Before officially becoming Metallica, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich jammed together, bounded by leather, denim, and the new wave of British heavy metal (often abbreviated as NWOBHM), in Los Angeles circa 1981. They recruited bassist Cliff Burton while visiting and playing in San Francisco. If they wanted Burton, he demanded the group base itself in …
Love this tune. It is, of course, essentially the Thin Lizzy version of a folk standard properly produced and done at a less codeine-induced pace. James Hetfield’s resemblance to Michael McKean gives the whole thing a Spinal Tap vibe, especially at the Slane Castle setting. Tom Fredrickson
Just a pug, coolly and calmly, playing drums to “Enter Sandman.” Sleep with one eye open indeed…
Within the last decade or so major league baseball stadiums have piped in player-selected songs when the batter approaches the batters box. The practice then spread to the high school level. When my son played varsity ball as a junior I noticed to my chagrin that all but two of the players chose a song …
At nine in the morning on Friday, my wife called me at my office. “It’s Metallica Night at AT&T Park,” she said. “I think you should go.” That sounded a lot better than working, so after lunch I took off and drove down to Concord, where I took a BART train into San Francisco. It …
“I first produced my pistol, I then produced my rapier,” calling Dr. Freud… Go here.