And he died when you were 12. Five star this!

I often do. I can't blame Newsted, he was a great bassist as well. I blame Hetfield and Ulrich for being such snobby assholes to him and the effects it had on the band afterwards.

Yeah, I like Newsted, and he's the only one who had the good sense to walk away.

I just think that Burton's death left a vacuum, so Larz and Jaymz filled that vacuum with douche-baggery.

PS. Lemmy has pointed out the paradox whereby any attempt to make a metal song about how bad war is ends up making war sound even more kick ass, thus the song "1916".

Yeah, that struck me the first time I listened to their self-titled album. Pissed me off then, just sort of makes me sad now when I see it as the beginning of their intentional morphing into Alternica (and eventually Generica).