of the first things I learned was to play the main melody of Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. Oh and Come As You Are by Nirvana. Good old times.
Well, thanks for reading this nostalgic rant of a rock a chick. So why not list your favorite songs by them? No, wait! Individual Metallica best ofs should be the subject for another article!
But for all the other rock addicts out there, below are links to my other posts on rock(nroll):
10 Awesome Metallica Songs- Favorites of a Rock Addict
Seven Cover Songs That Rock
25+ Rocknroll Songs That You Can Dance to
Top Three Cover Songs: Alient Ant Farm, Warrant and Ugly Kid Joe
Fun Rock Poll for Rock FansFive Songs You Adore From Musicians You Don’t Normally Care About
Rock N Roll Mischief: 10 Dirty Rock Songs
Bon Jovi Were Born to be Followed
Album Review: Alice Cooper, Thrash (1989)
Year of The Black Rainbow by Coheed and Cambria
Metallica is the first heavy metal band that I heard in my life. I remember I really liked the album Ride the Lightning.
Not many people like heavy metal…. young people don’t know what rock is. I still love Guns N’ Roses, Faith no More, Def Leppard, Aerosmith… Though, I am not a fan of Mettalica.
Great article, Pinar !!!
@ borhomey: They have such great stuff. I am not their biggest faqn but those guys made some great rock tunes as well as good heavy metal songs.
@Patricia: Same as you, I love those bands and I am not the biggest Metallica fan myself. I never felt the need to go to a concert of theirs. A lot of my favorite songs are in entirely different albums. I know some “youngsters” really don’t know rock. I don’t expect them to like it either but hey, if they haven’t heard of any of these bands at one point, it is much more hopeless than I thought:)))