Front and centre, of course, is the band’s version of Whiskey In The Jar, which took much of its composition from the THIN LIZZY version released in 1972 and became the most famous of the three singles released – the others were Turn The Page, made famous by BOB SEGER and Die, Die My Darling of MISFITS fame. Of the other ten, several have gone down in history. As for the new recordings, all but one was recorded during the three-week studio session the version of LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s Tuesday’s Gone that was done for a radio broadcast and featured a number of guests including PRIMUS bassist Les Claypool, ALICE IN CHAINS axeman Jerry Cantrell, Pepper Keenan of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and DOWN fame and then- SKYNYRD guitarist Gary Rossington. In addition, as Ulrich stated, they wanted to bring all of their previous covers, from B-sides to The $5.98 EP, together in one package for “easy listening”, especially as the latter had, by that point, been out of print for a number of years. ![]() Ulrich stated that part of the reason for this was to do “something different after the release of three pretty serious albums in a row (1991’s self-titled, also known as The Black Album, 1995’s Load and that year’s Reload)” the band’s penchant for covering songs live also contributed. The resulting clutch of songs included tracks originally by KILLING JOKE and the aforementioned trio of DIAMOND HEAD, BUDGIE and MISFITS and was released in August of that year under the title The $5.98 EP – Garage Days Re-Revisited, in tribute to both the Creeping Death single and the band rehearsing the material in drummer Lars Ulrich’s garage.įast forward to 1998 and, just one day removed from the Chula Vista show, METALLICA entered the studio to record some brand-new covers for release. However, after only one demo, frontman James Hetfield broke his arm skateboarding with him unable to play guitar for several weeks, the band decided to record some covers instead. Three years later, the band’s UK label suggested they record some new material to mark the band’s appearance at the Monsters Of Rock festival. It was then that Creeping Death was released as a single from the band’s second album Ride The Lightning (1984) – on the reverse side were cover versions of DIAMOND HEAD’s Am I Evil and Blitzkrieg by the band of the same name and was entitled Garage Days Revisited. To truly talk about Garage Inc., one must go all the way back to November 23rd 1984, exactly fourteen years and one day before the album would commercially appear. ![]() Just over two months later, all of them would be released on arguably the greatest covers album of all time… As was the band’s style then, the set included a few cover songs, opening with their version of Breadfan from Welsh proto-metal band BUDGIE, an acoustic rendition of the MISFITS’ Last Caress and a small jam session before closing song Creeping Death that included a section of the traditional Irish pub track Whiskey in The Jar. At the Coors Ampitheater in Chula Vista, California, METALLICA are playing the final date of their Poor Re-Touring Me tour, in support of seventh album Reload that emerged earlier on in the year.
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