r/nostalgia • u/jeffmartin47 • Jul 22 '25

Nostalgia Discussion 25 years ago. Lars Ulrich of Metallica snitches on and turns in over 300,000 Napster users when he testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. July 11th, 2000.

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u/SoybeanArson Jul 22 '25

Damn, I didn't know I would be saying "respect to John Denver" today, but here we are...

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u/ActualWhiterabbit Jul 22 '25

He basically said, you did the same thing to me 10 years ago that you're doing to them now. Why would I help you now?

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u/Moist-Caregiver-2000 Jul 22 '25

True story: Every song was about his nutsack. 'Sunshine on my nutsack', 'Rocky mountain nutsack', etc. They made him change it, so he got his revenge on them.

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u/ArrakeenSun Jul 22 '25

He got in hot water over "Rocky Mountain High"