Hammett's guitar solos on the album were partially based on Mustaine's original solos (the first four bars of most solos were written by Mustaine). The band started recording the album with Hammett barely a month later. After Mustaine's departure, Metallica recruited Kirk Hammett, who previously played for Exodus and was a one time student of Joe Satriani. Mustaine was fired in April 1983 for his drug and alcohol problems, overly aggressive behavior, and clashes with bandmates. Castro Valley-born bassist Cliff Burton was recruited as his replacement. Because of tensions with Mustaine, McGovney left the band. Metallica's original line-up featured James Hetfield (vocals/rhythm guitar), Dave Mustaine (lead guitar), Ron McGovney (bass), and Lars Ulrich (drums). Kill 'Em All is Metallica's debut album, released on Jon Megaforce Records. All rights reserved.10th-27th May 1983 at Music America Studios in Rochester, New York “For whatever reason, this album had an extra sparkle to it that we detected and the fans detected.”Ĭopyright © 2023, ABC Audio. “I’m very proud of everything that we’ve done, and people certainly have favorites from those records, too,” he says. “There was just a real cohesive process from start to finish with this one.”ĭepper, who’s been with Death Cab since 2015, adds that his affection for Asphalt Meadows isn’t “to dog anything we’ve done before.” “We were … confident and sonically adventurous, and Ben wrote some amazing lyrics,” Depper says. “But with this one, we’re still playing seven or eight new songs a night, people seem very excited about them … we’re very proud of that.”Īs for why people are connecting so strongly with Asphalt Meadows, which features the singles “Here to Forever” and “Pepper,” Depper smiles, “We just made a good record, I guess.” “In past tours, we’ve started out very ambitiously playing, like, seven or eight songs from the new record and they gradually taper off as the tour goes on,” he continues. “Fans seem really engaged with them, kinda from the get-go people were singing along with them. “With this album cycle, these songs just have been really received right alongside all the older material,” Depper shares. The group has been touring a whole lot since Asphalt Meadows dropped last September and has found the reception to the new material to be very positive.Īs guitarist Dave Depper tells ABC Audio, there hasn’t been a lot of “the classic, like, seeing people getting up and going to get a beer or looking kinda distracted kind of thing” on the Asphalt Meadows run. Death Cab for Cutie returns to the road Wednesday in continued support of the band’s latest album, Asphalt Meadows.
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