The first band I ever really truly fell in love with was Metallica back when I was 12 years old. They were my favorite band from then through most of my HS years, but then their music began to suck and I kinda lost interest through the latter half of the 90's. The next time I really took much notice of them was when they came out against Napster and to me that was really a final nail in the coffin of whatever love I'd had at one time for the band. I still have their old albums and listen to them on occasion, but the band is dead to me as far as I'm concerned.
Around the time I started to become disinterested in Metallica, Riggs turned me onto another band which has either been my favorite or second favorite band from then (around 1992 or so) till now, and that band is Nine Inch Nails. Well, imagine how happy I am to see that my favorite band is now on the flipside of the coin that Metallica was on a few years ago. Check out Trent Reznor this week telling the audience in Australia at a NIN show that since the record companies continue to charge outrageous prices for CDs they should steal his music: