If it's all just information? What makes memorizing chord diagrams different from Metallica's life and career choices? Why couldn't I see the simplicity in that fact growing up back then? I was obsessed! haha!
My father George saw that obsession and for a few weeks banned me from listening to them. After I waited by the radio for hours after school got out, hoping and listening for "Fade to Black" or "Enter Sandman", in secret - i understood what his point was. I still went on to listen to some pretty heavy obscure music but all the while, I knew what kind of music the musician inside me wanted to write in the future.
Yes, right now - my original songs could be heavier, but for now in the songwriting process, I need the lyrics and message to be clearer than the amount of distortion that I layer over clean toned guitar riffs/melodies.
So back to my history of listening and loving Metallica. When you hear a band that has such a diverse yet settled sound, it's easy to understand how they've been so influential in the change that Hard Rock and Heavy Metal have played in the progress of popular music.
The "rock ballad" was coined in the 1980s and this band was no exception to adding to what that did. Hits like "Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else Matters" upon hitting the radio airwaves have forged a highlighted path for other artists to write softer rock songs. These particular songs have a more gentle quality, yet they've been widely accepted by devoted toughened Metallica fans and unaccustomed casual listeners of awesomeness.
ALL IN ALL: This book is VERY, interesting and lets the reader understand about the seemingly unimportant "dude-type" decision that Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton shared the night before he died on their tour bus. One got the top bunk and the other got the bottom. It could have been "bye-bye" to the former Exodus lead guitarist just as easily. And that fact is simply sad but true. No pun intended.
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