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              THE ENCYCLOPEDIA METALLICA NEWSLETTER
                      ISSUE #112, 5 Jan 2001
                     http://www.encycmet.com/
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EDITORIAL. Happy new year dudes. Metallica is still having some days
of, but according to the Metallica club there will be record sessions
soon, so the next album will hopefully be on the streets later this
year. A new quiz is up on the site so go to http://www.encycmet.com


                                           Sem Hadland (Editor)
                                           http://www.encycmet.com



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==== REVIEW: "THE GARAGE REMAINS THE SAME" =======================
I've seen the cover some where before, its a parody of Led zep's 
The song remains same cover cept it has James working under the 
hood of a car with his pants showing his arse. The tracks were 
recorded in "Pista Atletica, Del Estadio Naccional (sp?its in 
Jaymes' scribble), Santiago, Chile May 12 1999" 

tracklisting: 
    1. Breadfan 
    2. Master Of Puppets 
    3. Fuel 
    4. Bleeding Me 
    5. King Nothing 
    6. Fight Fire with Fire 

Great sound quality, very remnesent of Live Shit, as the crowd speaks 
spanish, and the band uses cheesy accents. The only part i didnt like 
(and it's me being critical) is the recorded intro to fight fire with 
fire, as I think the tonal change between the recording and the live 
instruments is terrible. The disc was sent out to platinum members of 
the fan club. 

The platinum membership occured when the club first restructured 
itself with three different membership levels. there was a basic 
membership which got you the newsletter and access to the member area 
of the website, a gold level with more stuff, and the platinum with a 
very very special gift. However, 2 months later they realize that the 
gold and platinum were basically the same so they combined them, but 
had to forfill the special gift, which they did about seven months 
later (the CD). See coverscans of the disc at http://www.encycmet.com




==== LARS IN TENNIS JAM ==========================================
encycmet.com was the first Metallica site to bring you the news 
that Lars was going to play (tennis) in a "dream team" at the 
"Grand Slam Jam Tennis Shootout" in Austin, TX. Lars teamed up with 
John McEnroe as his partner in doubles match. First against tennis 
player Jim Courier and REM bassist, Mike Mills and then against 
Andre Agassi and Paul O'Neill of the New York Yankees. Of cource, 
Lars and John won both maches, but that wasn't the only thing 
happening this day 

The Grand Slam Jam continued later on that night at "Club Antones" 
with a once-in-a-lifetime jam. The band had Lars on drums, John 
McEnroe on Guitar/Vocals, Mike Mills on keyboard and Jim Courier on 
Guitar. They played for half an hour and jamed songs like "Sweet 
Home Alabama" (Lynyrd Skynyrd), "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry), 
Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" (Hendrix) 

If any of you have photos from this day (Not from other sites, 
photos taken by you), please send them to me and I'll put them up 
here + on the photo archive 
   Source: Metallica.com 




==== METALLICA CLUB WITH UNIQUE RELEASES =========================
OK, the official Metallica club is known to be very slow, but it 
is also well known for its cool releases available for members only. 

The Fan can #4 will be released this year and the club is already 
taking pre-orders. The Fan cans are tincans with a lot of goodies 
inside, a unique CD, a video and some other stuff. This years package 
will contain:

VIDEO: Live footage of the infamous parking lot outdoor show in 
Philadelpia Nov 11, 1997. Full concert plus behind-the-scenes footage. 

CD: Cool live music you can't get anywhere else. 

T-SHIRT: "...And Justice For All" crew t-shirt. This was originally 
available to members of the Metallica Road Crew. 

DOG TAG: Metallica Club Dog Tag. 

According to the club, no info on the CD yet, but previous releases has 
included live material, studio sessions (Including covers by Beatles and 
Oasis) as well as demo recordings. James Hetfield usually designs the 
CD cover. See a photo of the can at http://www.encycmet.com




==== GRAMMY NOMINATED AGAIN ======================================
The 43rd GRAMMY Nominees is announced, and again, Metallica is on 
the list. This time for the S&M version of "The Call of Ktulu" in 
"The Best Rock Instrumental Performance" category. Metallica has 
never won in this category before 

Competing in this category are 
     - Off The Hook - Peter Frampton 
     - The Call Of The Ktulu - Metallica 
     - First Tube - Phish 
     - Until We Say Goodbye - Joe Satriani 
     - Electric Lullaby - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 

The awards are for For recordings released during the Eligibility 
Year October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000. The 43rd Annual 
Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles, CA on February 21, 2001 
at the Staples Center. Watch your local TV listing for airing info 

Metallica has previously won these Grammys: 
     - Best Hard Rock Performance / 1999 / Whiskey In The Jar 
     - Best Metal Performance / 1998 / Better Than You 
     - Best Metal Performance With Vocal / 1991 / Metallica 
     - Best Metal Performance / 1990 / Stone Cold Crazy 
     - Best Metal Performance / 1989 / One 
   
   


==== TOP-GROSSING TOUR ===========================================
Overall, 2000 was another record year for concerts in the states, 
as folks forked over $1.7 billion to see their favorite acts live. 
Metallica got $42 million of these for their short tour, and ended 
on the 9th place on Pollstar's list of top-grossing tours 

The top 10 list looks like this 
     1. Tina Turner ($80.2 million) 
     2. 'N Sync ($76.4 million) 
     3. Dave Matthews Band — $68.2 million) 
     4. KISS ($62.7 million) 
     5. Tim McGraw/Faith Hill ($48.8 million) 
     6. Dixie Chicks ($47.3 million) 
     7. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ($45.9 million) 
     8. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ($42.1 million)
     9. METALLICA ($42 MILLION) 
     10. Britney Spears ($40.5 million) 




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==== BIGGEST CATALOG SELLER ======================================
Metallica didn't release any albums last year, but according to 
SoundScan sales figures compiled through December 24, Metallica 
remain rock music's biggest catalog seller, with more than 3.31 
million copies sold of their various albums in the past year. 

Among the other perennial sellers whose catalogs moved more than 
a million in 2000 were Beatles (2.12 million) Pink Floyd (2.01 
million), the Dave Matthews Band (1.40 million), Elvis Presley 
(1.33 million), Frank Sinatra (1.32 million), Led Zeppelin (1.32 
million), AC/DC (1.23 million), Bob Dylan (1.19 million) and the 
Eagles (1.03 million). 

Metallica fans would also be interested to hear that the the biggest-
selling soundtrack of the year was the "Mission: Impossible 2" 
soundtrack, which boasted an arsenal of cuts from Metallica ("I 
Disappear"), Limp Bizkit, Rob Zombie and Godsmack, and tallied 
1.33 million in sales. 



   

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