Episode 39: Metallica The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited feat. Josh Henhoeffer

We’re tailgating outside a Metallica show, drinking beer and rapping with a young Canadian named Josh Henhoeffer about the band’s $5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited (a.k.a. The $9.98 CD ). We drunkenly turned a review of a 25 minute EP into a three hour plus metal extravaganza!!!! In addition to an insanely detailed, track by track review of the EP, we discuss Metallica in general, our history with the band, the difference between the band pre and post Black Album, the original Garage Days Revisited and other related B-sides, Columbia House CD swindles, discovering new music before the internet, the musical influences of Metallica, the punk aesthetic of 1980s thrash metal and the Angry Video Game Nerd! We also ponder such important questions as: did Metallica do well by Diamond Head (after, y’know, ripping them off), is Jason Newsted a good bassist, picks vs fingers, mustaches vs tattoos, did Kirk Hammett actually write his own guitar solos, does Kirk cry more than Dave Mustaine, and how many mini hotrods does it take for James to destroy Lars’s entire Picasso collection? Josh also interrupts us like a billion times, but it’s only because he’s so excited to be in our awesome presence. If you love eighties Metallica and tolerate some of their later output, grab a six pack and join us in the parking lot. And if the greedy internet tries to charge you more than $5.98 or $9.98 for this episode, STEAL IT!