Just the other night, I was watching the extras on the “Metallica: Through the Never” BluRay… and there was this interview with James Hetfield and he was explaining why Metallica continued on as a band for over 30 years or so. James explained as long as it’s the right thing to do, they’ll continue on no matter what anybody says. He said that in those exact words I believe and it was inspiring for him to say that. He really means it when he says something like that and you can tell.

What James means is that as long as they keep getting successful, they’ll continue to do it, not giving a fuck about anybody, ya know? They know that if they continue as a band, they’ll get all kinds of mixed opinions about people but they don’t care. You can see they have that kind of attitude. They’re just not afraid to do what they wanna do.

I respect them for that. Most legendary metal bands have retired and moved on but Metallica is one of the very few who kept going. They’ve been going for 30 years and I’m feeling they’ll go on for another 30, lol.

I respect their “don’t give a shit attitude”.

That’s the way to be in music, ya know? You wanna be out there playing music, you’re gonna get all kinds of critics and haters all over the place. Every where you go. You gotta ignore all that stuff if you wanna make it in music. That’s how Metallica made it by not giving a shit. They get so much negative criticism, it’s crazy. I respect them for continuing on. They’ve been accused of selling out and trying to fit in the commercial mainstream but I disagree. I see them as a band who just wanna do their thing like all the other bands out there. They’re no different than other bands.

As long as people are buying their records and going to their shows, they’re gonna keep doing it. I don’t see Metallica ever going away. Well, they’ll retire at some point ’cause I can’t see them playing metal at 80 years old (lol) but I think they have plenty of time left. They still got a lot more to do in their future.

I’ll always support and love Metallica. No matter what they do and no matter how many times they change their direction of music. You never know what this band have in store for their next album too. Everybody wants them to play thrash metal and heavy music but next thing you know, they’ll go a different direction for their next album. This band is unpredictable for sure.

You can’t deny that this band have a lot of balls. Whenever Metallica is being hated on in facebook, forums and other places on the internet, I’ll have no problem defending the band. I understand why people don’t like ’em anymore ’cause of their change of direction of music but that’s what bands do, ya know? They change and evolve. Where was the outrage when Megadeth did the same exact thing? Ditched thrash metal and went different directions. I’ll always be loyal to Metallica. I’ll cover some of their songs for youtube at some point. \m/

Kev