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Brand leaders of ultra-metal for over two decades, Metallica have survived and thrived where others have failed to last the pace by treating triumph and disaster with equal disdain. They overcame the 1986 tour death of bassist Cliff Barton, coped with frontman James Hetfield’s recent substance abuse problems while simultaneously took on Internet music ‘thieves’ Napster. Heading happily into the new millennium, with the chart-scaling St Anger album, Lars Ulrich, kirk Hammett, Robert rujillo and James Hetfield remained as uncompromising and successful as ever. QUOTES INCLUDE: ‘On Kill ‘Em All we were very angry young men, and now we’re very angry middle aged men’ KIRK HAMMETT ‘We went through the meat grinder, but we’re still together and not just a fucking quivering piece of hamburger in the corner.’ KIRK HAMMETT ‘If the requirement of being a Metallica fan is that I give you music for free, I don’t want you as a fan. Go away, leave us alone.’ LARS ‘No, we’re not fucking doing it for the fucking fans, we’re doing it for ourselves.’ LARS ‘Metallica isn’t ready to turn into some nostalgic shit.’ LARS ‘I have to say the future looks so great I have to put sunglasses on.’ KIRK
