June 13, 2003
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Ulrich Blasts Military For Blasting Metallica At Prisoners (MTV News, 6/11/2003)Metallica are particularly unhappy about certain actions the U.S. military has taken in Iraq.
Not the ones that resulted in the collapse of Saddam Hussein's empire — the ones in which the band's music was played to extract information from terrified Iraqi prisoners who'd never been exposed to heavy metal.
Speaking to the press in Europe, drummer Lars Ulrich told the World Entertainment News Network that he strongly objects to the use of "Enter Sandman" as a device of coercion. "I feel horrible about this," he said. "No one in Iraq has ever done anything to hurt me, and I don't understand why we have to be implicated in that bullsh--."
Ulrich added that if the Army is intent on using loud music to break Saddam's supporters, they should find something really grating on the ears. "What about firing up some Venom or some of those Norwegian death metal bands?"
Thanks for the suggestion, Lars! I'm sure the CIA appreciates your help identifying the world's least endurable "terror metal" bands.
What does it say that European music is unendurable to the enemy? Perhaps though they war with the U.S., their more passionate disagreement is with European culture.