Naaa,wer labbert diesmal über Anger?Lars....nein....Kirk...nein....
Na wer?
Rob richtig!!!!
Nein verarscht James
The Sun spoke with Hetfield about his recovery and the band's rebirth last week.
Are you happy with the reception the new album is getting?
Hetfield: Yeah. We're grateful people are embracing it as much as they can. It's a pretty intense record and these days, with bubblegum metal on the radio, it takes some intense music fans to get past the length of the songs and some of the production. It was more of a statement than anything as to what we were feeling.
What kind of statement were you trying to make?
Hetfield: When we're feeling healthy or happy we tend to play a little faster, so the songs got a lot faster. There was so much fun just creating riffs on the spot we couldn't leave anything out, so we kept adding and adding and the songs got somewhat long.
Why are there no guitar solos?
Hetfield: I'm sure Kirk definitely wanted to do some solos on there and we tried in a couple of places, but it just didn't feel like it was necessary. Kirk played all the rhythm stuff and there's some amazing playing on there and we felt that if he felt like doing a solo when we were writing, maybe he would have done one.
Have the events of the past years overshadowed the band's music?
Hetfield: In my opinion, at the end of the day it's the music that lives on, hopefully not what hairstyle you had or what political stance you take on something. People have been firing things at us ever since we started. Napster, Jason leaving, the rehab, all those things happened for a reason and they brought us together in those times.
A big part of rehab is talking about it, but are you sick of it?
Hetfield: No because it's a great reminder for me of where I was and where I am now and where I could be if I don't keep aware of what I need to do for myself to stay on the right path.
Was alcohol your main problem?
Hetfield: The alcohol was kind of the spark that would start the fire of unacceptable behaviour you can get away with being in a rock band. There were a lot of anger issues around that and rage was a major one for me. I hadn't really got into drugs. Drugs scared me at an early age, which I'm pretty grateful for, but depression also somehow became a part of my life and alcohol contributed a lot to that.
What convinced you to enter rehab?
Hetfield: Well, just hitting the bottom I think. I tried stopping drinking around Load or Reload for about a year and a half and was doing some therapy and (the therapist) suggested that was the root of my problems. I didn't really believe it. I wasn't ready for it, and then slowly got back into the beer and wine and eventually hit the hard stuff again. My wife said, 'You've got to go somewhere and get this together,' and it took me not living at home anymore and not seeing the kids. It was a real jolt to my fake reality.
They kicked you out?
Hetfield: Yeah, and I'm so glad they did. I wouldn't accept that behaviour now that I can see it. I would never allow that behaviour in my house now and she did the right thing to protect her and the kids. So the band was disintegrating, home life was disintegrating and really my whole sense of being was in complete unknown territory.
Is Metallica still fun or is it a job?
Hetfield: I'd say it was more of a job before and the partying was the fun bit. Before it was like, 'Yay, I get to go on tour and drink and cause destruction and havoc everywhere,' and that was the fun bit. Playing was fun too, but it was like that thing you had to do to continue the other behaviour. It's definitely a different vibe out here now, a lot more accountable and challenging.
Are you more together as a band now?
Hetfield: Absolutely. But it's not without struggle. Every day there's struggle, and every day you've got to work at it -- it's just like a marriage and you've got to work it that way.
Ok,nix neues aber der vollständigkeit wegen
Übersetzung spar ich mir,steht ja nix drin,das einzig interessante ist das James von seiner Frau rausgeworfen wurde,daraufhin entschied er sich für die Reha,wer kein Englisch kann,keine Sorge is das typische Interview blabla