Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1969. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing; their current drummer is Scott Travis. They have been cited as an influence on many heavy metal musicians and bands. Their popularity and status as one of the definitive heavy metal bands has earned them the nickname "Metal Gods" from their song of the same name.They have sold over 35 million albums worldwide.

K. K. Downing and Ian Hill had known each other since early childhood, as they lived near one another and attended the same nursery and school in West Bromwich. They became close friends in their early teens, when they shared similar musical interests (Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Cream, The Yardbirds) and learned to play instruments. The band was founded in 1969 in Birmingham, England, after a local ensemble named Judas Priest (after Bob Dylan's song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"[citation needed] from the John Wesley Harding album) split up. The band's singer Al Atkins approached Downing and Hill, who were playing as a power trio with drummer John Ellis and asked if he could become their singer. With Atkins now in the band, Downing suggested they change their name to Judas Priest as he had been a fan of the original band.

With Downing as acting leader, the band moved away from their original blues influences to play heavy rock and what would later come to be defined as early heavy metal.[citation needed] This quartet played around Birmingham and the surrounding areas with various drummers until 1974, sometimes opening for bands such as Budgie, Thin Lizzy and Trapeze. Eventually, financial difficulties and problems with their management, Tony Iommi's company, IMA, led to the departure of Alan Atkins and drummer Alan Moore.


At the time, Ian Hill was dating a woman from the nearby town of Walsall who suggested her brother, Rob Halford, be considered as a singer. Halford joined the band, bringing drummer John Hinch from his previous band, Hiroshima. This line-up toured in the UK, often supporting Budgie, and even headlining some shows in Norway and Germany.

Before the band entered the studio to record their first album, their record company suggested they add another musician to the line-up. As Downing was reluctant to incorporate a keyboard or horn player into the band, he chose another guitarist, Glenn Tipton, from the Stafford-based Flying Hat Band as their new member. The two guitarists worked together to adapt the existing material and Tipton also received credits as a song writer. In August 1974, the band released their debut single "Rocka Rolla" and followed this a month later with an album of the same name.

Technical problems during the recording contributed to the poor sound quality of the record. Producer Rodger Bain, whose CV included Black Sabbath's first three albums as well as Budgie's first album, dominated the production of the album and made decisions with which the band did not agree. Bain also chose to leave fan favourites from the band's live set, such as "Tyrant," "Genocide" and "The Ripper," off the album and he cut the song "Caviar and Meths" from a 10-minute song down to a 2-minute instrumental.

The band participated more in the production of their next album, recorded during January and February 1976, and chose the producers themselves. The result, Sad Wings of Destiny (1976), included a variety of old material, including the aforementioned stage favorites and the epic "Victim of Changes". This song was a combination of "Whiskey Woman", a stage classic from the Al Atkins' era of Judas Priest and "Red Light Lady" a song that Halford had written with his previous group, Hiroshima. This album and a strong performance at the 1975 Reading Festival helped to raise wider interest in the band and extend their fanbase.

For their next album, 1977's Sin After Sin the band chose to use session drummer Simon Phillips for the recordings. For the following tour Les (James Leslie) Binks played with the band who were impressed with his performance and asked him to stay. Together they recorded 1978's Stained Class and Killing Machine (released in America as Hell Bent for Leather). Binks, credited with writing the very powerful "Beyond the Realms of Death", was an accomplished and technically skilled drummer and his performance added to the band's overall sound. Binks also played on Unleashed in the East which was recorded live in Japan during the Killing Machine tour. Compared with previous records Killing Machine had shorter songs with increased commercial appeal while still retaining the band's heavy metal punch.

Following the release of Killing Machine, and the live release from the supporting tour, entitled Unleashed in the East. It was the first of many Judas Priest albums to go Platinum. At the time, there was some criticism of the bands' use of studio-enhancements and overdubbing in what was marketed as a live album. Nonetheless, many early Priest classics are recorded here, such as "Victim of Changes", "Tyrant", "Genocide", and "The Ripper".

After Les Binks quit, in part because of the band's direction, the band replaced him with Dave Holland, formerly from the band Trapeze. With this line-up, Judas Priest recorded six studio and one live album which garnered different degrees of critical and financial success. Overall, the band has sold in excess of 30 million albums globally.

In 1980, the band released British Steel. The songs were shorter and had more mainstream radio hooks, but retained the heavy metal feel. Tracks such as "United", "Breaking the Law", and "Living After Midnight" were frequently played on the radio. The next release, 1981's Point of Entry, followed the same formula, but critics generally panned it. However, the tour in support was successful, with new songs such as "Solar Angels" and "Heading Out to the Highway".

The 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance featured the song "You've Got Another Thing Comin'", which garnered strong US radio airplay. Songs such as "Electric Eye" and "Riding on the Wind" also appeared off this album, and proved to be popular live tracks. "(Take These) Chains" (by Bob Halligan, Jr.) was released as a single and received heavy airplay. This album went two times Platinum.

Defenders of the Faith was released in 1984. Even though it was more progressive than their earlier efforts, some critics dubbed it as "Screaming for Vengeance II", due to its musical likeness to the previous album.

On July 13, 1985, Judas Priest was - apart from Black Sabbath - the only metal band to perform at the Live Aid event. The band played at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Their setlist was "Living After Midnight", "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)" and "(You've Got) Another Thing Comin'".

Turbo was released in 1986, during the glam metal era. To keep up with the times, Priest adopted a more colourful look and gave their music a more poppy feel by adding synthesisers. The album also went Platinum and had a successful tour in support, but some critics argued the album was a sellout. A live album recorded on the tour, titled Priest...Live!, was released the next year, offering fans live tracks from the 1980s era. The video documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot was created by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986. It documents the heavy metal fans waiting on May 31, 1986 for a Judas Priest concert (with special guests Dokken) at the Capital Centre (later renamed US Airways Arena) in Landover, Maryland.

In 1988, Ram It Down was released, featuring several reworked songs left over from Turbo, in addition to new songs. A reviewer has called Ram It Down a "stylistic evolution" that resulted from the band's "...attempt to rid themselves of the tech synthesiser approach...and return to the traditional metal of their fading glory days." The reviewer argued the album showed "...how far behind they were lagging...the thrashers they helped influence" in earlier years. As well, in the late 1980s, longtime drummer Dave Holland left the band.

In 1990, the Painkiller album used a new drummer, Scott Travis (formerly from Racer X). This comeback album dropped the 1980s-style synthesisers for all of the songs except a ballad entitled "A Touch of Evil." The tour used bands such as Pantera, Megadeth and Sepultura as opening bands, and culminated in the Rock in Rio performance in Brazil in front of 100,000+ music fans.

Part of the Judas Priest stage show often featured Rob Halford riding onstage on a Harley-Davidson motorbike, dressed in motorcycle leathers and sunglasses. In a Toronto show in 1991, Halford was seriously injured as he rode on stage, when he collided with a drum riser that was hidden behind clouds of dry ice mist. Although the show was delayed, he performed the entire set before going to hospital. Hill later noted "he must have been in agony". He later claimed the accident helped to prompt his departure from the band. For nearly five years, Priest remained in the shadows, with no release to top Painkiller.

In the summer of 1990, the band was involved in a civil action that alleged they were responsible for the self-inflicted gunshot wounds in 1985 of 20-year old James Vance and 18-year old Raymond Belknap in Reno, Nevada, USA. On December 23, 1985 Vance and Belknap, after hours of drinking beer, smoking marijuana and listening to Judas Priest music, went to a playground at a church in Reno with a 12-gauge shotgun to end their lives. Belknap decapitated himself; then Vance followed, but the weapon was very slippery by then and he survived with a grotesquely disfigured face. He died three years later from an overdose of painkillers.

The men's parents and their legal team alleged that a subliminal message of "do it" had been included in the Judas Priest song "Better By You, Better Than Me" from the Stained Class album (actually a cover of a Spooky Tooth number). They alleged the command in the song triggered the suicide attempt. The trial lasted from July 16 to August 24, 1990, when the suit was dismissed. One of the defense witnesses, Dr Timothy E. Moore, wrote an article for Skeptical Inquirer chronicling the trial.

The trial was covered in the 1991 documentary Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance Vs. Judas Priest. In the documentary Halford commented that, if they wanted to insert subliminal commands in their music, killing their fans would be counterproductive and they would prefer to insert the command "Buy more of our records." Regarding the plaintiff's assertions that the statement "do it" was a command to commit suicide, Halford pointed out "do it" had no direct message.

After the end of the Painkiller tour in 1991, Halford left Judas Priest. In September 1991, there were indications of internal tensions within the band. Halford went on to form a street-style thrash metal group named Fight in the summer of 1993 with Scott Travis on drums for the recording sessions. He formed this band due to his desire to explore new musical territory, but due to contractual obligations, he left Judas Priest in May 1992.

Halford collaborated with Judas Priest in the release of a compilation album entitled Metal Works '73-'93 to commemorate their 20th anniversary. He also appeared in a video by the same title, documenting their history, in which his departure from the band was officially announced later that year.

In a 1998 interview on MTV, Halford also revealed his homosexuality, but it came as little surprise to fans or Halford's former bandmates.

Tim "Ripper" Owens, who had previously sung in a Judas Priest tribute band called British Steel, was hired in 1996 as Judas Priest's new singer. This line up released two albums, Jugulator and Demolition as well as two live double-albums - '98 Live Meltdown and Live in London, the latter of which had a live DVD counterpart. Jugulator sold relatively well but Demolition did not sit well with fans or mainstream alike; most believed Ripper could not be a true replacement for Halford's vocal abilities.

Owens' move from fan and weekend tribute band singer to frontman for the actual band was the inspiration for the film Rock Star. Because the film's content bore only a tangential resemblance to Owens's actual history with the band, Judas Priest later moved to disassociate themselves from the film. The film (starring Mark Wahlberg) was a critical and commercial flop, though the fictional band portrayed in the film - Steel Dragon - achieved a cult status among some heavy metal and Judas Priest fans.

On August 15, 2002 PETA, an animal rights group, sent the band's management a request to stop wearing leather onstage. It was even reported that they asked the band to change the name of their Hell Bent for Leather album to Hell Bent for Pleather. Judas Priest responded that they wear artificial leather, but PETA still protested that this could encourage listeners to wear real leather.

After almost twelve years apart, as well as an ever-growing demand for a reunion, Judas Priest and original lead vocalist Rob Halford announced they would reunite in July 2003, to coincide with the release of the Metalogy box set. They did a live concert tour in Europe in 2004, and co-headlined the 2004 Ozzfest, being named as the "premier act" by almost all U.S. media coverage of the event.

A new studio album, Angel of Retribution, was released on March 1, 2005 (U.S.) on Sony Music/Epic Records to critical and commercial success. A global tour in support of the album ensued, and was hugely successful. Judas Priest and "Ripper" Owens parted amicably, with Owens joining American heavy metal band Iced Earth.

As for the band Halford, writing for the fourth release was cut off. However, after the Retribution tour in June 2006, Halford announced he would create his own record company, entitled Metal God Entertainment, where he would release all his solo material under his own control. In November 2006 he remastered his back catalog and released it exclusively through Apple's iTunes Store. Two new songs allegedly set for the fourth release, "Forgotten Generation" and "Drop Out", were released through iTunes as well.

1.Judas Priest-Breaking the Law
2.Judas Priest-Living After Midnight
4.Judas Priest-Prisoner Of Your Eyes

Sweet Charity

Kumpulan Sweet Charity sebuah kugiran yang mula ditubuhkan di Singapura pada tahun 1967 oleh anggota asalnya iaitu Ramli Sarip (Vokal), Joe Salim(Gitar),Wahid Warren(Bass), Rahman Sarbani (Drum)

Sweet Charity jugalah yang mempopularkan muzik rock sehingga mereka dilabel sebagai Deep Purple dan Santana Singapura! Kebanyakkan kumpulan rock generasi baru seperti Search, Lefthanded dan lain lain yang seangkatan menjadikan lagu-lagu Sweet Charity sebagai lagu awal mereka sebelum meneroka jauh ke bidang muzik rock tanahair. Lagu-lagu seperti Kamelia, Teratai, Sejuta Wajah, Hilang Gelap Terbitlah Terang cukup memberikan kesan yang begitu mendalam terhadap industri rock yang baru menapak dirantau sini ketika itu. Menjadi masyhur di Nusantara melalui lagu Kamelia (lagu asal Ebiet G. Ade) yang telah diberi suntikan irama yang lebih 'keras' dengan suara nyaring dan serak basah Ramli Sarip.Sweet Charity juga terkenal dengan road show mereka di seluruh negara pada 1985 bersama Kumpulan Blues Gang yang ditaja oleh pengeluar kasut North Star. Walaupun membawa imej rock ala Deep Purple tetapi mereka amat kuat berpegang pada agama Islam, pernah terjadi di satu show di Ipoh , seorang promoter konsert telah menyuruh seorang budak menghantarkan arak sebagai hadiah dari promoter, tetapi alangkah terkejutnya budak itu kerana didapati ahli kumpulan Sweet Charity sedang solat @ sembahyang berjemaah sebelum konsert bermula.

Pada tahun 1986, Sweet Charity juga turut membintangi filem yang bertemakan cetak rompak iaitu filem Kembara Seniman Jalanan arahan Nasir Jani. Pada tahun yang sama,Ramli Sarip berpisah dengan kumpulan Sweet Charty dan menukar haluan menjadi penyanyi solo dengan album solonya yang pertama - RAMLI SARIP yang popular dengan lagu Panah Beracun. Anggota-anggota yang lain masih meneruskan kumpulan Sweet Charity,sehingga lahirnya sebuah album dengan menampilkan seorang penyanyi wanita bernama Zaitun,yang berjudul 'Sweet Charity '88'. Walaupun mereka telah lama tidak bersatu, tetapi pada tahun 1995,mereka telah melakukan 'reunion' dan bersama atas nama Sweet Charity dan yang paling masyhur sewaktu di Stadium Negara, KL. Tampil dengan irama rock sejati tetapi masih mengekalkan unsur-unsur kemelayuan sebagai contoh seperti lagu Bulat-Bulat, Jangan Tunggu Lama, Zakiah.

KALI terakhir kumpulan Sweet Charity mengadakan persembahan bersama pada Konsert Sejuta Wajah di Stadium Merdeka Kuala Lumpur pada 1996 lalu yang berjaya menghimpunkan lebih 10,000 peminat kumpulan legenda rock nusantara itu.

Dua belas tahun berlalu, kini kumpulan yang ditubuhkan pada 1969 itu sekali lagi bergabung tenaga menjayakan Konsert Hari Bapa Bersama Sweet Charity khusus untuk peminat di Malaysia. Persembahan yang dianggap reunion itu akan diadakan di Dewan Merdeka, Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, 14 Jun ini, jam 8.30 malam dan 15 Jun, jam 3 petang.

Biarpun rata-rata anggotanya sudah berusia lebih 50 tahun dan ada yang bergelar ‘datuk’, namun stamina yang dimiliki mereka tidak wajar dipertikaikan. Malah vokalis utamanya, Ramli Sarip masih dikagumi ramai sesuai dengan gelaran Papa Rock yang dianugerahkan padanya.

Selain Ramli Sarip, Sweet Charity juga dianggotai Rahman Sarbani (dram), Rosli Dollah (gitar), Sarwanie Ahmad (gitar), Masron Abdul Hamid (keyboard) dan Ahmad Jaffar Jawahir (keyboard/vokalis kedua). Sementara seorang lagi anggotanya, Syed Hassan Al-Attas (bass) sudah meninggal dunia.

Kata Ramli, konsert yang bakal diadakan ini lebih dianggap sebagai penghargaan kepada peminat dan majlis silaturahim untuk bertanya khabar selepas sekian lama tidak bertemu mata.

“Apabila saya mengadakan persembahan secara solo, ramai meminta lagu yang dipopularkan sewaktu bersama Sweet Charity. Ini menunjukkan penangan kumpulan ini masih segar di ingatan peminat tanpa mengira usia.

“Sejujurnya ada sesetengah lagu perlu dibawakan secara berkumpulan untuk mendapatkan mood yang betul dan tidak sesuai secara solo. Jadi konsert ini dianggap platform terbaik untuk mengimbau semula kenangan bersama Sweet Charity.

“Bagi saya, konsert ini bukan setakat nostalgia untuk dikenang, tetapi lebih kepada persembahan untuk beri ingatan kepada mereka yang setia bersama kami yang kini bukan sekadar bergelar bapa, tetapi ada yang menjadi datuk,” katanya ketika sidang media di Mawar Lounge, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur baru-baru ini.

Meskipun sudah lama tidak beraksi bersama, kekuatan kumpulan lagenda ini tidak wajar dipertikaikan kerana kebanyakan mereka masih aktif bermain muzik secara solo. Gabungan mereka kali ini bakal mengembalikan semula nostalgia zaman kegemilangan kumpulan itu.

Walaupun terkenal dengan lagu berentak rock sesuai gelaran yang diberikan, pelopor muzik rock tanah air, Sweet Charity tidak pernah melupakan nilai tradisional. Malah terbukti jelas, lagu yang dinyanyikan kumpulan ini banyak berkonsepkan muzik Melayu dan lirik positif yang sangat puitis.

1.ramli sarip-Bukan Kerana Nama
2.sweet charity - sejuta wajah
3.sweet charity-batu
4.Sweet Charity-Hilang Gelap Terbitlah Terang
5.sweet charity-jangan tunggu lama-lama
6.sweet charity-jikalau berkasih
7.sweet charity-kau yang satu
8.sweet charity-panah beracun
9.sweet charity-pelarian

May

Kumpulan May ialah sebuah kumpulan rock yang aktif di Malaysia semenjak penghujung 1980-an. Kumpulan ini membawakan lagu-lagu berbahasa Melayu dan dicipta oleh pemuzik lain.

Selepas melihat kejayaan teman sekampung mereka iaitu Kumpulan SYJ meraih
populariti daripada konsert dan 2 buah album BATTLE OF THE BANDS, 4 orang anak
muda daripada kampung yang sama (Kampung Manjoi, Ipoh, Perak) iaitu Mustaffa,
Sharip, Nasir dan Mohktar telah bersepakat untuk mengikut jejak langkah SYJ
dengan menubuhkan sebuah kumpulan muzik aliran keras.

Apatah lagi
keempat-empat dari mereka memang mahir bermain peralatan muzik seperti gitar,
bass dan dram, malah mampu menciota lagu sendiri. Selain itu, mereka juga
berpengalaman dalam membuat persembahan pentas terutama di majlis-majlis orang
kahwin sekitar Ipoh.

Pada bulan Mei tahun 1986, Mustaffa, Sharip, Nasir
dan Mohktar telah mendaftarkan diri untuk memasuki pertandingan JUARA-JUARA ROCK
dengan mengguna nama MAY sebagai nama kumpulan. Nama MAY diambil sempena pangkal
huruf nama timang-timangan keempat-empat mereka iaitu M bagi nama MUS (Mustaffa)
& MAN (Sharip), A bagi ABU (Nasir) dan Y bagi YUS (Mohktar).

Didalam pertandingan tersebut, MAY telah mendendang beberapa lagu HEAVY METAL
ciptaan sendiri … keupayaan mereka bermain muzik secara live telah menarik
hati para juri pertandingan walaupun mendapat saingan sengit dari lain-lain grup
yang turut bertanding seperti Scandals, Burnmarks, Metalian dan D’Febians.
Akhirnya MAY diumumkan menjadi johan pertandingan itu mengalahkan banyak
kumpulan lain yang rata-ratanya dari Johor. Tidak cukup dengan kemenangan tempat
pertama itu, ABU turut dinobatkan sebagai gitaris terbaik JUARA-JUARA
ROCK.

Semangat anggota MAY makin berkobar-kobar untuk menjadi artis
ternama apabila Ali Bakar iaitu orang kuat BOX-OFFICE yang menganjurkan
pertandingan tersebut, menawarkan MAY untuk merakamkan album ala ‘Battle Of The
Bands’ bertajuk JUARA-JUARA ROCK. Didalam album itu - MAY telah mendendangkan 6
buah lagu iaitu Pemuzik Muda, Derita Bangsa, Gadis Misteri,Kembalilah Semula,
Bayangan Hidup dan Sketsa Sebuah Cinta. JUARA-JUARA ROCK turut jua menampilkan 4
grup ROCK lain iaitu Scandals, Burnmarks, Metalian dan D’Febians yang
masing-masing juga merakamkan 6 lagu. Oleh kerana faktor ruang kaset yang tidak
mencukupi, 30 lagu tersebut dipecahkan kepada 3 jilid iaitu JUARA-JUARA ROCK
(JJR), JJR 2 dan JJR 3 dan dipasarkan pada 3 tarikh berasingan .. JJR pada awal
1987, JJR volume 2 pada pertengahan 1987 dan JJR volume 3 pada akhir
1987.

Berikutan jualan ketiga-tiga album tersebut yang begitu
memberangsangkan…MAY kemudiannya telah ditawar untuk menjadi artis rakaman
WARNADA (album JJR 1, JJR 2 dan JJR 3 juga diedarkan oleh WARNADA.)

MAY
bersetuju dengan tawaran tersebut lantas menandatangani kontrak selama 3 tahun
dengan WARNADA. Maka serentak dengan pengedaran album JJR 2, MAY juga sibuk di
King’s Studio bagi menyiapkan album sulung mereka. 6 bulan selepas JJR 3
dipasarkan, album sulung MAY pun dipasarkan dengan tajuk DILEMA pada awal
1988.


Kumpulan ini mula sibuk memenuhi undangan persembahan pentas. Bagi
memudahkan kerja mendapat show - MAY telah melantik seorang promoter bagi
menguruskan hal pembayaran pertunjukan pentas. AZHAR yang juga rakan MAY dari
Kampung Manjoi telah diberi kepercayaan memikul tugas tersebut. MAY lasak dari
segi ’show’ tetapi tidak segi jualan album. Seperti diketahui umum, pada tahun
1988 artis-artis ROCK yang mempunyai rambut panjang - di’ban’ atau di’haram’kan
dari muncul di kaca tv atau disiarkan lagu mereka dicorong radio milik kerajaan.
MAY tidak terkecuali - MUS, MAN, ABU dan YUS sememangnya berambut panjang dan
tidak mahu mengikut garis panduan yang ditetapkan oleh pihak RTM. Lantaran
kedegilan mereka itu, RTM telah menggam MAY.. Walaubagaimanapun, MAY masih dapat
keluar TV melalui TV swasta iaitu TV3. Sketsa Sebuah Cinta, Ku Dalam Dilema dan
Tiada Lagi Engkau adalah 3 lagu yang dipertandingkan dalam carta MUZIK-MUZIK
1988.

Pada akhir 1988, MAY telah mula sibuk kembali di King’s Studio bagi
menyempurnakan proses rakaman album kedua mereka. Album yang bertajuk HAKIKAT
dipasarkan pada awal 1989, dengan jualan yang menakjubkan sehingga MAY
dianugerahkan Award Double Platenium. Hal ini kerana album HAKIKAT secara total
dipenuhi oleh lagu-lagu sedap didengar. Meskipun banyak lagu KERAS dan BINGIT
tetapi melodinya yang catchy memberi kelebihan. Lagu GRAFITI, DARI KACAMATA,
HAKIKAT PERJUANGAN, IMPIAN dan PELAYARAN adalah lagu ‘ganas’ dalam albem
tersebut. Kehadiran 3 lagu Slow dalam album itu juga menarik perhatian peminat.
SENDIRI, CINTAMU MEKAR DIHATI dan CINTAKU SEWANGI KASIHMU adalah lagu berhantu
tersebut. Suara Mus selaku vokalis MAY yang berubah menjadi halus juga merupakan
salah satu faktor yang melariskan lagi album HAKIKAT. Jika dialbum DILEMA
dahulu, vokal Mus serak dan ‘husky’, untuk album ini ‘tone’ suaranya makin lunak
dan merdu. Begitu juga dari segi susunan muzik - alunan petikan ‘gitar solo’
dari ABU terserlah. Hentakan dram MAN terutama pada keras juga menambah rencah
untuk album ini. Bass dari YUS juga makin ligat.

Pertengahan 1989, lagu
SENDIRI dan DARI KACAMATA telah dicalonkan untuk menyertai carta Muzik-Muzik’89
di tv3, cuma lagu SENDIRI sahaja yang layak menyertai JUARA LAGU 89 oleh kerana
saingan sengit daripada artis lain seperti SEARCH, WINGS, GERSANG, ILLUSI dan
ramai lagi. Persembahan MAY di malam itu amat mengecewakan. Vokal Mus tidak
halus seperti kaset. Lagu SENDIRI juga dicacatkan oleh petikan gitar solo -
gitaris BURNMARKS iaitu JOE. Cara alunannya amat berbeza dengan cara ABU
menggalunkan solo. Semasa Joe Burnmark membuat alunan solo, ABU pula bertindak
sebagai gitar distortion. Cuma dibahagian akhir lagu tersebut, barulah ABU
mengalunkan solo sehingga tamat. Tiada apa yang dapat dipertikai dengan
permainan MAN dan YUS, kedua-duanya telah membuat persembahan
bersungguh-sungguh. Selepas tamatnya JUARA LAGU 89, Mus kasi alasan bahawa dia
kena selsema lalu menyebabkan vokalnya tak mantap sewaktu menyanyikan lagu
SENDIRI!!

Tahun 1990 merupakan tahun akhir MAY bersama Warnada…oleh itu
albem ketiga MAY dicepatkan pembuatan dan edarannya - album bertajuk RAHSIA ini
turut berjaya seperti album HAKIKAT malah album ini sebelum dipasarkan mendapat
pesanan 10, 0000 unit!!!!!! Album ini mempunyai pelbagai lagu HEAVY METAL yang
menarik. Antaranya ialah RAHSIA KOTA, RACUN BERMADU, BATU API dan BLACK AREA.
Albem MAY pasti tidak lengkap tanpa 3 buah lagu slowrock, kali ini menampilkan
lagu GADIS BERTUDUNG PUTIH iaitu lagu ciptaan Nasha Kevin sebagai lagu hits
utama. Lagu ini adalah lagu kesinambungan kepada lagu popular mereka mereka
SKETSA SEBUAH CINTA. 1990 juga turut menampil band anak didik MAY iaitu HIDAYU
muncul dengan sebuah album berjudul PERJANJIAN. Kumpulan rock ini adalah dibawah
naungan MANN PRODUCTION iaitu kompeni kepada MANN iaitu drummer MAY. Tajol (kini
vokalis FTG) adalah penyanyi HIDAYU.

1991 menyaksikan MAY tekad keluar
dari syarikat rakaman Warnada dan beralih arah ke kompeni lain iaitu Antares
Muzik. Melalui label Warna Rekod lahir lah album keempat mereka iaitu STRATEGI.
Albem ini diterbitkan oleh allahyarham J S Kevin bersama MAY sendiri. Seperti
yang sudah-sudah, albem STRATEGI juga menampilkan 3 lagu ‘jiwang’ yang syahdu
iaitu ABADI, EMPAT SUDUT BERDIRI dan SENDIRI UNTUK KEMANA manakala lagu
selebihnya adalah lagu keras seperti SINGA TARING PALSU,RAJA JIWA, TEMAN TAK
BERNYAWA dan STRATEGI. Malah MAY membuat 1 perubahan apabila menyelit 1 lagu
berirama thrash ALAM (Aku Lah Antara Mereka).

Pada peringkat awal, album
STRATEGI dipromosi dengan baik… tetapi setelah 3 bulan dipasarkan, jualannya
merundum. Ini kerana syarikat rakaman ANTARES MUZIK telah diistihar muflis. MAY
juga terkena bahangnya ekoran kejadian itu yang mana vokalisnya, Mus ingin
pulang semula ke pangkuan syarikat asal mereka WARNADA. Walaubagaimanapun
pemuzik MAY enggan berbuat demikian. Pemuzik MAY telah serik dengan WARNADA. Hal
ini telah membuat MUS, MANN, ABU dan YUS bertelagah. Apatah lagi MUS juga
menyuarakan supaya muzik mereka diubahsuai dengan elemen ‘funky’ dan
menghilangkan langsung identiti asas MAY - rentak HEAVY METAL.

Mus akhirnya keluar daripada MAY dan bertindak menubuh kumpulan baru STRANGERS
bersama syarikat WARNADA, manakala MAY terkontang-kanteng tanpa penyanyi,
Semangat pemuzik MAY tidak luntur. MANN, ABU dan YUS diperingkat awalnya ingin
membawa ALI (XPDC) yang ketika itu penyanyi TERRA ROSSA sebagai vokalis baru,
MAY, tetapi ALI menolak kerana beliau masih sayang dengan grupnya. Akhirnya
pencarian MAY terhenti apabila YANTZEN iaitu bekas penyanyi kumpulan HEAVY METAL
Singapura - RUSTY BLADE menawarkan diri sebagai vokalis baru MAY. MAY
kemudiannya telah menerima lamaran sebuah syarikat rakaman tempatan untuk
menaungi album baru mereka iautu SURIA REKOD. Setelah kontraks dimeterai dan
proses rakaman di King’s Studio selesai - maka album MAY ke 5 bersama vokalis
baru Yantzen dipasarkan pada akhir 1992. Walaupun angka jualannya tidak
setanding dengan jualan albem ketika MAY bersama Mus dahulu tetapi ia tetap
laris. 3 lagu balada dalam albem ZIET GEIST itu telah berjaya mencuri halwa
telinga pendengar. MENITI SURATAN - hasil ciptaan SAARI AMRI dan lirik oleh
Juwie adalah lagu hits utama mereka. 2 lagu balada lain iaitu RESAH dan RENDA
juga mampu meruntun perasaan. Malahan lagu RENDA ialah lagu pertama ciptaan M
NASIR khas untuk MAY. RENDA pernah menjadi Juara LPMI di Radio Ipoh. Lagu keras
MAY juga bertenaga dan untuk albem ini MAY membawa perubahan apabila 4 lagu
HEAVY METAL mereka adalah dalam bahasa Inggeris!!!!!! Yantzen mampu bertutur
bahasa inggeris dengan baik!! Lirik-lirik juga adalah hasil karya YANTZEN
sendiri. OBSESSION, VISION OF EMOTION, CAN’T STOP MAY FROM ROCK N ROLL dan
ATOMIC WAR merupakan lagu inggeris yang dimaksudkan.

Mac 1993, MAY
kembali berkampung di Studio untuk menyiapkan 1 albem gabungan antara vokalis
asal mereka MUS dan YANTZEN sambil muzik susunan baru oleh pemuzik MAY. Projek
ini tergendala apabila MUS tidak dapat turut serta berikutan kontraknya masih
dipegang oleh WARNADA sehingga 1996. Mus sepatutnya menyanyi semula beberapa
lagu dari albem ZIET GEIST manakala YANTZEN merakam kembali lagu-lagu lama MAY
& MUS. Walaubagaimanapun rakaman suara Yantzen dapat disiapkan cuma rakaman
itu terperap di Studio.

May 1993 telah menyaksikan anggota MAY telah
terjun ke dunia perfileman apabila menerima untuk berlakon dalam filem usahasama
antara syarikat NIZARMAN dan GRAND BRILLIANCE. Filem bertajuk PENYU ini diarah
oleh Z. LOKMAN manakala skrip oleh AZIZ M. OSMAN. Filem ini telah menjalani
proses penggambaran di TERENGGANU dan FILIFINA. Ia mengisahkan kehidupan 4 anak
muda (anggota MAY) yang mengusahakan sebuah chalet di Terengganu. Chalet
berkenaan dimiliki oleh Chal (R Jaafar). Konflik timbul apabila Chalet itu
menjadi rebutan sindiket pelacuran yang diketuai oleh Cappola (Jaafar Onn).
Filem ini siap sepenuhnya pada November 1993. Sementara itu, pada akhir 1993 -
Lagu MENITI SURATAN telah layak memasuki Muzik-Muzik- Separuh Akhir BALADA 1993
tetapi MAY tidak dapat membuat persembahan lalu menarik diri. Ini berikutan
YANTZEN baru sahaja selesai pembedahan mata dan oleh sebab faktor itu, MAY tidak
dapat menyertai acara itu. Walaubagaimanapun, ia tidak menghalang MAY untuk
menyiapkan proses rakaman albem baru MAY yang dijadualkan serentak dengan
tayangan perdana filem PENYU.

Febuari 1994, albem MAY terbaru berjudul WIRA CYBORG dipasarkan. Lagu SUCI
adalah lagu hits utama bagi albem tersebut. Manakala 2 lagu ‘killer’ yang lain
bolehlah dianggap sebagai ‘filler’. Ini kerana kedua lagu berkenaan adalah
ciptaan MAY.. berlainan dengan album terdahulu, ketiga-ketiga lagu slow adalah
ciptaan komposer berlainan. Ini tidak bermakna pula lagu TIADA LAGI BERSERI dan
HASRAT, CINTA DAN TUHAN itu tidak sedap, cuma ia tidak segah album ZIET GEIST.
Walaubagaimanapun lirik bagi HASRAT, CINTA DAN TUHAN dihasilkan oleh ZUR’AIN
iaitu seorang penulis lirik terkemuka tanahair. Apa yang menarik tentang lagu
ini ialah di pertengahan lagu unsur heavy metal telah berjaya diserapkan.
Bagaimana pula lagu keras dalam albem ini?? Menarik!!!! 2 lagu inggeris yang ada
dalam albbem itu seperti dibawa oleh band ‘mat salleh’!!! EXORCISM dan STEEL
WARRIOR telah memperlihatkan kematangan skill anggota MAY : baik daripada segi
vokal, mahupun alat muzik. Begitu juga lagu lain seperti WIRA CYBORG, RATU
CINTA, HURU HARA, MADU BERACUN dan KAU INGAT KAU SIAPA walaupun lagu-lagu ini
adalah dalam bahasa melayu.. elemen inggeris tetap ada.

Ogos 1994,
kekecohan telah terjadi dalam MAY, apabila dalam satu pertunjukan pentas YUS
telah bergaduh dengan YANTZEN sehingga kedua-duanya bertumbuk. Insiden itu
terjadi kerana YUS tidak berpuas hati dengan pencapaian YANTZEN di setiap ’stage
show’. Vokal YANTZEN selalu ‘pancit’ terutama ketika menyanyi lagu ’slow’. Ini
menganggu kosentrasi YUS selaku pemuzik. Walaubagaimanapun pergaduhan itu
berjaya dileraikan oleh AZHAR iaitu promoter MAY. Selepas itu YUS dan YANTZEN
berdamai semula. Tetapi kisah mereka terus digembar-gemburkan oleh pihak media.
Timbullah kembali cerita MAY mencari vokalis baru dan ALI (XPDC) adalah
calonnya!!!! Oktober 1994, YANTZEN telah melangsungkan perkahwinan dengan
SHARIFAH HASLINDA dalam suasana kontroversi apabila YANTZEN mengupah ‘bodyguard’
untuk mengawal upacara pernikahan. November 1994, kontrak MAY dan SRC selama 2
tahun telah tamat. Maka pada akhir 1994, MAY telah menandatangani kontrak dengan
syarikat BMG MUSIC selama lima tahun. MAY terpikat dengan BMG MUSIC kerana
syarikat berkenaan menawarkan pelbagai ganjaran. Malah YANTZEN diberi peluang
membuat albem solo tanpa MAY.


Januari 1995, albem solo YANTZEN
dipasarkan. Albem bertajuk IMPIAN itu menampilkan konsep berlainan dengan muzik
MAY. Elemen reggae jelas terpancar dalam setiap lagu. Sementara YANTZEN sibuk
mempromosikan albem solonya itu, anggota MAY yang lain pula sibuk di studio bagi
menyiapkan albem baru mereka. April 1995, SRC - syarikat rakaman MAY sebelum
ini, telah memasarkan albem ‘baru’ MAY bertajuk LAYAR. Lagu-lagu yang terkandung
dalam LAYAR itu sebenarnya ialah lagu-lagu yang terperap dalam studio dahulu dan
beberapa lagu yang tidak termuat dalam albem ZIET GEIST dan WIRA CYBORG. LAYAR
dan MEMBANTAH KATA adalah 2 lagu tersebut. Manakala lagu lain adalah daripada
albem GABUNGAN yang tidak dapat disiapkan. Apa yang menarik tentang albem ini
ialah lagu SKETSA SEBUAH CINTA, KU DALAM DILEMA dan RACUN BERMADU dinyanyi
semula oleh YANTZEN dengan gubahan dan lirik berlainan.

Mei 1995, albem
baru MAY berjudul IDEOLOGI pula dikeluarkan oleh BMG Music. JANJI hasil ciptaan
HAMID adalah lagu hits utama bagi albem ini. Buat julung kalinya albem ini
menampilkan 4 lagu SLOW. Selain JANJI, IKHLAS, CINTA TERSIA dan TRAJIS IMPI juga
lagu sasaran utama. CINTA TERSIA dan TRAJIS IMPI dicipta oleh SAARI AMRI
manakala IKHLAS pula dicipta oleh SALMAN. Lagu Rancak juga menarik perhatian
khalayak. Lagu HUKUMAN CINTA, MAT GONJENG, CUMA-CUMA, GENOCIDES dan LETS GET
REAL

Sedang MAY giat mempromosi albem baru mereka itu, tiba-tiba 2
kejadian yang tidak diduga telah berlaku. Kejadian pertama ialah penarikan diri
AZHAR sebagai promoter konsert MAY. Beliau mengundurkan diri kerana melalui
pemehatiannya, MAY kini sudah tidak perlukan lagi khidmatnya. Kehadiran Yantzen
dalam MAY telah membuat AZHAR berkecil hati. Tugasnya sebagai pengurus band,
sering dipertikai oleh YANTZEN. Kejadian kedua pula ialah aoabila syarikat
rakaman lama MAY iaiu SURIA REKOD (SRC) memfailkan saman kepada MAY. Tindakan
saman itu ialah kerana albem IDEOLOGI mengguna pakai logo MAY yang sama dengan
albem LAYAR. SRC mengaku bahawa logo berkenaan adalah hak mlik mereka tanpa
pengeahuan MAY. Walaupun logo BURUNG HELANG itu sebenarnya dicipta oleh MAN api
dari segi hak, ernyata SRC lebih berhak keatas logo tersebut. Untuk mengetepikan
saman itu, MAY dan syarikat rakaman barunya - BMG sepakat menuka r logo yang
dipamir diatas albem IDEOLOGI kepada r ekaan logo baru. Kali ini re kaan logo
itu adalah dalam bentuk kubah berdasarkan kepada idea MAN. Kontroversi mengenai
penggunaan llogo berkenaan tamat sesudah itu.

1.may -hiasan kalbu
2.may-cintamu mekar dihati
3.may-gadis bertudung putih
4.may-keadilan
5.may-ku dalam dilema
6.may-meniti suratan
7.may-pelayaran
8.MAY-Penghuni Kota

Lefthanded

Kumpulan Lefthanded ialah sebuah kumpulan rock yang aktif di Malaysia. Pada asalnya mereka bergelar Kumpulan The Lefthanded tetapi kemudiannya perkataan The digugurkan. Ditubuhkan di Johor Bharu pada tahun 1979. Kumpulan ini menyampaikan lagu-lagu dengan lirik berbahasa Melayu.

Kumpulan The Lefthanded mulai dikenali ramai setelah menyertai Juara Rock 1983 pada tahun 1983. Kumpulan The Lefthanded kemudiannya menukar nama kepada Kumpulan Lefthanded. Nama mereka diambil sempena pemain gitar utama mereka yang bermain gitar menggunakan tangan kidal.Sebelum merakamkan album, mereka sudahpun aktif dipentas hiburan dan sering menjadi band pengiring antaranya kepada Ramli Sarip dan Rahim Maarof.


Pada asalnya penyanyi Roy atau Rauzan Alwi (kini terkenal penyanyi lagu patriotik) merupakan penyanyi asal Lefthanded sebelum Nash. Yan dan Man Kidal pula menganggotai Search dan sempat bersama merakamkan album Search berjudul "Cinta Buatan Malaysia" pada tahun 1985.Apabila tempat mereka digantikan oleh Hillary Ang dan Nasir Daud yang kembali kepada Search, mereka pula kembali mengaktifkan Lefthanded dengan munculnya album sulung "Keadilan" pada tahun 1986 yang benar-benar menghangatkan dunia seni muzik tanahair dengan sentuhan penerbit dan penggubah Raja Rock, Ramli Sarip.

Yan pula turut menyumbangkan suara didalam album Seruan , pada lagu Ringan Berat.

Pada album kedua mereka berjudul Seruan (1987), mereka menambah anggota kepada enam orang apabila Isa dari kumpulan Lizard masuk dan membawa elemen 'keyboard' di dalam lagu Lefthanded.

Didalam album Evolusi (1989) kematangan mereka terserlah pada lagu-lagu yang dimainkan.

Selepas album Evolusi (1989) , Nash penyanyi utama mereka telah meninggalkan Lefthanded dan tempatnya telah digantikan buat sementara oleh penerbit album mereka sendiri iaitu Raja Rock, Ramli Sarip. Ramli sanggup mengambil tempat Nash kerana tidak mahu kumpulan Lefthanded berkubur begitu sahaja. Ramli sempat merakamkan satu album berjudul Fanatisme bersama Lefthanded. Kemudiannya Yan pula meninggalkan mereka untuk menyertai semula kumpulan Search yang pernah dianggotainya dulu.

Selepas itu penyanyi Arab masuk mengambil tempat Ramli dan cuba menghidupkan kembali Lefthanded di dalam album Nafas tetapi ketika ini Lefthanded sudah kehilangan sengatnya kerana anggota asal sudah tiada lagi dan Man Kidal pula meninggalkan mereka kerana sibuk dengan kerja-kerja rakaman antaranya Ella dan Crossfire.

1.lefthanded-debunga wangi
2.lefthanded-keadilan
3.lefthanded-ku di halaman rindu
4.lefthanded-maya persada
5.lefthanded-seruan
6.lefthanded-tiada lagi kidungmu

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American rock band that were formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs and one live album during their career.

The band has sold an estimated 150 million albums worldwide,including over 43 million in the United States. The band's 1987 major label debut album Appetite for Destruction has sold in excess of 30 million copies and reached number one on the United States Billboard 200. In addition, the album charted three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Sweet Child O' Mine" which reached number one. The 1991 albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II debuted on the two highest spots on the Billboard 200 and have sold a combined 14 million copies in the United States alone. After over a decade of work, the band released their follow-up album, Chinese Democracy, in 2008.

Their mid-to-late eighties and early nineties years have been described by individuals in the music industry as the period in which "they brought forth a hedonistic rebelliousness and revived the punk attitude-driven hard rock scene, reminiscent of the early Rolling Stones.

The band's first album, Appetite for Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. In the US, "Welcome to the Jungle" was issued as its first single with an accompanying music video. Initially, the album and single lingered for almost a year without performing well, but when Geffen Records founder David Geffen was asked to lend support to the band, he obliged by personally convincing MTV executives to play "Welcome to the Jungle" during their after hours rotation. Even though the video was initially only played one time at 4 a.m. on a Sunday, rock and punk fans took notice and soon began requesting the video and song en masse.

Overseas, countries were often treated to material that never saw release to the US market, and went unexposed to US fans. The original UK "Welcome to the Jungle" single was backed with a Marquee Club performance of AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie" and a 12-inch (300 mm) single included live renditions of "It's So Easy" and the Bob Dylan classic "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (which would later be covered by the band in the studio on Use Your Illusion II). In Japan, an entire EP entitled Live from the Jungle was issued, containing the album version of "Sweet Child o' Mine" along with a selection of numerous Marquee Club recordings.

The album underwent an artwork change after the original Robert Williams cover design (a surrealist scene in which a dagger-toothed monster vengefully attacks a robot rapist) spawned complaints from religious groups and caused some record stores to brown bag, obscure, or refuse to sell the album.The revised cover was a design by Bill White, a tattoo artist, who originally designed it for Axl's tattoo on his right forearm. It was a picture of a cross with each of the five band members featured on it. Axl's head was in the middle with Izzy Stradlin' above and Slash below, Steven Adler and Duff McKagan were on either side of Axl. Rose later insisted that the Gold and Platinum plaques issued by the RIAA be set using the original cover. The artwork from the original cover can be found in the booklet of the CD release.

"Sweet Child O' Mine" was the album's second US single co-written by Axl Rose as a poem for his girlfriend and future wife, Erin Everly. Due to the growing grassroots success of the band and the cross-gender appeal of the tune, the song and its accompanying music video received heavy airplay on both radio and MTV, and became a smash hit during the summer of 1988. Slash stated on VH1's 100 Greatest songs of the 80's "it was actually my least favorite song we ever wrote..I hate it, but it turns out to be our greatest song ever". "Welcome to the Jungle" was then re-issued as a single, with new pressings of records and tapes and new artwork. The UK re-release was backed with an acoustic version of "You're Crazy", recorded much earlier than the one featured on the G N' R Lies EP.

By the time "Paradise City" and its video reached the airwaves, the band's touring success and fame had catapulted the album to #1 on the Billboard charts. "Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Paradise City" were all top ten singles in the U.S. To date, Appetite for Destruction has sold over 28 million copies.

Guns N' Roses began opening shows for major acts, but as their fame began to take hold, a world tour in support of Appetite for Destruction was scheduled. The band traveled across the United States, and in spring 1988 were invited to the notorious Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England, where they shared the bill with groups like KISS and Iron Maiden. At the start of the Guns N' Roses set, the capacity crowd of over 100,000 began jumping and surging forward. Despite Rose's requests that the crowd move away from the stage, two fans were trampled to death. The media largely blamed the band for the tragedy, and reported that the band had continued playing even when there were dangerous crowd conditions. In fact, the final report on the Donington incident filed by the head of security at the venue noted that the band had not been aware of the extent of fan injuries, had immediately halted their set when requested to do so, and had attempted to calm the crowd. Nonetheless, events such as these during the Appetite for Destruction tour earned the group the title of "the world's most dangerous band". In addition, the behavior of the band members also garnered negative attention from the media. Duff, Slash, Izzy and Adler were often seen intoxicated both on and off stage.

The band's next release was G N' R Lies in 1988, which reached #2 in the Billboard music charts. The album included the four Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide recordings on one side and four acoustic songs on the other. The song "One in a Million", which included the words "niggers" and "faggots" among other such obscenities, led to controversy in which critics accused the band, and specifically Axl Rose, of racism and homophobia.Rose responded (in a 1990 interview with MTV) by saying the claims were unfounded, particularly considering Slash himself is half black. He went on to explain that the words were those of a protagonist and not a personal statement, and that the lyrics reflected racial and prejudicial problems within society rather than promoting them. Rose also cited that he idolized gay/bisexual singers like Freddie Mercury and Elton John. The band had played gigs alongside the all-black metal band Body Count, and lead singer Ice T wrote in his book, The Ice Opinion, that Axl had been "a victim of the press the same way I am".


Even after the release of GN'R Lies, Appetite for Destruction continued to be popular for the rest of 1988 and 1989, which resulted in them winning both Favorite Heavy Metal Artist and Favorite Heavy Metal Album (Appetite for Destruction) at the nationally televised 1990 American Music Awards, where Slash and McKagan appeared visibly intoxicated and used profanities on the air. The members finally took steps to deal with their addictions after Rose threatened to end the band if they continued with their heavy drug abuse. He even spoke publicly about the situation, specifically the heroin addictions, while opening for The Rolling Stones at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1989 by stating that if certain members of the band don't stop "dancing with Mr. Brownstone", Guns N' Roses was finished -- mainly referring to Slash and Adler.

In 1990, Guns N' Roses returned to the studio to begin recording their most ambitious undertaking yet. During the recording session of "Civil War", drummer Steven Adler was unable to perform well due to his struggles with cocaine and heroin addiction—his difficulties in the studio caused the band to do nearly 30 takes.As a result, Adler was fired in July 1990, and was replaced by former Cult drummer Matt Sorum, who Axl credited for saving the band. A few months prior, keyboardist Dizzy Reed became the sixth member of the group when he joined as a full time member. The band fired their manager, Alan Niven, in May 1991, replacing him with Doug Goldstein. According to a 1991 cover story by Rolling Stone magazine, Rose forced the dismissal of Niven (against the wishes of some of his bandmates) by refusing to complete the albums until he was replaced.

With enough music for two albums, the band released Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II on September 17, 1991. The tactic paid off when the albums debuted at #2 and #1 respectively in the Billboard charts, setting a record as they became the first and only group to date to achieve this feat. The albums spent 108 weeks in the chart.

Guns N' Roses accompanied the Use Your Illusion albums with many videos, including "Don't Cry", "November Rain" and "Estranged"—some of the most expensive music videos ever made. The hit ballad "November Rain" became the most requested video on MTV, eventually winning the 1992 MTV Video Music Award for best cinematography. During the awards show, the band performed the song with Elton John accompanying on piano.

Both prior to and after the release of the albums, Guns N' Roses embarked on the 28-month-long Use Your Illusion World Tour. It became famous for both its financial success and the many controversial incidents that occurred at the shows, and is still currently the longest tour in rock history.

The Use Your Illusion World Tour included a Slash guitar solo incorporating The Godfather theme, a piano-driven Axl Rose cover of "It's Alright" by Black Sabbath and an extended jam on the classic rock-inspired "Move to the City" where Rose showcased the ensemble of musicians assembled for the tour.

Many of the successful performances during the tour were equally matched, and often overshadowed in the press, by riots, late starts and outspoken rants by Rose. While the band's previous drug and alcohol issues were seemingly under control, Axl was often agitated by lax security, sound problems and unwanted filming or recording of the performances. He also used the time in-between songs to fire off political statements or retorts against music critics or celebrity rivals.

On July 2, 1991, at the Riverport Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Missouri, just outside of St. Louis during a performance of "Rocket Queen", Rose jumped into the audience and tackled a fan who was filming the show with a camera. He had a heated confrontation with the fan before physically assaulting him. After being pulled out of the audience by members of the crew, Rose said: "Well, thanks to the lame-ass security, I'm going home!", slammed his microphone on the ground and left the stage. The sound the microphone made caused some fans to think he shot someone, so Slash quickly told the audience, "He just slammed his mic on the floor. We're outta here." The angry crowd began to riot and dozens of people were injured. The footage was captured by Robert John, who was documenting the entire tour for the band. Rose was charged with having incited the riot, but police were unable to arrest him until almost a year later, as the band went overseas to continue the tour. Charges were filed against Rose but a judge ruled that he did not directly incite the riot. In his defense, Rose stated that the Guns N' Roses security team had made four separate requests to the venue's security staff to remove the camera, all of which were ignored, that other members of the band had reported being hit by bottles from the audience and that the venue's security had been lax, allowing weapons into the arena and refusing to enforce a drinking limit.Consequently, Use Your Illusion's artwork featured a hidden message amidst the Thank You section of the album insert: "Fuck You, St. Louis!"

After a repeat of the St. Louis incident nearly unfolded during a concert in Germany,[19] rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin abruptly quit the band, citing a combination of Rose's personal behaviour (he would consistently delay the start of shows by hours at a time) and his mismanagement of the band and difficulties being around Slash, Sorum, and McKagan due to his new-found sobriety and their continuing alcohol and substance addictions. Axl Rose originally wanted Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro to replace Stradlin, but Stradlin was eventually replaced by Los Angeles-based guitarist Gilby Clarke whom Slash credited for saving the band. During many shows throughout the tour, Rose introduced Clarke and had him play "Wild Horses", a Rolling Stones cover with Slash. Clarke also plays the opening guitar part of "Don't Cry" as well as part of the infamous "Nightrain" riff again with Slash. In late 1991, Rose added a touring ensemble to the band which included a horns section and several background vocalists despite the rest of the band's refusal.

In 1992, the band appeared at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performing a two-song set. Slash later performed "Tie Your Mother Down" with the remaining members of Queen, while Axl Rose performed "We Will Rock You" and duetted with Elton John on "Bohemian Rhapsody". Their personal set included "Paradise City" and "Knocking on Heaven's Door". When they returned to the U.S. for the second leg of the Use Your Illusion tour, Queen guitarist Brian May opened the shows with a band that included Cozy Powell on drums. Axl had originally wanted the grunge band Nirvana to open their Use Your Illusion tour but frontman Kurt Cobain refused. He also made some negative comments about Guns N' Roses infuriating Rose and started of one of his many feuds other than the ones with his bandmates.

Later in the year they went on the mini-GNR-Metallica Stadium Tour with American Metal band Metallica. During a show in August 1992 at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, Metallica frontman James Hetfield suffered severe burns after stepping too close to a pyrotechnics blast. Metallica was forced to cancel the second hour of the show, but promised to return to the city for another show. After a long delay, during which the audience became increasingly restless, Guns N' Roses took the stage. However, the shortened time between sets did not allow for adequate tuning of stage monitors, resulting in musicians not being able to hear themselves. In addition, Rose claimed that his throat hurt, causing the band to leave the stage early. The cancellation led to another riot by audience members, reminiscent of the rioting that had occurred in St. Louis one year earlier. Rioters overturned cars, smashed windows, looted local stores and set fires. Local authorities were barely able to bring the mob under control. This can be seen on video in A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica. On MTV's Rockumentary about Metallica, the band spoke about this tour and how they learned from Guns N' Roses what not to do.

The historic tour ended in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 17, 1993. The tour set attendance records and lasted for 28 months, in which 192 shows were played. The show in Buenos Aires marked the last time original members Slash and McKagan as well as newcomers Clarke and Sorum would play a live show with Rose.

On November 23, 1993, Guns N' Roses released a collection of punk and glam rock covers entitled "The Spaghetti Incident?". Despite protests from Rose's bandmates, an unadvertised cover of the Charles Manson song "Look at Your Game Girl" was included on the album at his request. Years later, Rose said he would remove the song from new pressings of the album, claiming that critics and the media had misinterpreted his interest in Manson. Axl can be seen wearing a black Manson shirt in the video for "Estranged" from Use Your Illusion II. He also can be seen wearing a red Manson shirt in footage from thier show in Milton Keynes, England in 1993. This version of the shirt had addional text on the back, "Charlie Don't Surf'. "Look at Your Game Girl" is still on the album. The Spaghetti Incident? did not match the success of the Illusion albums and tension increased within the band.


Interviews with Guns N' Roses band members suggest that between 1994 and 1996, the band sporadically began to write and record new material, most of which, according to Slash, had been written by Axl. At the time, the band had intended to release a single album with 10 or 12 songs.

Regarding the dysfunction of the band's recording at that time, Axl is quoted as saying "We still needed the collaboration of the band as a whole to write the best songs. Since none of that happened, that’s the reason why that material got scrapped."

Slash and Duff McKagan later left the group, and as such all of the original members (aside from Axl Rose) had departed from the band. 1994 was the last year Axl held a press conference or performed until the 2002 MTV awards with his new cast. Axl's only performance in 1994 was a duet with Bruce Springsteen on a cover of the Beatles song "Come Together". An actual break-up of Guns N' Roses never occurred, as new players were brought in as the old ones left. (For more information on the personnel changes over the years see the article: "List of Guns N' Roses band members")

McKagan was the last of Rose's original bandmates to leave; in 1997 he was replaced by Tommy Stinson (formerly of The Replacements.) By the end of 1998, a new version of Guns N Roses had emerged: many musicians have come and gone from the new band, but the core group has included Rose, Stinson, keyboardist Dizzy Reed, multi-instrumentalist Chris Pitman, and guitarist Robin Finck.

In 1999, the band released one new song, "Oh My God", which was included on the soundtrack of the film End of Days. The track featured additional guitar work by Dave Navarro and Gary Sunshine, Rose's personal guitar teacher. The song's release was intended to be a prelude to their new album, now officially entitled Chinese Democracy. Geffen also released Live Era: '87-'93, a collection of live performances from various concerts during the Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion tours. Also in 1999, during an interview with Kurt Loder for MTV, Axl said that he had re-recorded Appetite for Destruction with the then-new band, apart from two songs which he had replaced with "Patience" and "You Could Be Mine".

Chinese Democracy had reportedly been in the works since 1994, with Rose the only original member still in the band. According to a report published in 2005 by The New York Times, Rose had allegedly burned through $13 million in the studio by that point.

In 1999, guitarist Robin Finck departed the band in order to rejoin his former band, Nine Inch Nails, on tour. In 2000, avant-garde guitarist Buckethead joined Guns N' Roses as a replacement for Finck. Drummer Josh Freese was replaced with Bryan Mantia (formerly of Primus). Robin Finck returned to Guns N' Roses in late 2000, to complement Buckethead on lead guitar.

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blues gang

Kumpulan Blues Gang merupakan sebuah kumpulan pemuzik dan penyanyi yang aktif di Malaysia. Kumpulan ini menyampaikan lagu-lagu Melayu.

Blues Gang merupakan sebuah kumpulan penyanyi Malaysia yang mengenengahkan irama 'blues dan rock' yang segar dengan memasukkan unsur-unsur Malaysia seperti lagu Apo Nak Di Kato yang menggunakan bahasa loghat Negeri Sembilan. Pernah muncul di layar perak di dalam filem kontroversi arahan pengarah Nasir Jani, Kembara Seniman Jalanan lebih kurang dua puluh tahun yang lalu. Kumpulan Blues Gang telah berpecah namun ahli-ahlinya masih lagi aktif di kelab-kelab malam di sekitar ibukota.

Kemunculan awal Blues Gang adalah kesinambungan atau lanjutan daripada muzik pop yeh yeh yang gah pertengahan tahun 1960-an dan awal 1970-an. Pop yeh yeh adalah istilah tempatan kerana ia muzik rock n roll atau dalam erti kata lain aliran blues versi orang kulit putih kerana muzik rock n roll dan blues mempunyai ciri hampir sama.

“Sejarah Blues Gang bermula awal tahun 70-an. Diberi nama Blues Gang sebab masa itu kami dipanggil budak-budak blues. Kami kerap bermain muzik blues. Makan blues, minum blues, tidur blues...jadi muzik blues memang mempengaruhi kami.

“Pada mulanya tidak ada pun nama Blues Gang. Kami tidak ada nama. Bila orang tanya, kamu dari kumpulan apa? Kita jawab tidak ada nama. Cuma kata, kami ni ‘blues gang’ atau geng kumpulan blues sebab selalu main muzik blues. Sejak itulah, nama Blues Gang dikenali sampai sekarang.

“Pendek kata, Blues Gang tu maknanya kumpulan Blues sebab kami selalu memainkan muzik blues,” Ito Mohamed, menyingkap sejarah Blues Gang.


Menurutnya, corak persembahan muzik Blues Gang banyak dipengaruhi pemuzik lagenda seperti James Gregory, selain BB King, Ray Charles dan Louis Amstrong.

Tambah Ito lagi, selepas dia memperoleh Diploma Chartered of Transport Institute dari Institut Teknologi Mara pada 1973, dia terus menjadikan muzik sebagai kerjaya sepenuh masa sehingga sekarang.

“Orang pun hairan kenapa saya main muzik. Saya pun tak tau. Tapi masa itu mana ada pekerjaan yang sesuai dalam bidang pengangkutan,” katanya.

Selain Ito yang menjadi penyanyi utama dan bermain harp, anggota awal Blues Gang ialah Mat Dollah yang bermain gitar utama, Jim Madasamy (bass) dan Shaikh Abdul Karim Shaikh Ahmad (Karim) sebagai pemain dram selain menjadi penyanyi kedua kumpulan ini.

Apabila Mat Dollah berhijrah ke Australia, tempatnya digantikan Julian Mokhtar, kemudian masuk pula seorang anggota baru, Ghani Talib untuk bermain keyboard. Selepas bermain muzik berteraskan blues beberapa tahun, mereka muncul dengan album pertamanya, album Inggeris bertajuk Anytime Any Day pada 1978.

“Konsep muzik blues masa itu memang benar berbeza dari kumpulan lain yang kebanyakannya tampil dengan muzik disko seperti kumpulan Carefree dan Discovery,” jelas Ito lagi.

Setahun kemudian, Blues Gang muncul dengan album Melayu pertamanya berjudul Ibu dan pada 1980, mereka tampil dengan album ‘Cinta Oh Cinta’.

“Saya suka lagu Cinta Oh Cinta. Ia antara lagu masterpiece Blues Gang, kerana lagu itu sebenarnya bertemakan ketuhanan...cinta pada Yang Maha Besar. Tapi lagu Khatulistiwa juga besar maknanya. Ia lagu yang masih relevan dengan suasana sekarang mengenai kemajuan, perpaduan, keharmonian dan pemikiran orang kita,” katanya.


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METALLICA

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists. Currently, the spot is held by Robert Trujillo.

Metallica's early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the "big four" of the thrash metal subgenre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and "heavy" thrash metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.

In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without the band members' consent.A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording process of St. Anger.

Metallica has released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, twenty-four music videos, and forty-five singles. The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the only band ever to do so.The band's 1991 album, Metallica, has sold over 15 million copies in the United States, and 22 million copies worldwide, which makes it the 25th-highest-selling album in the country. The band has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide as of the release of their latest album, Death Magnetic. As of September 2008, Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist since the SoundScan era began tracking sales on May 25, 1991, selling a total of 51,136,000 albums in the United States alone.

Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California, in early 1981 when drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper—The Recycler—which read "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden."Guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement. Although he had not formed a band, Ulrich asked Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel if he could record a song for the label's upcoming compilation Metal Massacre. Slagel accepted, and Ulrich recruited Hetfield to sing and play rhythm guitar.

Ulrich talked to his friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine. Quintana had proposed the names Metal Mania and Metallica. Ulrich used Metallica for the name of his band. A second advertisement was placed in The Recycler for a position as lead guitarist. Dave Mustaine answered, and, after seeing his expensive guitar equipment, Ulrich and Hetfield recruited him. In early 1982, Metallica recorded its first original song "Hit the Lights" for the Metal Massacre I compilation. Hetfield played bass on the song and Lloyd Grant was credited with a guitar solo. Released on June 14, 1982, early pressings of Metal Massacre I listed the band incorrectly as "Mettallica". Although angered by the error, Metallica managed to create enough "buzz" with the song and the band played its first live show on March 14, 1982, at Radio City in Anaheim, California with newly recruited bassist Ron McGovney. Metallica recorded its first demo, Power Metal, a name inspired by Quintana's early business cards in early 1982. In the fall of 1982, Ulrich and Hetfield attended a show at the nightclub Whisky a Go Go which featured bassist Cliff Burton in a band called Trauma. The two were "blown away" by Burton's use of a wah-wah pedal and asked him to join Metallica. Hetfield and Mustaine wanted McGovney out as they thought that he "didn't contribute anything, he just followed." Although Burton initially declined the offer, by the end of the year he accepted on the condition the band move to San Francisco. Metallica's first live performance with Burton was at the nightclub The Stone in March 1983, and the first recording to feature Burton was the 1983 Megaforce demo.

Metallica was ready to record its debut album, but when Metal Blade was unable to cover the additional cost, the band began looking for other options. Concert promoter Johnny "Z" Zazula, who had heard the 1982 No Life 'til Leather demo, offered to broker a record deal with Metallica and New York City-based record labels. After receiving no interest from various record labels, Zazula borrowed the money to cover the record's recording budget and signed Metallica to his own label, Megaforce Records. Band members decided to kick Mustaine out of the band due to drug and alcohol abuse, and violent behavior. Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett flew in to replace Mustaine the same afternoon. Metallica's first show with Hammett was on April 16, 1983, at the nightclub The Showplace in Dover, New Jersey.

Mustaine, who went on to found Megadeth, has expressed his dislike for Hammett in interviews. He said Hammett "stole my job." Mustaine was "pissed off" because he believes Hammett became popular by playing the guitar leads that Mustaine wrote. In a 1985 interview with Metal Forces, Mustaine slammed Hammett saying, "it's real funny how Kirk Hammett ripped off every lead break I'd played on that No Life 'til Leather tape and got voted No. 1 guitarist in your magazine." On Megadeth's 1985 debut album Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, Mustaine included the song "Mechanix", which Metallica renamed as "The Four Horsemen" on Kill 'Em All. Mustaine said he did this to "straighten Metallica up", as Metallica referred to Mustaine as a drunk and said he could not play guitar.


In 1983, Metallica traveled to Rochester, New York to record its first album, Metal up Your Ass, with production duties handled by Paul Curcio. Due to conflicts with the band's record label and the distributors' refusal to release an album with that name, it was renamed Kill 'Em All. Released on Megaforce Records in the United States and Music for Nations in Europe, the album peaked on the Billboard 200 at number 120, and although the album was not initially a financial success, it earned Metallica a growing fan base in the underground metal scene. The band embarked on the Kill 'Em All For One tour with Raven to support the release. In February 1984, Metallica supported Venom on the Seven Dates of Hell tour, where they performed in front of 7,000 people at the Aardschok Festival in Zwolle, Netherlands.

Metallica recorded its second studio album, Ride the Lightning, at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. Released in August 1984, the album peaked at number 100 on the Billboard 200. A French printing press mistakenly printed green covers for the album, which are now considered collectors' items. Other songs on the album include "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Fade to Black", "Creeping Death" (which tells the biblical story of the Hebrews' exodus from slavery in Egypt, focusing on the various plagues that were visited on the Egyptians), and the instrumental "The Call of Ktulu". Mustaine received a writing credit for "Ride the Lightning" and "The Call of Ktulu".

Elektra Records A&R director Michael Alago, and co-founder of Q-Prime Management Cliff Burnstein, attended a September 1984 Metallica concert. Impressed with what they saw, they signed Metallica to Elektra Records and made the band a client of Q-Prime Management. Metallica's burgeoning success was such that the band's British label Music for Nations issued a limited edition Creeping Death EP, which sold 40,000 copies as an import in the U.S. Two of the three songs on the record (cover versions of Diamond Head's "Am I Evil?", and Blitzkrieg's "Blitzkrieg") appeared on the 1989 Elektra reissue of Kill 'Em All.Metallica embarked on its first major European tour with Tank to an average crowd of 1,300. Returning to the U.S. marked a tour co-headlining with W.A.S.P. and Armored Saint supporting. Metallica played its largest show at the Monsters of Rock festival on August 17, 1985, with Bon Jovi and Ratt at Donington Park in England, playing in front of 70,000 people. A show in Oakland, California, at the Day on the Green festival saw the band play in front of a crowd of 60,000.

Metallica's third studio album, Master of Puppets was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios and was released in March 1986. The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200, and spent 72 weeks on the chart.The album was the band's first to be certified gold on November 4, 1986, and was certified six times platinum in 2003.Steve Huey of Allmusic considered the album "the band's greatest achievement". Following the release of the album, Metallica supported Ozzy Osbourne for a United States tour. Hetfield broke his wrist skateboarding down a hill and continued the tour performing vocals, with guitar technician John Marshall playing rhythm guitar

On September 27, 1986, during the European leg of Metallica's Damage Inc. tour, members drew cards to see which bunk of the tour bus they would sleep in. Burton won and chose to sleep in Hammett's bunk. Around dawn near Dörarp, Sweden, the bus driver lost control and skidded, which caused the bus to flip several times. Ulrich, Hammett, and Hetfield sustained no serious injuries; however, bassist Burton was pinned under the bus and was killed. Hetfield recalls, "I saw the bus lying right on him. I saw his legs sticking out. I freaked. The bus driver, I recall, was trying to yank the blanket out from under him to use for other people. I just went, 'Don't fucking do that!' I already wanted to kill the guy." Burton's death left Metallica's future in doubt. The three remaining members decided that Burton would want them to carry on, and with the Burton family's blessings, the band sought a replacement.

Roughly 40 people tried out for auditions including Hammett's childhood friend Les Claypool of Primus, Troy Gregory of Prong, and Jason Newsted, formerly of Flotsam and Jetsam. Newsted learned Metallica's entire setlist, and after the audition Metallica invited him to Tommy's Joynt in San Francisco. Hetfield, Ulrich, and Hammett decided that Newsted was the one to replace Burton, and Newsted's first live performance with Metallica was at the Country Club in Reseda, California. The members took it on themselves to "initiate" Newsted by tricking him into eating a ball of wasabi.

In March 1987, Hetfield broke his wrist a second time skateboarding. Guitar technician Marshall returned playing rhythm guitar, but the injury forced the band to cancel a Saturday Night Live appearance. Metallica finished its tour in the early months of 1987, and in August 1987 an all-covers EP titled The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited was released. The EP was recorded in an effort to utilize the band's newly constructed recording studio, test out the talents of Newsted, and to relieve grief and stress following the death of Burton. A video titled Cliff 'Em All was released in 1987 commemorating Burton's three years in Metallica. Footage included bass solos, home videos, and pictures.

…And Justice for All, the group's first studio album since Burton's death, was released in 1988. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number six on the Billboard 200, the band's first album to enter the top 10.The album was certified platinum nine weeks after its release.Newsted's bass was purposely turned down on the album as a part of the continuous "hazing" he received, and his musical ideas were ignored (However, he did receive a writing credit on track one, "Blackened"). There were complaints with the production; namely, Steve Huey of Allmusic noted Ulrich's drums were clicking more than thudding, and the guitars "buzz thinly".The Damaged Justice tour followed to promote the album.
In 1989, Metallica received its first Grammy Award nomination for …And Justice for All, in the new Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrument category. Metallica was the favorite to win; however, the award was given to Jethro Tull for the album Crest of a Knave. The result generated controversy among fans and the press, as Metallica was standing off-stage waiting to receive the award after performing the song "One". Jethro Tull had been advised by its manager not to attend the ceremony as he was expecting Metallica to win.The award was named in Entertainment Weekly's "Grammy's 10 Biggest Upsets". Three years later, Ulrich referred to the award when accepting a Grammy for "Enter Sandman" stating "We gotta thank Jethro Tull for not putting out an album this year."

Following the release of …And Justice for All, Metallica released its debut music video for the song "One". The band performed the song in an abandoned warehouse, and footage was remixed with the film, Johnny Got His Gun. Rather than organize an ongoing licensing deal, Metallica purchased the rights to the film. The remixed video was submitted to MTV, with the alternate performance-only version held back in the event that MTV banned the remix version. MTV accepted the remix version, and the video was viewers' first exposure to Metallica. It was voted number 38 in 1999 when MTV aired its "Top 100 Videos of All Time" countdown, and was featured in the network's 25th Anniversary edition of ADD Video, which showcased the most popular videos on MTV in the last 25 years

In October 1990, Metallica entered One on One studio in North Hollywood to record its next album. Bob Rock, who had worked with the bands The Cult, Bon Jovi, and Mötley Crüe, was hired as producer. Metallica (also known as "The Black Album") was remixed three times, cost $1 million, and ended three marriages. Although the release was stalled until 1991, Metallica debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with shipments exceeding 650,000 units in its first week. The album was responsible for bringing Metallica to the attention of the mainstream and has been certified 15 times platinum in the United States, which makes it the 25th highest-selling album in the country. The making of Metallica and the following tour was documented in A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica. Dubbed the Wherever We May Roam Tour, it lasted 14 months and included dates in the United States, Japan, and England.

On August 8, 1992, during the co-headlining GNR-Metallica Stadium Tour with Guns N' Roses, Hetfield suffered second and third degree burns to his arms, face, hands, and legs. There was confusion with the new pyrotechnics setup, which resulted with Hetfield walking into a 12-foot (3.7 m) flame during "Fade to Black". Newsted recalls Hetfield's skin was "bubbling like on The Toxic Avenger". Guitar technician John Marshall, who had previously filled in on rhythm guitar and was now playing in Metal Church, replaced Hetfield for the remainder of the tour as Hetfield was unable to play guitar, although he was able to sing. The band's first box set was released in November 1993 called Live Shit: Binge & Purge. The collection contained three live CDs, three home videos, and a book filled with riders and letters.



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