Commercial success aside though, I think Big 3 was suggesting that bands like RHCP and The Clash changed their sound and experimented more than Slayer have.
I couldn't care less about that personally and I don't particularly wish that Slayer had experimented any more than they have but that seems to be his point, and so the success of RHCPs last album is kind irrelevant.
I also don't see how Metallica can be summed up so easily. Considering they have recorded old school thrash metal, radio-friendly alternative metal, blues-rock, country and one shameful attempt at nu-metal. It hasn't all worked, it hasn't all been good (in my opinion) but I don't think any of it has been cock-rock and I don't think they can be "templated" in that way, like Slayer arguably can.
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