Mapping Influences Over Time
OK so Ozzy was a werewolf on the last album. What is he this time a bug? A bat? A demonoid? I think this album was the pinnacle for Ozzy as far as the hype machine was concerned. Of course he continued to be successful and is still successful now over 25 years later. I …
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Metallica’s latest hit stores and Aric picked it up. Master Of Puppets delivered more of the chunka-chunka speed metal we had come to love about their two prior releases. You can detect that their skills and equipment had become more refined and budgets and experience grew. I’ve been listening to it this morning and even …
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I had to jump right into Ride The Lightning because it came at nearly the same time as Kill ‘Em All. Chuck had introduced us to Metallica and we were into it. Although it wasn’t quite as good as Kill ‘Em All, it was still Metallica and that was good enough for me. I remember …
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One day Chuck came over to the Roach Motel. He was pretty excited about a band he had been listening to. You gotta check these guys out! He put a cassette into the deck and I hear somebody say “Bass solo take one.” it was Metallica’s (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth from Kill ‘Em All. It was …
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