METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Our 'Year In the Life of Metallica' series is a deep dive into the activities of Metallica every year from 1981 to modern day. After dealing with the departure of Newsted and James entering rehab for the first time in 2001, this was an interesting rebuilding year for the band. Hetfield makes his first public appearance since rehab at MTV: ICON for Aerosmith, the band resumes recording the album th...

On this episode of MUYP Radio, Clint plays some of his recent originals as well as current favorites by artists like Wilco, The Damnwells, Danny Malone, Bob Schneider, Bob Dylan, Lunar Satan and Attention Machine.   Topics discussed in this episode: - The Coronavirus, it's seriousness and implications - Recommended podcasts for information and lowering anxiety - The tornado that devastated Nashvil...

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If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value, please consider taking a brief moment to leave a positive review and subscribe here : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metal-up-your-podcast-all-things-metallica/id1187775077 You can further support the show by becoming a patron. All patrons of Metal Up Your Podcast at the $5 level receive volumes 2-4 of our Cover Our World Blackened EP's for free...

Metal Tales is back! On this episode we chat with friend of the show and drummer of ONE: The Only Tribute to Metallica, Shane Obershaw, about the Chophouse gig in Tequestra, Florida. Jason played a two hour set of covers and new original music before an intimate crowd of 200 people to benefit the Lighthouse Artcenter. We talk all about the show, the meet and greet and general thoughts on Jason and...

Classic Albums is a British documentary series about pop, rock and heavy metal albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music. In 2001, Classic Albums: Metallica was released. From the liner notes: "The story of the making of this remarkable album is told here via exclusive interviews with band members Jame...

We continue our 'A Year In the Life of Metallica' series by diving into 2001. This is arguably one of the most tumultuous and defining years the band has faced, beginning with the shocking departure of long time bass player Jason Newsted in January. Without a replacement, the band moved into the Presidio to start writing and recording what would ultimately become St. Anger. But those sessions were...

Reclaimed Rust: The James Hetfield Collection is an exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California featuring 10 of Hetfield's custom cars as well as some unique Metallica gear and memorabilia. On January 30th, James attended the opening of the exhibit to sit for a "fireside chat" about his cars and Metallica. This was James' first public appearance since checking back into re...

Ray Burton, father of legendary Metallica bass player Cliff Burton, passed away on January 15th due to complications with pneumonia. He was 94 years old. Ray lived an incredibly long and fruitful life, keeping the memory and legacy of Cliff alive the entire time. Many of us got to meet Ray in our journeys to Metallica shows and he greeted every one with kindness and love. In this episode we, along...

The Metallica community was saddened to hear Sunday evening that Ray Burton has passed away. As many of you know, Ray was the father of the late, great Cliff Burton, one of the most beloved and influential musicians in recent history. Since Cliff's passing in 1986, Ray Burton has been a spiritual fixture in the Metallica family. Supportive through the transitions of the two successors of Cliff's p...

Metalliclaus himself, Chris Yerges was in town for our 3 year anniversary party. Not only did he provide an incredible Metallica museum at the party, we found time so sit down and watch the first disc of Chris' favorite Metallica record, S&M! In this episode we find out why S&M is Chris' favorite Metallica record, we watch S&M and give our commentary and we end the episode by playing a special rou...

Take a journey with us all the way back to to 2019! From the announcement of Enter Night beer to James entering rehab, the band continued and ended the North American Worldwired Tour and concluded a stadium tour of Europe. We cover all this and more and even have a surprise phone call with the beloved Paul?! Moak. For those that can make it, we'll see you at our 3rd anniversary party this Sunday a...

It's the end of a decade! On this end of year radio episode Clint plays some of his favorite songs and answers your questions about topics which include:   - Radiohead, Oasis and Taylor Swift - Clint's introduction to the guitar and when he knew he would do it for a living - Becoming obsessed with Bob Dylan - Introducing children to great music - Post Malone, Billie Eilish and music snobbery - Met...

In this Radio episode, Ethan answers a ton of fan submitted questions and plays a few tracks from his favorite releases of 2019. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions! We hope you have a great New Year and here's to more Metal Up Your Podcast in 2020!   If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value, please consider taking a brief moment to leave a positive review and subscribe here:   https://po...

It's 'Cover Our World Blackened' week here at Metal Up Your Podcast! If you're a Patron you've already heard Vol. III and now it's time for everyone else to hear it, too! The reason? Vol. IV is coming out on Christmas Day!   On this episode we listen to Volume III together for the first time and discuss the reasons for the songs we chose and details on the recording process. Stories of where the s...

In January of 2001, Jason Newsted quit Metallica. Of the many complicated reasons for the split, one of them centered around Newsted's side project, eclectic hard rock band, Echobrain. In this episode, we break down the formation of Echobrain starting all the way back to a super bowl in 1995 and on through recording at the Chophouse and old school, DIY touring. We listen to Echobrain's 2002 self t...

In the fall of 2000, Playboy journalist Rob Tannenbaum sat down with each member of Metallica separately to profile the band after arguably one of their most divisive years. Coming off the heels of the Napster controversy and a nearly 6th month hiatus in which the band hardly saw one another, this would go down as one of the most raw, contentious interviews in Metallica history. By the time it was...

In June of 1999, two college programmers launched a program that would go on to change the face of the entire music industry. Napster was the first mainstream program that allowed users to share and download mp3's on a centralized, user-friendly peer to peer network. Within months of launching, Napster had millions of users sharing and downloading tens of millions of songs all over the world. In M...

In the year 2000. In the year 2000! This week we burn down the turn of the century in the life of Metallica. The boys win another Grammy (and several other awards), unleash the Summer Sanitarium tour, release "I Disappear" and take on Napster. Other things discussed in this episode include:   - Rob and Kirk performing at the Play It Loud exhibit in Cleveland, OH - the albums we first made out to -...

Wes Fiske is a touring crew member with Metallica responsible for the tuning room and word wedges for James Hetfield. In addition to touring alongside Ethan with Kings Of Leon, Wes has also been on the road with Coldplay, Guns 'N Roses, Rob Zombie and Dead and Company. Wes tells us about his fascinating career, starting with pyro, eventually moving to teleprompter gigs and ultimately working for M...

This week we jump back into our 'A Year In the Life of Metallica' series with 1999. Bringing Metallica's most explosive decade to a close, Metallica went out in style. They won another Grammy (for Better Than You), several Bammies and Billboard music awards, continued live shows with The Garage Remains The Same tour, recorded and released the original S&M, headlined Woodstock '99 and rang in the n...

On this episode Clint and Ethan sat down at HQ2 to watch and review the now classic MTV Reload, Rehearse, Request show that was recorded in March of 1998 in San Francisco, California as a warm up show for the “Poor Re-Touring Me” tour as well as promotion for Reload. This was a favorite as kids and it was fun to relive that magic together for the first time in many years. Enjoy! If you think Metal...

Clint, Ethan and Paul reunite at the newly dubbed HQ3 to talk all things Metallica and specifically review the S&M2 cinema experience. Here are some other fun things they talk about in this episode: - additional screenings of S&M2 with box office stats - the MetallicaXX headlining festival dates for 2020 and the promise of “two different sets.” - rescheduling the Australia/New Zealand stadium tour...

Edwin Outwater is a world renowned conductor from California. Among his many accomplishments, Edwin most recently conducted both night's of Metallica's historic S&M2 concerts at the Chase Center in San Francisco. On this episode Ethan and Clint sit down to talk about Edwin's career and all things S&M2. Here are some of the topics covered: (the interview begins at the 12:55 mark) Edwin’s ed...

On this special episode we sat down with the lovely Chad Z to talk all things teching for James and Metallica in general. Here are a few of the topics covered: PS - The interview begins around the 27 minute mark. growing up a drummer in Wisconsin breaking into the music industry as an audio engineer in Minneapolis touring with The Breeders, Garbage, Hole and Tori Amos working with Veruca Salt and...