METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Our "Among the Living" episode was by far our most popular installment in the "Explore the Big Four" series and there has been a high demand to dip into the John Bush-era of Anthrax. Clint and Ethan talk bout the record, working with producer Dave Jerden (Alice in Chains, Jane's Addiction) and carve out the stylistic and sonic differences between Sound of White Noise and Among...

For this Metal Tales, Ethan chats with Sacha Mittelman. She's a huge fan from Colorado that took the long journey to Germany to see Metallica. She's been a fan since middle school and used an already booked trip as an excuse to see the show in Cologne and at Slane Castle! Her and Ethan get into her back story on Metallica, the push to see 2 Metallica shows overseas, random tangents, making new Met...

In this episode of Metal Tales Clint sits down with Thomas Mueller to discuss getting into Metallica, seeing over 25 shows and wonderful Amsterdam setlist which included No Leaf Clover, The God That Failed, St. Anger, Here Comes Revenge and Spit Out the Bone. Enjoy! If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value and are able to, we encourage you to support us on Patreon. A donation of $5 a month wil...

Metal Tales is back and what better show to chat about than Slane Castle! Also back, is our friend Tom Dean. Tom has been on a few episodes in the past and just saw his 7th show of the Worldwired tour. We chat about his day leading up to the Slane Castle gig, the log journey on the bus to the grounds, Stiff Little Fingers, his friend seeing Ghost for the first time and of course, the mighty Metall...

Paul Moak is back! Paul?! As our official 3rd host, Paul joins MUYP to break down the best and worst of the Loads. We rank each song, tally it up and decide once and for all what would be the best songs to make Unload. Why Unload, you ask? You'll have to listen to Paul tell you where the title came from. We hit the email corner, train Paul to be a Joyce, stop by Tangent City and Paul becomes Bob B...

We're back! This week we dip back into our "Explore the Big Four" series with Anthrax's standout album, Among the Living. Ethan is a life long Anthrax fan and Clint had literally never heard any of these songs before. They contextualize the record in 1986 thrash metal and burn the entire thing down with Grammy award winning, incisive commentary. Also covered in this episode: Clint's emba...

It's Memorial Day weekend and Clint's family is on vacation so he sat down to play some of his favorite songs and talk about various things. In this episode you can hear some of the songs Clint has been writing, Lunar Satan and an exclusive debut of a tune from the forthcoming Cover Our World Blackened, Volume III. If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value and are able to, we encourage you to s...

We're back with another year in the life of Metallica, 1998! This was an insanely busy year for the band. 4 singles were released, garage inc. was released, Cunning Stunts came out on DVD, 1 marriage, 2 Metallikids were born, Jason got a head injury, Kirk had an emergency appendectomy and Lars' mother unfortunately passed away. All of this and more happened while the band was touring and promoting...

In this special edition of Metal Tales, Clint is joined by AJ (@BookOfMetallicA) to talk all things Metallica and run through the Milan setlist which featured Ride the Lightning, The God That Failed, Here Comes Revenge, St. Anger and Lords of Summer. We also talk about his wonderful twitter account and what it's like maintaining one of the most popular Metallica fan accounts, being followed by Rob...

Ethan gets on the phone with Edgar Barradas to discuss his journey to France (for the first time) to see Metallica. He's a black ticket holder and long time fan. Edgar has seen over 25 shows on the Worldwired Tour! We discuss the setlist, his love of St. Anger, stretching it out during Sad But True, the snake pit and of course, hugging your good friends during Nothing Else Matters. If you think Me...

On this edition of Metal Tales, Clint talks with friend and patron Aurelian Moureaux about his history with Metallica, the similarities between Metallica and Pearl Jam fans, seeing the first ever full band debut of Orion, Single Podcast Theory, live music, Tool and, of course, the Zurich setlist which featured "Disposable Heroes," "The Thing That Should Not Be," "No Leaf C...

In this episode, we tackle 1997! The boys did a lot of touring, finished up the recording of Reload, won awards, performed on award shows, played SNL and did a ton of promo leading up to the release of Reload! We burn all that down, hit the email corner, housekeeping...etc...etc. Don't forget that Metallica's Day Of Service is one week away. If you're volunteering in Salt Lake City, Ethan will be...

On this Metal Tales episode, Ethan chats with listener and mega fan, Tom Dean, all the way in London, England! Tom is a black ticket holder and has now seen 6 shows on the Worldwired Tour, with plans to see many more this summer. Tom and Ethan discuss this incredible Barcelona setlist, his Metallica story and a bit about collectibles. If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value and are able to, w...

We're finally capping off the Live Shit: Binge & Purge series! This week we discuss the Mexico City discs from 1993. We go over the whole setlist in excruciating detail, the recent insane Lisbon setlist, gear talk, hair talk, coffee tawk...who knows honey, anything can happen! Cheers! If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value and are able to, we encourage you to support us on Patreon. A don...

For this bonus radio episode Clint picks some of his favorite rock songs and...get this...plays them on the show! No AMA's. No tangents. Just some good tunes. In this episode we hear songs from: Queens of the Stone Age Wolf Alice Midlake Pantera Marylin Manson A Perfect Circle The Killers The Great Book of John Alice In Chains If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value and are able to, we encour...

We jump back into the European stadium tour with an AMAZING setlist of rarities like Disposable Heroes, The God That Failed, Frantic and Lords of Summer. Clint is joined by patron Gerard Neenan to discuss the show in depth. They talk Bokassa, Ghost and the amazing setlist. If you'd like to be a future guest on Metal Tales From the Road consider joining us on Patreon here: http://www.patreon.com/me...

In this episode we camp out in HQ2 listening through Cover Our World Blackened, Vol. II . and discussing why we chose our respective Metallica songs, how we recorded them in hotel Rooms and buses all over the world on tour and how we came up with our unique arrangements. We hear from Mark Evitts, who played strings on the last two EP's, read fan mail, and reveal our big news that we are GIVING AWA...

Better late than never! For this episode of Metal Tales From The Road, Ethan is joined by Jason Conforti. Jason is a long time Metallica fan, has seen 16 shows and gives us a rundown of the Grand Rapids show. He made the 2 hour trek by himself, got floor seats and even got to see some new and young Metallica fans experience their first show! If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value and are abl...

We're getting back into some Metallica gear! This week, we're talking basses and not just Rob's. We're covering Jason's, Cliff's and even Ron's! We also hear about some sort of scandal involving the Joyce's, Soundgarden talk, the email corner and a special Metal Madness with Chris Camesse from The Bass Channel on YouTube. Make sure to check their channel out, if you're a musician and enjoy gear re...

In this episode Clint and Ethan answer a motherLOAD of questions about Metallica, the music industry, touring, music, films, religion, atheism and lots of other stuff. Thanks to all the listeners and fans who participated. Join us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to be a part of future AMA's. We also address Kirk's comments about a new METALLICA record and sign up for the 2nd annual Metallica Da...

We're continuing on with our year by year series and jumping into 1996! The year of our beloved LOAD! We get into the completion of Load, the Until It Sleeps video, the release of the record, playing small clubs, the Motherload contest, Poor Touring Me, plenty of tangents, Alice In Chains, an acoustic version of Mama Said and more shenanigans. We also give away gifts to a whole bunch of patrons PL...

In this bonus radio episode Ethan answers questions and talks about the following: Best movie soundtrack of all time Living anywhere in the world Hank III The Misfits Photography My next record Drum kits S&M 2 predictions The bay area Songs played in this episode: Carry Me Home - The Hellacopters Busy Being Born - Middle Class Rut Touch This Light - House Of Heroes Valley Of The Low Sun - Jako...

In this bonus radio episode Clint answers questions and talks about the following: A MUYP party in San Francisco for the S&M2 shows Which Metallica songs Dave Matthews Band should cover some of his favorite movies becoming an atheist eating Torben's burrito the state of country music other creative outlets live music vs. records discovering Billie Eilish favorite Pearl Jam songs Other shenanig...

For this episode of Metal Tales, Ethan gets on the phone with Metallica fan and listener, TJ Mower! TJ has seen 11 shows on the Worldwired Tour, has a black ticket and has been into Metallica since Justice. We go over all that, plus his Metallica story, other Metallica memories, the setlist and even a brief discussion about the 2nd S&M show! If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value and are...

We're back covering every year of Metallica's existence in excruciating, bone-crushing detail. This week we tackle 1995. The boys say goodbye to KNAC, a popular California hard rock station, Kirk does a primitive AOL chat, the boys begin recording what would become Load and Reload with Bob Rock, they play some cool warm up gigs and rock Donnington again in what Lars called at the time one of the b...