James Hetfield On Recording "Ride The Lightning" (Rare Clip Pre Ride The Lightning)

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  • James Hetfield On Recording "Ride The Lightning" (Rare Clip Pre Ride The Lightning)
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  • @moondawwg
    @moondawwg Рік тому +185

    He still sounds like a baby here. Man, to be a fly on the wall during those sessions, my favorite Metallica album.

    • @jackenglish1979
      @jackenglish1979 Рік тому +13

      You probably wouldn't know what was going on, just be scared of spiders and shit.

    • @krystofodehnal9448
      @krystofodehnal9448 Рік тому +2

      @@jackenglish1979 🤣🤣🤣 good

    • @kalvynhavenhill3366
      @kalvynhavenhill3366 Рік тому +2

      Man could sing his voice out tho

    • @moondawwg
      @moondawwg Рік тому +2

      @@jackenglish1979 That's a risk I'm willing to take.

    • @nckhed
      @nckhed Рік тому +1

      ​@@jackenglish1979 Clever. 😂

  • @Fister_of_Muppets
    @Fister_of_Muppets Рік тому +176

    To hear how young and innocent James sounded here... and then to listen to that album.... it's amazing to me how four punk teenagers put together such a mature masterpiece. This is a perfect example of just how damn good James and Lars were/are composing songs together.

    • @Csetnikke
      @Csetnikke Рік тому +15

      It was more like James writing lyrics and riffs,Lars do the arrangement,Cliff fixing the problematic parts,Kirk coming up with ideas and writing solos.

    • @dekapitatorr
      @dekapitatorr Рік тому +12

      @@Csetnikke not just solos, Kirk is way overlooked when it comes to writing riffs. he wrote most of the Metallicas best thrashy riffs.

    • @Nissardpertugiu
      @Nissardpertugiu Рік тому +18

      And Mustaine telepathicly writing riffs

    • @nairamdiam
      @nairamdiam Рік тому +1

      Accually, James like 7 years ago said in some interview that at that time (what’s on the video) is when he was really toxic and agressive person

    • @ericbrewer2409
      @ericbrewer2409 Рік тому +5

      You mean they went through Dave's riff tapes.

  • @Marekxk
    @Marekxk Рік тому +75

    Their best album. Simply flawless.

    • @darthmavy1142
      @darthmavy1142 Рік тому +4

      Mop?

    • @n3Cr0ManCeD
      @n3Cr0ManCeD Рік тому +8

      @@darthmavy1142 The first 3 albums were all masterpieces. Not a single bad song, but RTL will always be my favorite.

    • @darthmavy1142
      @darthmavy1142 Рік тому +1

      @@n3Cr0ManCeD kill ‘em all has some very meh songs

    • @danzemacabre8899
      @danzemacabre8899 Рік тому

      Bass needed to be up, couldn't hear it on ktulu, or fight fire with fire until the internet came along

    • @dowens3781
      @dowens3781 Рік тому +5

      It's a great album, but Master Of Puppets is better.

  • @erichand7548
    @erichand7548 Рік тому +22

    They completely changed the game. Best band ever (80’s)

  • @davefryer5066
    @davefryer5066 Рік тому +7

    James was still a kid back then to produce that kind of music and play the way they did in the 80s it's amazing been a loyal metallica fan since then 👏

  • @Mike-vq1fm
    @Mike-vq1fm Рік тому +40

    Ride ended out being the more polished album although a much darker production with the mid scoop guitars and less acoustic drum sound. Kill em all still had an old school rockin 70s flavour but faster whereas Ride the Lighting was a much more epic and doomy sound which really influenced the thrash metal guitar sound of the 80s and into the 90s with albums like Sepultura Arise etc

    • @Mike-vq1fm
      @Mike-vq1fm Рік тому +2

      @@Taylor.Dude. I still love listening to it the guitar really cuts whereas the ride guitar is completely different with no mids. I think Kirk said that all they had on Kill Em All was one of those Boss distortion pedals, the old orange one

    • @TrainsNStuff
      @TrainsNStuff Рік тому

      @@Mike-vq1fm Ride the Lighting had a lot of mids in the mix, and the amps were boosted with TS-9s.

    • @Mike-vq1fm
      @Mike-vq1fm Рік тому +1

      @@TrainsNStuffOn Kill Em All James Used a Proco Rat pedal into a Marshall and Kirk used a Boss Super Distortion into a Marshall. This information came from a Metallica interview in 2008 Guitar World magazine. You're probably thinking of live shows where Kirk used a TS

    • @TrainsNStuff
      @TrainsNStuff Рік тому

      @@Mike-vq1fm oh I misread I thought you were talking about RTL. With RTL, James did use a TS-9 to get closer to the sound of his older modded Marshall that was stolen. But yeah in Kill Em All he did use a RAT pedal.

    • @Mike-vq1fm
      @Mike-vq1fm Рік тому

      @@TrainsNStuff yeah cool I know Kirk said he has always used a TS9 but on Kill Em All they hardly had any money or gear. I played metal but never boosted my signal, I had Bill Lawrence pickups straight into 5150. I wonder if on Load and Reload they were still boosting or just straight into the Mesa Rectifiers. Load/Reload sounds like all amp to me

  • @DeweyJHall1
    @DeweyJHall1 Рік тому +17

    Awesome to hear stuff like this for the first time! James is so young haha. Wished someone would have thought to film the making of RTL and MOP

    • @BarryMcDikkon
      @BarryMcDikkon Рік тому +5

      Who knows, they may have recorded some of it and they have it looked up behind 5’ steel doors with armed guards just waiting for the day when they’ll surprise all the fans with it 🤤

    • @arnehaugandersen3057
      @arnehaugandersen3057 Рік тому +1

      Remember that they were a very small, niché band back then

    • @DeweyJHall1
      @DeweyJHall1 Рік тому +1

      @@BarryMcDikkon we can only hope and pray! 😇

    • @russkate88
      @russkate88 Рік тому +1

      There's some small snippets on UA-cam of the Ride the Lightning recording sessions but it's very brief.

    • @DeweyJHall1
      @DeweyJHall1 Рік тому

      @@russkate88 I'm gonna have to look those up

  • @gyaltenjigdrel6521
    @gyaltenjigdrel6521 Рік тому +34

    He sounds like a mix of Kirk and Lars

    • @cornfilms3795
      @cornfilms3795 Рік тому +6

      "kill 'em all was a bit too polished" sounded exactly like Lars

    • @gyaltenjigdrel6521
      @gyaltenjigdrel6521 Рік тому

      @@cornfilms3795 yes thats right

    • @FreeTheJambon
      @FreeTheJambon Рік тому +2

      @@cornfilms3795 It's easy to pick up mannerisms when 24/7 with a bunch of the same people

    • @cornfilms3795
      @cornfilms3795 Рік тому +2

      @@FreeTheJambon Indeed

  • @jimmybanta4520
    @jimmybanta4520 Рік тому +3

    They were simply the best band of my generation period

  • @deborahthompson8507
    @deborahthompson8507 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for sharing rare clip .Brings back good such memories.

  • @senordingdong4827
    @senordingdong4827 Рік тому +15

    I love KEA, but James must be the only person to have ever describe it as ‘too polished’.

  • @JacksonTheEpic
    @JacksonTheEpic Рік тому +13

    “Kill em all was a little too polished” LMAOOO

    • @tiborosz1825
      @tiborosz1825 Рік тому +2

      Kea did have a better dynamic range.

    • @neighbourhoodmusician
      @neighbourhoodmusician Рік тому

      Hah. Indeed. Polished certainly isn't the word I would use. Rife was far more professional in sound

  • @MikeysMorgue
    @MikeysMorgue Рік тому +12

    Cliff would smoke a joint and drink a few elephant beers before recording. 🌿💨🐘🍺

  • @morsteen
    @morsteen Рік тому +9

    Kill em all was too polished!? Wow, interesting to hear his perspective so early on.

  • @graciasmiura8594
    @graciasmiura8594 Рік тому +4

    When you're in a ´you know´ contest and see james hetfield walk in: 👁👄👁

  • @chuckselvage3157
    @chuckselvage3157 Рік тому +1

    I love that album

  • @pkj77
    @pkj77 Рік тому

    fun to hear this stuff

  • @MikaDamaged
    @MikaDamaged Рік тому

    Nice to hear it!

  • @MetaITurtle
    @MetaITurtle Рік тому +7

    probably their best sounding album in my opinion. Phantom Lord could of been on it

  • @Mark.13.
    @Mark.13. Рік тому

    Yeah !!

  • @sinistadropbear5257
    @sinistadropbear5257 Рік тому +14

    Ride the lightning was my entry into Metallica .. My favourite also 🤘🤘🤘🤘

    • @davidstockdale4187
      @davidstockdale4187 Рік тому

      Ride is the best ever, I follow it up with hardwired to self destruct, then justice, then puppets, then KIA, then LOAD/RELOAD, then the black album.

    • @hahnz1
      @hahnz1 Рік тому

      @@davidstockdale4187 Wat

    • @davidstockdale4187
      @davidstockdale4187 Рік тому

      @@hahnz1 thats how I personally rste my favorite metallica albums. I forgot death Magnetic which I would place before the black album.

    • @hahnz1
      @hahnz1 Рік тому

      @@davidstockdale4187 Hardwired in front of Justice and Puppets? Fair enough dude.

    • @bbqfreak7971
      @bbqfreak7971 Рік тому

      Same here 🤘🍻

  • @poshdan1988
    @poshdan1988 Рік тому +44

    Love how he refers to kill em all as polished 🤣

    • @Bixxy
      @Bixxy Рік тому +5

      tbh the guitar tone is alot cleaner than on rtl

    • @somb206
      @somb206 Рік тому +1

      @@Bixxykill em all has my favorite metallica tone. i wish they would've used more cleaner tones with more high end crunch as opposed to the deeper chunky sound of rtl and mop. this is one reason i prefer the megadeth sound

    • @knorkstea606
      @knorkstea606 Рік тому +2

      @@somb206 i get that
      I love the megadeth sound especially peace sells and killing is my business because the bass is so audible and awesome on those records

    • @AK-vs9nr
      @AK-vs9nr Рік тому +1

      @@somb206 Interesting, thats how good metallica is, never hoped to hear someone saying what you said about their first CD.
      To me AJFA has the best guitar tone, shame for the bass though...

    • @poshdan1988
      @poshdan1988 Рік тому

      @@Bixxy production wise it’s reasonable, I remember an interview with Kirk where he said they were on major time constraints and as a result there’s a fair amount of sloppy solo work because he just didn’t have time to do take after take

  • @pharfromnormal
    @pharfromnormal Рік тому

    My second favorite record

  • @andreasbianconeri879
    @andreasbianconeri879 Рік тому

    That's why they recorded album there 😊

  • @eazyridin7283
    @eazyridin7283 Рік тому +11

    Back when nothing could touch Metallica 🤘🏼

  • @user-sk9oo9rc7j
    @user-sk9oo9rc7j Рік тому +1

    James: It's a real good sound
    Me: Yeah..That album of yours, ''Ride The Reverb''

  • @chlochlo742
    @chlochlo742 Рік тому

    Y'know I think this interview y'know, it's pretty good y'know.

  • @ami2evil
    @ami2evil Рік тому +1

    He forgot to say, "Yea"...
    This is the "Yaknow" era...

  • @Vor_Tex_Sun
    @Vor_Tex_Sun Рік тому

    Ride is the best album for me

  • @luciferdzhugashvili
    @luciferdzhugashvili Рік тому +2

    So innocent and untouched by Bob Rock.

  • @ephesians.6
    @ephesians.6 Рік тому

    Awwww. Rock-a-bye, Sweet Baby James.

  • @TheMetalMag
    @TheMetalMag Рік тому

    would be cool to have infos on the interview itself.. it's cool though

  • @sisachebanova1229
    @sisachebanova1229 Рік тому +3

    My love Metallica🤘🤘🤘🤘🎼🎸

  • @elcagondevoxer7473
    @elcagondevoxer7473 Рік тому

    i would like some audio or vid where james record some vocals on this album or master of puppets

    • @likestoospooge
      @likestoospooge Рік тому +1

      I think the reason their early albums are masterpieces is because there’s no camera sticking up their ass the whole time. Knowing you’re being filmed probably prevents a lot of experimentation.

    • @russkate88
      @russkate88 Рік тому

      There are small snippets of them at the mixing desk in the Lightning sessions.

  • @enigmaticbeing666
    @enigmaticbeing666 Рік тому

    rip cliff burton 🤘🤘

  • @c.wdervin5987
    @c.wdervin5987 Рік тому

    Jason newsted 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @russkate88
    @russkate88 Рік тому +2

    The only issue I had with Ride the Lightning was that the kick drums were too soft and Lars did awesome double kick drumming on that album.

  • @FreeTheJambon
    @FreeTheJambon Рік тому +1

    Good luck to them hope it turns out ok

  • @sonusworld5357
    @sonusworld5357 Рік тому

    King James - Thrash Metal God 🤘🤘

  • @protoolsfanatic7276
    @protoolsfanatic7276 Рік тому +4

    James still says ya know ya know lol.

  • @stedmangg
    @stedmangg Рік тому

    "Kill em All was a bit too polished" I burst out laughing

  • @IKONIKx1
    @IKONIKx1 Рік тому +7

    Love how he gave Dave Mustain credit for song writing without mentioning his name.

    • @andrijasentic9702
      @andrijasentic9702 Рік тому

      when? I missed it

    • @IKONIKx1
      @IKONIKx1 Рік тому

      @@andrijasentic9702 comment about the Four horsemen , it a Mustaine song pretty much and I know co wrote some what.

  • @warrengauthier4699
    @warrengauthier4699 Рік тому +2

    His voice sounds like a radio DJ now and back then, it sounds like Lars. 🤣

  • @sadsadasdsadasdsadas
    @sadsadasdsadasdsadas Рік тому

    heard it before

  • @phewiss3066
    @phewiss3066 Рік тому

    mans said y'know 13 times in a minute

  • @mr.smithgnrsmith7808
    @mr.smithgnrsmith7808 Рік тому

    Easily their best

  • @ChucksGhost01
    @ChucksGhost01 Рік тому

    If they were planning to sound rougher than kill em all they may as well have recorded on a boombox.

  • @MiKeMiDNiTe-77
    @MiKeMiDNiTe-77 Рік тому

    "Kill Em All was a bit too polished"?? James was saying "You know" back then too lol. I can't get enough of finding out things about RTL by fav album ⚡

  • @MrMirack
    @MrMirack Рік тому +1

    If I just had 1 penny for every time James has said "you know" during his lifetime, I might would be a multi million-heir.

  • @joshfreedman3558
    @joshfreedman3558 Рік тому +1

    Funny because Kill em all is way more raw sounding than RTL

  • @King-Ransom
    @King-Ransom Рік тому

    Songs faster than motor breath, fight fire with fire. Yeah that one will give me carpel tunnel syndrome

  • @Zkillzen
    @Zkillzen Рік тому

    James going on a "you know" athon

  • @johnnyso1979
    @johnnyso1979 Рік тому

    He sounded super nervous. I get it.

  • @anthonysince1969
    @anthonysince1969 Рік тому

    Think about it. James 21, Kirk 21, Lars 20 and Cliff 22 years old.

  • @andrehb
    @andrehb Рік тому

    "3 real fast songs" I wonder what the third song was, and whether they ended up recording it for MOP

    • @darioalaniz-iniguez8750
      @darioalaniz-iniguez8750 Рік тому +3

      fight fire, trapped under ice, creeping death

    • @andrehb
      @andrehb Рік тому

      @@darioalaniz-iniguez8750 that's what I thought too but Fight Fire isn't that fast (compared to the other two)

    • @darioalaniz-iniguez8750
      @darioalaniz-iniguez8750 Рік тому +3

      @@andrehb Fight fire is the fastest song on the album..?

    • @midnight347
      @midnight347 Рік тому

      @@darioalaniz-iniguez8750 IKR like wtf lol. Fight fire is a thrashy mofo.

  • @skywhat20
    @skywhat20 Рік тому

    You know

  • @davidbrothers3788
    @davidbrothers3788 Рік тому

    Is that hetfield or Lars ulrich

  • @paulwingert9993
    @paulwingert9993 Рік тому

    question is now: do we know?

  • @TheDentist27
    @TheDentist27 Рік тому

    faster than motorbreath? NO WAY HAA!!!!

  • @thomasscales5376
    @thomasscales5376 Рік тому

    Ya know

  • @thebikewatcher9819
    @thebikewatcher9819 Рік тому

    You know...

  • @britaincoulter41
    @britaincoulter41 Рік тому

    Kill 'Em All was...polished?

  • @JJones-cl4dm
    @JJones-cl4dm Рік тому

    sounds like Lars almost but as he spoke longer I heard it was definitely james

  • @HipnikDragomir
    @HipnikDragomir Рік тому +4

    Interesting to hear him be so poorly-spoken. Even with early albums he was good at writing lyrics.

    • @ramon2008
      @ramon2008 Рік тому

      The homie was like 22 23 here. We can forgive him for not being so articulate.

    • @tehlion7430
      @tehlion7430 Рік тому +2

      @@ramon2008 20 - 21

    • @russkate88
      @russkate88 Рік тому +1

      He was 20

  • @alex8449
    @alex8449 Рік тому

    Guys guys... Ride is a perfect album ok but so is kill em all, master of puppets and justice... However puppets is the best 🙌

  • @joemullaley6531
    @joemullaley6531 Рік тому

    Ya know...

  • @gstar7686
    @gstar7686 Рік тому

    LOL. James states that "Kill em All" was more polished?

  • @laksana4307
    @laksana4307 Рік тому +7

    ykno ykno ykno ykno like like ykno

  • @cosmokramer179
    @cosmokramer179 Рік тому

    He sounds Lars with an American accent

  • @clemensschimmele6346
    @clemensschimmele6346 Рік тому

    "Kill 'em all was too polished" 😄

  • @knotletis
    @knotletis Рік тому

    Kill ‘Em All was a bit too polished?

  • @jpwr72
    @jpwr72 Рік тому

    I thought he was Lars when he started talking lmao

  • @ethandecoux6764
    @ethandecoux6764 Рік тому

    I thought he was Lars for a second damn

  • @polarnaut9645
    @polarnaut9645 Рік тому

    "Kill Em All was a bit too polished"

  • @burnsred2172
    @burnsred2172 Рік тому

    Sounds more like Lars honestly 🤔🥁

  • @bigassdummy46
    @bigassdummy46 Рік тому

    So... more of Dave's riffs and less of mine.

    • @midnight347
      @midnight347 Рік тому +1

      Stop it with that bs Dave co wrote 2 songs out of 8 on RTL. Stop it with giving Dave WAAAYYYYY too much credit. If you hate Metallica so much why are you watching videos about them? Metallica live rent free in all you megadeth fanboys heads just like they did Dave's for 30+ years.

    • @bigassdummy46
      @bigassdummy46 Рік тому

      @@midnight347 false

    • @deletedhero5579
      @deletedhero5579 Рік тому

      2 Riffs on the whole album which contains almost 50 riffs

    • @bigassdummy46
      @bigassdummy46 Рік тому

      @@deletedhero5579 yes, but the first two albums are mostly Dave's style of writing riffs.

    • @bigassdummy46
      @bigassdummy46 Рік тому

      So I can write a song that's sounds just like Holy Wars and change a few notes or rythems and it would be wrong to say Megadeth was an influence on the song?

  • @WyldestZakk1980
    @WyldestZakk1980 Рік тому

    He sounds a bit like Lars here. First i thought it´s even Lars

  • @vincent2993
    @vincent2993 Рік тому

    Thats Lars

  • @metalslinger
    @metalslinger Рік тому +1

    Kill 'Em All was too polished and Ride The Lightning too Rough? Ride the Lighting had way better production values than Kill 'Em All.

  • @dowens3781
    @dowens3781 Рік тому

    Sounds more like Lars.

  • @mydayis5
    @mydayis5 Рік тому

    Kill em All was ‘too polished’??!! 😂

  • @piercehubbard4086
    @piercehubbard4086 Рік тому

    Is it just me or does that sound much more like Lars?

  • @nickpayne1641
    @nickpayne1641 Рік тому +1

    The only real Metallica album had cliff on bass…period.

  • @iamdb1990
    @iamdb1990 Рік тому

    doesn't even sound like him, so young... lol

  • @Diggerdog2nd
    @Diggerdog2nd Рік тому

    Thats Lars not James. I can hear his accent here & there.

  • @Krrrimmi
    @Krrrimmi Рік тому

    That's Lars' voice.

  • @SerpentStar_
    @SerpentStar_ Рік тому

    FLASH BEFORE MY EYES ⛈🌩⛈😱

  • @ee-lr3sx
    @ee-lr3sx Рік тому

    You know

  • @yearginclarke
    @yearginclarke Рік тому

    "Kill Em All was a bit too polished"

  • @playaycampo
    @playaycampo Рік тому

    You know