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this is funny. |
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you and me both. what a dick move. |
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Our thanks to Register reader Dave Martin who spotted the following: in the liner notes for Metallica's Garage Inc. album, lead singer James Hetfield explains that when he first met Lars Ulrich he would "stay over at his house for days making tapes of his records and sleeping on the carpet". To misquote those great Brit rockers, Spinal Tap: How much blacker can this pot be from this kettle? None more black..." |
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******************************************************************************************************************* "Rage Apologizes to Fans for Napster Ban Mistake "Rage Against the Machine would like to sincerely apologize to all of our fans who were kicked off of Napster for downloading 'Renegades,'" said Tom Morello this Thursday, after discovering that the band's management company had instructed Sony Music to ban Rage fans from Napster. "The move to take action against Rage fans was taken completely unilaterally by our new management," he continued, "In their zeal to keep the record from getting out before the release date, they did not consult the band before instructing Sony Music Corp. to institute the Napster ban. As soon as I was made aware of this horrible mistake on their part, I immediately phoned our management and the record company to see what we could do to get our Napster-using fans reinstated as soon as possible. Per my instructions, no further notices will be sent out, and again, I apologize for this undermining of your right to hear our music." If you have been banned from Napster for downloading Rage Against the Machine mp3 files, the official way to have your account reinstated is to fill out the "Counter Notification Form," found towards the bottom of the webpage found here. Once Napster receives your email, they will reinstate your account in 10 to 14 business days. A quicker way to get back on to Napster is to follow these instructions: 1) 1) Uninstall Napster. When the uninstall program asks you if you wish to remove your user information, choose "Yes". 2) Once uninstalled, if you are using Internet Explorer, click the following link and choose "Open this file from its current location": http://www.ratm.com/napster/de-ban.reg It's only a few bytes. When it's done, you'll be prompted if you really want to add the information to your registry. Choose "Yes". If you are using Netscape, once you have uninstalled Napster, click on the above link using the right mouse button, and choose "Save Link As..." and save the file to your desktop. Then double-click the new file "de-ban.reg", and when you are asked if you want to add this information to the registry, choose "Yes". 3) Re-install Napster. 4) When Napster runs for the first time, be sure to choose yourself a new user name, and a different e-mail address to that which you signed up with initially. If you follow this procedure, you should be able to access Napster normally." |
Serves you right for listening to Metallica. Especially since they turned halway into NSync. But hey, that's just my opinion. |
Eat a dick ass monkey. (happy cat?) |
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i have thought about it. i want to write them a letter saying what it means to me that they are doing this. i should have known when they won their first award and lars ulrich says "and i would like to thank the raido stations and MTV, without whom, this would still be possible." cocky bastards. and in the begining it was cool, somewhat inspiring. somehow that fire has been directed now at the fans. people who are interested in anything and everything metallica has done. the very people who did make that fucking award possible. the pople who give radio stations and MTV something to do with their time. so i say if metallica wants to be big babies about it. they can keep their music. i prefer apocolyptica's versions anyway. it is kinda fucked up because these guys have been and the front of stuff for a while. they are more than well off. how are they getting dicked over? they have record companies to foot the legal bills etc. but what about the band out in austin texas that is independent and is interested in fans. or even someone who lives in a small ass hick town where everyone listens to stuff but not what they like. the stores don't sell it. and they might never fucking..... arghhhh |
Jason Newstead left them and is now jamming with 11-year-old guitar prodigies. Now that is cool. |
i wonder how jason feels about the napster thing? did anyone read the supposed evil playboy interview? it is said it made the band sound like they were pitting against eachother. etc. i have always liked jason the best. want to play hide and seek with his trouser snake. |