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Rick Ruben producing will mean this cd should be their best stuff in a while.
 

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awesome. they are playing a benefit at a small venue tomorrow in hollywood.
 

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Does this mean they finally got rid of that POS Bob Rock?
 

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Thank God, Bob Rock ruined Metallica. What has Reuben done int the past?(hopefully not the BareNakedLadies).
 

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Thank God, Bob Rock ruined Metallica. What has Reuben done int the past?(hopefully not the BareNakedLadies).

Production trademarks

Rubin's biggest trademark as a producer has been a "stripped-down" sound, that involves eliminating production elements such as string sections, backup vocals, and reverb, and instead having naked vocals and bare instrumentation. However, by the 2000s, Rubin's style had been known to include such elements, as noted in the Washington Post: "As the track reaches a crescendo and Diamond's portentous baritone soars over a swelling string arrangement, Rubin leans back, as though floored by the emotional power of the song".<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Post_4-0" class="reference">[5]</sup> Another form of stripping down the sound of an album would be Rick Rubin's suggestions to have 'Gapless Albums' which are albums with songs that segue into each other, such as Minutes To Midnight by Linkin Park, South of Heaven by Slayer, and Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
His previous style began with his very first production effort, LL Cool J's Radio, which consisted of little more than rapping and percussive beats (the liner notes credit for the album read "Reduced by Rick Rubin" rather than the usual "Produced by Rick Rubin"). He later gained a reputation for being able to restore the careers of veteran singers and bands, as somebody who could help them break out of the commercial rut they were currently in. He did this most notably with Johnny Cash, achieving this with Tom Petty and Neil Diamond (on 12 Songs) as well.
On the subject of his production methods; Dan Charnas, a music journalist who worked as vice president of A&R and marketing at Rubin's American Recordings label in the 1990s, said "He's fantastic with sound and arrangements, and he's tremendous with artists. They love him. He shows them how to make it better, and he gets more honest and exciting performances out of people than anyone."<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Post_4-1" class="reference">[5]</sup>
Rubin pioneered the fusion of rap and hard rock/heavy metal in his work with Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Later examples of his rap-rock fusion were Jay-Z's 2003 song "99 Problems" and Lil' Jon's 2004 song "Stop Fuckin Wit Me". The latter sampled Slayer's "Mandatory Suicide" and "Raining Blood", both originally produced by Rubin. He also co-produced Linkin Park's latest album Minutes to Midnight.
Another trademark has been having artists cover songs where the covering band's style is different from the original version of the song. Rubin produced Slayer's cover of Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", and produced Rage Against the Machine's 2000 covers album, Renegades. He presented the song "Hurt" to Johnny Cash originally recorded by industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. He also brought the members of RATM to form Audioslave and produced their first two albums, Audioslave and Out Of Exile.

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Rubin has won 6 Grammy Awards
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Rick Reuben = Rehabilitation Therapist for Sellouts?
 

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Doesnt matter who is producing if Hetfield still is going to sing like a bitch, Im going to go out on a limb here and say I hate this album even before hearing it.
 

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Doesnt matter who is producing if Hetfield still is going to sing like a bitch, Im going to go out on a limb here and say I hate this album even before hearing it.
What is he doing differently now than he was 10 years ago? i know its a little different, but i can't tell how its different.
 

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What is he doing differently now than he was 10 years ago? i know its a little different, but i can't tell how its different.

Thats my point, 10 years ago Metallica sucked really bad. I was hoping that this new producer was going to take them back to the direction they were headed with Justice, WTF happened between Justice and The Black Album? Two things, Bob **** Rocker cut their track time down and Hetfield all of the sudden thought he had good vocals both were disastrous to Metallica's playing style.
 

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live last night at the weenie roast in L.A.....watch entire setlist here....GREAT AUDIO AND QUALITY
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=97231


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Last night was the first time I've seen them live since 'Justice'. Great show!

Of course, that's probably due to the setlist more than anything. Can't recall anything from St. Anger and only 'fuel' from Load/Re-load.

Heavy on 'Lightning and 'Justice.
 

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Last night was the first time I've seen them live since 'Justice'. Great show!

Of course, that's probably due to the setlist more than anything. Can't recall anything from St. Anger and only 'fuel' from Load/Re-load.

Heavy on 'Lightning and 'Justice.
they played the Memory remains from ReLoad..

Would be nice to hear some of the new shit too, if i wanted this setlist, i could have gotten it 300 times in the past decade.
 

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they played the Memory remains from ReLoad..

Would be nice to hear some of the new shit too, if i wanted this setlist, i could have gotten it 300 times in the past decade.

Proved my point, Alternica sucks big time man.
 

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Obviously the saying "Move on before the roots get planted" hasnt worked for You, destined to a life of commenting on old hat like Metalica, just like the Rush contingent. :drink:
 

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