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              THE ENCYCLOPEDIA METALLICA NEWSLETTER
                      ISSUE #168, 22 Mar 2002
                     http://www.encycmet.com/
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EDITORIAL. Sometimes I need a little help with the site from YOU, so
please read the Sitenews part below and see what you can do to help
me out. Thank you. See you at http://www.encycmet.com

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



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==== KING DIAMOND ABOUT METALLICA =================================
In the March issue of the Dutch metal magazine "Aardschok" is an 
interview with King Diamond from Mercyful Fate. He has a comment on 
Metallica when they asked him about his beautiful and bad memories 
on his long career as musician. 

"It was also great to play the Mercyful Fate-medley with Metallica 
during one of their concerts! I can remember that we met the boys 
for the first time in 1984 when they entered the stage in San 
Francisco to headbang with us. Kirk was totally drunk and he dashed 
against me. I tripped up by a monitor, lost my balance and fell on 
my ass, hahaha". 

As we know, Metallicas "Mercyful fate medly" is a part of the Garage 
Inc. CD. Lars and James has been fans of the bands since before they 
started Metallica. 
    Thanks to Ronald 



==== A WATERED DOWN METALLICA =====================================
As reported on Blabbermouth.net: Despite MEGADETH guitarist Dave 
Mustaine's close links to the METALLICA camp and undeniable 
contributions to the latter act's early sound, former Metallica 
bassist Jason Newsted has never been particularly impressed with 
Mustaine's post-Metallica offerings. In a recent interview with the 
Dallas-based Harder Beat, Newsted refers to Megadeth as a "watered-
down Metallica" and implies, in no uncertain terms, that Megadeth 
were, in his opinion, nothing more than a pale version of Mustaine's 
former group. 

"I like Megadeth," Newsted told Harder Beat. "God bless Megadeth. 
David Ellefson - one of the best metal bassists there's ever been. 
OK, so there's respect there. No problem. And the same with Dave 
Mustaine. But Megadeth was a watered-down Metallica. 

"I think it's very possible that [Mustaine] wrote those riffs [for 
Metallica's early material] when they were in a basement, and they 
made it into songs and stuff like that. That's what happens in an 
early stage of a band. But he lasted 10 months in Metallica. 
Metallica is now in their 21st year. God bless Dave once again, but 
he was not Metallica. They were good, but they weren't as good as 
Metallica. What would happen if I put out a rap/rock record or a 
watered-down Metallica? That would just be so stupid and predictable." 
    Thanks to: Blabbermouth.net 



==== SITENEWS: HELP NEEDED ========================================
I guess you are aware of the new part of the site with a complete
list of all concerts Metallica has ever done. You can enjoy it at 
http://www.encycmet.com/live/. 

Anyway, I need YOUR help to make the pages complete. Please follow
the steps below, and e-mail me at sem@encycmet.com if you can 
contribute. 

1. If you have been to a Metallica concert, check it out to see if
there are missing something, or if there are any errors

2. Do you have any tickets, posters or ads for conserts you can scan 
and send to me?

3. Do you have any tracklistings on bootleg tapes, CDs or videos I 
am missing? Please check, and  send it to me. Thank you

I will pick a winner out of everyone helping me out who will receive
a package of backstagepasses and guitar picks.

 

==== GOLD DISCS RE-REVISITED ======================================
I am currently working on my second book about Metallica which will 
be called "Master of puppets - a classic album", and I have already 
done some of the chapters. The book will include interviews with 
several people connected to the album, including Steve Hoffman who 
remastered the "Master of puppets" gold disc released by DCC. 

He also had some good news to tell. "The two CDs, Ride and Master 
will be back in the stores again soon, and he hope to work on at 
least 3 more Metallica titles. These CDs printed on 24 karat gold 
discs not only look good, they have a much better sound as well."

Read the interview with Steve Hoffman at http://www.encycmet.com







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