
You may be a clown in the burying ground, or just another pretty face. You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.Īlthea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim. Despite that, he insists he’s “all good” with Metallica now.I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.Īlthea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection. Winger says he’s never gotten an apology from Ulrich. But, you know … it was really Lars” who threw the dart.

It seemed that the guy was completely awesome, and I totally could be friends with him. “He was really contrite and was like, ‘You know what? That was uncool, and I'm sorry we did that.’ It was a very nice conversation. “ James Hetfield called me to apologize about a year and a half ago,” Winger said. He cleared the air with Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge in 2011, and more recently heard from the Metallica camp. Winger went on to have a successful second career as a classical composer, before getting a little closure decades later. So, I don't believe in slagging off fellow musicians. It's a person's whole life, devoted to what they believe in. Even with the most poppy musicians who people might hate, a lot goes into it, man. Winger added: “It’s just not cool to diss musicians. But mine stuck, and I think it’s because Metallica threw darts at my poster. “It could have been Poison I don't know, it could have been anybody.

“Apparently, they tried a few different names on the Stewart t-shirt, and mine was the one that stuck,” Winger told Yahoo. To Kip, the Metallica clip and Beavis and Butt-Head jokes were connected. Then Beavis and Butt-Head debuted on MTV and began featuring a wimpy character named Stewart Stevenson, who infamously wore a Winger t-shirt. Grunge soon took over the music world, rendering glam-metal bands like his namesake group obsolete. Metallica’s insult began a bad run for Winger.
