[CJFusco]

Pre-Black Album Metallica is beautiful music, period. Actually, the Black Album is pretty friggin good if you ask me, just a little different. I was pissed off when they released LOAD, just didn't sound like Metallica to me. Then they got me banned from Napster, and I swore off NEW Metallica forever (they were a different band in the MASTER OF PUPPETS/RIDE THE LIGHTNING days, IMHO). I never looked back since.

"What band of today would you make that statement about? "

For me, Radiohead. They have a huge fanbase and yet never really caught on with the mainstream ("too weird," they all say). They are critical darlings and every album they make goes at least platinum, despite hardly ever getting radio play (except for "Creep," of course). Oh yeah, and their music is interesting, intricate, and involving.