Comments on: Metallica http://bigbadhair.podbean.com/2009/02/12/metallica/ Good music, bad music, and people who can't tell the difference Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:41:35 +0000 http://podbean.com/?v=3.2 by: Jakob http://bigbadhair.podbean.com/2009/02/12/metallica/#comment-186654 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:56:33 +0000 http://bigbadhair.podbean.com/2009/02/12/metallica/#comment-186654 My friend Paul was talking with Bob Rock once and apparently Lars' drumming was so incredibly offtime on the Black Album, Rock had to "air splice" all his drum tracks. That is, in the times before ProTools and digital editing, to correct an offbeat drum hit, you'd have to splice in a piece of blank tape cut the the right millisecond length in to make it on-time. Lars was apparently too much of a prima-donna to redo his drum takes, claiming they were "perfect" when Rock claimed they were a shambling wreck. Anyway... that's my 'Tallica story. Also, no mention of Venom??? My friend Paul was talking with Bob Rock once and apparently Lars’ drumming was so incredibly offtime on the Black Album, Rock had to “air splice” all his drum tracks. That is, in the times before ProTools and digital editing, to correct an offbeat drum hit, you’d have to splice in a piece of blank tape cut the the right millisecond length in to make it on-time. Lars was apparently too much of a prima-donna to redo his drum takes, claiming they were “perfect” when Rock claimed they were a shambling wreck.

Anyway… that’s my ‘Tallica story. Also, no mention of Venom???

]]> by: GAB http://bigbadhair.podbean.com/2009/02/12/metallica/#comment-184280 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:16:47 +0000 http://bigbadhair.podbean.com/2009/02/12/metallica/#comment-184280 Right on target about Apocalyptica, both the good and the bad. I love having those songs on the MP3 player. Nice to get them as a "surprise" in shuffle-mode. Well worth the time to chase down a copy. I also agree completely about the comparison between Slayer and Metallica. While some bands were busy posturing about their evil-ness, others were getting close enough to saying something profound. For me, "Disposable Heroes" is the track from Master Of Puppets that persuaded me. That re-release of the garage recordings -- Garage, Inc. -- included everything from the original Garage Days Re(re)visited and more. It does include their versions of "So What" and "Whiskey in a Jar." Not a Metallica CD, and not really meant to be, but the covers are very worthwhile (though somewhat over-hyped). Right on target about Apocalyptica, both the good and the bad. I love having those songs on the MP3 player. Nice to get them as a “surprise” in shuffle-mode. Well worth the time to chase down a copy.

I also agree completely about the comparison between Slayer and Metallica. While some bands were busy posturing about their evil-ness, others were getting close enough to saying something profound. For me, “Disposable Heroes” is the track from Master Of Puppets that persuaded me.

That re-release of the garage recordings — Garage, Inc. — included everything from the original Garage Days Re(re)visited and more. It does include their versions of “So What” and “Whiskey in a Jar.” Not a Metallica CD, and not really meant to be, but the covers are very worthwhile (though somewhat over-hyped).

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