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He called me ‘Dr. No’ because… as soon as he would open his mouth, ‘No’ would come out of mine.
James Hetfield, on working with Bob Rock on The Black Album, In the Studio interview with Redbeard
The other part was just go play. That’s our other drug… The world goes away when we play. There can be no bad. It just feels good.
James Hetfield on how Metallica dealt with the loss of Cliff Burton
It’s a combination of honesty, selfishness, and therapy for us.
James Hetfield on why Metallica makes music, In the Studio interview with Redbeard

We Fooled Them All



  • James Hetfield: There’s a lot of people out there that believed that we knew what we were doing, and…
  • Kirk Hammett: We fooled them all.

On August 13, Metallica celebrated the 20th anniversary of its groundbreaking eponymous fifth studio album, more affectionately known as The Black Album. In the Studio’s Redbeard celebrates with a Classic Rock interview with Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett in which they talked about the band’s history, the devastating death of bassist Cliff Burton, and the making of one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday, James Hetfield! Click for high-res photo

Happy Birthday, James Hetfield!

I Was Dreaming I Was Al Capone

Queen performs “Stone Cold Crazy” with James Hetfield and Tony Iommi at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

My renewed interest in all things Metallica continues as I make my way through the March 2011 issue of Guitar World and its “The 100 Greatest Metallica Songs” cover story. This time it’s James Hetfield taking on the vocal duties for a live version of one of my favorite Queen songs of all time, “Stone Cold Crazy,” the second track on side two of one of my favorite Queen albums of all time Sheer Heart Attack. This performance comes from The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness on April 20, 1992, where he shared the stage with the remaining members of Queen and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on rhythm guitar. Sadly, the show was John Deacon’s final performance with Queen.

I kept waiting for Iommi to join Brian May in a ripping, weaving, twin guitar solo, but alas, May simply soloed with himself via his amazing delay effects work. But no worries, I love me some Brian May guitar-fiddling.

Enjoy!