Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollyson
Look at it this way: I LOVE Iron Maiden. Yeah, they use a lot of distortion, but it's not an over-the-top, obvious cover-up.

How does any rock band not overuse distortion. every rock band uses distortion through every song. and has it ever occured to you that kirk might use his wah peddel to make his music soud better than it already does? are you telling me everything you play is clean with no effects? whats overuse anyways if something sounds good why not stick with it. plus ive been to 5 metallica live gigs and by no means does he overuse it. sure he uses it when it makes the song sound better but he used it less than a quarter of the time i bet.