Frontman Brian Aubert calls upcoming ‘Substitution’ clip ‘sort of depressing.’ By James Montgomery The Silversun Pickups Photo: MTV News Earlier this year, before Metallica thundered onstage at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, the Silversun Pickups were given the unenviable task of warming up an audience of over-served, overheated, die-hard metal fans. It seemed like an odd choice for an opener: the swoony, alt-leaning Pickups yanking the curtain for Metallica , one of the hugest, heaviest acts on the planet. Somewhat surprisingly, however, things went off without a hitch
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Silversun Pickups Win Over Metallica Fans, Make Their ‘Darkest Video’
