Re: Brutal and Melodic
One reason hy Metallica’s popularity declied was Lars Ulrich the motor mouth! Everywhere you turn, there is stooopid Lars. Lars is on MTV and he doesn’t know when to shut up. Lars is on CNN regarding Napster. Lars is on Howard Stern, showing off his girlfriend (Matt Damon’s ex-gal) Skyler. It was nauseating!
Lars was arguably the most vocal opponent of Napster. And, he came across as petty! He wasn’t going to go broke anytime soon, now was he?!!!
Here is Bono on VH1 about Napster, and I am paraphrasing:
In the 80s, everbody was worried about audio tapes and the copying of songs. People thought that audio tapes were going to destroy the music industry. Our fans used to copy our songs. In the 90s, its the Napster and again people are worried about music industry’s survival. They’d steal our songs too and cost us our revenue. But I don’t care. I am already overpaid (laughs). 
So, there is Bono, and then there is a scoop full of baby poop on the floor called Lars, you decide. 