Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Metallica's, "Master Of Puppets"


...one of the best metal albums EVER.

Holy shit!!!-MOP was my first concert when they opened for OZZY!!!!

You're getting old...

I'm getting really tired of all these reminders of how old I'm getting!!!
Twenty years ago today, I was a senior in high school day dreaming of how great the future would be. Now twenty years later I'm just a big old toy geek still wondering where the fuck my flying car is???????????????

Rick Rubin is producing their next album.

\m/

While Master of Puppets is most definately a good album, the last few ones are NOT.

Good they shoulda gone w/him from the Black album and on-Bob Rock is a freaking pussy!!!!

that's a given.

You've gotta remember that Cliff Burton not only added killer bass to their sound but James Hetfield stated that Cliff also did a lot of the arrangements for them also..JH said that CB taught him a lot about writing music, do when Cliff died so did their old sound too.But Justice was one of my favs and still is to this day!!!

I believe Cliff Burton also had a degree in music theory but its been a while..

Cliff Burton WAS Metallica

I'll second that.

But I do find it funny that after he was gone his replacement seemed to be the only one trying to keep the "old " Metallica alive. But poor Jason was no match for the Hetfield/Ulrich ego combo.

man...well, that long ago I was getting my ass kicked at Naked Raygun and Life Sentence shows, along with wishing I was old enough to see Big Black...

KW

wow...you're the coolest.

You heard the Sunn0))) song for cliff?

nah...not really well versed with those guys

this will destroy metallica... they are so clueless about how to write or even be a band, they need someone to lead them every step of the way, much like bob rock. Everything i have heard about Rubin's approach lately is he's pretty hands off.

Bob Rock has likely made enough money from them to retire 50 times over.

can't say i'll miss them; they died with cliff.

That may not necessarily be a bad thing

Rick Rubins done a fine job w/a bunch of Slayers stuff..Metallica just needs to say fuvk rehab and go on a bender again!!! Alcoholica!!!

To be fair though, maybe it will be the spark that lights the fire under their asses. He has pulled out the best albums from most of the bands he's produced - "Reign In Blood", "Blood Sugar Sex Magic", and James has written some of the best riffs in metal. Despite my smart ass remark, I'd rather have a great new Metallica record than nothing. And Rob Trujillo is a monster bass player.

But instead of getting Rick Rubin, maybe they should try and get Dave Mustaine back in the band - he wrote some great Metallica songs.

rick rubin is the man, and anyone who disses his methods has no idea what they are talking about...it's been quoted many times that his techniques are different depending on the band.


I'm not a fan of Metallica's new shit, whatsoever, but if anyone can save these guys, it's him.


And Mustaine's days of shredding are way over. New Megadeth sucks more than new Metallica.

I was watching the Metallica special w/Lars and Dave M in therapy both crying together and I thought I was gonna puke-lol-WTF happened, wait money,fame,chicks,drugs,more chicks w/money, more fame..

C'mon...Mustaine was the crying pussy...Lars was sitting there wondering when the fuck he could leave the room.