The fact that they won't even be represented in the game because the band feels it would slight Trujillo shows how ignorant they really are. Burton & Newsted (especially) had more to do with helping Metallica reach fame and fortune than Trujillo will ever hope to do.
"You have no right to call your home theater a home theater until you get Blu-Ray"
... My mistake. Newsted is mentioned several times. Suprisingly they also mentioned Lloyd Grant. An early member of Metallica. He did a solo for an early demo of Hit The Lights. That's OLD SCHOOL right there!
I couldn't give a rats about Newsted. Cliff on the other hand I would've liked to have as an unlockable character. Hell, they brough Hendrix back from the dead in World Tour, so why not Cliff as well? They've got Orion there, Cliff's baby, what better chance.
It would've been cool too if they extended an olive branch to Mustaine and had him feature, with Four Horsemen or something. Whether he would've accepted is another story though.
What bugs me is that Trurillo only plays on 2 of the songs of the game. And to see him play over the original masters is a total slap in the face to Burton and Newsted. And some of those songs he's never even played live.
And if they could bring Hendrix back, why not Cliff? It would have been the right thing to do.
I wonder if Newsted's pissed... I would be.
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