Metallica are the poster boys for a disconnect between the reality you and I exist with and the fantasy world of rock stars. In their own money grubbing way, they are as loathsome as Bon Jovi and have zero, nothing, to do with the life we live except one day they will die like us.
Here is one of the fattest headed men in America, Kirk Hammett, in Rolling Stone discussing money: "The cycles of taking two years off don't exist anymore. We were able to do that because we had record royalties coming in consistently. 'Now you put out an album, and you have a windfall maybe once or twice but not the way it used to be – a check every three months.''
It is hard to know where to begin with this…
1. Who takes two years off? Who gets two year vacations? I can't get two days.
2. If Metallica really wanted a two year vacation, why don't they cut their expenses down? Fire some folks on the entourage, sell the third castle, like that?
3. Metallica are a WORKING CLASS BAND, some of their fans may never have a job in their lifetime. Who needs this bellyaching?
4. Even Mitt Romney can pretend to be an average American for a couple of hours at a time, why can't these guys?
5. Has there ever been a band who hated their fans more than Metallica? Maybe Prince. Metallica, sue their fans for downloading their albums, over charge em for crappy concerts and wear their own tee-shirts the snotty egomaniac fuckfaces.
Two years break… ha!