#21 - Can't You Help Me Be Uncrazy?

At the turn of the century, Metallica's James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Lars "Fuuuuuuuuuck" Ulrich stood at a crossroads as the biggest band of the world. Creatively unfulfilled and mired in personal troubles, they made a maladroit and strange release: 2003's St. Anger. Not only that, they recorded the process and released it as a cult documentary. The result: they, this album and its snare became a punchline. Was it really that bad though? Here, we consider this complex, but crucial question.