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Home Videos James Hetfield Spoke Harshly On Chinese Government’s Censorship To The Band’s Playlist

James Hetfield Spoke Harshly On Chinese Government’s Censorship To The Band’s Playlist

Metallica performed 2 concerts in China, the band’s first shows ever within the country ofof Metallica’s 30 yr historical past a few weeks ago. Getting into the nation was no simple process. The Chinese authorities is known for their strict censorship, and the band was not except from these practices.  Metallica had to send all of the band’s track lyrics to the Chinese authorities and the federal government came back and advised them there were certain songs they could not perform, including “Master of Puppets.” 

It is no shock that a track like that would not get past the censors. In any case, a point can be drawn from the track to criticisms of the Chinese authorities.

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After all, Metallica could’ve protested and just cancelled their shows however in the end they didn’t want to do this and let their 40,000 followers down. Frontman Hetfield said on the Howard Stern present on Monday, when revealing the news:

“Whatever rules they set down, the fans were there to have fun. We got our foot in the door. We were able to go and play in China. That was the key.”

That is an excellent point. No matter censorship, the band has an enormous fanbase that wanted to see the band perform and could live with out getting to listen to “Master of Puppets” live, though Hammett thought of some alternate solutions:

“What I did is, I had an open guitar solo thing where I just sit there and riff. I played the riff for ‘Master Of Puppets’ and a couple of other songs that weren’t allowed to be played. I played just the music, so I kind of snuck it in there.”

Feb 27, 2017Metallica Online
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