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NEWS ABOUT: Metallica

Metallica stories: 15 news summaries
pop culture


 100 Defining 
 Moments 
 of the '00s 

The iPod, Guitar Hero, Twitter—and some serious moments, too

Oct 30, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the tragic (World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina) to the seemingly trivial (Stephen Fry's first Tweet), the Telegraph lists the top 100 defining cultural moments of the decade so far:
  • April 2000: Metallica sues music-sharing service Napster.
  • October 2001: The iPod is released.
  • February
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Barack Obama • Hurricane Katrina • James Cameron • YouTube • Academy Awards • Al Gore • World Trade Center • iPod • September 11 • An Inconvenient Truth • Michael Moore • Michael Jackson • Napster • Metallica • Guitar Hero • Sacha Baron Cohen • Dreams From My Father • George W. Bush • Twitter • 9/11 attacks • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • PlayStation 2 • Stephen Fry • tweet • Jay-ZTV • Avatar (film)

 Metallica Singer 
 'Proud' of Music's 
 Role in Torture 

Tunes represented something detainees didn't like: Hetfield

Oct 29, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Metallica frontman James Hetfield is rather proud his band's music was played at top volume to break down the resistance of Guantanamo detainees under interrogation. "It’s strong, it’s music that’s powerful,” he told an interviewer from a German TV network. “It represents something that... More »

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Iraq • Guantanamo Bay • Metallica • heavy metal • harsh interrogation • detainees

 Enter Tapman: 
 Metallica Debuts 
 iPhone App 

Rockers seek to stay relevant with finger-tapping game

Oct 27, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Metallica aims to turn a generation of finger-tappers into headbangers with a new iPhone application. Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica, a variant of the top-selling Tap Tap Revenge game, lets players tap their screens in time to hits like Enter Sandman. The game, priced at $4.99, is expected to make... More »

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iPhone • rock bands • smartphones • Metallica • heavy metal • iPhone applications • Lars Ulrich

 Stars Demand 
 Bush 'Music 
 Torture' Files 

Time for torturers to face the music, say celebs

Oct 22, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady, and the Star Spangled Banner, among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates... More »

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Bush administration • music • torture • Eminem • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • country music • Guantanamo prisoners • Metallica • heavy metal • David Byrne • Rage Against the Machine • Tom Morello • Bonnie Raitt

Monkeys Only Like Monkey Music—and Metallica  

Heavy metal had calming effect on monkeys who ignored classic rock and jazz

Sep 2, 09 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Monkeys subjected to a range of human music ignored Bach, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz, but found Metallica soothing, the Daily Telegraph reports. The experiment on a group of cottontop tamarins, carried out by a psychologist and a cellist, found that while the monkeys showed no response to human music,... More »

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music • monkey • Metallica • heavy metal • primates • Jay-ZTV • primatology

'Beckham of Classical Music' Is Hit on Charts, With Ladies

David Garrett loves Metallica, sets world records

Jul 16, 09 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - He covers Michael Jackson songs, and considers Mozart and Metallica equally influential—David Garrett is not your average classically trained violinist, but perhaps that’s why his self-titled debut has sat atop the classical crossover charts for three weeks. The German-born 28-year-old—who modeled on the side during his time... More »

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entertainment • classical music • violin • David Beckham • Michael Jackson • Metallica • Stradivarius violin • David Garrett • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Jay-ZTV

 Coldplay 
 Tops World 
 Chart for '08 

Viva la Vida the year's bestselling album

Feb 16, 09 3:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Coldplay’s Viva La Vida was the best-selling album in the world last year, the BBC reports, selling 6.8 million copies. Coldplay was one of four British acts to crack the top 10. Here’s the rest of the list:
  1. AC/DC: Black Ice
  2. The
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music • music industry • Amy Winehouse • music sales • Metallica • Rihanna • Lil Wayne • Coldplay • Duffy • AC/DC • Leona Lewis

(Newser) - Run-DMC and Metallica will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, MTV.com reports. The two groups—along with Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack, and Wanda Jackson—will receive rock’s highest accolade in a ceremony April 4 in Cleveland. The two headlining picks may be... More »

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hip-hop • Metallica • heavy metal • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • rock music • Run-DMC

GLOSSIES

 10 Best Albums of 2008 

Infernal visions, playful funk, unflinching examinations top Rolling Stone list

Dec 21, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Dear Science tops Rolling Stone's year-end best list with an album “that sounded the most like America in 2008." The top 10:
  1. TV on the Radio, Dear Science: "Infernal visions of war and economic desperation," but "amid the fear and loathing" is "defiance.
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Bob Dylan • John Mellencamp • Rolling Stone • Beck • Metallica • Lil Wayne • Coldplay • My Morning Jacket • TV on the Radio • Santogold • Vampire Weekend • Best of 2008 • Lil Wayne jail • Lil Wayne pleads guilty

 Metallica 
 Drummer 
 Skips to 
 the Loo 

Lars Ulrich can't stop hanging out in bathrooms

Dec 1, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - He’s quit cocaine, but Lars Ulrich still likes to hang out in bathroom stalls, the Metallica drummer tells Blender magazine, “Two guys in a bathroom stall—it feels like the most important place in the whole world in that moment.” He pops in to not use the... More »

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drugs • cocaine • celebrity • Metallica • Lars Ulrich

Fans Make Racket Over Too-Loud Music 

Arms-race mastering is losing musical detail, listeners and engineers complain

Sep 25, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some fans have a surprising problem with Death Magnetic, the new Metallica album, the Wall Street Journal reports: It’s too loud. Since the advent of the compact disc, musicians have pushed mastering engineers to make albums as loud as possible. As a result, a new CD like Death Magnetic... More »

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music • sound • engineers • Metallica • heavy metal • production • Death Magnetic

Metallica Tops List of Rock Hall Nominees

Run-DMC, Stooges, Bobby Womack, War also in the running

Sep 22, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nominees for next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction were announced today, with rockers Metallica and rappers Run-DMC nominated for the first time, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first recording is released; just five acts are admitted... More »

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nominee • Metallica • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • ceremony • Iggy and the Stooges • Bobby Womack • Run-DMC

 Bruni Meets Up With Metallica 

French first lady joins heavy metal kings and talks of 'kind' Sarko

Sep 17, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - France's first lady shared a bill with Metallica on a British music show last night, the BBC reports. Former model Carla Bruni tapped her foot and clapped as the headbangers played—then joined host Jools Holland for a bluesy ballad. Bruni discussed the challenges of living both as a pop... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • singer • Metallica • Carla Bruni

 Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback 

Hair we go again: '80s nostalgia brings monsters of rock  back to life

May 24, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy metal is coming back with a vengeance this summer, the Guardian reports. Kiss, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, and plenty of other massive metal names from the '80s will dust off the spandex and play stadium shows for audiences of aging headbangers along with a new generation of fans weaned... More »

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rock stars • Kiss • Metallica • Guitar Hero • heavy metal • rock music • concert tour • Def Leppard • Judas Priest

YouTube Spoofer Hits A Chord

Guitar heroes are ‘convincingly bad’ in Finn's parodies

Oct 17, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why is Slash playing so poorly in this clip? Because a Finnish media artist over-dubbed the audio track just well enough to make the Guns N’ Roses axeman sound believably awful. The YouTube user known as StSanders was inspired to bring guitar heroes down to earth when he saw a... More »

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YouTube • Finland • Eric Clapton • Metallica • Slash • Guns N' Roses • Steve Vai

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