# Metallica B.S.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metallica-b-s/67108 "2001-05-31T18:00:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metallica-b-s/67108/18 "2001-06-01T01:57:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by RiffRaff \*  
> Yeah, it’s painful, seeing the guys in Metallica begging for spare change in the street like that. They look like they haven’t had a bite to eat in at least 3, maybe 4 hours.

1. I was taking the example to the extreme.

2. Who are you to say who has made enough money and who hasn’t?

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1. It was mostly a reference to the concept of “selling out”.

Jason Newstead (sp?) said it best:

“That’s right. We sell out. EVERY CONCERT…EVERY NIGHT”

jarbaby

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