In that spirit, we revisited Ride track by track and bashed out the following bits of trivia and insight.ġ. "Just bashing it out always led to a more natural sounding performance to me." Indeed, sometimes "bashing it out" is the way to go. "By the time we recorded Master of Puppets, the days of just bashing it out were much fewer than in the Ride the Lightning days," guitarist Kirk Hammett told Rolling Stone in 2014, looking back on the album. The band would one-up things once again with Master of Puppets, but Ride has its special charm and historical place. They shat all over the concept of the " sophomore jinx" with Ride the Lightning, a sophisticated, diverse piece of art that gave the world timeless cuts including "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Creeping Death," "Fade to Black" and the title track. Metallica's debut album Kill 'Em All was a bruising battle-cry of a mission statement and set the bar high for its follow-up, but Metallica were undaunted. Visit our shop for Ride the Lightning vinyl, shirts and onesies, plus more Metallica goodies.
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