Metallica frontman James Hetfield has moved his family out of his long-time hometown of San Francisco because he could no longer put up with the “elitist attitude” from his neighbors.

Hetfield revealed the reasons for his move to Joe Rogan during an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience  (NSFW language at link):

“I kind of got sick of the Bay Area, the attitudes of the people there, a little bit. They talk about how diverse they are, and things like that, and it’s fine if you’re diverse like them. But showing up with a deer on the bumper doesn’t fly in Marin County. My form of eating organic doesn’t vibe with theirs.”

Hetfield is an avid hunter, and that had gotten him into trouble before with animal rights activists who attempted to have Metallica banned from playing a music festival in England.

He continued:

“I felt that there was an elitist attitude there — that if you weren’t their way politically, their way environmentally, all of that, that you were looked down upon.”

Now, the Hetfield family lives in Vail, Colorado where his wife grew up. The singer/guitarist says he feels more “at home” there:

“I think in Colorado, everyone is very natural. People are not playing some game, they’re not posturing. They’re less obsessed with stopping what you’re doing and more enjoying what they’re doing, you know?”

It was hard not to draw a parallel with this “escape” from liberalism and an early Metallica song by the same name that has lyrics that are quite relevant to this story: 

To escape from the true-false world
Undamaged destiny
Can't get caught in the endless circle
Ring of stupidity

Out for my own, out to be free
One with my mind, they just can't see
No need to hear things that they say
Life's for my own to live my own way

H/T Washington Times