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August 05, 2009

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Metallica: 'One' – The rock titans' epic track was based on the 1939 anti-war novel 'Johnny Got His Gun' by Dalton Trumbo. The book deals with the plight of a World War I soldier, Joe Bonham, who was badly injured in artillery fire losing his arms, legs, eyes, mouth, nose and ears and his ability to see, speak, smell, or hear – the only thing that functions is his mind, rendering him a prisoner in his own body. Metallica's single artwork featured a decapitated body, while the video featured excerpts from the 1971 film adaptation of the novel.

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@Gigwise your people are so lucky to be at Snowbombing, the lineup looked fab, I would have loved to be there.
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