30 years!?

I can't believe that in just a couple of years, bands like U2 and REM will have been going strong for 30 years.

30 years! When I was growing up the 30-year status was reserved for oldies acts like Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, etc.

But this seems unreal.

30! That's like the amount of time between WW2 and Woodstock. Unthinkable...

That's like the amount of time between James Dean and Michael J Fox.

Aerosmith had actually broken up for quite a while. At least 5 years. They reformed around the time of "Janie's Got a Gun."

ImperialPhantom said:

Metallica is getting pretty close as well - give 'em about four years or so, I think.

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But if you take out their sucky "Bob Rock" era, it's only about 15 years.

Fremdin said:

Bob Rock? You mean Load? I kind of liked Load

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Not only that. The first album he did with them was the untitled Black album. I always hated "Enter Sandman" and after watching the documentary of that album (Year In the Life of Metallica) I immediately understood why. Bob Rock made them change the way they played, the way they wrote their music. I would have loved to have heard "Enter Sandman" the way they originally wrote it. Bob was a failed new wave pop star who had no business producing a real metal band.

"And Justice For All" was the last REAL Metallica album.

A few years ago a group of Metallica fan-club members wrote an open letter to Metallica, asking them to get rid of Bob Rock. Metallica agreed.

Wikipedia...
Metallica
Main article: Metallica

Bob Rock produced Metallica's multiplatinum self-titled album (known as The Black Album) in 1991 and subsequent followups Load (1996), ReLoad (1997), Garage Inc. (1998) and S&M (1999). Metallica once again tapped Rock to produce their 2003 album St. Anger.

Rock played bass guitar for the recording of St. Anger.

A petition that over 20,000 fans signed was posted online. The petition called for Metallica to dump Rock as producer, claiming he had too much influence on the band's sound and musical format. Rock claimed the petition was hurtful for his children. He was also quoted as saying "Sometimes, even with a great coach, a team keeps losing. You have to get new blood in there." It is often said that Rock "Ruined the greatest metal band in history."

In February, 2006, Metallica chose producer Rick Rubin to produce their next album, ending the group's long-time relationship with Rock.

...Personally, I wouldn't go so far as to say he "ruined" Metallica. They were millionaires by the time he came along. I'm sure they all wanted to do something new. I couldn't expect them to keep that same anger and energy of a metal band, you know, after they were able to afford yachts?