{"id":9229,"date":"2009-04-05T11:36:50","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T15:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2022-10-16T19:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T23:52:18","slug":"my-mind-was-blown-it-wasnt-punk-rock-it-wasnt-heavy-metal-it-just-stood-by-itself-i-didnt-know-what-it-was-but-i-knew-it-was-a-mighty-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9229","title":{"rendered":"”My mind was blown. It wasn’t punk rock. It wasn’t heavy metal. It just stood by itself. I didn’t know what it was, but I knew it was a mighty thing.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s Flea, bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, on the first time he heard Metallica, who were just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/a>, in a show that honestly makes me want to kill myself because I wasn’t there. Eminem was there too to introduce Run-DMC, another inductee. Eminem and Metallica in the same place at the same time? Are you kidding me? (Oh, and Wanda Jackson gets the props, too? FINALLY? Another favorite of mine? Heaven!)<\/p>\n

And why am I strangely happy, as though it has something to do with me, that Jason Newsted joined Metallica onstage for “Master of Puppets” and “Enter Sandman”? Sheila, you do not know these people. It is not a personal victory for YOU.<\/p>\n

And yet … and yet … it is. If you’re a Metallica fan, you’ll get it.<\/p>\n

And how psyched is Robert Trujillo right now? (Especially after the sort of awkward touchy-feely beginning of his time with Metallica with Hetfield crying at the table about his abandonment issues as they all drank bottled water<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And how bummed is Dave Mustaine.<\/p>\n

I’ve been listening to Metallica for, what, 20 years? Almost non-stop? They’re in every playlist I make, they’re always in rotation.<\/p>\n

They make me want to cry, and they make me want to punch someone in the face. It’s all good.<\/p>\n

My brother wrote a goosebump-y piece about what Metallica’s so-called “black album” means to him<\/a>. I consider it a must-read, and that’s not just because I’m related to him.<\/p>\n

I read that NY Times article 4 times in a row, trying to imagine myself into that auditorium. Also, Hetfield giving props to Thin Lizzy? Effing cool.<\/p>\n

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\n(I realize that being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is akin to winning an Oscar. It’s not a testament of true value. Some of my favorite actors have never won an Oscar. Phone call for Mr. Bridges and Mr. Grant. But still: the description of the HOF show and the validation and the excitement was catching to me.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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