When someone says Pearl Jam is my soundtrack….

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Warhammer517@reddit

My nephews like listening to Master Of Puppets, Battery, and Orion. I feel that I have done a good job.

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Barlight@reddit

Master of Puppets is one of my all time Fav Albums..

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siliconsmiley@reddit

I acknowledge that Master of Puppets is Metallica's magnum opus, but my favorite will always be Ride the Lightning.

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Blametheorangejuice@reddit

Every song on that album could be awful, but Creeping Death would still make it an excellent album

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BoboliBurt@reddit

You knows thats right! What the fuck was in the water or the coke for those two albums.

GOAT Tier songs abound. I know people like the black album and presumably stuff after.

I wonder if disparties like this in album quality are because so much of their previois life was dedicated to getting to that point and thats everything they have guns blazing, and after those ideas are fired off its a blank slate and that much harder?

They certainly arent the only ones. U2 falls in that same category and Im sure a bunch of other bands do too if I think about. Still hugely successful and professional bands writing music- but everyone knows including them its the 86-88 stuff they have come to hear.

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funzys@reddit

I believe Cliff Burton was very influential in their style and when he died the band went in a different

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NGJohn@reddit

And by Creeping Death, I'm sure you mean For Whom the Bell Tolls.

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Blametheorangejuice@reddit

And by For Whom the Bell Tolls, I'm sure you mean Fight Fire With Fire

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DiscountAcrobatic356@reddit

Fade (this thread) to Black.

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Barlight@reddit

Imho you can go wrong with any of the 4.

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esoteric_agriculture@reddit

You and me both

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gjloh26@reddit

I see that you’re a person of culture as well.

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AbeFromanSassageKing@reddit

When Zombieland came out, the opening credit sequence blew my mind, and it was made all the better because of For Whom the Bell Tolls :)

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BoboliBurt@reddit

As rightly pointed out here. There are two: Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning. Kill Em All has some bangers but Garage Days didnt do it for me. Nor did the self-titled album although there were some monsters on Justice. I believe there is something cslled Saint Anger later. It is unbelievable really how much I checked out and ignored their future work considering how important Lightning and Puppets are.

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Certain_Stage_3229@reddit

Mine as well

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Klutzy-Spend-6947@reddit

“Seek and Destroy” is just one of the sickest, evilest riffs ever. I will say that Agent Orange’s cover of it almost outdoes the original, if you didn’t know who did the song first. I remember shaking my head with cringe when Kirk admitted that he forgot the opening riff in “Some Kind of Monster”.

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nosocivil@reddit

Yes. Or vulgar display of power.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Still likes me some Cowboys From Hell

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classicsat@reddit

AC/DC was mine. had most of their albums, one one format or another. Mostly cassette.

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ArcanumAntares@reddit

Garage Days Re-Revisited belongs in there (Creeping Death/Jump in the Fire, too, though that's rare and more obscure, mostly known to die-hards).

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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

This was actually the first Metallica I bought. I wasn't even mad that I paid $5.99 for it, even with the sticker that read "$5.98 EP - Do not pay more!"

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ArcanumAntares@reddit

LOL, A SINGLE CENT!!!

I forgot all about that sticker, memory unlocked!

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drunknamed@reddit

"I GOT SOMETHING TO SAAAAY!!"

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drhagbard_celine@reddit

Doesn’t matter much to me…

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Certain_Stage_3229@reddit

I killed your baby today

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AbeFromanSassageKing@reddit

Garage Days is sooo good. I could play Crash Course in Brain Surgery over and over for like a week straight and never get tired of it...

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tracerhaha@reddit

That is my favorite on that album

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ArcanumAntares@reddit

Yeah, that EP is awesome.

After ...And Justice For All they got paid, got more refined (and that includes becoming better musicians), and got more production quality, at the cost of losing their kind of raw thrash energy and sound.

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blazeronin@reddit

The Prince.

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AlwaysatTechDee@reddit

All of you are my people

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Relative_Ad_333@reddit

Two words

Iron Maiden

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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

UP THE IRONS!!

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aarkwilde@reddit

Piece of Mind@

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thelimeisgreen@reddit

I know it’s an unpopular opinion among my fellow GenX, but I hate Pearl Jam.

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Edward_the_Dog@reddit

Keep yer flannel. I’ll take a patched-up denim vest any day.

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bungle094@reddit

starts chant

HESHERS! HESHERS! HESHERS!

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Good_With_Tools@reddit

GenX definitely has 2 very distinct subcategories. I kinda separate it by those who were adults when grunge got popular and those who were in high school at that time. I'm the latter. Rap and grunge were the sound of my youth. I was never a huge Pearl Jam fan, but I did like some of the other stuff.

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gerwen@reddit

It's funny, I didn't really listen to Metallica till around the Black album. I remember my brother and I would have arguments over who was better, Metallica, or Pink Floyd. (He was a Metallica fan, I was Floyd)

After High School, our friend groups merged and partied together. I became a fan of Metallica, he became a fan of Floyd. We were both huge grunge fans.

So our friend groups merging basically made us all fans of both genres. Best of both worlds.

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NGJohn@reddit

This is very true. I was in my first year of college when "Master of Puppets" came out and in my second year of law school when "Vs." was released. Even after all these years, grunge still sounds a little strange and "new" to my ears. I'm sure that seems odd, but I can't explain it another way.

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Good_With_Tools@reddit

I was a freshman in high school when Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit came out. I was in 5th grade when Master of Puppets came out. I was listening more to Prince and Michael Jackson in elementary school.

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punkdrummer22@reddit

I was in high school when grunge hit but the 1st 4 Metallica albums blow grunge away.

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Good_With_Tools@reddit

There's room in my heart for both. I've never seen anyone study the corelation between the emergence of grunge and gangsta rap. Both kinda came about at the same time, and I think were an answer to how people were feeling at the time.

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viewering@reddit

Nah, grunge came up in the 80s

And hip hop 70s

LMFAO !

SEEK AND DESTROY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bungle094@reddit

Absolutely obsessed with them up until the black album.

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shamashedit@reddit

You can keep both Pearl Jam and Metallica. They both suck.

Everyone knows that Wu Tang is for the children. Protect ya neck.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Welcome to the Terrordome!

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Beautiful-Height3103@reddit

Why compare pearl jam to Metallica ?

While I love both I'm more of a nirvana anthrax guy

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

I’m not. There was something posted about PJ being the GenX sound track.

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allislost77@reddit

Thank god you didn’t include The Black album

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DoktorNietzsche@reddit

Yes, those were the 4 good Metallica albums.

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Far_Fold_6490@reddit

The Black Album rules. The new hate hype train is so fucking stupid.

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OrioleTragic@reddit

I was prepared for the Unforgiven. Nothing Else Matters was when I really thought, they sold out.

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Far_Fold_6490@reddit

I don’t believe in “selling out.” They made a great album that became popular. Thats it. I love when artists I love do well and get popular.

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DoktorNietzsche@reddit

Some people don't believe in evolution, but it is still a thing that exists.

They either ran out of good ideas, or they dumbed it down on purpose.

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Far_Fold_6490@reddit

"Dumbed it down." LOL. It's far more intricately composed and arranged album than anything on Kill 'em All an Ride the Lightning. Musically, the band was never better. And that production! Good lord. It's one of the most insanely good sounding metal albums of all time. Sounds good in the car, on headphones, at home. The only metal albums that have better production are those produced by Devin Townsend.

It's a nearly flawless album. I prefer Master, but the modern trend to dismiss the Black album is so dumb - and it is a modern trend, because when it came out everyone was listening to it and loving it. Stoners, goths, preps, industrial guys - I think this is what broke the fan's minds because their precious little band became popular, so they had to reject the album later to maintain their street cred, because metal chuds are so into gatekeeping. Metal is probably the most gate-kept genre after jazz.

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OrioleTragic@reddit

Cool

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brooklyn-cowboy@reddit

I hated the black album from release. Nothing new about it.

Not a bad album, per se, but it marked the end of OG Metallica with 8 minute metal symphonies, and I realized that was never coming back.

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DoktorNietzsche@reddit

When James faux-growled "off to Never Never Land", I was done. If you are looking for what was so fucking stupid, look there.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

You mean 5?

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NGJohn@reddit

You mean 3?

I really like Jason Newsted and think that the band--and especially Hetfield--did him dirty, but the first three albums are quintessential Metallica. Everything after that is. . .something else.

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marshallkrich@reddit

Thrashtallica died with Cliff

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

Now that I think about it, Metallica has 6 good albums.

“Load” is a good album. People just hate it because it’s very different from their previous work.

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DoktorNietzsche@reddit

The EP was pretty good but I guess I didn't count that in the tally.

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depeupleur@reddit

AJFA sucks

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DoktorNietzsche@reddit

That may be, but it is still way better than what came after.

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Top-Reference-1938@reddit

I'm also a fan of Garage Inc., Album 1. Them doing covers of all the old stuff that influenced them. And doing each and every single one of them BETTER than the original. I head Sabbra this morning by Black Sabbath, and it's just not even close how much better Met did. The Mercyful Fate arrangement is amazing.

But, Astronomy is my favorite Metallica song of all time. And it's not even close.

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DoktorNietzsche@reddit

I was not as big of a fan of the covers as you.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

The beginning of the end

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Lazy-Conversation-48@reddit

Yes! I’m totally with you on Metallica versus Pearl Jam. I liked them both but Metallica Master of Puppets is the bests album of all time imo. Went to see Metallica last year for my 25th wedding anniversary.

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n_thomas74@reddit

I listened to it for the first time while tripping on LSD when it came out, and I was like, "What is this shit?"

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teddygomi@reddit

The Black Album 🤢🤮

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Sabres00@reddit

I can care less what anyone thinks about the music, but the black album is a sonic masterpiece.

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allislost77@reddit

It was rock pop. They all cut their hair and completely changed their musical style.

Don’t give me that shit, it’s your opinion. I get it but that “album” was shit

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Sabres00@reddit

You’re not understanding what I mean. Sonic quality, fidelity, mixing, mastering etc. It’s unquestionably an amazing sounding album.

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allislost77@reddit

If you like it, 👍.

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bigSTUdazz@reddit

TBA had a couplenof bangers...but was too commercialized by Bob Rock.

Everything after that was awful

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JKanoock@reddit

This, proper end to the good albums on display here!

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Th3WeirdingWay@reddit

Haha I came to make sure this was posted. 🤘

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Flat-Leg-6833@reddit

Love the first three but have hated Justice since the first time it came out. It’s like Lars is pushing the drums out of spite. Horrible production.

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Odd-Bar1558@reddit

MASSIVE respect for knowing that "And Justice For All" was their last record that was good.

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CarnivorousChicken@reddit

that's about where i was with Metallica, i hated the black album and never looked at them the same since.

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dandellionKimban@reddit

I don't understand your point. You like Metallica? Ok. What does it have to do with Pearl Jam?

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saarlac@reddit

YES

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Harkonnen_Dog@reddit

Yup

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videoman7189@reddit

Internet winner here. Take all the likes.

Pearl Jam is fine, but they can't hold a candle to Metallica.

While I'm at it: fuck Megadeath forever!

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phlebonaut@reddit

PJ is overrated but consistent and driven, and no one has died in that band yet.

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True_Fly_5731@reddit

WHIPLASH

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KaleidoscopeEqual790@reddit

First concert at the Cap center in 92 and just saw Jason Newsted live playing for a room of 100 people. It was amazing

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Guilty-Pen1152@reddit

I hated and still hate grunge. I prefer always will listen to post punk almost exclusively. I especially couldn’t stand Eddie Veder’s warbling.

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ResponsibilityOk2173@reddit

Ah yes the sellouts.

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Whoudini13@reddit

Ah...my garage band days lol

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navitimer806@reddit

The Flemming Rasmussen produced albums!

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FacePunchMonday@reddit

I wish i could upvote this a thousand times.

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Scrotchety@reddit

Whoa, simmer down Randy 'The Ram' Robinson

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marshallkrich@reddit

Lost me AJFA....first 3 though, chefs kiss! RiP Cliff *

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Illustrious_Camp_521@reddit

Love all 3 but my favorite was and justice for all.

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galenp56@reddit

The core four

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Jocks_Strapped@reddit

yep. still love them

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mac_the_man@reddit

“Bunch of assholes.” - The Dude.

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gvarsity@reddit

You have their complete discography.

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90Carat@reddit

Agreed! And I looove Pearl Jam as well.

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OldGtrGarden@reddit

Those two bands are so far apart…

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Bloodless-Cut@reddit

Okay, true, but Metallica stopped being good after Justice.

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bigSTUdazz@reddit

Agreed.

Puppets is the greatest album in the history of metal

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aarkwilde@reddit

My friends brought home the Metsllica demo. It was heavier and Mustaine did amazing vocals. I had never heard anything like it.

Game changer for me. I was raised by hippies.

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Top-Reference-1938@reddit

Garage Inc. would like a word with you; do you mind stepping outside the bar?

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Bloodless-Cut@reddit

No thanks, it sucks. You go right ahead and enjoy that weird Dubliner cover. I'll be over here enjoying actual good music.

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Top-Reference-1938@reddit

What cover? Dubliner???

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Bloodless-Cut@reddit

Whiskey in the Jar

Actually, garage Inc has several covers in it

Much prefer the original garage days album. Although garage Inc has the og garage days songs, it also has a bunch of new stuff that (imo) suck

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Top-Reference-1938@reddit

All of Album 1 is covers!

And Album 2 is Garage Days plus a couple others.

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Ok_Run344@reddit

Thank you for not including anything after Justice.

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RockKenwell@reddit

When someone says Metallica is my soundtrack….

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nosnevenaes@reddit

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Suicidal

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DiscountAcrobatic356@reddit

All I wanted was a Pepsi

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drunknamed@reddit

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Complete_Discography_Minor_Threat.jpg

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Big_Cryptographer_16@reddit

Just came from the thread about wearing plaid and listening to Pearl Jam and thought, yeah that wasn’t my main jam but they are aight. Metallica was my shit

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Saw the same….

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HandheldObsession@reddit

I remember going over my buddy’s house after school senior year and him blasting blackened through his massive Cerwin Vega speakers

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

That bass…..

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joefatmamma@reddit

SOD and MOD

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Nuclear Assault

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Bobby_Globule@reddit

You should do some Exodus too.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Think I saw them with Anthrax and Helloween at the Kaiser in Oakland CA, in like 89. Headbangers Ball Tour

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NihilsitcTruth@reddit

Not a huge fan of either, megadeth was my band back then... today TOOL is my band has been for a while now.

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Tokogogoloshe@reddit

Never heard of TOOL. So your comment got me curious and I searched for them on Spotify and just clicked on a random song, it was 10000 Days (Wings Part 2). Well fuck. Guess I'll have to listen to all their stuff.

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Anne-with-an-e-77@reddit

Check out A Perfect Circle too. 3 Libras and Judith are a good place to start.

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NihilsitcTruth@reddit

Best me too it, I recommend Invincible off the newer album fear inoculum. Like one of my all time fav songs.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

I’m really into Cali Reggae at the moment. Stick Figure, Slightly Stoopid, The Hip Abduction, etc

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NihilsitcTruth@reddit

Honestly don't know anybody these I'll have to check em out. I've been listening to Royal Blood, Tool, synthwave, battletech style music, independent made stuff, truck fighters and farflung

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

I’d say to start with Stick Figure, Old Sunrise. One of my favorite tunes

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NihilsitcTruth@reddit

Will do I'm always looking for new music thanks.

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drhagbard_celine@reddit

This is my favorite Metallica.

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DiscountAcrobatic356@reddit

Yeah, I was born in ‘69. So more Metallica for me than Pearl Jam for sure. And Slayer. \m/ oh and Black Flag and DK and . . .

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bkcrypto8629@reddit

Proper!!

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Far_Fold_6490@reddit

Minor Threat, Seven Seconds, Husker Du, Gorilla Biscuits, and the Sex Pistols. Those were my rock albums. Made heavy metal seem so puny.

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geetarboy33@reddit

Eh, I’m the best of both worlds. I love metal, but I also love bands like Black Flag, Husker Du and Pearl Jam, and even REM. Why limit yourself?

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Far_Fold_6490@reddit

Yep. There are two kinds of music. Music I like and music I don’t like. Genres be damned to hell.

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Mr_Perfect22@reddit

I think he’s pushing back on recent posts identifying Pearl Jam as the quintessential Gen X album. Presumably OP and the Pearl Jam people listen to other bands too.

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SunBelly@reddit

Right? I listen to pretty much every genre depending on my mood.

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HoraceBenbow@reddit

In an alternate universe, 1980s Metallica did a cover of Black Flag's "Rise Above" and it's an absolute banger. They covered The Misfits' "Green Hell," so why not? There was a lot of crossover between punk and metal in the golden age. Lemmy said that he felt Motorhead had more in common with punk than Black Sabbath. James Hetfield said there would have been no Metallica without Motorhead. The streams crossed often and we're all better for it.

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Decline_of_Humanity@reddit

Don't forget Slayer came out of the punk scene too.

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stomperxj@reddit

Unpopular opinion: ...And Justice for All is the best one out of that lineup. Fight me.

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Anne-with-an-e-77@reddit

It was always my favourite!

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

I’m a Kill Em All guy, but dig them all

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jaw-shoe-uhhh@reddit

Any love for To Live is To Die? Off of ...and Justice. That one always hits right for me. All 8 minutes of it, lol

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Anne-with-an-e-77@reddit

Yes! I used to listen to that and Dyers Eve over and over on my ghetto blaster lol.

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SnooCats9347@reddit

AJFA is my favorite album of all time. Got it when I was 18. Listened to a ton of SLAYER too. 80's had the best Metal.

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TheFilthyMob@reddit

Metal up your ass!

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wickedlees@reddit

Seriously though!!!

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BlownCamaro@reddit

100%!!!

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artizin@reddit

All three of these albums absolutely rock!

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Oknocando@reddit

I have never listened to a pearl jam song on purpose

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ChrisJSO429@reddit

And Justice for All will always be my fav. 🩶

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

It’s a good one

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Friendly-Advantage79@reddit

Oh, this is so me.

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alter_facts@reddit

Yep

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andymorphic@reddit

pearl jam are horrible

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Vamfyrerotik@reddit

To each their own.

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GreatGreenGobbo@reddit

Meh

Talking Heads, New Order, Depeche Mode, REM, The Spoons and other New Wave is my jam.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Plimsouls, Million Miles

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Vamfyrerotik@reddit

Danzig and Misfits is more my jam.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

I find Danzig a “little” boring

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Malfeitor1@reddit

My Metallica experience... I was in a catholic school from 84 (5th grade) to 88. So Metallica was wrapped into a bit of satanic panic. Once I was in high school the Black Album dropped and I loved it! I then purchased the back catalog and was hooked. I’ve ebbed and flowed over the years but I’m still a fan

I had the same path with Motley Crue Dr Feelgood and Megadeth Rust in Peace

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FlamingoFlimsy4421@reddit

✊

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QuietBirdsong@reddit

Why not both?

They were both my soundtracks.

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geo-jake@reddit

Metallica Master of Puppets and Alice In Chains Dirt for me!

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Rundle1999@reddit

After these four albums they sold out and forever sucked

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

Jason Newstead “ Yes , we sell out. We sell out every seat in the house, every time we play”

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Rundle1999@reddit

Sold out your fans and integrity as a metal band.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Yup

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katiehatesjazz@reddit

God I hate Pearl Jam.

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Kurtbott@reddit

This! I had to buy tapes of these albums again because I listened to them on repeat. These albums made the person I am today.

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PickaDillDot@reddit

I remember exactly where(bus to school) I was the first time I heard Metallica. Orion was the first song I listened to and I was hooked from that day on. Master of Puppets will always be special to me.

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denzien@reddit

I like Pearl Jam well enough, but I love all the old Metallica up to and including Black.

I also discovered a Japanese Heavy Metal band Ningen Isu just before COVID that has been active since the late 80s. I definitely recommend giving their stuff a try ... though with 1 album per 18 months since 87 or so, it's a very deep catalog.

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denzien@reddit

https://youtu.be/CbI79e5iZKs?si=5ldJczAK4Mn0gCBY

https://youtu.be/CLoUY1kA4ZY?si=hb9Z4pvqto0ox9Zj

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Zinjifrah@reddit

I'm more of a Megadeth guy but still approve of these!

Also, Appetite for Destruction speaks more to me than any PJ or Nirvana album.

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ImmySnommis@reddit

I'll die on the "Rust in Peace is the best thrash album of the big 4" hill any time.

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NtL_80to20@reddit

Not exactly an equal comparison, they're completely different decades.

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Adventurous-Rub7636@reddit

Yeah you needed techno in your 90’s big time

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tikkikinky@reddit

Eddie and Lars should had taken David Bowies place in 2016.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

1993 called. They want their joke back.

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Decline_of_Humanity@reddit

1193 called because it couldn't text.

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stingertc@reddit

Metallica was my soundtrack in the 90s

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Boring_Park1178@reddit

Exactly. This here is the true Gen X soundtrack.

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Ok-Explanation-9208@reddit

RATM, Beasties, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Dead Kennedys… on and on. We have diverse yet excellent taste in music.

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Sharp-Hotel-2117@reddit

I remember being so stoked to get my hands on the AJFA album when it came out. My dad drove me across town to the music store, I bought my cassette and we went home. I popped it into my little stereo and out came Robert Palmer, the "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible" guy. Thought it might be a joke track or the like, but I got a mislabel and was not a happy camper. I was 15 at the time, so sort of at the 'rents mercy as to when the issue got sorted out. Dad went by the store on his way home from work the next day and exchanged the mislabel with one that was correct.

AJFA and Master are the soundtrack to a few games I had on my computer at the time (golf sim and Dungeon Master in particular). Mom was horrified by Megadeth album covers, had to keep those out of sight.

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Misanthropemoot@reddit

I got Pearl Jam debut album on Columbia House. But metallica is my jam as well.

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ijustlikethecolors@reddit

Yeah that pissed me off. I smoke weed, sure, but I def don’t hang out and listen to Pearl Jam

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dammitknockitoff@reddit

🤘🏻🤘🏻

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skoltroll@reddit

gif

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RayBuc9882@reddit

Older Gen-X here and early to mid-80s is my school music: Van Halen, AC/DC, Twisted Sister, Cars, Bryan Adams, Scorpions, ZZ Top, Genesis, Boston, Tom Petty, Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Yes, Heart, Huey Lewis, Joan Jett, Billy Squier, Police. Plus pop music.

I may be in the minority but I could never stay with the grunge music. I found it to be too depressing.

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Demonae@reddit

Fuck ya brother!

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leaving_again@reddit

Classic rock and "oldies" were the soundtrack of my youth. Outside of heavy metal, there were many years where rock bands were just not releasing anything close to what had preceded that era.

Metal bands were great though. Grunge bands were probably post youth for most of us.

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NeauxDoubt@reddit

That’s me too. And in certain crowds it makes me feel really old. I describe myself as a hippy. The Stones, Bad Company, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, The Eagles and Aerosmith… those take me back.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

I listened to a lot of Hendrix, Doors, Floyd and the like as well. I actually couldn’t pass up the Go Go’s Beauty and the Beat on pink vinyl.

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skinisblackmetallic@reddit

Yep. that was my soundtrack in 1988.

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bmaayhem@reddit

When someone says Pearl Jam is my soundtrack….

When

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Expert-Lavishness802@reddit

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OtterPeePools@reddit

I went to high school with Darrell. He was a grade ahead of me but saved me from getting picked on by some ropers in the hallway one time. We weren't close friends or anything, but every time I saw him, or the rest of the band, at the stereo place or bowling alley or strip club or occasional party ( they trashed some dudes bathtub one time , but aside from that..hehe ) they treated you like a lifelong friend .RIP

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ThrowRA--scootscooti@reddit

Way more talent than Metallica.

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JKanoock@reddit

Dimebag! Miss you man!

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atendler1@reddit

Yes!!!!

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Gemini11X@reddit

The only 4 that matter out of there entire discography.

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punkdrummer22@reddit

St Anger is a great album. I dont even care about the shitty snare sound

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WastelandOutlaw007@reddit

There is another.... garage days.

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Gemini11X@reddit

No life till leather & creeping death too. But out of there main releases these are the major 4.

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l_rufus_californicus@reddit

It was Iron Maiden for me, but the point stands. (Now that I mentioned it, though, I still like The Point, too.)

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TommyTwoFlushes@reddit

Overrated

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CCHTweaked@reddit

I can hear this post.

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DrakeAndMadonna@reddit

In my aged vision I thought the thumbnail was KMFDM and thought "yeah"

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dizzie_buddy1905@reddit

Don’t forget the Black album

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ZeroScorpion3@reddit

I was a teenager when these albums came out, and they were incredible and ground breaking.
It was a great time for heavy metal

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thall72@reddit

Thank you! I almost posted something like this myself.

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Ladydi-bds@reddit

All if those plus grunge.

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FuckedUpYearsAgo@reddit

For reals man. I fucking hated Pearl Jam. Imho, we are getting into stereotypical gender defferences.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

I don’t dislike Pearl Jam, but they happened after I was already adulting. So I don’t really have a fondness for them.

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Oriencor@reddit

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Bartlomiej25@reddit

I can’t stand Pearl Jam…

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bigSTUdazz@reddit

1) Pantera

2) Metallica (Kill Em All to AJFA)

Greatest Album Ever in the Metal Genre:

Master of Puppets (RIP Cliff)

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bigSTUdazz@reddit

....and that's all the Metallica you need.

The Black Album had a couple of bangers...

...but those albums with jizz all over the cover and after has been garbage.

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

Never owned Pearl Jam. But I have all of Metallica.

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solexioso@reddit

and those are the only 4 Metallica albums worth listening to

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missdawn1970@reddit

For me it's the first 3, then Garage Days Re-Revisited.

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EmpressVixen@reddit

OP is my new best friend.

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Bartlaus@reddit

I'm more of a doom, death, and black metal guy but will also always love 80s thrash AND also 90s grunge -- Pearl Jam was good but Soundgarden would be my favourite of those.

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Mysterious_Main_5391@reddit

I'll drink too this

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mare951@reddit

Amen brother.

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DeliciousExits@reddit

Yessssss!!

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CityBoiNC@reddit

I had my mother send me Masters on cassette to summer camp. we were allowed one box to be shipped and that's all I wanted.

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avrus@reddit

And also:

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

Well……..yeah

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Dull-Geologist-8204@reddit

I liked both.

One and Jeremy were 2 of my favorite songs.

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Material-Ambition-18@reddit

Eddie Vedder must d&e, kill’em All. No real violence intended

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TheBugHouse@reddit

What a great band, would've loved to see more than 4 albums from them....

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Salty-Pack-4165@reddit

For me it was Schizophrenia by Sepultura and Them by King Diamond.

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Own_Okra113@reddit (OP)

The New Order by Testament

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Upper-Affect5971@reddit

100%, i always found the grunge stuff to be to whiney.

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Vegaprime@reddit

Not metallica in court crying about being stolen from?

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Hall45Rox@reddit

For real. So much respect lost.

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Vegaprime@reddit

Was pretty much all I listened to up to that point.

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Hall45Rox@reddit

It hurt almost as much as the Tenacious D debacle. Knowing your respect is wasted….

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Upper-Affect5971@reddit

This was in the early 90s brother, before metallica cut their hair and went all soft.

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RCA2CE@reddit

I never liked grunge

You know how in American Pie they call the buddy holly plane crash the day the music died.. and it was sort of about lost innocence .. that’s how Nirvana and grunge make me feel

We were having a fkn blast and then everyone started getting dark/brooding - I just wanted to party

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smakdye@reddit

I'm currently listening to Metallica as I read your Post lol

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I_Got_Cred_Bishes@reddit

You forgot the OG Garage Days released between Master of Puppets and Justice….

I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY!!!!!!!

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AtlantianBlood@reddit

Maiden for me.

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WastelandOutlaw007@reddit

Well. You got 3 out of 4 right, at least.

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vanislandgirl19@reddit

Garage Days was my introduction. ❤️❤️❤️

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athenaseraphina@reddit

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maidenofmp@reddit

Park it yourself, Metallica breath.

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Crushed_Robot@reddit

I’m a big fan of both!

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ScoobyDarn@reddit

First three then nah.......

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Honeybee71@reddit

They’re all in my car 🤘🏻

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pinballrocker@reddit

I grew up on Seattle and never liked Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone, and the other big arena rock bands of the grunge movement, most of them were in hair metal bands before they grunged out their sound. Soundgarden I liked early on. The first 2 Nirvana albums were great and it was fantastic seeing them live in small clubs and meeting them before they blew up. I was definitely into heavier music like punk, hardcore, and metal.

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