Metallica faces backlash over past comments amid Stranger Things fame WIKIMEDIA: DALLAS FLETCHERMetallica is facing backlash from some \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 fans, over comments they made in the past. The heavy metal band got a boost of popularity among younger music fans, after \u2018Stranger Things\u2018 played their song \u2018Master of Puppets\u2019 during a crucial scene. However, the veteran band is currently facing controversy from young fans who have just discovered them. The new generation of music fans are now trying to cancel Metallica over \u201cproblematic\u201d comments they made in the past. Metallica\u2019s past controversies resurface It all started last week, when TikToker Serena Trueblood called them out in a video. The content creator uses her platform to discuss various artists and past controversies linked to them, and over the weekend, she chose to cover Metallica\u2019s problematic past. In the clip, which already has over 265,000 views, Trueblood details how former bassist Jason Newsted appeared to do a Nazi salute onstage. She also shares that the band mocked the then-recent death of Nirvana\u2019s front man, Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994. Furthermore, Metallica\u2019s singer James Hetfield was accused of racism, as Guns N\u2019 Roses frontman Axl Rose alleged that Hetfield referred to rapper Ice-T using a racial slur. \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 fans want to cancel Metallica The comment section of the original video is currently turned off. However, screenshots show that it was filled with young \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 fans wanting to \u201ccancel\u201d the band for their past scandals. A recent viral tweet, by user hendrixnroses, reads: \u201cStranger things\/Eddie stans trying to cancel metallica now for their problematic past is funny to me idc.\u201d The tweet shows two screenshots from the comment section of Trueblood\u2019s TikTok video. \u201cI LITERALLY ripped the tag off my Metallica shirt half an hour ago :(\u201d one fan commented under the original video. \u201cGod I wish I watched this before I bought my Metallica shirt\u201d another fan added. While new fans were disappointed with the band\u2019s past controversies, older fans in the replies sided with Metallica. \u201cNot Axl Rose being used as a source for Metallica getting canceled, he\u2019s literally known as one of the worst people in the industry.\u201d someone wrote. \u201cBands like the Beatles and Metallica are honestly too influential to be \u2018canceled\u2019 like they\u2019re literally institutions in music and culture ??? You can\u2019t cancel them for the past\u201d another person quipped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Metallica faces backlash over past comments amid Stranger Things fame WIKIMEDIA: DALLAS FLETCHERMetallica is facing backlash from some \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 fans, over comments they made in the past. The heavy metal band got a boost of popularity among younger music fans, after \u2018Stranger Things\u2018 played their song \u2018Master of Puppets\u2019 during a crucial scene. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}