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“Metallica's not here like some other entertainers to influence you with their BS, okay?”

James Hetfield, read out by Tone Nerds, at 37:15 of “PRS Tekton Is Here, Neko Puts NAM in Your Pocket & Waters vs. Hetfield | Tone Nerds Live” on Tone Nerds’ channel.

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  1. 37:10 they're playing a run of shows at the sphere, which they may be over by now. I don't know, but
  2. 37:15 what had, so Hetfield made some comments during a show at the sphere on October 10th. He took a shot
  3. 37:20 at artists who use their platforms for political statements, said, "Metallica's not here like some
  4. 37:25 other entertainers to influence you with their BS, okay? Metallica's agenda is love, energy,
  5. 37:30 and a heavy music baby." And that was it. Uh, he didn't name anyone. Guitar World did note the timing
  6. 37:38 of it, and I think it is, you know, notable that it came weeks after the Macklemore, Ed Sheeran thing.

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