Oct 16, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 18 segments
In this episode Jimmy criticizes Metallica frontman James Hetfield for telling concertgoers that the band is not there to influence them politically and describing political issues as "bullshit,"…
Jimmy DoreHost
Douglas MacGregorGuest
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So you know that, uh, what happened to Ed Sheeran because Macklemore was saying Free Palestine, the Zionist Jewish billionaires shut it down.
They made him fire him, and then, uh, uh, Ed Sheeran's own band and all of his opening acts quit.
So the tide is turning and, uh, Metallica, which I didn't even know they were still a thing, but apparently they're very still popular, very popular, and, um, this is, uh, Metallica's James H-Hatfield.
Mm-hmm
... and Guns N' Roses, uh, because they've all been speaking out for Palestine and lots more people too.
Uh, and so l-listen to what he says, and he's pretending like he's not being political.
He's, he's gonna, he's gonna say this, and he's going to do it under the auspices of that he's not being political in the middle of a genocide being funded with our tax dollars.
[laughs]
Metallica's not here like some other entertainers to influence you with their bullshit, okay? We are here...
[cheering] No bullshit.
We're here to forget about all the outside shit, okay?
[laughs]
Yeah, forget about all the outside shit, and let's make room to for some inside shit.
[laughs]
Metallica's agenda is love, energy-
Whenever, whenever I think of Metallica, the first word that comes to mind is love.
[laughs]
[laughs]
So you know that, uh, what happened to Ed Sheeran because Macklemore was saying Free Palestine, the Zionist Jewish billionaires shut it down.
They made him fire him, and then, uh, uh, Ed Sheeran's own band and all of his opening acts quit.
So the tide is turning and, uh, Metallica, which I didn't even know they were still a thing, but apparently they're very still popular, very popular, and, um, this is, uh, Metallica's James H-Hatfield.
Mm-hmm
... and Guns N' Roses, uh, because they've all been speaking out for Palestine and lots more people too.
Uh, and so l-listen to what he says, and he's pretending like he's not being political.
He's, he's gonna, he's gonna say this, and he's going to do it under the auspices of that he's not being political in the middle of a genocide being funded with our tax dollars.
[laughs]
Metallica's not here like some other entertainers to influence you with their bullshit, okay? We are here...
[cheering] No bullshit.
We're here to forget about all the outside shit, okay?
[laughs]
Yeah, forget about all the outside shit, and let's make room to for some inside shit.
[laughs]
Metallica's agenda is love, energy-
Whenever, whenever I think of Metallica, the first word that comes to mind is love.
[laughs]
[laughs]
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