Letters

Bands such as Full Circle, Descent Into Madness, ZLOTZ, Magistral and Thrive are missing! It looks like your writers didn't put too much time into reviewing the local music scene and just grabbed the first thing from the CD list.

And who in the hell has heard a good producer in Houston? I certainly haven't, and I've worked for quite a while on the local scene and studio market as both a musician and a producer. On a professional level I can easily say that the people in that category are quite inept on a national level, and it is even a joke to vote for either one of them.

I believe that the Houston Press is a fine paper. It's just that the music editors and reviewers need to pay closer attention to the music scene and not to the few bands that somehow get across to them.

J.J. Brown
Houston

Metallica Rust

Give it up: Phil Freeman's article on Metallica ["Grumpy Old Men," June 19] was, unfortunately, on the mark. Musically, some aging rockers are able to grow up gracefully, creating new sounds that perpetuate their legacies in a positive way. Peter Gabriel, Sting and U2 come immediately to mind. Others, like Metallica, died long ago and should have remained in the past. St. Anger is a disaster in an embarrassing sort of way. To paraphrase what Woody Allen once said, "When a relationship stops moving, it dies like a shark."

Jay Rusovich
Houston

Kick ass from the dead: Perfect! Absolutely perfect! They are no longer (nor will they ever be) the perfectly orchestrated genius band that they once were, and it's very depressing. Cliff Burton needs to rise from the dead and slap some sense into these boys and take Bob Suck back with him.

I am extremely pissed off that they still go by that glorious name that once meant so much.

My brother told his wife before she listened to the CD that it was "Lords of Aggression." She didn't even recognize them! Why would she? Sorry to ramble, but you got me worked up. Damn good write-up.

Mistelle Randlett
Houston