Metallica's Kirk Hammett: 'Cliff Burton Was a Total Anomaly'
artist: metallica date: 06/20/2014 category: general music news
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Was a Total Anomaly' Marking the 30th anniversary of classic
Metallica effort "Ride the Lightning," guitarist Kirk Hammett
took a walk down the memory isle, remembering his state of mind
way back in the day.  In the upcoming August 2014 edition of
Guitar World magazine, Kirk kicked off the chat by explaining
how he had recently played the record's title track to his kids,
having little recollection of laying down certain instrumental
passages.  "When I recorded that in 1984, I was 21 years old,"
he said. "That's crazy. In 1984, a guitar solo like that was
something. If you put it into context of what was going on back
then, it was very modern-sounding. Of course, if you put it into
today's context, it sounds like classic rock.  "It's not like
today's norm, with sweeping arpeggios and 32nd notes everywhere.
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