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Post by Admin on Jul 13, 2020 22:09:25 GMT
Taken from two dusty old VHS tapes from Lars' basement. Filmed at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA on July 22, 1994.
Metallica’s iconic bass guitarist Rob Trujillo was interviewed by ‘The Vinyl Guide’ and revealed how he felt after meeting a legendary Randy Rhoads by mentioning the time he joined Ozzy Osbourne.
In the conversation, Rob remembered the time he was re-recording bass parts of Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Blizzard Of Ozz’ and ‘Diary Of A Madman’ albums and explained why it was a weird situation for him.
Furthermore, he recalled the time he met with Randy Rhoads for the first time and stated that Randy is one of the most astonishing guitar heroes of him. Rob said that it was a huge privilege for him to meet a legend like Randy and said that he felt so lucky to listen to Randy’s unrecorded jams in the studio.
Here is what Rob Trujillo said about meeting Randy Rhoads:
“Randy is one of my heroes. I had the good fortune of seeing him play at Guitar Center before he was playing with Ozzy. It was in the middle of the day, they were handing him guitars, there was nobody in there except me, and I was like – I don’t know how old I was, but I was just blown away.
And I think I remember he was playing what would’ve been ‘Diary of a Madman,’ and I said to him, ‘Wow, those are beautiful chords’ I said something like, ‘Do you like John McLaughlin?’
I said something weird, and he was very quiet, it’s kind of like, ‘Don’t bother me right now.”
He continued:
“Selfishly, I can say at least one of the rewards, if there was any reward for that – was hearing the outtake jams they were doing beyond what you heard on the original arrangements.
“All of a sudden, ‘Oh, the song goes another minute, and Randy’s still soloing?’ And there’d be some jokes, you can hear them talking…
That was, again, selfishly, that was really like, ‘Wow, I’m hearing this, and nobody else in the world is hearing this.’ That’s one thing I do remember, and then Lemmy coming in the studio and hanging out for the first time.”
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Post by Admin on Jul 20, 2020 23:01:13 GMT
Metallica will stream their June 6th, 2006 — or 6/6/06 for those who want to be particularly metal about it — concert in Berlin for the next installment of their #MetallicaMondays series.
The show will premiere on the band’s YouTube page July 20th at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET, and will then be available to watch on demand.
While the 6/6/06 concert date would be enough to make any Metallica show stand out, the band — perhaps in honor of the occasion — did make the most of that night in Berlin. The show took place smack in the middle of Metallica’s Escape From the Studio trek, during which they’d been celebrating the 20th anniversary of Master of Puppets by playing the album in its entirety on select dates. Not only did Metallica play all of Master of Puppets that night, but they also debuted a new song, with the extremely apt title “The New Song.”
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Post by Admin on Jul 28, 2020 18:29:46 GMT
Who’s better - ‘80s Metallica or ‘90s Metallica?
Martin Kielty: ‘90s Metallica for the Black Album alone. While the ‘80s band was excitable and energetic, the ‘90s version know what to do with their attitude and energy. To me it felt like they'd moved in the right direction with the Black Album. Of course, Load and Reload weren’t exactly a continuation of that right direction, but in retrospect I find it easy to forgive them. The ‘90s is the era where Metallica established a lasting identity.
Matthew Wilkening: Metallica were at their best in the '80s, and it's not even close. In fact, they peaked with 1986's Master of Puppets. The band has created lots of great songs and tons of cool moments since then, but later albums never reached the same level of sustained brilliance. Even though Cliff Burton co-wrote only three songs on Puppets, it's hard not to suspect that something unique left the band when he died. Understandably, and through no fault of their own, they've never been quite as great since.
Chuck Armstrong: While I could make a case for either, I have to go with '80s Metallica, simply because they helped pioneer the genre. And to be honest, would the Black Album or anything that came after the '80s have meant anything if they weren't built on the foundation of Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and ... And Justice for All? I'd say absolutely not. We don't get Metallica without the '80s.
Ken Kelley: I don’t believe this is an apples-to-apples comparison. Of course it’s the same band, but I think the goals of each decade were different. Getting the band to the stature they were by the time … And Justice For All was released was a monumental accomplishment, especially since it made its name without the help of the mainstream. To me, Metallica in the '90s was about taking the band to the next logical level, which meant deepening its relationship with the mainstream. And that’s okay too. I certainly still dig the stuff the band released in the '90s, but the albums from the '80s have a timeless quality that helped make them classic records.
Michael Christopher: It’s really difficult to make a case for the ‘90s version of Metallica being the better one. Sure, the decade started off with one of the greatest – not to mention bestselling – records in history with the Black Album, but overall it was too inconsistent. There was bound to be a bit of a letdown following the band’s explosion onto MTV and into the mainstream, but I don’t think they expected such a level of backlash from longtime fans. They couldn’t even cut their hair short without driving metal purists into cries of “sellouts!” Musically, there was a concentrated distancing from the thrash of the early days in favor of the thick, chunky riffs and blues-based wanderings on Load and Reload, or a dalliance with an orchestra for S&M. All of it was hit or miss, even the covers collection Garage Inc. sounded too polished in spots. None of this is to say there weren’t high points in the ‘90s – there were plenty – and any other act would kill to have that amount of success and acceptance. The issue surfaces when they're stacked against the four '80s masterpieces: There's one classic right after another, each representing growth by leaps and bounds without compromising what turned devotees on in the first place. And there’s no comparison.
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Post by Admin on Aug 3, 2020 22:23:51 GMT
Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000 (Full Concert) Filmed during the second of two free makeup shows at Starplex Amphitheater in Dallas, TX on August 3, 2000. James Hetfield, founding member of Metallica, turned 57 Monday. Born in 1963, the son of an operetta singer and a truck driver, in 1981 Hetfield responded to a newspaper ad placed by drummer Lars Ulrich ("drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam..."), leading to the formation of Metallica. With bassist Ron McGovney and lead guitar Dave Mustaine, Metallica played their first live show in Anaheim, California in 1982. Before recording their first album, Metallica replaced Mustaine with the band's third ongoing member, guitarist Kirk Hammett, while McGovney was replaced by a succession of bassists—Robert Trujillo most recently. But whatever the composition of Metallica, Hetfield's lyrics have remained one of the band's anchor points. Most Metallica songs are credited to Hetfield and Ulrich (with Hammett also frequently credited)—who often begin with instrumental licks, riffs and bars, then refine them into furiously-paced arrangements—but almost all Metallica lyrics, across ten studio albums, were penned by Hetfield. It wouldn't be metal without the omnipresence of death, but Hetfield's lyrics often write about our last moments as a confrontation with something dark and terrible. Hetfield's lyrics have also long been focused on powerful forces that burn down the lives of soldiers and young people, who are often only compensated with the final, sublime truth of their destruction.
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Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2020 22:57:16 GMT
Metallica will play their first live show in nearly a year on Aug. 29 when they saddle up as the first rock band to be featured in the Encore Drive-In Nights series. Hitting the stage for the first time since their September 2019 S&M2 concerts at the Chase Center in San Francisco, the band will play a full set that will be beamed into hundreds of drive-in and outdoor theaters across the U.S. and Canada, according to a release announcing the gig.
The show -- featuring opening act Three Days Grace -- will be shot for the series at an undisclosed locations near the group's Northern California headquarters and edited and mixed by Metallica's production team, with a promise of a career-spanning set. The concert is part of Encore Live's series of gigs at drive-in theaters and it will adhere to CDC guidelines, including staff in PPE enforcing a six-foot distance between cars, as well as employment of contactless payment and ticketing and limited restroom capacity.
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