Talk:Metallica

Edit request from Yennik100, 30 August 2011

The third reference at the bottom of this page links to an article mentioning Metallica's 5th straight number one album. In the reference, the world "straight" is misspelled as "streight."

Yennik100 (talk) 20:25, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done — Bility (talk) 21:12, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Style and Influence

Sex Pistols are listed as an influence here. I have been a Metallica fan for 15 years and have never once heard any Metallica member or journalist refer to the Sex Pistols as one of Metallica's influences in any way. I'm not taking anything away from the Sex Pistols, who I respect to a certain degree. But to say they were an influence on Metallica is, as far as I know, completely unfounded. Somebody please agree and rectify this! 119.12.192.82 (talk) 11:07, 8 September 2011 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.12.192.82 (talk) 11:03, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Hetfield is the only member I know of that even likes the Sex Pistols at all. I know that Ulrich does not like them, and I am not sure about the other members. But just because Hetfield likes them does not make them an influence to Metallica. Though I have heard of them, Ulrich in particular (I am not sure about the other members), being influenced by The Clash. So maybe The Clash should be added to the influences. Though this should be discussed before adding it. --BLAguyMONKEY! (talk) 08:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists

Didn't see it mentioned in the article, but i didnt check the archives to see if this has been brought up. Anyways, [1]Jasper420 05:40, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Quote in the Lulu and future events section

In the Lulu and future events section, the quote from Trujillo seems to have a typo in the part "And it's only gonna better." It seems like it should be "And it's only gonna get better." But I thought that I should discuss it before changing it. --BLAguyMONKEY! (talk) 08:41, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Table for releases

This article is locked from being edited any further so I was wondering if someone who can edit this article could include this table I wrote out for the releases. It doesn't include Lulu, since that album is not an official studio album by Metallica. Here's the full table I made

Date of Release	Title	Billboard peak	RIAA cert.	Label
July 25, 1983	Kill 'Em All	120	3× Platinum	Megaforce
July 27, 1984	Ride the Lightning	100	5× Platinum
March 3, 1986	Master of Puppets	29	6× Platinum	Elektra
August 25, 1988	…And Justice for All	6	8× Platinum
August 13, 1991	Metallica	1	15× Platinum
June 4, 1996	Load	1	5x Platinum
November 18, 1997	ReLoad	1	4x Platinum
June 5, 2003	St. Anger	1	2x Platinum
September 12, 2008	Death Magnetic	1	2× Platinum	Warner Bros.

Pronunciation

The article states that the pronunciation of the name Metallica is as follows: məˈtælɨkə/ But shouldn't it be məˈtælɨkæ/, instead? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oulipal (talk • contribs) 22:27, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

It would be if there was constant emphasis, but in normal speech the first "a" (Metallica) is given more emphasis than the other one (Metallica). In cases such as this, the lack of emphasis closes the mouth a little, so a different sound is produced: ə, which is something like "uh". Incidentally, this is the same sound difference betweens the "a"s as in the word "alpha", and so by extension my username. Of course, while both these instances apply to standard pronunciations (in this case in both American and British English), they may not apply to certain regional accents. Alphathon /'æɫfə.θɒn/ ^(talk) 00:52, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Timeline

I think the timeline chart is useless. Does the length of the membership of each band member need to be depicted by a chart taking half of the screen? There has not been that many changes in the line-up expect for the very early days, so I suggest the chart to be deleted. Michal Stankoviansky (talk) 08:51, 28 October 2011 (UTC)