BODY COUNT frontman, hip-hop legend, actor and director
Ice-T says that he "had no problem" with
METALLICA's collaboration with pop superstar
Lady Gaga at this year's
Grammy Awards.
METALLICA's appearance with
Gaga at the 59th annual event in Los Angeles on February 12 turned into something of a disaster when the
Grammy sound crew did not turn frontman
James Hetfield's mic on, forcing him to share the mic with
Gaga after the first verse and chorus. As a further humiliation, presenter
Laverne Cox did not even introduce
METALLICA by name. At the end of the song, a visibly angry
Hetfield hurled his guitar at a road crew member while kicking over his mic stand. During an interview on the
"The Countdown" show on
SiriusXM Rush,
Ice-T offered his opinion of
METALLICA's performance on the
Grammys, saying (hear audio below): "I had no problem with it. I had a problem with the person that announced them saying, 'The winner of this many
Grammys…' and then they just forgot to say their name and then they said, '
Lady Gaga.' I'm, like, '
METALLICA. You forgot…' So I was, like, already, 'Oh-oh…' And then when
James's mic wasn't on, I was, like, 'Okay.' But they're professionals; they just played it through." He continued: "As far as
Lady Gaga, she's the business. You know, I think entertainers respect real entertainers, and I think she's proved herself. Of course, when she hit the first scene, everybody was, like, 'Okay, this is all gimmick,' but she's a lot more than that. She's the business. I've been fortunate to meet her a few times. She's a nice girl, she's a nice lady. So God bless
Lady Gaga. I think it was fly. And I think
METALLICA was fly for saying, 'Let's do it.' You know what I'm saying? You know, what's the problem? What's the problem?"
BODY COUNT's new album,
"Bloodlust", will be released on March 31 via
Century Media. The disc was recorded with producer
Will Putney (
MISS MAY I,
UPON A BURNING BODY), who also helmed 2014's
"Manslaughter". The new CD will feature guest appearances by
Max Cavalera (
SOULFLY,
SEPULTURA),
MEGADETH mainman
Dave Mustaine and
LAMB OF GOD frontman
Randy Blythe. The effort will also contain
BODY COUNT's medley of the
SLAYER songs
"Postmortem" and
"Raining Blood".
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