Band Quote by John Petrucci

But Mike was like a Bjork song-all happy and giddy and fun on the surface, but bubbling with turmoil and pain underneath.

— Sara Shepard

As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of their career,…

— Corey Taylor

“Since there are always talented players in these emerging categories, no matter how grating they may be to the ear of the more traditionally…

— Linda Ronstadt

Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the…

— Bill Kreutzmann

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience…

— Tommy Shaw

There's so much more subtlety to this new recording. There's a subtlety in the playing. There's also a subtlety in the way I approached…

— Jason Molina

The power, the complexity, the aggression - there's so many things that would attract anyone to Metallica. I think that they are the prime…

— David Draiman

I'm not a big metal fan. I love and respect the musicianship, which is spectacular.

— Steven Adler

Even when metal was on the radio, it was always the watered down stuff. There were only a couple real metal bands - Metallica…

— Wayne Static

Human After All was the music we wanted to make at the time we did it. We have always strongly felt there was a…

— Thomas Bangalter

Michael Sunday and I are the original members of the band. We first did it just for charities and benefit concerts. It was very…

— Peter Tork

'Fade To Black' - just this amazing construct: a song that defied the definition of what Metallica was perceived to be at the time.

— David Draiman