> ----- Original Message -----
> Newsgroups: alt.showbiz.gossip
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 8:17 PM
> Subject: Metallica members rip each other in interview
>
>
> > Metallica Members Rip Each Other in Interview
> >
> > By Dean Goodman
> >
> > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The lead vocalist of hard rock band Metallica
> (news -
> > web sites) cannot sing well and may be homophobic, the drummer isn't
very
> good
> > either, and everyone was mean to the bass player.
> >
> > That's not the critics talking, but the four members of the San
> Francisco-based
> > group taking potshots at each other during separate interviews woven
> together
> > in the upcoming issue of Playboy magazine.
> >
> > The sessions were conducted two months before bass player Jason Newsted
> > announced in January he was quitting the mega-selling group after 14
> years,
> > citing ``private and personal reasons'' and ``physical damage''
resulting
> from
> > his playing.
> >
> > Playboy said Newsted's departure followed two marathon band meetings,
but
> could
> > hardly be termed a surprise given the enmity that emerged during the
> interview
> > sessions. The April issue reaches newsstands on March 5.
> >
> > Among the revelations: singer James Hetfield's ``vocal range is
limited''
> but
> > improving, according to Newsted.
> >
> > Drummer Lars Ulrich, often at the center of many band fights, said
> Hetfield is
> > homophobic.
> >
> > ``Let there be no question about that,'' it quoted Ulrich as saying. ``I
> think
> > homophobia is questioning your sexuality and not being comfortable with
> it.''
> >
> > For his part, Hetfield recalled that Danish-born Ulrich rarely bathed
> during
> > the band's formative days in the early 1980s, and was not a good
drummer.
> >
> > ``To this day he is not Drummer of the Year. We all know that,'' said
> Hetfield,
> > who leads the band with Ulrich.
> >
> > Hetfield also recalled throwing Ulrich into his kit several times, as
part
> of a
> > philosophy that favored violence and intimidation. Ulrich said he had
> gotten
> > into a few fights with Newsted. Only guitarist Kirk Hammett, a yoga
> devotee,
> > said he has never hit anyone in the band.
> >
> > Newsted, who joined the band when Cliff Burton died in a bus accident
> during a
> > 1986 European tour, was subjected to prolonged physical and mental abuse
> by his
> > bandmates, the magazine said. Newsted recalled they even turned down his
> bass
> > on the breakthrough 1988 album ``... And Justice For All.''
> >
> > Hetfield, the band's heart and soul, refused to allow Newsted to release
a
> solo
> > album for fear that it would detract from Metallica, according to the
> > interviews.
> >
> > While Playboy said Newsted had declined to comment further in light of
his
> > resignation, the magazine quoted a source as saying his clash with
> Hetfield was
> > ``a precipitating factor'' in his decision to leave. The source said
> Newsted
> > might move to Montana for two years and not pick up a bass at all.
> >
> > A spokesman for the band's U.S. label, Elektra Records, said he had not
> seen
> > the article and could not comment on it.
> >
> >
>
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