When it comes to rock and metal, few things will get fans quite so rabidly divided as the use of backing tracks live. Being metal's Milli Vanilli isn't exactly a claim to fame any band wants on their CV, but some musicians argue that the sheer complexity of modern metal dictates at least some level of backing tape is required to make some songs live up to their studio counterparts.
At the same time, rock'n'roll isn't built on pristene images and note-perfect reproductions of songs (hell, the greatest live albums of all time actively offer something completely different to their studio counterparts). So its not all too surprising to see metal musicians on both sides of the fence (sometimes occupying both positions) in defending or attacking bands that lip-synch live. Cutting through the chatter, here's what some of rock and metal's most notable names had to say on the topic...
