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Metallica

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Fudging The Numbers With Last.Fm

    Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. I was thrilled five-ish years ago when I found out about Last.fm, the music recommendation service that d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Nigel Godrich and Six Other Producers Who Stepped in Front of a Mic

    If there was ever an example a good musical soldier, it would be Nigel Godrich. The British producer has been an essential behind-the-scenes figure with Radiohead for years and years and years, so much so that he's colliquolly referred to as a sixth member of the band. Radiohead's titanic sound sh ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2011

    Mastodon

    7 p.m. Sunday, November 13. Pop's Nightclub, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    The Six Creepiest Children In Songs

    Happy Halloween! Let's celebrate with a list of the six best cameos from creepy children in song. 6. Michael Jackson - "Little Susie" The inclusion of Michael Jackson on this list has nothing to do with any accusations of inappropriate behavior with children, of which I will always give the man th ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2010

    The Sword

    8 p.m. Monday, December 13. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Black Friday Record Store Sales Hit Vintage Vinyl, Euclid Records and Apop Records

    recordstoreday.com​April's annual Record Store Day has been such a rousing success, a semi-sequel is happening on Black Friday. Indie record stores all around the country will have exclusives, special releases, deluxe editions and other rare, limited-run goodies for sale. Vintage Vinyl and Euc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2010

    Big Three, Plus One

    recordstoreday.com​April's annual Record Store Day has been such a rousing success, a semi-sequel is happening on Black Friday. Indie record stores all around the country will have exclusives, special releases, deluxe editions and other rare, limited-run goodies for sale. Vintage Vinyl and Euc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    One Night Only! Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Come to a Movie Theater Near You

    Todd OwyoungJames Hetfield in St. Louis in 2008. More photos here.​Tickets are on sale now for what's being dubbed The Big Four Live -- a.k.a. the June 22 movie-theater simulcast of the Sonisphere Festival appearances of thrash legends Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. (Now I can't stop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Rush Documentary Screening at Ronnies in June

    If Rush's August show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater won't have enough air-drumming dudes and epic prog breakdowns for you, fear not: Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, a documentary on the band directed by the men behind Iron Maiden: Flight 666, is screening in St. Louis on June 10. Says a press ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Caption This: Rockabye Baby!, Lullaby Renditions of Journey

    The Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions of... series is self-explanatory. Each release focuses on making tunes from one rock band palatable enough for the naptime set. Past volumes have featured Metallica, Tool, Beach Boys, Coldplay, the Pixies and the Beatles. However, the latest one to cross my des ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2010

    Revocation

    7 p.m. Tuesday January 12. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

  • Music

    October 28, 2009

    Our Lady Peace

    8 p.m. Friday, October 30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Win! 25th Anniversary Twisted Sister Stuff!

    Hard to believe it's been twenty-five years since Twisted Sister asserted is independence with the LP Stay Hungry and the tune "We're Not Gonna Take It." But yes, a quarter-century passed since mainstream America became aware of Dee Snider and the rest of his glam-metal compatriots. (Fun fact: Metal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    No Kidding: British Medical Journal Says Headbanging Is Dangerous

    Andrew McIntosh and Declan Patton, a pair of academics at the University of New South Wales (they come from the land down under) are worried about the dizziness, disorientation and, well, that pain in the neck you felt walking out of the recent Metallica concert. And they've done what any good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Top Ten Metal Albums of 2008

    In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Hello? Is It Me You're Looking For?: Best of Craigslist Missed Connections, November 17-23

    (Welcome to Hello? Is It Me You're Looking For? Each Monday, we'll scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye this week.) Pop's rocks. 'Cept in this case: "To the girl caning onstage at Pops (Pops)" The girl dancing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Review Setlist Photos: Metallica at the Scottrade Center, 11/17/08

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2008

    Magnetic Morning: Kirk Hammett talks cartoon voiceovers, the art of guitar solos and Metallica's new album — and its alleged sound issues

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Interview Preview: Metallica's Kirk Hammett on Death Magnetic's Sound

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2008

    Run Run Run at Off Broadway, Monday, September 29

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    Dr. Anger: Talking with Phil Towle, Metallica's Performance Coach, About Death Magnetic

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    An Open Letter to Metallica Regarding Death Magnetic Friday

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    LEGO Video: Metallica, Devo, U2, Queen, Daft Punk, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    Metallica, Down and the Sword at the Scottrade Center, Monday, November 17

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Music

    April 23, 2008

    B-Sides gets personal with Alicia Keys, as she is, and examines the parallels between Metallica-worshippers Apocalyptica and Harptallica

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    National Record Store Day at Euclid Records, Vintage Vinyl on Saturday, April 19

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2008

    Download This: A 1986 Metallica Show from Cape Girardeau

    Well. That was fucking glorious. Not content with merely revitalizing their sound on record – Death Magnetic, go buy it already – Metallica decided to kick their stage show in the ass and get back to the business of being the best live band in the world. But of course, I'm biased -- I've bel ... More >>

  • Music

    October 24, 2007

    Beatallica

    8 p.m. Friday, October 26. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

  • Music

    October 17, 2007

    The Ween Abides

    Ten reasons Ween's better than your favorite band.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    Evil Is as Evile Does

    Ten reasons Ween's better than your favorite band.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    Metallica Shreds -- Unskillfully

    Ten reasons Ween's better than your favorite band.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2007

    Go! 9/7-9/9

    Ten reasons Ween's better than your favorite band.

  • Music

    September 5, 2007

    Harptallica

    8 p.m. Sunday, September 9. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

  • Home Entertainment

    August 9, 2006

    Our top DVD picks for the week of August 10

    8 p.m. Sunday, September 9. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

  • Music

    November 23, 2005

    Hewhocorrupts

    Friday, November 25; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue)

  • Music

    September 7, 2005

    Paperback Master of Puppets

    We talk mashups with Beatallica, skewer Ember Swift and find out what Robert Earl Keen is really saying

  • Calendar

    July 20, 2005

    Non-Crash Course

    BMW Ultimate Driving Experience

  • News

    December 22, 2004

    The Best Movies of the Year

    We've picked our favorites -- let the debates begin

  • Music

    September 22, 2004

    Metal Health

    We tell Metallica how to get its act together, tour the state with LL Cool J and listen to Wilco

  • Music

    July 14, 2004

    Bedrock, Cock Rock

    We cave dive for beats and talk with Kip Winger and Sonia Dada

  • News

    May 26, 2004

    Summer Film Previews

    Our critics enter the summer-movie fray

  • Music

    March 17, 2004

    Devil in the Details

    New books document heavy metal's ugly history

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    Suits & Thugs & Rock & Roll

    Cockfighting, prescription-drug abuse and other pursuits that tiptoe over the line of legality; plus, we give a shout-out to Plaza Frontenac

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Cockfighting, prescription-drug abuse and other pursuits that tiptoe over the line of legality; plus, we give a shout-out to Plaza Frontenac

  • Music

    July 9, 2003

    Gimme Some Youth

    How do washed-up rock stars maintain lavish homes, fancy cars, stripper ex-wives, cocaine habits and scores of illegitimate children? Easy: They co-opt youth culture.

  • Music

    June 11, 2003

    Grumpy Old Men

    Metallica returns with the most anticipated metal album in ages

  • Music

    February 5, 2003

    Direct to Video

    When the concert season cools down, try warming up with the latest rock and metal DVDs

  • Music

    December 11, 2002

    New Bands From Old

    Or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore Audioslave"

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2002

    Battery and Flattery

    Tribute band Battery gets the ultimate thumbs-up from its inspiration

  • Music

    June 2, 1999

    Forever Young

    Tribute band Battery gets the ultimate thumbs-up from its inspiration

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