97.12.1The boys will be on Saturday Night Live this Saturday, 12/6/97. They are rumored to appear on Letterman this week as well. There also may be a suprise Club Gig. (From ISMML)
97.11.23
From the Los Angeles Times, November 23, 1997
L.A. Radio Keeps Metallica's 'Re-Load' on Ice
Want to hear the new Metallica album on the radio?
If you live in the Los Angeles Area, you'd better be a hockey fan.
Even with the release of the new "Re-Load" album, which is expected to
score more than 250,000 first-week sales, the only place the hugely popular
band is getting airplay is on a hockey talk show on sports station KXTA (1150).
There's just no place for this sound on L.A. music stations anymore.
Metal-oriented KNAC and hard-rocker Pirate Radio are now just memories. The
recent shift of KLOS-FM (95.5) back to its classic-rock heritage has left hard-
rock acts out in the cold. Metallica made a raid into alternative-rock territory
by headlining Lollapalooza '96, but KROQ-FM (106.7) never really embraced it.
"What does it tell you when a sports station will give you the freedom
to do what you want musically and music stations don't?" says Tommy Nast, a
hockey fanatic who hosts the show on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon, moon-
lighting from his regular job as executive vice president and general manager of
the music promotion publication the Album Network. "I can do whatever I want on
the show as long as it ties to hockey."
Nast played Metallica's new single, "The Memory Remains," three times
during his show the week before the album's release last Tuesday, following
up with other songs from the album on the following Wednesday. Nast justifies
playing the music on a hockey show by saying Metallica's aggressive style fits
the sport's "attitude."
Both Nast and Metallica's co-manager Cliff Burnstein lament the hard-
rock black hole of L.A. radio.
"I wonder what happened to the old KNAC listeners," says Burnstein.
"You'd think some station would want to appeal to them."
KLOS program director John Duncan agrees - but says that given the
trend in radio toward more niche programming designed to hold a demo-
graphic, it can't be his station.
"You just can't be all things to all people anymore," he says. "I
keep asking our owners to get me another station so I can do hard rock too."
-Steve Hochman
Here's the latest info from MetClub:
Sixteen years into their existence, ReLoad,
Metallica's seventh studio album is ready!
NEW ALBUM RELEASE DATES!
Metallica's seventh album (or #6 Part 2), entitled "Re-Load", will
be released on November 14 in Japan; November 17 in every
other international territory; and November 18 in North America.
There are thirteen new songs on "Re-Load".
Here is the sequence with songwriters and times:
Fuel (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) 4:29
The Memory Remains (Hetfield/Ulrich) 4:39
Devil's Dance (Hetfield/Ulrich) 5:18
The Unforgiven II (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) 6:36
Better Than You (Hetfield/Ulrich) 5:21
Slither (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) 5:13
Carpe Diem Baby (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) 6:12
Bad Seed (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) 4:05
Where The Wild Things Are (Hetfield/Ulrich/Newsted) 6:52
Prince Charming (Hetfield/Ulrich) 6:04
Low Man's Lyric (Hetfield/Ulrich) 7:36
Attitude (Hetfield/Ulrich) 5:16
Fixxxer (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett) 8:14
SINGLES TO BE RELEASED
"The Memory Remains" will be released on November 3rd internationally and in
North America on November 11th. The single features vocal contributions from
the legendary Marianne Faithfull (the first time any guest vocalist has been
featured on a Metallica song). The following are the U.S. and international formats:
North America - 2 track CD and cassette single:
1. "The Memory Remains"
2. "For Whom The Bell Tolls" (Haven't Heard It Yet Mix)
(A new mix from DJ Spooky - different from Spawn mix).
International - 7" (UK only) and 2 track CD
(International):
1. "The Memory Remains"
2. "For Whom The Bell Tolls" (Haven't Heard It Yet Mix)
CD1
1. "The Memory Remains"
2. "Fuel For Fire" (Work in progress with different lyrics)
(Early recorded version of "Fuel" - Not a demo)
3. "Memory" (demo version)
CD2
1. "The Memory Remains"
2. "The Outlaw Torn" (Unencumbered By Manufacturing Restrictions Version)
(This is the full version of the song, with an additional 30+ seconds at the end -
originally edited/faded to avoid exceeding maximum amount of time on "Load")
3. "King Nothing" (Tepid Mix) (Remix of song by KMFDM)
VIDEO
On October 21st and 22nd a promo video for the upcoming single "The Memory Remains",
was filmed in Van Nuys CA. Filming took place on a specially constructed film set, was
directed by Paul Andresen and features an appearance by guest vocalist Marianne Faithfull.