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Metallica to Star in Next Major Guitar Hero?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the milk-it-while-you-can dept.

Many readers have written in to let us know Metallica may be the star of the next major installment to the Guitar Hero franchise. "Edward Woo, a Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst, was going through some SEC filings from Activision, and found the following plan. 'In fiscal 2009, we plan to publish Guitar Hero: On Tour for the NDS; Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Guitar Hero IV across multiple platforms,' the report read. Since the fiscal year ends March 31, 2009, it doesn't sound like we have long to wait for this title. That's four Guitar Hero games coming in the next year. How many can the market take?"

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  1. Who cares by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Really? They're just trying to win back some fans that have long since written them off for their hatred of their fans.

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    1. Re:Who cares by Chabo · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I wore my "...And Justice For All" t-shirt to the last metal show I went to, and I overheard two guys talking about it behind me, trying not to let me hear:

      Guy1: Aww, Metallica? They fucking suck!
      Guy2: Wait dude, that's Justice. They were awesome in the 80s.
      Guy1: Really?
      Guy2: Yeah, go listen to Justice or Puppets, don't forget they had a bunch of other albums before St. Anger.

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    2. Re:Who cares by Negatyfus · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Hah, gotta love them new kids. Just like them to be ignorant of one of the founders of thrash metal. Metallica were never brilliant musicians in the face of more skilled bands, but their drive for metal made them what they were (and Dave's in the case of Megadeth). I guess I'm old enough now to welcome a new generation of metal kids instead of putting down their choice of bands.

    3. Re:Who cares by jgarra23 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      My faith was restored, so to speak, by Some Kind of Monster, and I am still a fan, but not as much as I used to be.
      I'm actually surprised by this comment. While I thoroughly enjoyed SKoM, I had a completely different experience from it.

      I saw a band that was really a clique (Hammet, Hetfield & Ulrich) in disguise, ganging up on Dave Mustaine and throwing him out, ultimately alienating and doing the same to Jason Newsted and ultimately turning on itself when they ran out of punching bags. They also non-verbally admitted their bad-rep amongst the metal world by having to bribe Robert Trujillo under the guise of giving him a million bucks to join when really it's that the only people who were willing to audition just didn't have the talent to play live riffs (Danny Lohner? Gimme a break, he's WAAAY overrated).

      There are other issues but then I'll just be going on & on... it's really sad because I really enjoy their pre-Black music. I'll never forget that I was actually excited before Load came out. I was so excited... man... I don't even know what to say about all that. I wrote them off when they sued their fans. I don't really care- it's like an abusive relationship with them always. They will use you up until they can't squeeze any more out and then they will sue you for the rest. You want to have a side project? Fuck you.

      None of that anger is reflect towards parent post :) I wish I was as forgiving as you in that respect.

    4. Re:Who cares by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heh, reminds me of a great exchange from James:

      [lights come up]
      crowd goes wild, then quiets down
      How many people own our first album?
      crowd cheers loudly
      How many people own 'Kill 'em All'?
      Crowd goes nuts and erupts
      They're the same fucking album, assholes!

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  2. Obligatory bash.org by phorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    As seen here

    Metallica is pretty good at following the money. Much better than actually caring about their fans.

  3. Where's the real Guitar Hero? by Alzheimers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All this talk about Guitar Heroes -- where's the G3 edition?

    -Satriani
    -Vai
    -Petrucci
    -Malmsteen
    -Gilbert
    -Johnson

    These are the REAL Guitar Heroes.

    As good as some of the early Metallica tracks were , their reputation with fans is completely shot and TBH their last few albums make them sound washed up and done.

    Now, if they made a game where fans could shoot Lars Ulrich in the face with a bazooka, that would probably sell.

  4. Metallica is Irrelevant by Phoenix666 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was a Metallica fan back in the day. Hearing Master of Puppets was blissful release from the Top-40 land I grew up in. When Napster came on the scene I downloaded all the bootlegs I could find; Napster was a fan's cornucopia, such as there has not been since. One fellow Metallica fan I downloaded from also had tracks from Plastic People of the Universe, which was one of the weirdest and most interesting bands I'd ever heard.

    Then Lars testified that his fans were pirates, and joined the RIAA's jihad against music lovers everywhere. I took out all my Metallica albums and memorabilia and burned them.

    There is nothing Metallica can do to get back in my good graces. I'm sure I'm not alone.

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