James Hetfield is Straight Edge...

XHonusWagnerX - 5-26-2010 at 08:56 AM

recent interview with 'SO WHAT' the official Metallica Fanclub Magazine...

SO WHAT: (Caught by a tattoo)… that's a new one, right? Sorry-

James: Straight edge? Yeah.

SO WHAT: You're not getting away with the last comment, incidentally. We'll have to go back to that. But anyways, the straight edge X.

James: Right. Well, straight edge, this was certainly a design of my own. You know, the old straight edge tattoo, it's just like a big X on your hand. No drinking, and I don't drink. It's like when you go into the clubs, they put and X on your hand…

SO WHAT: Right. It's because you haven't shown your ID.

James: And I don't need drink or drugs. That's straight edge life. Obviously I'm not straight edge - a true, hardcore straight edge has never had any of it in her or her whole life. But I'm a reborn straight edge.

SO WHAT: I always associated Minor Threat and Ian MacKaye and those guys with straight edge punk. That's what they were all about.

James: Absolutely. There's some hardcore people that are straight edge from birth. So this was my take on the straight edge X, you know? Straight razors. A straight edge, is what that was all about.

XnMeX - 5-26-2010 at 09:45 AM

Breakfast with James Hetfield anyone?

http://play.last.fm/preview/110049518.mp3

DaveMoral - 5-26-2010 at 09:53 PM

It's funny how he says "I'm not a true straight edge" I guess I'd fall into that "category" but that's not really what straight edge has ever been about, but it's funny he says it like that.

gavin - 5-26-2010 at 09:55 PM

he's a true asshole though, so he's got that goin for him

spyderdog - 5-26-2010 at 10:39 PM

id say it means he prolly stopped drinking and doing drugs, but still smokes 3 packs a day

JawnDiablo - 5-27-2010 at 05:48 AM

he's a douche and looks like a living beavis and butthead cartoon
i bet he has touched lars's tooter.

Vanilla Gorilla - 5-27-2010 at 10:47 AM

I'm straight edge when i'm not drinking

JawnDiablo - 5-27-2010 at 11:48 AM

I was straight edge this morning for 6 minutes.
from the time i got out of bed until i had my first coffee and hand full of advils.
clearly that was a long 6 minutes for me.

gavin - 5-27-2010 at 12:39 PM

he has an "81" on his hand
is he a hell's angel now too?

JawnDiablo - 5-27-2010 at 01:52 PM

sounds like a dangerous man to me Geoff.....
maybe him and Adam should become facebook friends.

Vanilla Gorilla - 5-27-2010 at 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gavin
he has an "81" on his hand
is he a hell's angel now too?

I guessed the 81 with the metallica M was for the year the band started but it would be a lot cooler if he was a straight edge hell's angel

gavin - 5-27-2010 at 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vanilla Gorilla

Quote:

Originally posted by gavin
he has an "81" on his hand
is he a hell's angel now too?

I guessed the 81 with the metallica M was for the year the band started but it would be a lot cooler if he was a straight edge hell's angel

maybe
but i dont buy that he didnt know what he was doing when he did it

BDx13 - 5-27-2010 at 03:42 PM

^ exactly.

gavin - 5-27-2010 at 05:13 PM

hopefully someone cuts his arm off for having it so that....
1. he sticks to being a metal faggot and leaves other people shit alone
2. he cant play his shitty guitar ever....again

JawnDiablo - 5-27-2010 at 05:16 PM

with one arm however he is still ok for a circle jerk with Zak Wylde and his biker gang