MET CLUB: Hi I am carole
OnlineHost: James Hetfield, Welcome to AOL! Any opening comments for your
fans?
MET CLUB: Hello and fire away
Question: Hey James, What's your favorite Metallica song?
MET CLUB: I 'd have to say the Thing That Should Not Be
MET CLUB: From Master of Puppets
Question: what advice would you give a guitar player in high school who wants
MET CLUB: Stop now while you can...
MET CLUB: Joke
MET CLUB: Serious answer would be..
MET CLUB: Play along with the music you like listening to
MET CLUB: That's what How I started
Question: I have been told that you may put off the release of your next
album. Is this true? Do
Question: you have a name for the album yet? If so, what?
MET CLUB: No name yet, the songs are already written
MET CLUB: just nee to finish the recording of them over the summer
MET CLUB: with the release planned before Christmas of 97
Question: Hey Jaymz, What's Your Favorite MetallicA Song?
MET CLUB: we answered that one
Question: James, are you guyz gonna release another box set or live video? I
heard a rumor about
MET CLUB: There are plans to film one of th
MET CLUB: ethe shows this spring
MET CLUB: but no plans on what we will do with it yet
Question: Dear Jaymz what gauge and model do you use of Ernie Ball Strings?
MET CLUB: 10 gage / steel
Question: Will the club please start taking FAN CAN '98 orders now so we can
have them for
Question: christmas please?
MET CLUB: Ha ha.. whatever money you want to send us , don't expect back haha
MET CLUB: Seriously.. the 97 Fancan will be out before the 98 one
Question: Jaymz I wanna get a tattoo of the new logo or the scary guy, and I
need to know your
Question: opinion on this?
MET CLUB: If it is not a rub on tattoo, you had better reallt think about it
MET CLUB: you may think we suck next year
Question: how did metallica form?
MET CLUB: out of sheer boredom at work
Question: what guitar player infuenced you the most?
MET CLUB: Tony Iommi
Question: James, Do you forsee any other Metallica albums coming out after
the release of "Load2"?
MET CLUB: I can't think that far ahead.. we concentrate on one album at a
time
Question: Why did you change your style of music? To be more specific, why
did you change from the
Question: heavy metal style to more of a alternative style?
MET CLUB: We write Metallica songs, we don't follow what is popular
MET CLUB: Thanks for letting me know that we are an alternATIVE band
Question: The video for �Until it Sleeps� is reminiscent of paintings by the
Dutch Renaissance
Question: artist Heironymus Bosch. Did Bosch�s work provide inspiration for
the video?
MET CLUB: Yes
Question: I heard a rumor that another band member is
getting married? is this true and if so
Question: please tell me its not you!!
MET CLUB: why what's wrong with me?
MET CLUB: no plans that i have heard of
Question: Any new Covers on the B sides of singles(Breadfan,So What etc...)
MET CLUB: the full version of OUtlaw Torn should be on one
MET CLUB: we are still arguing over what bands to cover
Question: did you enjoy boston as much as boston enjoyed having you at the
fleet center?
MET CLUB: the best concert of my life... again
MET CLUB: ha ha.. the place did sound vry good
Question: are you guyz gonna re release garage days revisited
MET CLUB: we have heard that question
MET CLUB: plenty of times
MET CLUB: and yes eventually , it will resurface
MET CLUB: so join the Fan Club now...
Question: Jaymz are we gonna get another Phoenix date? Hell man I'll drive
to Tucson to see you
Question: guys!
MET CLUB: Tucson is a possible next summer of 98
Question: I know the new album is nearly done, but after its release man are
we gonna have to wait
Question: another 5 years man? Please dont stay away that long man!
MET CLUB: no, man
MET CLUB: not another 5 years
MET CLUB: none of us can wait that long again
Question: Who'se idea was it for the explosive ending of the concert. I
caught the show in Las
Question: Cruces,NM with Korn
MET CLUB: did we fool you?
MET CLUB: it was a collaborative effort of us all
Question: James, to what do you attribute Metallica's longevity over other
bands that formed
Question: aorund the same time, ie Metal Church, Anthrax, etc.?
MET CLUB: haircuts ha ha
MET CLUB: seriously
MET CLUB: our connections with the fans ( join the club ha ha) and our
MET CLUB: our "sibling rivalary" keepig each other ibn check
Question: Aren't you EVER gonna get tired of being on the road? It seems
like you've toured for
Question: like 8 years straight!
MET CLUB: FOR INFORMATION ON JOINING THE METALLICA CLUB, E-MAIL
MET CLUB: metallica has always been a live band
MET CLUB: that is how we got our intitial fans
MET CLUB: and it is the funnest part of being in a band
OnlineHost: for info on Metallica fan club E-mail your full name and postal
address to Met Club
Question: Hey James! Rumor has it the Mustaine might play the keyboards for
metallica is that so?
MET CLUB: If he is lucky
MET CLUB: we are looking for a washboard player though
Question: What do you think of the music scene now? Will it have an efect on
your later recordings?
MET CLUB: We don't pay attention to what go on around us too much
MET CLUB: except when pyrotechnics go off
Question: Will you play creeping death tommorw night in nashville im going
and could you dedicate
Question: it too Josh West
MET CLUB: I am not good at dedications, but we will be playing
MET CLUB: Creping Death.. just for you and everyone else
Question: do you and the band feel obligated to play any songs in particular
at your shows?
Question: Thanks, and keep up the awesome concerts
MET CLUB: Creeping Death haha
MET CLUB: Ter
MET CLUB: there are some songs we feel we must play for ourselves
MET CLUB: like Fade to Black
Question: Why not printed lyrics inside Load? Are the ones found on the
internet totally accurate?
MET CLUB: no they are not.. join the club to get the real ones
Question: Whatever happened to the white Flying V that some of your older
fans remember so well?
MET CLUB: It is in a few pieces in my closet
Question: do members of metallica do musical projects outside the band?
like solo work or other
Question: stuff on tha side?
MET CLUB: personally, i have no time for that
MET CLUB: all my tim is spent concetrating on metallica
MET CLUB: Jason will jam with anyone
Question: I was wondering if you ever kept in touch with Mike Burgess the
motherload contest
Question: winner & if a video will ever be released of the show at the pub.
Also, did he really get to
Question: keep all that equippment?!?!
MET CLUB: It just so happens that there footage of that and MORE
MET CLUB: inth
MET CLUB: in the 97 Fan Can 2
Question: James-Hi, I had Tickets And backstage passes to your show in
Buffalo 0n the 25th of
Question: march-why is it that You, Kirk, And Lars don't come back after the
show (backstage)?
MET CLUB: someone has to load to trucks
Question: I play the guitar in a band, how do you keep the band from killing
each other during
Question: practices?
MET CLUB: we don't practice
Question: James, what was your life like as a kid?
MET CLUB: smaller
Question: How old were you when you got in your first band?
MET CLUB: 15
MET CLUB: Obsession was my first band
Question: how long did it take you to learn how to play the guitar?
MET CLUB: still learning
MET CLUB: but constant practice after school with buddies
MET CLUB: the compettion helped push me
Question: The early Metallica songs featured a lot of Lovecraftian
influences...was that from
Question: Cliff?
MET CLUB: yes
MET CLUB: he was into the Lovecraft mythos and introduced Kirk and I to it
Question: WHAT WAS THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE?
MET CLUB: I am waiting for it!
MET CLUB: nice chatting with ya, se ya somewhere on the road
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