Metallica and PhilosophyHit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enter the School of Rock! Today's lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old schoolthey actually paid $5. 98 for The $5. 98 EP. But back before these philosophy professors cut their hair, they were lieutenants in the Metal Militia. Metallica is the 'thinking man's' metal band and the headbanger's CNN. Snobs and music