Metallica in the media
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Since gaining popularity in the late 1980s, members of Metallica, or their music, have made appearances or been referenced in many forms of media.
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[edit] Television
- Beavis (of Beavis and Butt-Head) wears a Metallica t-shirt every day (although he wears a Slayer shirt in the episode "Blood Drive"). When Butt-Head criticized the band and the videos, Beavis went ballistic and said he would kick Butt-Head's ass if he insulted Metallica again. A character meant to parody Beavis on the show Step by Step also wears a Metallica shirt (though it is white instead of blue).
- In the Seinfeld episode "The Lip Reader" Elaine buys her driver Metallica tickets to apologize for pretending to be deaf.
- In another Seinfeld episode "The Opera" George and Kramer are trying to scalp tickets to the opera Pagliacci, which they purchased for $250. When Kramer turns down an offer for $1000 for the pair, George remarks "This isn't a Metallica concert!" Interestingly, later George feels ripped off for only getting an offer of $500 for his one ticket. He actually received $350.
- Metallica was the musical guest in a 1997 episode of Saturday Night Live.
- "Seek & Destroy" was used in a 2002 television ad for Vans Shoes featuring Tony Trujillo (no relation to Robert Trujillo).
- Am I Evil and Creeping Death can be heard on 2 different occasions in episodes of Jackass.
- King Nothing, The Memory Remains, and The Small Hours are featured in three episodes of The Sopranos.
- Fuel was the main theme for NBC and TNT's NASCAR coverage from 2001 until 2003.
- "St. Anger" was the official theme song of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s SummerSlam pay-per-view event in August 2003.
- Metallica (in this case voiced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone) appear in the South Park episode Christian Rock Hard as activists against music downloading.
- Metallica recorded their voice parts for their appearance in an episode of The Simpsons. The episode was named The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer and it was the first of Season 18, being aired in the United States on September 10, 2006.[1]
- James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett have recorded guest voices for Adult Swim's new show "Metalocalypse".[2]
- On March 13, 2006 Metallica inducted Black Sabbath into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and played "Iron Man" and "Hole in the Sky". The ceremony was aired on VH1, March 21, 2006.[3]
- In Two and a Half Men, Jake's bedroom has a Metallica St Anger poster on the back of his bedroom door.
- In the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Interfection", Master Shake searches for "teeth and plaque conspiracy...and Metallica" on the Internet.
- In the Japanese comics/animation series Bastard!!, the kingdom that the main characters operate out of is named Metallicana in the original Japanese, in homage to one of the creator's favorite bands.
- In My Name Is Earl, Earl and Joy went to a Metallica concert in the episode Bounty Hunter. Joy (who is pregnant) has her belly signed by Lars Ulrich ("Look, Lars signed my bump!"). Earl also wears Metallica shirts on a regular basis and is seen to have a Master of Puppets poster.
- On the television series Supernatural, the brothers often listen to Metallica, thus giving their 1967 Chevy Impala the name "The Metallicar"
- In the music videos Unholy Confessions and Seize the Day by Avenged Sevenfold, one member is wearing a Metallica T-Shirt.
- On the eyecatch on episode 15 of Pani Poni Dash!, Becky is dressed like former Metallica bassist, Cliff Burton.
- In the cartoon Osmosis Jones, the writers parody Metallica with its bodily equivalent 'Metabollica'
- In the Simpsons episode The Trouble With Trillions, Otto says he's in line for tickets to see Metallica, although he is in the line to hand in his tax forms.
- In the Smallville episode "Exile", "Frantic" is heard while Clark Kent stops a bank robbery and proceedes the steal the money himself, while under the influence of red kryptonite.
- In the music video Epic by Faith No More, Jim Martin (a friend of Hetfield) is wearing a Cliff Burton tribute T-Shirt.
[edit] Film
- Altered versions (most likely covers) of Sad But True, Holier Than Thou, and Wherever I May Roam appeared in the theatrical trailer for Army of Darkness.
- James Hetfield lent his voice for the song "Hell Isn't Good" in the movie "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut".
- In the 2007 comedy film Mr. Woodcock, the character Nedderman played by Ethan Suplee is seen wearing a Ride the Lightning T-Shirt
- Metallica made an appearance in the independent film The Darwin Awards and played at its Sundance Film Festival private party premiere on January 25, 2006.[4]
- In The Big Lebowski, The Dude says he's an ex-Metallica roadie on the fictional Speed of Sound tour and refers to band members as a "bunch of assholes".[5]
- The Finnish classical cello trio, Apocalyptica, has their versions of Enter Sandman, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), and "Wherever I May Roam" in the 1998 Ben Stiller film Your Friends and Neighbors.
- A shortened version of"Master of Puppets" is featured in the movie Old School.
- "Motorbreath" is featured in the movie Any Given Sunday.
- "Fight Fire with Fire" is featured in the movie American Movie.
- One of The Olsen Twins wears a Metallica shirt in the film New York Minute.
- In the 2006 movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Dave Grohl's character plays a guitar that is decorated with the artwork from the Ride the Lightning album cover. There is also a Metallica logo seen in the movies fictional "Rock n' Roll History Museum".
- "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", Orion, and The Call of Ktulu are prominently featured in the documentary film Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, marking the first significant use of their music in feature films. The follow up film Paradise Lost 2: Revelations also uses the song Fixxxer.
- Dax Shepard has a Master of Puppets shirt in Let's Go to Prison.
- In the movie, the Italian Job, a Metallica poster is visible in Lyle's room. This is ironic as he was the supposed creator of Napster and Metallica was the lead band against music downloading.
- In the 2007 film Superbad, the character Fogell is wearing an ...And Justice for All T-shirt and at the party there is a Metallica poster on the wall.
- Metallica created the main song for the movie Mission Impossible II, I Disappear.
- In American Pie, there is a Metallica poster during one of the webcam scenes.
- In Torque, the character Val wears a white Metallica sleeveless shirt.
- In School of Rock, a movie with comedian and actor Jack Black, the song "The Wait", covered by Metallica can be briefly heard
- In the film The Toxic Avenger Part II you can clearly see a man wearing a Master of Puppets t-shirt in the final climactic car chase.
- In the film Little Nicky, there is a Metallica poster with the 1996 logo seen on Nicky's wall.
[edit] Talk radio
- "Master of Puppets" and "The Shortest Straw" open the radio show "The Savage Nation", hosted by Michael Savage. He also uses various other Metallica songs in regular bumper music rotations.
- "Enter Sandman" opens Tom Leykis's radio show.
- "Fuel" opens financial commentator Jim Cramer's radio show and podcast.
- "Master of Puppets" is a regular music bumper on the Opie & Anthony show.
[edit] Video Games
- "Seek & Destroy" was featured in the PlayStation game WCW Backstage Assault.
- ”Fuel” opens the video games Test Drive Off Road: Wide Open and PlayStation's “Hot Wheels Turbo Racing”.
- "Whiplash" is featured in Tony Hawk's Underground 2.
- The fighting game series Guilty Gear makes extensive references to Metallica, as well as other metal and rock bands. Many moves are named after Metallica songs, such as Testament's "Master of Puppets" trap and Ky Kiske's "Ride The Lighting" Overdrive.
- One of the skills in ArenaNet's MMORPG Guild Wars is called "Ride the Lightning".
- In the World of Warcraft expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, the gnome outpost in the Blades Edge Mountains has a quest called "Ride the Lightning" in which you must get struck by 25 lightning bolts.
- "One" is in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
- On Tony Hawk's Underground, Skater Chad Muska shows off his car by turning up the music and he says "It's Louder Than A Metallica Concert In There!".
- "Enter Sandman" is a main setlist song in the game Rock Band. There is also a downloadable Metallica Pack which features "Ride the Lightning", "Blackened" and "...And Justice For All". According to the games website "One" will be available for download soon as well as the first single from Metallica's upcoming album.
- Metallica has their very own Guitar Hero videogame, entitled Guitar Hero: Metallica, coming out soon.[6]
[edit] Sporting events
- "Enter Sandman" opens home games for the Kansas Jayhawks and WCHA Wisconsin Badgers, along with Virginia Tech Hokies football games. It is also the entrance music for New York Yankees' closer Mariano Rivera and New York Mets’ closer Billy Wagner.
- "Enter Sandman", as covered by Motörhead, was used as entrance music for Extreme Championship Wrestling's Sandman.
- Harvester of Sorrow has been played as Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko comes up to bat.
- Houston Astros players Jeff Bagwell and Mike Lamb exclusively use Metallica tracks for their at-bat music. Bagwell has even been quoted as emulating the "James Hetfield look" in "Sixty Seconds with Jeff Bagwell", an in-game segment.
- "Seek & Destroy" was Professional wrestler Sting's theme song in World Championship Wrestling.
- For Whom the Bell Tolls is played at Soldier Field each time the Chicago Bears score a touchdown, and at intermission of Montreal Canadiens games.
- "Fuel" is played during face-off breaks at Belfast Giants games.
- "Master of Puppets" is played as the Toronto Maple Leafs come out after every period
- New York Mets starting pitcher John Maine uses "Seek & Destroy" during pregame warm-ups.
- "Devil's Dance" is played as Jeff Conine comes to bat.
[edit] Books
- In Stephen King's book Everythings Eventual, a psychopath is likened to "a Metallica fan who had escaped a mental asylum for the criminally insane".
