Subject: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:09 am
What the hell? Unexpected.
Pretty cool.
Mglaffas81 Heart of Metal
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:20 am
Ha, yeah I actually found out about that not too long ago, while I was reading an extensive Metallica biography on some website - pretty cool, you really don't see many black people (sorry if that is offensive, but "African American" doesn't go for the whole world population as some American housemoms seem to think!) in metal - I wonder why that is?
Mglaffas81 Heart of Metal
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:21 am
Oh, and AWESOME performance by the way! That was freakin' cool to see!
Eyesore Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:33 am
Last week I also learned that the guy who does Elmo is black! Nuts! I would have assumed a white, nerdy, effeminate guy did Elmo, not some big black dude with a deep voice. Haha.
Spiner202 Metal graduate
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:31 am
Lloyd Grant completely shredded Hit the Lights. It was so far above my expectations that it was ridiculous. I'm really hoping all four nights were recorded for a CD/DVD!
MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:09 am
Who's Lloyd Grant again?
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:36 am
Spiner202 wrote:
Lloyd Grant completely shredded Hit the Lights. It was so far above my expectations that it was ridiculous. I'm really hoping all four nights were recorded for a CD/DVD!
Me too! I'd love to see all of this released!
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:20 pm
MetalGuy71 wrote:
Who's Lloyd Grant again?
A friend of Lars' and James' who contributed the guitar solo to the first recorded version of "Hit the Lights" on Metal Massacre 1.
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:26 pm
Funny how little mention he gets in the history of Metallica. Ron McGoveny, Dave Mustaine, sure. Lloyd Grant? Who?
Well, that's whitey for you. Always trying to keep the black man down.
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:40 pm
I gotta say, I may not be the Metallica fanboy I once was, but I would've given a kidney to be at one of those Anniversary concerts. I mean damn, they brought out Mustaine, Ozzy, Geezer, Newsted, Lloyd Grant... even Hugh Tanner, who was James' band mate in the pre-Metallica band "Leather Charm," came out and did a song with 'em. (I had to Google his name to find out who the hell he was. Haha.) It must've been like a high school reunion run amuck in there.
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:09 pm
They did pull out all the stops on this thing. Gotta give them some credit for that. Special guests, unreleased songs & deep tracks performed, small-ish venue to get up close for the fans. Pretty cool of them.
They need to do as much damage control as possible after the "LuLu" debacle.
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metalinmyveins Metal is in my blood
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:22 pm
Wow, I guess that I'm surprised that a lot of people didn't know that Mr. Grant is black...
...now an African-American man doing Elmo's voice...I had absolutely no idea. Doesn't change the fact that the voice he does is cringe worthy.
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:28 pm
metalinmyveins wrote:
Wow, I guess that I'm surprised that a lot of people didn't know that Mr. Grant is black...
...now an African-American man doing Elmo's voice...I had absolutely no idea. Doesn't change the fact that the voice he does is cringe worthy.
Yeah, next their gonna try and tell us that Darth Vader's voice is that of a colored bro.....
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:30 pm
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...now an African-American man doing Elmo's voice...I had absolutely no idea. Doesn't change the fact that the voice he does is cringe worthy.
I think Barney the purple dinosaur was a black guy in the suit too.
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:37 pm
MetalGuy71 wrote:
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...now an African-American man doing Elmo's voice...I had absolutely no idea. Doesn't change the fact that the voice he does is cringe worthy.
I think Barney the purple dinosaur was a black guy in the suit too.
...uh, equaling annoying!
Eyesore Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:15 pm
These shows were definitely pretty awesome, and this will definitely come out on a big CD/DVD package. How could it not? The whole thing was brilliant, if you ask me. Yeah, James's singing is kinda weak now, but this was still pretty damn cool.
As for Lloyd Grant, I've obviously known the name for, you know 25 years or so, same with Ron McGovney. But when Lloyd came out, I was shocked. Haha.
By the way, I think Elmo's voice is hilarious. Wish I could do it. I can the Swedish Chef, Kermit, Ernie, and a bunch of others, but my Elmo voice sucks! =(
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:16 pm
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Swedish Chef
I can do his voice pretty well too. Bork bork bork bork!!!
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:18 pm
Eyesore wrote:
These shows were definitely pretty awesome, and this will definitely come out on a big CD/DVD package. How could it not? The whole thing was brilliant, if you ask me. Yeah, James's singing is kinda weak now, but this was still pretty damn cool.
Say what you want about James and his voice, but did you see the clip of James reaching down and pulling out the low voice for Metal Militia. I was impressed, as I haven't heard James go this low since some early boots in 1984.
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:29 pm
It would have been wicked cool if they'd let Dave take lead vocal on a song.
MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:56 pm
Has James quit drinking or something? He looks thinner.
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:18 pm
MetalGuy71 wrote:
Has James quit drinking or something? He looks thinner.
I noticed the same thing, when I clicked on the first video from this weekend's shows at the Fillmore. He's been sober for years, but I'm guessing he's doing some major restructuring of his diet, and it looks like he is also into some serious cardio. I thought he looked WAY too heavy at the shows for the Big 4. Mustaine has also mentioned that his weight has plateaued to where he doesn't like the way he feels or looks. He needs to ask James what he did...
Troublezone Road Warrior
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:46 pm
Yep, Lloyd is a black guy. He still lives in Southern Cali and actually went to my friends place to jam several years ago after placing an ad in a paper.
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:12 pm
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As for Lloyd Grant, I've obviously known the name for, you know 25 years or so, same with Ron McGovney. But when Lloyd came out, I was shocked. Haha.
He was just a very small footnote in Metallica's history. For most people, a name without a face for years...
scottmitchell74 Jada Pinkett Smith's Cabana Boy
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:14 pm
It's always cool to see someone doing something outside of their "expected" stereotype. Black hockey players, Black metalists, White running backs, etc...break the mold!
Lurideath Metal is in my blood
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Subject: Re: Lloyd Grant is Black? Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:52 pm
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