80s Thrash Metal Just Hit #1 Due to The Coolest Song Placement in TV History! | Professor Of Rock

It’s manipulative, it’s menacing, and it’s a masterpiece. the Metallica 80s song Master of Puppets is a grim parable about the abuse of power and the cost of addiction. And it just so happens to be set against one of the heaviest hitting riffs of all time by a band praised for their speed and skill, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton dug deep with this one. . No surprise then that this, their signature song, has made a pop culture comeback recently in the 4th season of Stranger Things. Featured in one of the most epic scenes in modern media history with Eddie Munson saving the world, it just hit #1 all over agian and my kids are listening to it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorary Producers Paul Moore II, Tee Atwell, Mike Millet, Mark Thompson, fakeaorta, Eric Farque, Jared Norris, Peter Kim, Moon Comix, Jacob Flores, Walter O. Wright II, Zachery Perry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out The Professor of Rock Merch Store - http://bit.ly/ProfessorMerch Access To Backstage Content Become a Patron - http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... #1980s #metal #vinylstory Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If you remember the magic of your concert including the of the encore you’ll dig this channel Make sure to subscribe below right now.by clicking the red button. So, it’s time for another edition of our series The New Standards. This show takes an in-depth look at songs that really set the bar in rock history. It doesn’t matter what decade, genre, or musical movement they might have come out of. These songs have become monumental touchstones in our lives. Today we’re traveling back to the 80s to cover one of the greatest metal masterpieces of all time, Master of Puppets by Metallica. One of the most innovative and talented metal band of the 80s and 90s, Metallica formed in California back in 1981 after drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield each advertised in the local classifieds. Together, they recorded their first demo, No Life Til’ Leather, with guitarist Lloyd Grand who was then replaced by future Megadeath front man David Mustaine. Guitarist Jef Warner and bassist Ron McGovney also had brief tenures with the band. At the end of 1982 Cliff Burton took over bass, and Kirk Hammett replaced Mustaine in 1983. The Ulrich, Hetfield, Burton and Hammett line-up would become the standard for most of the 80s, producing three of Metallica’s most iconic albums... Kill ‘Em All in 83, Ride the Lightning in 84, and Master of Puppets in 86. The trio of records would forge an epic moment in heavy metal history and lead thrash from out of the underground and into the mainstream. Among them, Master of Puppets is the clear-cut leader and is praised by many as the most definitive and influential thrash metal album of all-time. Master of Puppets, was written nearly a year prior to its release between May and June 1985. Although according to Lars, the material had been kicking around since the year before on the band’s riff tapes. “It really wasn’t any different this time than before,” he said, “It’d basically be me and James sitting down with a bunch of tapes and sorting through the details of his ideas and Kirk’s ideas.” Cliff, now a few years in as a band member also started bringing his ideas to the table, which included a lot of harmonies and melodies. And though it would take Lars and James some time to open up to Cliff’s suggestion, ultimately, they were willing to experiment. And their efforts paid off. After recording the album at Denmark’s at Sweet Silence Studios, Master of Puppets dropped like a bomb on the 80s. Even faster and more savage than its predecessors, it is a completely uncompromising record.