October 2009

  • Mustaine's Metallica Feud

    By roskopp on 10/9/09 4:04am
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    Mustaine and HetfieldMustaine and HetfieldThere was a really interesting interview on Blabbermouth the other day with Dave Mustaine. He was lead guitarist of Metallica from 1981 to 1983 when he was kicked out of the band. He went on to a successful career with Megadeth as a skilled front man but they never reached the heights that Metallica achieved. Well there has clearly been a bit of a feud raging over the years and the outspoken Lars Ulrich has sparred with Mustaine in the press. The whole thing came to a head with the Some Kind of Monster documentary when they met up and talked about what had happened with disastrous results.

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  • Metallica iPhone App

    By roskopp on 10/9/09 3:14am
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    Metallica iPhoneMetallica iPhoneMetallica seem to have embraced the idea of digital music downloads now with the release of their dedicated iPhone application. The app is called Live Metallica and it costs $0.99. Once you have it installed on your iPhone you can stream remixed recordings of live Metallica shows from around the world. The latest show is provided for free and you can also access samples from their archive and then buy the ones you like directly through the app.

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