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Underoath Take a Jab at Metallica was a top story from May and here it is again as we look back at the biggest stories from 2009 so far: (Punknews.org) Apparently unsatisfied with their negative comments about Avenged Sevenfold, Underoath is now setting their sights on Metallica. The band spoke to Metal Hammer saying:

"When we were on tour in 2006/7, the tour manager for Anti-Flag was talking to me, and he asked what my favorite Metallica record was. I said I didn't have one. Not that I liked them all, but I didn't like any. He was like 'what?!' I said I didn't like them, I didn't think they were any good. He got really startled then almost offended. He was literally slamming the bar saying, 'there is no F-ing way you play the music you do, the way you do, and not like Metallica'.

"I can listen to that stuff, and maybe if I was alive 30 years ago it would mean more to me; I respect them, but I just don't like them. I get that they're important, but not to me. For me Kurt Cobain means more: he played like trash but he had an intensity. It's not about your chops, it's about creating a feeling." - more on this story

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Christian music news: Underoath guitarist responds to Metal Hammer controversy

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Timothy McTague, guitarist for Christian metalcore act Underoath, has posted a blog entry on the band's MySpace profile in response to a recent article in UK publication Metal Hammer, in which he allegedly slandered the band Avenged Sevenfold.
McTague was quoted as calling the Californian metal band a "gimmick" and a "circus" in an interview for the magazine's podcast.
"What’s worse is the way they look", he continued in the interview. "If you need to have make-up and crappy names like Synyster Gates to sell records, then you shouldn’t be here. That’s not rock’n’roll to me. Arena rock maybe, but not real rock’n’roll".

In response to this, the guitarist began his blog entry by musing over "a fine line between being honest and careful when it comes to interviews". He believes that his quote from the interview had been taken out of the context of the interview (which was, according to McTague, "a very well rounded music conversation") and posted in order to garner publicity - and perhaps even start a war of words between the two bands.

"If I were to read just what has been posted, not knowing the context of the conversation, I would think the person who said that was one of the most-rude people to ever speak publicly", he notes.

"What was posted was a collection of just 10 sentences from an entire 30-minute interview in which I stated my personal opinions about certain ideals pertaining to our scene/genre. I’d also like to clarify that some things I am quoted saying were in fact never even said".



The post concludes with the self-described "outspoken" musician confirming that he has "no ill will" against any musicians that were namedropped in the interview. Avenged Sevenfold aside, bands that came up in the interview process were fellow post-hardcore bands Chiodos and Escape the Fate, as well as veteran metal act Metallica.

"Regardless of what it was made to look like, I wasn’t intending to start any issues between bands or arbitrarily bash any artists".

Underoath are currently on the Warped Tour across the U.S. until the end of August.

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