As Antonio Gramsci argued, ruling groups maintain power partly by making their ideas seem like common sense. This helps explain the political significance of Metallica’s call for disengagement at a time when Israel’s genocide in Palestine demands urgent international attention. Hetfield’s vague agenda of “love, energy and heavy music” ultimately amounts to a refusal to stand for anything meaningful. And that refusal is itself deeply political.

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[–] 13 points 4 hours ago

Metallica stop being relevant when they started suing everyone proving that their lyrics had no bearing on reality and their greed knew no end.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 hours ago

    Ot is not cowardness to bring the topic. He is simply a genocide supporter

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  • [–] 18 points 5 hours ago

    Did anyone expect Metallica to be principled? They're copyright trolls for decades, something tells me moral backbone isn't their strong suit.

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    Metallica lost me with the Napster shit. No moves on their part since then have corrected that course.

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  • [–] 29 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    They have always been awful people (even if I do enjoy their earliest albums)

    Their documentary is a painful two hours of the whiniest, most insufferable, overprivileged, man babies. If you ever think the Napster bullshit was a temporary blip, there’s ample evidence that the rot goes all the way through:

    https://youtu.be/eTeat_IN0SU?is=lPkgJq-_WWxE-gtH

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  • [–] 26 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    Olivia Rodrigo is more metal than Metallica

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    Had James just not brought it up, it wouldn't be a problem. I don't think that bands are required to bring up politics and defend a side. Sheeran had his hand forced and at that point had to pick a side, and he fucked up. The only reason Metallica is getting scrutinized is because Jamie boy had to make some dumbass comments about not getting political while taking a shot at Macklemore. I was at a concert last weekend, and no bands said anything to draw themselves into a political discussion, and they're not in the headlines now. It's simple.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    It is not even political to be anti genocide

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    For sure. I don't think that the conversation has to take place in every setting though. Like I don't bring up Palestine in every conversation I have. If someone else brings it up, they get to hear my thoughts. If Metallica didn't want to be associated with the topic, don't bring it up politics at all. I don't agree with Sheeran's response at all, but I do have some level some sympathy that he was forced into the conversation, but that's it. If he were a better person, he could have garnered insane amounts of support, but he's not, so he didn't. Hell, he could have even shielded himself to some extent by just saying that he disagrees with the actions taken against Macklemore and left it at that, even if he carries shitty views. He doubled fucked up by not supporting his friend and by siding with Israel.

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  • [–] 22 points 7 hours ago

    They have always been posers. Less metal than a BYU Glee Club.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Who's getting their political takes from celebs or artists? Stop.

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    Metallica died with Cliff Burton

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  • [–] 6 points 6 hours ago

    fuck em Dethklok > Metallica

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  • [–] 14 points 8 hours ago* (18 children)

    This is so disappointing...is it ok to still listen to their old stuff and just pretend that they broke up after Master of Puppets?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago

    I think it's a bad idea to let later knowledge ruin music.. usually (yes there are some exceptions..don't read about the band Lostprophets...). Metallica is a band of idiots with bad selfish opinions. That doesn't mean they didn't make good art decades ago.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (8 children)

    Personally, this situation would fall into issues I have with other bands/authors/popular figures and how I handle their material. If I own copies of their media, whether on CD or downloaded files or physical books, I will continue to listen to or read it if I do enjoy it. I will no longer purchase anything new, stream on any platform, or borrow anything from the library as a way to show my non-support.

    An example: I loved Coraline by Gaiman. That guy is a gross creep, but I already own a copy of the book and the Blu-ray, so I keep my copies and do not purchase anything I do not already own.

    Edit: fixed some grammar because I’m a dork

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  • [–] 1 point 27 minutes ago* (1 child)

    Is it actually true about gaiman though? Such a bummer if so. I love his writing.

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  • [–] 1 point 12 minutes ago*

    The accounts about Gaiman are truly reprehensible. Nauseating, even. Dude's a rapist hiding behind kink and non-traditional relationships. (Amanda Palmer is also revealed to be a predatory sociopath at best)

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  • [–] 6 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    Gaiman didn't do any of the real work on teh film, so feel free to enjoy it

    The Sandman is what hurts me, but again, he just wrote the words and made the story. There were lots of other people involved and they arn't creepy assholes

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

    I still have disturbed on my lifting playlist, but I’ve dumped gaiman and die antwoord. Regardless, it was pirated anyways

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