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This is actually an interesting aspect to consider on why the fans seemed so static at times. Wind levels at Rock am Ring can influence the sound in a really bad way. It can throw you off because it sounds disjointed on an ever-changing level.

A documentary about the rebuild. Awesome. Might contain some crazy footage from the times of the end till the new beginning

Wow, you can actually criticize something about LP? Now the world has gone truly dark ;). I agree, though. Technical difficulties aside, Emily was way off during the chorus. It's a shame that she doesn't utilize the raspiness of her voice much more like she did during the bridge.

I pretty much agree with you on everything. Only thing to add is iirc OML live was always supposed to happen regardless of what happened. But I could be wrong on that. LIT was made as a cinematic experience (it was shown in movie theaters during the release). It's cool for what it is, but the sound feels fakish, especially when you were listening to bootlegs from that time. What bothers me the most about it is the decision to use the support gig for Metallica as their first full live DVD release. It should've been a headline show that captures the feeling of seeing them live at that time. The P:R 02 show from HT20 would've been the better choice, but it would also have been total overkill, if they released that at the end of the HT cycle. People were criticizing the band (and label) back then for the constant releases with only one full (36 minute) album to their name. And if you want to include Meteora for the first live release, fine, take something from P:R 03.

That is so weird. They wanted to sell it in the first place. Now there is a whole dedicated platform interested, and the ignore it. So unfortunate.

I, for example, firmly believe that the rap verses in "Figure.09" were used because Chester wasn't able to record his intended singing parts at the end of the cycle alongside SIB and FTI because he still was too sick. I can't exactly recall all the details to this assumption from the top of my head, though. But there is a rationale behind it! What are your little LP conspiracies. You all have them... do you?

Yeah, the first iteration of LYF sounds super bland.

A wild Geki appears. Again.

Both things can be true. They sounded great in 07 and afterwards. But 01-04 were undoubtedly the peak years of their live energy and thickness of their live sound. Only the FZ era beats that, and it is because of the circumstances of them reforming and FINALLY embracing their OG sound.

It is the most bewildering thing that you get to your conclusion in this situation. Wow. Thank you for clarifying that there is more to art than music or paintings, who would've thought... Don't know why you felt the need to point that out, but ok. Again, everyone should do what they want and how they want it. But if you use AI only, don't call yourself an artist (of whatever field you use it in) because you are not. And especially don't take money for that. AI is a fun tool to mess around with, and it helps people without means or talent to get stuff done which they otherwise could not do. But the results will always remain lifeless, without any original form of human creation AI is (obviously...) already getting accepted, which makes it even more sad since it is super hard for people to earn a living by doing arts (which you might know a thing or two about).

Look, I get it, shiny nice pictures and stuff. But art is about expression of a mind and soul. It's not "hey AI tool, I have this picture of a cat here, please make it into a marvelous tiger in the style of xy. Also, make it mysterious.", then charge $300 and call it a day. If any of you can't see the difference in humanly created expression and THAT, then there is not much else to say. You can use AI to create an addition to your art, as in visuals for music you created. But you are NOT an ARTIST (generally speaking) if you just use some cheap AI prompts to create something RESEMBLING original art. So, please, stop being butt hurt about that. There is no art in that, just imitation. (Yes, I know that the process in creating these posters was more complex (hopefully), but saying you are an artist and then also mentioning that you used AI to actually get your artistic expression across is super lame. And let's not forget that a band provides its name for that which includes REAL artists who are also extremely talented.) And again, it just shows that you two have never put serious energy into artistic expression.

Just because you "embrace" new technology doesn't make it good or admirable. It's lazy as fuck in this case. But people without any artistic sense can find something in this, so good for them, I guess. 300$ 😂, it's so stupid

300$ for a poster by an artist who uses AI because he can't "art" properly without it. That is so stupid and embarrasing, I love it 🤣. What a rip off. Feel sorry for everyone who didn't know about this, and for everyone who can't / doesn't want to see how fucked up this is.

Nope, there will be all the promo in the world again, because why would you release a new product if you don't make it sell as much as possible? I mean, sure, during THP they were weird with the promo, but overall this band doesn't know "limited" in combination with promo.

I'd say the European tour in September 2001 marked the beginning of that, judging by locations they booked. During that time "In The End" got released, and it went through the roof from there (followed up by a very successful Family Values Tour and then of course their arena shows in the US). But it should be noted that after the end of 2000, when they only played as a support act, they were immediately able to fill the same locations (size wise) on their Street Soldiers tour that they toured as a support act a couple of weeks/months before that (with only less than half a year of real shows in the bag!). Once they entered the European market through airplay and their tour with the Deftones, they went sky-high (effectively January through March - only 3 months), especially after "Crawling" got released and got huge resonance with the younger female demographic. Then you had their show at Rock am Ring in the afternoon on the main stage, which is a pretty big statement for a band that didn't really exist in the public eye just one year before that. And finally: In January 2001 they played their first headline tour in clubs. Only one year later they filled arenas. It was insane to witness that in real-time. And they never looked back. Edit: And I totally forgot to mention Ozzfest (to get back on topic :D), where they won over a huge number of people through their live performances during the summer of 2001.