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One of the most influential Heavy Metal singers, songwriters and guitarists of all time, The Metallica co-founder James Hetfield loves heavy music. However, he has a really broad musical taste and those influences were extremely important for him during his successful career. Back in the 90s he listed which were some of his favorite albums at the time. In this article you will see which were those records and find out what the musician said about them, besides his connection with some of the artists. 9 albums James Hetfield listed as some of his favorites in the 90s Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Live Seeds” (1993) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKpD7HDl6Hc&list=PLiN-7mukU_REKOA6lvqVGyaJsxRGNfYky The first one is "Live Seeds", Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds live record released in 1993. The album was recorded during various concerts throughout Europe and Australia when he was promoting his album "Henry's Dream". In 1998, Metallica released their covers album "Garage Inc." and they did a version of Nick Cave's song "Loverman", which was first released by the musician on the album "Let Love In" in 1994. Hetfield explained in an interview with the Irish Times in 1998, why the group chose that song. “We’re big fans. I think we pulled it off with that song; we managed to retain the spark of the original whilst. Still adding our own identity and our own little touch to it”. Nick Cave started his career in 1973 and formed The Bad Seeds in 1983 and since then the group released 18 studio albums. Besides being a musician, Cave is also an actor and writer. Led Zeppelin "Remasters" (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhoSrznHDyQ&list=PL4cFJtUcmjZmBsoWwYpH9CTAgguoQ3mTD&index=1 The second album listed by James Hetfield was the three-LP compilation album of the digitally remastered material by the group. Released in 1990, the record features famous songs from their entire discography. During his career, the Metallica frontman always shared his love for the British group, even mentioning "Stairway To Heaven" as one of his favorite songs of all time. “When I first got a guitar, I figured out the first couple of fingerings to this. I ran around the house saying, ‘Check it out! I can play this!’ My family was like, ‘Where’s the rest of the song?’” James Hetfield told Rolling Stone. Hetfield was only a five year-old kid when Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut album was released in 1969. The band came to an end in 1980, after John Bonham's tragic death and three years later, James would form Metallica alongside Lars Ulrich. When he was asked by Rolling Stone to list the best singers of all time, one of his choices was Robert Plant. He placed the British singer on the position number 10. He was in front of names like Johnny Cash, Freddie Mercury, Ronnie Van Zant and Steven Tyler. Misfits "American Psycho" (1997) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgSLz5FeXUg&pp=ygUQZGlnIHVwIGhlciBib25lcw%3D%3D The late legendary Metallica bassist Cliff Burton was not the only Misfits fan in the band. The third album James Hetfield listed as one of his favorites was The Misfits "American Psycho". Released in 1997, the album was the first recorded and released without the co-founder and vocalist Glenn Danzig. After years of litigation, the bassist Jerry Only reached a settlement with Danzig to use the name and image of the group to record and perform. Were also part of that album the new singer Michale Graves, drummer Dr. Chud, keyboardist Daniel Ray and the guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. Metallica had already paid tribute to The Misfits on their 1987 EP “The $5.98 EP – Garage Days Re-Revisited”, covering "Last Caress" and "Green Hell". 11 years later they covered "Die, Die My Darling" in 1998 on their covers album "Garage Inc." In 2011 he shared the stage with Glenn Danzig, Misfits original vocalist, during Metallica's 30th anniversary concert. He placed the Danzig in position 8 of the list he made to Rolling Stone of the greatest singers of all time. Enio Morricone "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bznM9VD1biM&pp=ygUaYSBmaXN0ZnVsIG9mIGRvbGxhcnMgdGhlbWXSBwkJfgkBhyohjO8%3D Another album mentioned by Hetfield was Enio Morricone's "A Fistful of Dollars" soundtrack from the movie of the same name. Directed by the legendary Italian director Sergio Leone, the Spaghetti Western movie became a huge classic. Curiously, the songs of that record are not the ones used by Metallica as the intro of their shows. For more than 40 years the band uses "Ecstasy of Gold" as the intro alongside images of "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", movie also directed by Leone and scored by Morricone. Although Morricone was obviously more into classical music and other music genres, he was aware of Metallica and other artists using his compositions. The late musician once said that he was very pleased about his songs being used by famous and influential artists like Metallica. However, he also noted that he felt like his music didn’t have much connection to what they were doing. “I’m very pleased about it, actually. It means that my music is simple and precious at the same time. Sampling, by comparison, is a different matter. In some cases it’s good, at other times I’m not happy about it. But I’d rather not name names,” Ennio Morricone told Dazed in 2006. Thin Lizzy "Thin Lizzy" (1971) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-kz22VQec&pp=ygUSdGhpbiBsaXp6eSByYXkgZ3Vu Another band that influenced Hetfield a lot was Thin Lizzy and he chose their self-titled debut album released in 1971. That record doesn't have the most famous songs by the band but it was really influential. All the Metallica members were really fans of the group and in an Hot Press in 2011, he lamented Phil Lynnot's early death. “It was one of those moments that was so sad. You just wondered, ‘Why did God take such a creative person?’.” “But I think there was a purpose to it all. Because the struggles that he wrote about: with drugs, drink, ethnicity. So all of those things, they almost speak louder now he has passed. For me, going through the struggle with alcohol and addiction in general, just going back and listening to his lyrics it’s like, ‘Wow, I know what he’s talking about now’. I love that.” Metallica had the chance to pay tribute to Thin Lizzy covering in 1998 on "Garage Inc.", their version for "Whiskey In The Jar", a traditional song. Tom Waits "Bone Machine" (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7I4kSpS43o&list=PLTMN6OMDTnKlRQ2hAhGT_xZQ7jzggXhyN Hetfield also mentioned the Tom Waits album "Bone Machine", released in 1992 as one of his favorites. He always mentioned the American musician and actor as one of his biggest influences as a songwriter. In an interview with Guitar World back in 1996, Hetfield praised Waits. “I’ve been really focusing on lyricists — as opposed to people who just sit down and crank out some words for a song — who write fucking poems and then put music to them.” “I wanted to understand other people’s ideas about how to write lyrics. Nick Cave’s Murder Ballads are the coolest, and I dig all the Tom Waits stuff. I ‘ve even listened to some Leonard Cohen. I mean, I hate the fucking music. But his lyrics are very cool. You do a lot more “acting” with your singing.” Rocket From the Crypt “Scream, Dracula, Scream!” (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrScDIRVt-Y&pp=ygU0Um9ja2V0IEZyb20gdGhlIENyeXB0IOKAnFNjcmVhbSwgRHJhY3VsYSwgU2NyZWFtIeKAnQ%3D%3D A less famous group mentioned by James was Rocket From The Crypt, a Punk Rock band formed in San Diego, California in 1990. The Metallica frontman mentioned "Scream, Dracula, Scream!", released in 1995 as one of his favorites. In an interview with Orion festival magazine in 2013 he said he was really happy that the group was reunited again. "I’ve always been a Rocket From the Crypt fan and the fact that they’re back together is a very exciting thing for me, personally." "Scream Dracula Scream is still one of the most solid rock records in my collection. The Deftones up on stage battling on after losing a key member. I like the Dropkick Murphys a lot." Rocket From the Crypt was active from 1990 to 2005, in 2011 and had been active since 2013. The Reverend Horton Heat “Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em” (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXCXBcVrbrM&pp=ygU7VGhlIFJldmVyZW5kIEhvcnRvbiBIZWF0IOKAnFNtb2tlIOKAmEVtIGlmIFlvdSBHb3Qg4oCYRW3igJ0%3D The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of the American musician James C. Heath, born in Dallas, Texas back in 1959. Hetfield mentioned his debut album “Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em”, released in 1990 as one of his favorites. His music mixes Rock and Roll with Country, Surf, Punk, Big Band, Swing and Rockabilly. The band is still active and besides Jim Heath, are also members the upright bassist Jimbo Wallace (Since 1989) and drummer Jonathan Jeter (Since 2020). Laibach "Opus Dei" (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB9lObWclFQ&pp=ygUSTGFpYmFjaCAiT3B1cyBEZWki The final album picked by James Hetfield was "Opus Dei", released by Laibach in 1987. It was the third album of the Slovenian band formed in 1980, three years before Metallica. They have been active ever since and have released 21 studio albums. Their music is labeled as Industrial, Avant-Garde, Experimental, Electronic and Neoclassical Dark Wave.The post 9 albums James Hetfield listed as some of his favorites in the 90s appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Called "The Revenge of Alice Cooper, the new album marks the reunion of Vincent Furnier, who became Alice Cooper and carried the name after the original band disbanded, with his original bandmates: Guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith. This is the first album of the original line-up in 51 years. He had already reunited with them live performing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2011, for example, and collaborated with the singer multiple times since then. The new record will be out next July 26 via earMUSIC and also has a special appearance by the late guitarist Glen Buxton, who died in 1997 at the age of 49. What Alice Cooper said about the new album with his original bandmates Cooper talked with Billboard about the new record, saying: “It was very much like this was our next album after (1973’s) Muscle of Love, just like, ‘OK, this is the next album.’ Isn’t that funny after 50 years? All of a sudden it just falls into place. (...) If we’re gonna do an original Alice record, I want it to sound like the original Alice band. The original band has a darker sound, and a heavier sound. It’s a very different personality, and I even sing differently when I sing with those guys. “On this (album) it was much more of a band, where each one of us has a certain say. In other words, it wasn’t like my albums. I’m not gonna have a final say on it; I had one-fourth of the say on it, and that’s the way we always did it. I think the best thing about this is normally Bob and I would go, ‘OK, wait a minute — that doesn’t necessarily fit." "That shouldn’t go there.’ When we’re working with this band, we go, ‘No, let it go there,’ ’cause that’s what the original Alice Cooper Band did. We would see where it should go, and 70 percent of the song went where it should go, and the about 30 percent of the song went in another direction — but it all sounded like it fit. That was the difference. When we heard that, we kinda laugh and say, ‘Let’s go there.’ On my albums I wouldn’t go there, but on this album, we go there.” "The Revenge of Alice Cooper" tracklist “Black Mamba” “Wild Ones” “Up All Night” “Kill The Flies” “One Night Stand” “Blood On The Sun” “Crap That Gets In The Way Of Your Dreams” “Famous Face” “Money Screams” “What A Syd” “Inter Galactic Vagabond Blues” “What Happened To You” “I Ain’t Done Wrong” “See You On The Other Side” “Return of the Spiders 2025” (bonus track) “Titanic Overunderture” (bonus track) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDfF6L8QpM4&pp=ygUbYWxpY2UgY29vcGVyIHJvY2sgaGFsbCAyMDExThe post After 51 years Alice Cooper records album with original bandmates appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

The former Montrose and Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar will release, next April 28, a new song called "Encore, Thank You, Goodnight," which according to him the late Eddie Van Halen helped him to write in a dream. It all began in 2022 as he told Ultimate Classic Rock at the time: "(...) I had this dream and Eddie came. We were in a room like this, a bunch of people around. It was just like he’d been gone. It was not like he was passed, but he had just been out of my life and we hadn’t seen each other for a while. He’s going, ‘Man, let’s write some music!’ I said, ‘Yeah, fuck it, man. Here, let’s go!'” “(We) went over into a corner, in this room. He had a guitar and he played me this thing. It was like this lick – the last lick that Eddie Van Halen showed me, when I went back for the (2004) reunion tour and when he was a mess. I said, ‘Eddie, show me your newest shit,’ because every time I’d be around him I’d say, ‘Show me your newest shit.’ He’d say, ‘Oh, check this out!'” “He did this harmonic thing and he slid it up to a chord, like a slide guitar. We wrote a song with that lick. I remembered it. I got up in the morning and I wrote the song." Besides Hagar, were also part of the song the guitarist Joe Satriani, the bassist Michael Anthony and the drummer Kenny Aronoff. That's the line-up that is currently touring with Hagar. Read Sammy Hagar's official statement about the new song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tye-TXrIEN8&pp=ygUfIkVuY29yZSwgVGhhbmsgWW91LCBHb29kbmlnaHQsIg%3D%3D In an official statement about the track, Sammy said: "This song is my final bow to that part of my life. It's not meant to be anything more than a 'thank you' — with love, with respect, and with one hell of a guitar solo." "Joe (Satriani) was the perfect partner to help me shape the sound — he brought in that big, emotional, guitar-driven energy that feels like Eddie's spirit but is entirely of Joe's creation. With Michael Anthony's thundering bass and stellar Van Halen-esque background vocals and Kenny Aronoff's relentlessly powerful driving rhythms, the song really came together on all levels," Sammy Hagar said.The post Eddie Van Halen helped Sammy Hagar to write new song in a dream appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

The Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was assaulted in Florida in 2023 while taking a smoke outside the Four Seasons Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach. He was attacked by a 19-year-old man, but no motive was given for the aggression. Police said that the man was hiding behind a pole, ran toward the drummer at full speed, struck him, and knocked him backward, causing his head to slam on the ground. The suspect was arrested the same day but was later released on bond. He was reportedly highly intoxicated at the time and caused other disturbances in the same area. In a new interview with Eddie Trunk, Rick Allen said he is still traumatized by what happened and is trying to put these feelings behind him. Rick Allen says he is still traumatized by the assault in Florida "And that whole thing is kind of ongoing, when I got beaten up outside the hotel [there]. So I've been trying to deal with that the best that I can, and really I just needed to take a break from some of the side projects that I was busy with, just so I could spend more time at home. So, that's been a real challenge for me." "Hopefully I can put it all behind me and I can just kind of get back to as normal as I could possibly be given the circumstances. But that was very traumatic for me, and, yeah, it's been difficult. But hopefully I can put it behind me soon. I did go out and I did a cruise, and I realized that I was finding it difficult to be around a lot of people like that." "And so I decided, 'You know what, Rick? Don't try and bite off more than you can chew. Just deal with this, deal with what's in front of you. Spend as much time as you need to at home.' And I'm just hoping, as I say, that I can put it behind me… I'd love to get back to doing some of my side projects, particularly the art. And let's hope I can soon," Rick Allen said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). Next Def Leppard tour dates May 15 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - Coliseo de Puerto Rico 17 - Ocean City, MD - Boardwalk Rock 2025 June 19 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest 21 - Thackerville, OK - Lucas Oil Live at WinStar World Casino and Resort 23 - Rogers, AR - Walmart AMP 25 - Birmingham, AL - Coca-Cola Amphitheater 28 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center July 1 - Bangor, ME - Maine Savings Amphitheater 3 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena 6 - Québec, Canada - FEQ 2025 9 - Winnipeg, Canada - Princess Auto Stadium 10-13 - Craven, Canada - Country Thunder Craven 2025 11 - Edmonton, Canada - Rockin' Thunder 16 - Ottawa, Canada - Ottawa Blues Festival 2025 18 - Mount Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort 20 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 22 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center 25 - St. John's, Canada - Churchill Park Music Festival 2025 August 9 - Placer County, CA - The Venue at Thunder Valley 12 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater 14 - Des Moines, IA - Iowa State Fair Grandstand 16 - Springfield, IL - Illinois State Fair 2025 20 - Highland, CA - Yaamava’ Theater 26 - St. Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair 2025 29 - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 31 - Virginia Beach, VA - Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater October 11 - Gary, IN - Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana November 7-9 - Riviera Maya, Mexico - Rock the Tides The post Rick Allen says he is still traumatized by the assault in Florida appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.