Former Metallica therapist Phil Towle was interviewed by the Speak N’ Destroy podcast and revealed if he gets hate from fans for his role in the ‘Some Kind of Monster’ documentary.
“It’s really hard to say. The people that don’t come up to me that are pissed off at the way that I am in the movie, there are probably a lot of those people. Nobody’s trashed me directly that I can remember. But the people that ask the questions, pretty much the thing they say is they thank me for being a part of the process.
I have such deep love and respect for the band, the guys and their families. I mean, they’re just amazing human beings — every bit as sharp and as wonderful as you would imagine them to be, with their own personalities. So I love them dearly, and their families and stuff. So the memories of that experience, when somebody asks me, I know how important it is for the fans who are so dedicated, because they’ve been so moved by Metallica.
Just to be in a concert and watch on side stage and see people respond to them, there’s a kind of loving devotion that is not… How should I say it? Sometimes you see a crowd like that being able to be grateful for its capacity to be angry, or the capacity to just say, ‘F**k it.’ Whatever. And I get that. But there’s such a loving admiration for them. That just reinforces the force of love and how important that is.
To see them at end of a concert, arms around each other, that’s what it’s all about. So the fans feel that. The music lives on because of the relationship between the fans and the passion about what Metallica does with them and for them and Metallica’s appreciation for the fans. They’re very devoted to their fans; they care deeply about their fans. And that’s the kind of thing that comes up for me when somebody comes to me. It’s, like, ‘Wow. I’m honored that you came up to me to thank me for my participation with a revolution with some people who have changed the world.’ They’ve drained a puss for a lot of people, given an outlet for a lot of people with their anger and frustration, but they’ve also spread the love.'”
