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metallica.indb 1 03/10/2007 10:33:40 The Encyclopaedia Metallica by Malcolm Dome and Jerry Ewing A CHROME DREAMS PUBLICATION First Edition 2007 Published by Chrome Dreams PO BOX 230, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 6YY, UK [email protected] WWW.CHROMEDREAMS.CO.UK ISBN 9781842404034 Copyright © 2007 by Chrome Dreams Edited by Cathy Johnstone Cover Design Sylwia Grzeszczuk Layout Design Marek Niedziewicz All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without the written permission of the publishers. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Printed and bound in Great Britain by William Clowes Ltd, Beccles, Suffolk metallica.indb 2 03/10/2007 10:33:40 metallica.indb 3 03/10/2007 10:33:41 Encyclopaedia Metallica THE AUTHORS WOULD SOURCES FROM WHICH LIKE TO THANK ... QUOTES HAVE BEEN TAKEN ...the following people for their Kerrang! magazine support and assistance: Metal Hammer magazine All at Chrome Dreams. RAW magazine Adair & Roxy. Playboy magazine Q magazine All at TotalRock: Tony Wilson, Thekkles, Tabitha, Guitar World magazine Emma ‘SF’ Bellamy, The Bat, Ickle Buh, So What! official Metallica fanzine The PMQ, Katie P. www.encyclopedia-metallica. com Everyone at the Crobar/ www.metallicaworld.co.uk Evensong: Sir Barrence, The Rector, The Crazy Bitch, www.blabbermouth.net The Lonely Doctor, Steve, Rick, Johanna, Bagel, Benjy, www.metalhamer.co.uk Maisie, Laura, Stuart, Steve www.kerrang.com Hammonds, John Richards, Dave Everley, Bob Slayer, en.wikipedia.org David Kenny, The Unique One, Harjaholic, Al King, Jonty, Orange Chuffin’ Goblin (Baby), Lady E., Smelly Jacques, Anna Maria, Speccy Rachel. The Classic Rock crew: Scott Rowley, Sian Llewellyn, Geoff Barton, Ian Fortnam, Dave Ling is gay. The Metal Hammer mob: Chris Ingham, Jamie Hibbard, Caren Gibson, Alex Milas, James Gill, Jamez Isaacs, Alex Burrows. metallica.indb 4 03/10/2007 10:33:41 Encyclopaedia Metallica brazen stripper, they conceal INTRO nothing. And there’s more. Without Metallica there might not have Metallica. Thrash pioneers. been a thrash movement at all. The most commercially suc- These guys have overcome cessful metal band of all time. accusations of ‘selling out’ Mutliple Grammy Award win- across their career, to stand tall ners. Over 100 million records on their own principles. They sold…Yes, all that’s true. But, might have made enormous for once, the facts don’t even musical and artistic mistakes, begin to encompass the mag- but they’ve done these on their nitude of what this band have own terms. They’ve literally achieved just over a quarter-of- used blood, semen and urine in a-century since they began life, pursuit of their artistic almost as a con trick perpetrat- ambitions. ed by drummer Lars Ulrich. From the smallest clubs in Con trick? Well, yes. Because California, Metallica have risen this is the man who persuaded a to headline the biggest stadia record company owner to put on the planet. From a demo a track from his ‘band’ on a recorded on a ghetto blaster compilation – even though, they’ve gone on to give us the actually, the ‘band’ didn’t exist. biggest selling metal album And this is the man who con- ever. It’s the tale of a ten- vinced guitarist/vocalist James nis protégé who swapped the Hetfield to join the mythical racquet for drum sticks. And ‘band’, because they could do that of a man brought up in a Christian Science environment, a song for the aforementioned who found fulfilment through a compilation. Now, that is some microphone and a guitar. piece of political trickery. And But beyond the facts there’s if you wanna know more, then the emotion, the passion, the you’d better get stuck into this music. A string of records that book, right? have inspired at least two gen- But that merely scratches the erations of bands and fans. And surface. Metallica’s story en- a catalogue that will go on do- compasses death, insanity, bit- ing so for many years to come. terness, addiction, controversy, In the annals of the metal gen- hirings, firings, therapists…it’s re, only Iron Maiden and Black more like a soap opera than any Sabbath can hope to compete other band you’d care to men- with Metallica when it comes tion. Moreover, this lot have to influence – and neither come never been afraid to show eve- close to matching the Ameri- rything in public. Like the most cans’ remarkable commercial metallica.indb 5 03/10/2007 10:33:41 Encyclopaedia Metallica power and prowess. Any band Perhaps that’s the greatest who picks off a guitar and goes legacy Metallica have left us for a LOUD riff, is automati- – the belief that it is possible cally plugging into the heritage, to achieve astonishing success history and hirsute pursuits of without ever having to relent Metallica. That’s the law. and buckle, under business Metallica have also been pressures. For this band, there responsible for expanding the is but one question to be asked: parameters of metal. They have ‘is it worthy of our own high constantly evolved, and never standards?’ How many others shirked, from incorporating can say that so consistently. different musical ideals and What we have done with this ideologies. This is one act who book is present the story of refuse to accept that there are Metallica as never before. Each limitations, always searching detail, every fascinating facet and seeking to take their music has been unearthed. This isn’t further. just a collection of bare facts, They’ve also been pioneers. but a document that unravels They were the ones who made the soul of the band, a docu- it cool to release albums solely mentary on the contributions consisting of cover versions. made by disparate individuals They made it credible for and organisations to one of the metalheads to work with an truly legendary tales of rock orchestra. And it’s all been history. done on their terms. Even when The only entry missing comes they finally relented and did under ‘F’. For ‘Fans’. But now their first ever promo video, it you’re here, the story is com- was done to their own dictates, plete. Enjoy. with no room for comfortable compromise. Malcolm Dome and Jerry Ewing – London, August, 2007. metallica.indb 6 03/10/2007 10:33:41 Encyclopaedia Metallica MALCOLM DOME JERRY EWING Malcolm Dome first heard By a bizarre twist of fate, Metallica in 1982 - and liked being born in Exeter in the mid- what he heard. A year later he 60s never harmed Jerry Ewing reviewed their debut album, and he somehow managed a ‘Kill ’Em All’, for Kerrang! typical Australian childhood magazine – and, again, liked growing up in North Sydney, what he heard. Not that he ever lapping up the delights of sun, expected Metallica to become sea, surf and Skyhooks, mostly megastars back then. on his beloved Manly Beach. By Dome started his carer in the time he was old enough to journalism with the now defunct drink a tinny of VB he was back weekly UK music paper Record Mirror in 1979. His first feature in England and confronted by was on Samson (featuring vocal- a multitude of Two Tone fans. ist Bruce Dickinson, now of Iron Undaunted, his love of AC/DC Maiden; back then he was mere- kept him sane and he threw ly Bruce Bruce). His first live himself into the arms of the review was Iron Maiden at The NWOBHM with aplomb. Marquee in London; his first Surviving an English higher album review was Samson’s de- education (via public school, but, and his first interview was but don’t tell anyone, they with Hawkwind. won’t believe you if you do) Since then he’s written for any he found himself working on number of rock music maga- groundbreaking and respected zines – Kerrang!, Metal Mania, UK metal mag Metal Forces in RAW, Metal Hammer, Classic 1989, where only his hair was Rock and Metal Forces, to name bigger than his ego. Since then but a small selection, and is he’s edited, written for or gener- regularly invited to contribute to ally bothered Terror Magazine, television and DVD rock music Vox, Metal Hammer, Cutting documentaries. Edge, Maxim, Stuff and Bizarre. Malcolm still writes for both Ewing devised and set-up Metal Hammer and Classic Rock and is heavily involved with the Classic Rock magazine for Den- highly regarded radio station To- nis Publishing in 1988, and con- talRock (www.totalrock.com). tinues to write for that journal Dome’s been involved with to this day. He also works as a the rock/metal media in four broadcaster on Total Rock Radio separate decades, and is coming and is regularly featured on tel- up to 30 years on the job. Phew! evision and DVD with his views There seems to be no parole on metal and rock acts. from rock ’n’ roll – and he’d Jerry thinks ‘Ride The Light- have it no other way. ning’ is the best Metallica album, 7 metallica.indb 7 03/10/2007 10:33:41 but accepts that ‘Master Of Puppets’ is their finest. And he still enjoys banging his head to ‘Creeping Death’ to this very day. He has a beautiful daugh- ter who he loves very much, but still lists whingeing about Chelsea football club and drink- ing with Malcolm Dome as his hobbies. He once wrote a book about Liverpool footballer Steve McManaman, but doesn’t like to talk about it. metallica.indb 8 03/10/2007 10:33:41 Encyclopaedia Metallica A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE LIFE OF METALLICA ‘A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica’, directed by Adam Dubin, was originally released as a double VHS back in 1992 (and currently to be found as a single, four hour DVD) and is a documentary centred around the A making of ‘The Black Album’ and the early part of the ensuing three-year tour that followed in the album’s wake.