Show Notes
“How about we let the producer ‘produce’?”
We’ve all heard that METALLICA’s “last great album” was 1986’s haunting thrash metal magnum opus, MASTER OF PUPPETS, one of the finest moments in the band’s catalog and the final studio album of “The First Three” to feature Cliff Burton on bass.
“I don’t care if there’s no bass…I’m sorry…”
We’ve also all heard (especially since the release of The Black Album) that METALLICA’s “last great album” was 1988’s progressive thrash metal tour de force, …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, the fourth METALLICA studio album overall and the first (of four) to feature Jason Newsted on bass (according to the liner notes, anyway).
“The bass is the LAST thing I listen to…”
Having said that, BOTH are outstanding and powerful albums for very different reasons, with PUPPETS marking the haunting, final chapter of Cliff Burton’s legacy with what many fans consider to be the classic, legendary era of the band, and JUSTICE beginning a brand new chapter for the band with Jason Newsted, launching METALLICA into a new era that would ultimately result in their meteoric rise to success and glory as the biggest and most popular heavy metal band on planet earth.
“Y’all are gonna abuse me for using this word…”
JOIN US for a HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH that promises to be absolutely “creamy” and chock full of 80’s metal nostalgia and loads of heated commentary as we take on SIDE ONE with 1986’s MASTER OF PUPPETS & 1988’s …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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Show Notes: (00:01): “Listen to the B-roll stuff…that’s the gold…” / #LOL / “Let’s get right in the paint…” / Delicious homemade beer, courtesy of Russell…/ #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode / #Pinter / “Produc?” / #BlueDog #BrewDog / “You take the package, and you put it in the thing…”/ “Blue package?” / Appalachian Tropical IPA / “The first few were all head…” / #markthetime / “An Irish Persian…”/ #RussellsHomebrewReflections
(5:55): “Let’s raw dog it…” / ***PATREON US on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / “Sorry, I was mid-swallow dude…” / Potential upcoming #Doomsicle goodness… / #cupping / “Sorry, I almost ran out of gas…” / “I cupped right when I thought I was losing it…”/ “I got an idea for that…”/ #genre / #Skynet
(08:43): SOCIAL MEDIA US at #YouTube #Facebook #TikTok #Instagram at #metalnerderypodcast / EMAIL US at [email protected] / “I wanna see one, dude…I wanna see a real one…” / ***GIVE US A CALL AND VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #PissingPostASMR / “He’s building…anticipation…antica-pation…” / Antissa Payshun and Justin Case / “THIS is why…”/ “This is my son, Hourly Wages…my son Low…here’s my son Drained…” / #JustinCase
(13:33): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: MASTER OF PUPPETS (1986) VS …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (1988) – HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH: SIDE 1 / “We’ve done an ’88 and an ’86 Death Match with #Metallica and #Slayer, but now it’s gonna be ’86 and ’88, Metallica Style!!!” / “This might affect our friendship…” / “Not a shitty album…shittily produced album…”/ “No, here’s the reason…I know y’all know this…” / #GarageDaysRevisited #VeryUnproduced / “Where’s the guy you just hired to replace the guy who just died?” / NOTE: Garage Days was noted as being “Not Very Produced” / “It’s a dry mix dude, it’s a super dry mix…the drums are WAY up front…” / #AstonMartin / “That looks like a Camaro, dude…”
(20:42): BATTERY / “You hear that in the background?” / “The bass is the LAST thing I listen to…” / “Here
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