Timestamps: 0:00:00 The Making of "Don't Tread on Me" 0:06:19 The Making of "Sad But True" 0:21:26 The Making of "Enter Sandman" 0:38:08 Enter Cameraman 0:50:03 The Making of "The Unforgiven" 1:00:45 The Making of "Nothing Else Matters" 1:11:10 Rehearsal Day with Queen 1:17:11 Metallica Play the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness - April 20th, 1992
@@midasiscariot Definitely longer than a week. They're likely spending less time in the studio now than back then. A lot more interesting use of effects and ear candy in the first four albums (mainly Ride and Master) than Death Magnetic-72 Seasons. Kirk didn't come in and improvise each solo in half an hour. The songs were harder to get down.
I wouldn't like working with Bob. Too much brainwashing going on. The black album is like Mexico gasoline (Pemex), it's watered down because of the lack of musical freedom.
@@eltoro969 Lars had that huge kit on tour for years. Then suddenly he had a slightly stripped down kit which now had a ride cymbal and only two rack toms.
@@totc6196 and Justice for all the awful sound was because of Lars's decision, so it is all about the drums, then James, a little bit of Kirk, and that is it. For me, not having a low end, makes it sound awful.
This is so cool. Much respect to Bob Rock for not shying away from giving his honest opinion and pushing the band to reach new heights. He could’ve easily caved in, but had the guts to push his opinion at the risk of pissing off the band. It’s also very apparent how hard he worked on this album and put in the time at every stage (seemingly unlike Rick Rubin). Love these immersions into the band’s recording process. Really hope we get more of these on the next album. God bless MetallicA !
@@drillbag st anger takes the cake as worst album. they shoulda just canned the whole project if none of them felt like making it/had no inspiration. which, IIRC, James mentions struggling for inspiration in the St Anger docu.
@drillbag probably bc by that time, he was too worried about trying to be IN Metallica, rather than giving them a good album objectively. Kinda hard to realize something sounds like shit, when you're the one making it up, instead of giving imput from a non bias perspective. GOOD Producers SHOULD NEVER, try to be a part of the group
My Binge and Purge story; an 18 year old me rushed out and bought a Day in the Life as soon as it came out. It included a booklet with photos. In that booklet was a page with a bunch of documents on a table with redacted info. However, at the bottom of the page, the very top 3rd of a name and phone number was visible. It was hard to make out what the numbers were but we did and called the number. It was Cliff Bernstein, their manager. He answered the phone and I proceeded to try and bullshit him that I was friends with James and that James said my band should open for Metallica lol. Of course he wouldn’t give us Hetfield’s phone number. He hung up and we called back two more times and he answered every time and ended up getting pissed at us haha. Total asshole move on our part, especially racking up long distance charges on our parent’s’ dime.
@@user-yl7lz1hm6r it is indeed true. Kind of an odd story to makeup, no? We were obsessed with Metallica back then. We also tried to call a bunch of other celebs. We racked up long distance charges bigtime.
This is genuine and authentic 'making of' footage. All the time consuming takes and trivial conversations which need to exist to make a masterpiece like this album. It's so amazing that they allowed the film makers to capture it for the fans.
If only we had the behind the scenes from the 80's albums (as far as I know the only real footage that exists is from a Danish TV report on the band as they worked on Ride the Lightning in Copenhagen).
@@ROOKTABULA It is amazing. This is rock and roll history, American history recorded for future generations. Even if you're just a cynical asshole and believe it was purely a profit-driven decision to record it, it makes no difference. The important thing is, it exists.
Hetfield’s voice really suits STONE COLD CRAZY. He’s no Freddy, but he takes the perfect aggressive tone and attitude that serves the song well. Awesome.
Hell fukn ya! Freddie is god to me. (Musically.) Queen and Metallica are my 2 fave bands. I can't tell which version of Stone Cold Crazy is better, but SCC is my favorite song EVER by any band. And both versions are so amazing. Another great version is by Hell Yeah.
I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve watch A Year And A Half In The Life Of. I always loved hearing the crunchy ass Sad But True riff in the first few minutes of the video.
I love the candid interaction with Bob and Lars around 30:00. Really shows the care Lars had for the craft here. It took so much growing up for these world conquers to allow someone into their inner circle.
@@creepingdeatth Not just a waste of talent, but also Jason's work ethic. Jason said that when he joined the band he was shocked at how much time they spent getting drunk and goofing off. When he was in Flotsam and Jetsam they practiced relentlessly. Between 1987 and 1995 we got just two full Metallica albums, remember that from 1983-1986 we got three albums. Megadeth from 1987-1995 released 4 albums.
Jason was just ripe for abuse, he was the boy scout, he was musically fit for the band, no doubt, but he wasn't cynical and he wasn't as devil-may-care as they were, they only got what they wanted out of him, which was less than what he deserved, but more than what they deserved
@@darrenthetuber743 he really brought it for them during the live sets. Every live show of the Jason Era on RUclips is full of Jason being a beast comments.
@@creepingdeatth How exactly are they suppose to "tap" into his talent? If you're in Metallica and you play a kick ass bassline then i'm pretty sure they would get stoked and start the Rec button. How do you'all keep blaming the rest of the band? Jason got let go for lack of commitment. You get famous in a band and all of a sudden you want to do a "solo" project is tacky as it gets. You're either in Metallica or you're not. In his case? Not.
There’s a bit of an interesting introspection on this time from James on their recent black album podcast. I think Vivian at this time had maybe only done four small gigs with Ded Flatbird, being so new. I never knew how long that alternate band name was out there, but there we have it.
James just ripping off that smoking lead run at 40:50 like it’s nothing. Everyone obviously always talks about his water tight rhythms and incredible down picking. Such a talent for all aspects of the instrument.
A part 3 of A Year and a half 30 years after ... I don't even know I've been waiting for this ! I listen those VHS tape so many time . Its a very big surprise for me this part 3 and brings me back 30 years . it makes my day for sure . Thank you for sharing this and i will definitely buy it .
No he just didn't write good songs like Cliff did.... They let Cliff contribute because his skills at writing was more impressive to James and Lars you come lately
I really don’t see or get the idea of a lot of ppl saying Jason was a “hidden talent” Metallica didn’t let put as much input on the music. He literally says in this tape he was just doubling the guitars on AJFA, he had to make a harder effort for this album to play his own way and not just play the exact same thing as the guitars. He was a decent bass player, he shined more on vocals but his bass playing was above average. And I love Jason, but cmon he plays with a pick and could never play his own riffs and licks live or in the studio.
@@truthhurts79exactly. Cliff could actually write his own music, riffs and licks separate from what the guitars play on their own. Jason always doubled the guitar and always had to be told to play something different on his own but always needed help.
It never seemed like the social connection was there. Jason was- and is a very serious guy. Lars and James are goof balls who doesn`t take heavy metal very seriously. I remember back in the 80s, those who behaved like Jason was either autistic or just dumb nerds and we always made fun of them. Rock has always been about having fun and not have any rules. The 80s created many metal heads that took it way too serious and created stupid rules. Those same guys are the ones filling comment sections with hate towards the bands they love. Just look at the comments on the Pantera videos. Pathetic puritan idiots.
at 58:48 you can see Kirk starting his lead on Unforgiven, you can see where they had someone edit his balding spot on his head, they put a darker fuzzy black circle on it...
Thank God for some brand new footage from this era. Watching this never gets old and really is an education. Make no mistake about it, the tension building in late 1990 through mid 1991 for new albums and tours from Metallica and Guns N' Roses was unbearable. People coudn't wait, myself included. A lot of other greats were putting out new albums and tours too in 1991. Van Halen, Skid Row, RHCP's, Ozzy, Nirvana to name a few. Metallica and Guns N' Roses, those two bands though at that time generated almost a paranormal vibe in 1991.
1:04:28 Damn Bob is not a bad singer at all, I like how he's guiding James into hitting those notes. I think people underestimate how much confidence Bob infused Metallica with, specially James.
While you are correct. I would have loved to know what Metallica would have done without him. What would the next record have sounded like after Justice without Bob's influence. Another progressive type album?
@@badwolfsat5 Not at all. Songs like Enter Sandman and Sad but true were already pretty much written by the time they hired Bob. It's pretty well documented that they wanted to do shorter songs after feeling they had reached the limits of what thrash had to offer with Justice. Bob's influence was mostly technical, like suggesting down tuning Sad But True, and some other production wizardry.
I remember getting the VHS tapes of this for Christmas....I think I wore out the tapes from watching them so much....I would've loved to have RUclips back then
The look on James and bobs face when he hits those notes on the 12 string, realizing the masterpiece they’re creating in front of them will always be the favourite. 1:07:24
You're such a poser... Jason contributed nothing to Metallica... You like the way he head bangs on stage and now you think he's the vanguard of Metallica 🙄
This is amazing, Part 3! I remember buying the double VHS when I was 16 in 1996 as I was only first introduced to Metallica in 1995. I was on holiday in Johannesburg with my family, and I saw it in a music shop there (I was from George, a small town in South Africa, you would not find this there. But Johannesburg been the big city, I did!). Spent most of my holiday money on it, but was worth it! Spent my 2 weeks of holiday just watching it over and over! And yes, I still have the double VHS. And yes, 'Tallica still is the best!
To be truthfully honest, these guys are partly the reason why I am still faithful to Heavy Metal music! Guys, as a Metalhead, I can assure You... For as long as I live, I will not let Metal music just get thrown aside!!! I know Metal music isn't a certified Religion, but I will show Metal to as much generations as I possibly can! I know I sound cringe as fudge haha, but as a Metalhead, I've always had a fear of My most valued genre of music not being heard anymore...
Fuck yeah, man! Thanks for uploading this for all of us to enjoy! I've wanted to see outtakes of this for probably 20 years. You have my gratitude. Respect. 👍
I was going to say. A lot of us went fucking decades holding a little animosity and even blaming others for this very thing. Bits and pieces would come from here and there, but to hear it from the horse's mouth, and it having been documented for this long, puts it all into perspective. Sadly, they wouldn't revisit a style of music that would really do Jason's work...justice.
Thanks so much for uploading this man, by far my favourite documentary about making an album. Some of my thoughts on this: 1) that ImperialStar/ArtStar kit snare sounds so fucking good even before production, wish Lars still used that kit, the whole thing sounds massive 2) Bob brought the best of Metallica members, you can could even say he was a 5th member back in the 90s. Also, another factor for the enormous success of the album is that he didn't let be bullied by James and Lars, who are essentially the Lennon-McCartney of heavy metal. 3) You gotta love those "inspirational" posters decorating the walls 😂
That snare was actually a 1980 Tama Bell Brass - widely regarded as the holy grail of recording snares and still very much sought after today. Lars rented it, and the rest of the kit (which was a Gretsch), for the recording of the Black album. I believe Dave Grohl used the same snare on 'Nevermind'.
@@pancakesgo7995 Didn't know that, surprised that Lars didn't use a Tama kit in the studio. Anyway, the snare sounds so good naturally, very punchy, the Tama kits he uses today don't hold a candle to the ones he used in the 90s.
@@offspringfan89 I believe he records with Tama kits/snares these days, but back then he just used whatever sounded best. On 'RtL' and 'Puppets' for instance he used Ludwig Black Beauty snares. I think these days it's not so important, as you can use software to get the sound you want. But yeah, I agree, his older stuff sounded better. In fact, I believe one company made samples of the exact kit/snare he used on 'TBA' which are available to buy commercially. You could literally record an album yourself with the same drum sound.
When James was telling Jason what he wanted on sad but true using the acoustic guitar it immediately came to mind how nasty an intro that could have been
I saw this doc, but this outtake collection is actually more interesting to me. It gives much more insights on the songs & actual recording. Seems the documentary was more about the social interaction and stress of getting it done. This is better for the fans! Thx for posting.
I must have watched the studio part of Year and a Half 20 times when I was a teenager. I know every bit of those documentaries by heart. Seeing this extra footage is like giving my 15 year old self the best Christmas present ever. This was amazing. One thing that always bugged me a little bit about the original documentary was how little they talked about the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. I mean, they showed James singing at it, but it took me years to figure out what the concert was about and who the Queen guys were (I didn't know them when I was a teenager). I don't think I heard the words Queen or Freddie in the original, and it was nice to see so much more of that here.
I seen metallica in 1988 down in Florida at the west Palm beach auditorium and justice for all tour queensryche was with opened for them operation mind crime it was awesome both were awesome live
Great production on this album. So thick sounding . Really like watching how bands work in the studio. Wish they'd get real nerdy with how they get the tones and what speakers they are using , amp heads , pedals and the whole nine.
Thank you for this! My "AYAAHITLOM" story: My friend gave this and Binge & Purge to me after he was mad at Metallica for "selling out". (he still is...WTF). His loss, was my gain...I fell in love with Metallica. I WORE out all the VHS tapes. I would literally come home from school and play them in my room one after the other. Luckily, these eventually became available on DVD and I still have them to this day. I'm so glad they started doing this again when they recorded Death Magnetic..Cant get enough of it!
I was exposed to Metallica by my older brother and he owned all their VHS tapes at the time, so I would watch with him. Then 'Load' came along and he had a hissy fit one day, calling them sellouts and starting throwing all his Metallica tapes on the floor and stomping on them. I swiftly rescued everything and took ownership it all :) Funny thing is, he likes them again now.
@@pancakesgo7995 Was your older brother a musician? Normally, the only people that hate Metallica are musicians who didn't "make it" and Metallica did.
Wish we'd seen more unreleased footage from the '92 Gn'R co-headling tour. I feel like there's still a lot of footage from that tour that nobody's ever seen - particularly the Montreal show.
The Artist doesn't make the Album the Co. does. They're hiring the band to create the Music. These days a bands independent control only applies to the Demo they made. The Co. owns the Album and Rights to Production and Distribution. Bob Rock works for the Co. Not Metallica.
people shit on lars way too much imo. i mean he’s a pain in the ass sometimes but he has a lot of insight and i also don’t think he’s that bad of a drummer as everyone makes him out to be. if it weren’t for lars, the band would not be where it is right now. they would’ve never continued after cliff if it weren’t for lars cuz he encouraged them to keep going and to not give up the band. plus, i love watching the man drum. most times he’s really enjoying himself and he swings with it. plus the sound he had on the album was fire, had such a crunch. justice for lars 😩😩
You are 100% correct - TBA was the pinnacle of Lars' songwriting for me. After the over-complicatedness of 'Justice' he made a concious decision to dumb things down and just let the songs flow, and it worked perfectly. I love how he managed to achieve power and feel through simplicity, and he carried this over to his live performances in 1991. Unfortunately, 1992 onwards he slowly regressed to his penchant for "unstock" rhythms and fills, and his live performances these days are mostly a mess of unnecessary fills.
I know it wont happen, but damn how dope would it be if they would write and record another album with Jason (with just James as the main songwriter like in the good days)
@@Crotes1990 Rob is awesome though and i loved death magnetic. The energy in that album is amazing. I feel black is more of a Ballad album (not bad, i love all tracks too).
Most professional member??? He contributed very little to Metallica... You Jason stans need to stop it... You like the way he head bangs and now he's the god of Metallica... That's the ONLY thing he did was headbang and he's your favorite member
@@truthhurts79Haters gotta hate. If anything Lars was the weakest link musically. 92 takes to get Nothing Else Matters down? Live is an ear bleeding off tempo event that will piss you off on how much money you spent to see what should be amazing only to fall way short. Have a good day.
Really cool to see this after I consumed and devoured the original Documentary like a religion. How often do you get to see your favorite band recording their all time best selling album ever. Thanks for posting this.
We can also see that some of this footage and their live footage from San Diego was taken for Nothing Else Matters, Sad But True, and Wherever I May Roam music videos!
I got to go into this recording studio a few years ago and it was so surreal, standing right where Lars' kit was setup, being in the control room etc.. man this is where it all went down!
When I got my box set I was like “what no year and a half?” But this is awesome. More of a music nerds dream. I always wanted a new year and the half with outtakes, here it is boys. Lol
Thank you so much for uploading this! I want to buy the remastered box set of The Black Album that has these outtakes but I didn't have time to go buy what I want.
Me too bro, this album august 12th 91’ Nirvana in late sept 91’ badmotorfinger 91’ janes addiction 90’&88’..everyon had a good album early 90’s smithereens with blow up, guns wasn’t my thing,so I didn’t use either illusion…it’s crazy how Kurt’s band blew up 2 -3 months after this release , then 93 was here for In utero, and 6 months later he was dead… the special years was 90-94.
Pretty wild how different Bob Rock is in the outtakes compared to the original doc. Back then it came across like they were mainly having a good time. In these outtakes Bob seems completely sick of their shit. I guess that was a creative decision when the original came out to make things appear less tense.
I honestly think it was edited that way for fake credibility. Like ‘the big bad Bob Rock’ was trying to make them sound more commercial. Metallica are smart fuckers-they knew this way the way to go-shorter, more concise songs and better production. But they also wanted to maintain credibility with the hardcore crowd. So make Rock the whipping boy.
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Timestamps:
0:00:00 The Making of "Don't Tread on Me"
0:06:19 The Making of "Sad But True"
0:21:26 The Making of "Enter Sandman"
0:38:08 Enter Cameraman
0:50:03 The Making of "The Unforgiven"
1:00:45 The Making of "Nothing Else Matters"
1:11:10 Rehearsal Day with Queen
1:17:11 Metallica Play the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness - April 20th, 1992
Maybe at 2k won't be compress
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I wish something like this existed for the recording of the first 4 albums
Danish TV did interview Lars during the making of Ride the Lightning at a Copenhagen studio. But that's about it for in studio footage.
I’m just hoping we can one day have the technology to take someone’s memories and digitize them. That way we could watch it!
The first four albums would've been "A week in the life of Metallica" each. They had a much different routine then
@@midasiscariot would've loved to see more footage of Cliff behind the scenes
@@midasiscariot Definitely longer than a week. They're likely spending less time in the studio now than back then. A lot more interesting use of effects and ear candy in the first four albums (mainly Ride and Master) than Death Magnetic-72 Seasons. Kirk didn't come in and improvise each solo in half an hour. The songs were harder to get down.
This is like watching a long awaited sequel to my favourite Documentary that took 30 years!! This is unbelievable 😃😃
Absolutely!
Second that! This is fantastic!
Those videos meant a lot to me and my mate in our teens!
Exactly. They shouldn’t have ever edited these out. It’s literally Part 3 to A Year and a Half.
This is my favorite documentary that took 30 years for the part three.. and am loving it ! Hope they make a VHS tape version of this .
some kind of monster the prequel
Bob's patience is the 100% success of the black album. PERIOD.
I couldn't imagine having to work with Lars!
I wouldn't like working with Bob. Too much brainwashing going on. The black album is like Mexico gasoline (Pemex), it's watered down because of the lack of musical freedom.
Motley Crue had to be much worse to work with. Imagine having to be around Nikki Sixx 8 hours every day for months.
@@eltoro969 Metallica had actual talent
Funny, I know the 'person' that played the drums for the album, and it ain't Lars.
Lars's drums sound so mighty just off the floor.
I wish he still played that massive kit live now.
I actually got to see him play that kit. In 1992 in Indy and yes you could feel it in your chest those was the heaviest drums I've ever heard
He got the idea for the sound, after hearing Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood". The production on that album, is what inspired them to hire Bob Rock.
Most drummers at that level have studio kits and live kits. Big drums on stage is hell to work with.
@@eltoro969 Lars had that huge kit on tour for years. Then suddenly he had a slightly stripped down kit which now had a ride cymbal and only two rack toms.
@@RolandDeschain1Lars got shoulder problems around mid late 90's.
43:50 "...on album six we'll have a great piece of artwork...."
Album six: *literally some dude's blood and jizz*
I still have the original 2 VHS tapes of A Year and a half... that I've watched 1000 times. This is like the long lost 3rd tape. Amazing
Bro I was thinkin the same thing
I agree with you
100000x
like a religion ever since 1995
same here. God we're getting old
i only have vhs 1 , i found it at a flea market.
@@JPX64Channelyou got the best one, the 2 Nd tape while good as well, it’s just them on tour and stuff..the first tapes the best (part 1)..
this album is so well produced sonically it just blows my mind.
Wish justice had this production
yeah and the Drums! sound killer!
@@totc6196 puppets could have benefitted from it too
@@thegoodguy44 agreed
@@totc6196 and Justice for all the awful sound was because of Lars's decision, so it is all about the drums, then James, a little bit of Kirk, and that is it. For me, not having a low end, makes it sound awful.
Imagine being there, just casually making some of the best songs ever made like it's just another day in the office.
This is so cool. Much respect to Bob Rock for not shying away from giving his honest opinion and pushing the band to reach new heights. He could’ve easily caved in, but had the guts to push his opinion at the risk of pissing off the band. It’s also very apparent how hard he worked on this album and put in the time at every stage (seemingly unlike Rick Rubin). Love these immersions into the band’s recording process. Really hope we get more of these on the next album. God bless MetallicA !
Probably why, Motley Crue's best sounding albums (sonically & musically) were produced by him.
it's a shame he didn't carry this attitude over to the next 3 albums as they may have been less of a disappointment!
@@drillbag st anger takes the cake as worst album. they shoulda just canned the whole project if none of them felt like making it/had no inspiration. which, IIRC, James mentions struggling for inspiration in the St Anger docu.
God bless lol is just social engineering god don't exist to bless black shirt cynical hypocrites hypiescrap
@drillbag probably bc by that time, he was too worried about trying to be IN Metallica, rather than giving them a good album objectively. Kinda hard to realize something sounds like shit, when you're the one making it up, instead of giving imput from a non bias perspective. GOOD Producers SHOULD NEVER, try to be a part of the group
Big thumbs up to the producer for his work. He had to fight so hard to get the band to accept nuance and ingenuity in the arrangements.
My Binge and Purge story; an 18 year old me rushed out and bought a Day in the Life as soon as it came out. It included a booklet with photos. In that booklet was a page with a bunch of documents on a table with redacted info. However, at the bottom of the page, the very top 3rd of a name and phone number was visible. It was hard to make out what the numbers were but we did and called the number. It was Cliff Bernstein, their manager. He answered the phone and I proceeded to try and bullshit him that I was friends with James and that James said my band should open for Metallica lol. Of course he wouldn’t give us Hetfield’s phone number. He hung up and we called back two more times and he answered every time and ended up getting pissed at us haha. Total asshole move on our part, especially racking up long distance charges on our parent’s’ dime.
hahaha thats actually a really cool story ! imagine if they really booked your band to open for metallica xD
That's pretty damn funny :) can't blame a guy for trying!
That’s a great story… if only it was true (sorry for being a cynical f*ck)!
EPIC
@@user-yl7lz1hm6r it is indeed true. Kind of an odd story to makeup, no? We were obsessed with Metallica back then. We also tried to call a bunch of other celebs. We racked up long distance charges bigtime.
This box set lit the passion for playing music in me. I’m still in shitty bands with no girl friends to this day, thanks Metallica.
James' face when he see's Tony and Brian. You just can't fake that.
Right...
This is genuine and authentic 'making of' footage. All the time consuming takes and trivial conversations which need to exist to make a masterpiece like this album. It's so amazing that they allowed the film makers to capture it for the fans.
If only we had the behind the scenes from the 80's albums (as far as I know the only real footage that exists is from a Danish TV report on the band as they worked on Ride the Lightning in Copenhagen).
But we're only just seeing it now 30.years later
Not "Amazing", just marketing and the profit motive.
@@ROOKTABULA your a real party
@@ROOKTABULA It is amazing. This is rock and roll history, American history recorded for future generations. Even if you're just a cynical asshole and believe it was purely a profit-driven decision to record it, it makes no difference. The important thing is, it exists.
These guys were full of hit and giggles back in 1990. It's incredible how they could come up with one of the best heavy metal albums of all time.
And full of nudie pics in the studio
James warming up at 24:30 is classic
Hetfield’s voice really suits STONE COLD CRAZY. He’s no Freddy, but he takes the perfect aggressive tone and attitude that serves the song well. Awesome.
Hell fukn ya! Freddie is god to me. (Musically.) Queen and Metallica are my 2 fave bands. I can't tell which version of Stone Cold Crazy is better, but SCC is my favorite song EVER by any band. And both versions are so amazing. Another great version is by Hell Yeah.
I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve watch A Year And A Half In The Life Of. I always loved hearing the crunchy ass Sad But True riff in the first few minutes of the video.
I hear ya man ... for me the Roam drumming and the Cymbal crashes like lightning hittin the heart! 🤘
I love the candid interaction with Bob and Lars around 30:00. Really shows the care Lars had for the craft here. It took so much growing up for these world conquers to allow someone into their inner circle.
Maybe it's the fault is on the producer.. back in those days Kirk was pushed every time by Bob
58:28 Love this bit of James just grooving to what Jason is playing. You can tell James really appreciated Jason’s talent.
jason had so much talent and they never really tapped into it
@@creepingdeatth Not just a waste of talent, but also Jason's work ethic. Jason said that when he joined the band he was shocked at how much time they spent getting drunk and goofing off. When he was in Flotsam and Jetsam they practiced relentlessly. Between 1987 and 1995 we got just two full Metallica albums, remember that from 1983-1986 we got three albums. Megadeth from 1987-1995 released 4 albums.
Jason was just ripe for abuse, he was the boy scout, he was musically fit for the band, no doubt, but he wasn't cynical and he wasn't as devil-may-care as they were, they only got what they wanted out of him, which was less than what he deserved, but more than what they deserved
@@darrenthetuber743 he really brought it for them during the live sets. Every live show of the Jason Era on RUclips is full of Jason being a beast comments.
@@creepingdeatth How exactly are they suppose to "tap" into his talent? If you're in Metallica and you play a kick ass bassline then i'm pretty sure they would get stoked and start the Rec button. How do you'all keep blaming the rest of the band? Jason got let go for lack of commitment. You get famous in a band and all of a sudden you want to do a "solo" project is tacky as it gets. You're either in Metallica or you're not. In his case? Not.
One of the rare moments in music history when the planets and stars aligned and this came to being. Just the greatest sounding Metallica album ever.
James geeking out around May & Iommi was heartwarming
Right where I'm at as I'm reading your comment lol
Hetfield just hanging out with Iomi, Brian May, Vivian Campbell etc. Absolutely insane!
There’s a bit of an interesting introspection on this time from James on their recent black album podcast. I think Vivian at this time had maybe only done four small gigs with Ded Flatbird, being so new. I never knew how long that alternate band name was out there, but there we have it.
Yeah Hetfield hanging out with the riff lord Ioammi. Don't seem right
52:45 James, Kirk and Jason play unreleased track from King Crimson's album Beat.
James just ripping off that smoking lead run at 40:50 like it’s nothing. Everyone obviously always talks about his water tight rhythms and incredible down picking. Such a talent for all aspects of the instrument.
A part 3 of A Year and a half 30 years after ... I don't even know I've been waiting for this ! I listen those VHS tape so many time . Its a very big surprise for me this part 3 and brings me back 30 years . it makes my day for sure . Thank you for sharing this and i will definitely buy it .
Jason was a hidden talent they didn't want to let out
No he just didn't write good songs like Cliff did.... They let Cliff contribute because his skills at writing was more impressive to James and Lars you come lately
I really don’t see or get the idea of a lot of ppl saying Jason was a “hidden talent” Metallica didn’t let put as much input on the music. He literally says in this tape he was just doubling the guitars on AJFA, he had to make a harder effort for this album to play his own way and not just play the exact same thing as the guitars. He was a decent bass player, he shined more on vocals but his bass playing was above average. And I love Jason, but cmon he plays with a pick and could never play his own riffs and licks live or in the studio.
@@truthhurts79exactly. Cliff could actually write his own music, riffs and licks separate from what the guitars play on their own. Jason always doubled the guitar and always had to be told to play something different on his own but always needed help.
It never seemed like the social connection was there. Jason was- and is a very serious guy. Lars and James are goof balls who doesn`t take heavy metal very seriously. I remember back in the 80s, those who behaved like Jason was either autistic or just dumb nerds and we always made fun of them. Rock has always been about having fun and not have any rules. The 80s created many metal heads that took it way too serious and created stupid rules. Those same guys are the ones filling comment sections with hate towards the bands they love. Just look at the comments on the Pantera videos. Pathetic puritan idiots.
That's pretty melodramatic and untrue.
I wish we had footage like this for the albums before Black Album.
Black album was the end of Metallica
The album that got me into metal.
same for me, i can't thank enough my cousin for lended me it in 1995
at 58:48 you can see Kirk starting his lead on Unforgiven, you can see where they had someone edit his balding spot on his head, they put a darker fuzzy black circle on it...
I noticed too!
Clever editing. Lol.
By the mid-90's his bald spot was getting very noticable, then it seemed to mysteriously disappear in the late 90's/early 00's.
I worked on the editing of this. That is _exactly_ what we did. ⚫️
@@pancakesgo7995 He didn't have the bald spot in 1994-1995.
19:03 lars inventing st. anger
Thank God for some brand new footage from this era. Watching this never gets old and really is an education. Make no mistake about it, the tension building in late 1990 through mid 1991 for new albums and tours from Metallica and Guns N' Roses was unbearable. People coudn't wait, myself included. A lot of other greats were putting out new albums and tours too in 1991. Van Halen, Skid Row, RHCP's, Ozzy, Nirvana to name a few. Metallica and Guns N' Roses, those two bands though at that time generated almost a paranormal vibe in 1991.
That latter part of 91 into 92 was crazy! So much great music!
It’s so surreal to see such iconic songs like Sandman and the Unforgiven being made.
1:04:28 Damn Bob is not a bad singer at all, I like how he's guiding James into hitting those notes. I think people underestimate how much confidence Bob infused Metallica with, specially James.
While you are correct. I would have loved to know what Metallica would have done without him. What would the next record have sounded like after Justice without Bob's influence. Another progressive type album?
@@badwolfsat5 Not at all. Songs like Enter Sandman and Sad but true were already pretty much written by the time they hired Bob. It's pretty well documented that they wanted to do shorter songs after feeling they had reached the limits of what thrash had to offer with Justice. Bob's influence was mostly technical, like suggesting down tuning Sad But True, and some other production wizardry.
This is the most exciting video I have ever seen for years in RUclips
1:16:55 the goddamn amount of star power having drinks together, whew. 🔥
I remember getting the VHS tapes of this for Christmas....I think I wore out the tapes from watching them so much....I would've loved to have RUclips back then
Kirks solo on don’t tread on me is one of his best!!
Man that part with James, Brian May, Toni Iommi is sooooo cool :D
The look on James and bobs face when he hits those notes on the 12 string, realizing the masterpiece they’re creating in front of them will always be the favourite. 1:07:24
2:48 Jason sporting a Laibach t-shirt back in 1991 = the coolest thing ever. He was too much for Metallica really.
You're such a poser... Jason contributed nothing to Metallica... You like the way he head bangs on stage and now you think he's the vanguard of Metallica 🙄
@@truthhurts79 You're allowed to have an opinion but you don't have to be such a stinky chocolate starfish about it :p Jesus, James and Lars!
@40:06 “I’m hard at work right now…waiting…” That’s my favorite line…I wish I could make it a ring tone…
I’ve been waiting so long to watch more of the year and half in the life of. I’ve watched them so many times I think it’s engrained in my dna now
This is amazing, Part 3! I remember buying the double VHS when I was 16 in 1996 as I was only first introduced to Metallica in 1995. I was on holiday in Johannesburg with my family, and I saw it in a music shop there (I was from George, a small town in South Africa, you would not find this there. But Johannesburg been the big city, I did!). Spent most of my holiday money on it, but was worth it! Spent my 2 weeks of holiday just watching it over and over! And yes, I still have the double VHS. And yes, 'Tallica still is the best!
Wow this is like reliving my Childhood again. Seeing the making on vhs for the first time
What a time capsule -- fantastic footage. Thanks for the upload.
RadiovanalicA Thank you so much for up loading. I watched the original year and a half in a life when i was 15. took me back in Huge way!
Cool moment here at 21:28 where Bob seems to be teaching James some music theory, using enter sandman as an exercise.
To be truthfully honest, these guys are partly the reason why I am still faithful to Heavy Metal music!
Guys, as a Metalhead, I can assure You... For as long as I live, I will not let Metal music just get thrown aside!!!
I know Metal music isn't a certified Religion, but I will show Metal to as much generations as I possibly can!
I know I sound cringe as fudge haha, but as a Metalhead, I've always had a fear of My most valued genre of music not being heard anymore...
Fuck yeah, man! Thanks for uploading this for all of us to enjoy! I've wanted to see outtakes of this for probably 20 years. You have my gratitude. Respect. 👍
11:40 Damn, this is the first time a hear this side of the story about bass on the Justice album by Jason himself!
History was bent as usual, we now know the truth.
I was going to say. A lot of us went fucking decades holding a little animosity and even blaming others for this very thing. Bits and pieces would come from here and there, but to hear it from the horse's mouth, and it having been documented for this long, puts it all into perspective. Sadly, they wouldn't revisit a style of music that would really do Jason's work...justice.
That's the fucking level
Incredible. I can’t believe this exists. Thank you so much (and huge ups to Metallica for releasing it)
The best metal vhs of all time. I watched it thousand times and now i discover that... thanks!
Thanks so much for uploading this man, by far my favourite documentary about making an album. Some of my thoughts on this:
1) that ImperialStar/ArtStar kit snare sounds so fucking good even before production, wish Lars still used that kit, the whole thing sounds massive
2) Bob brought the best of Metallica members, you can could even say he was a 5th member back in the 90s. Also, another factor for the enormous success of the album is that he didn't let be bullied by James and Lars, who are essentially the Lennon-McCartney of heavy metal.
3) You gotta love those "inspirational" posters decorating the walls 😂
That snare was actually a 1980 Tama Bell Brass - widely regarded as the holy grail of recording snares and still very much sought after today. Lars rented it, and the rest of the kit (which was a Gretsch), for the recording of the Black album. I believe Dave Grohl used the same snare on 'Nevermind'.
@@pancakesgo7995 Didn't know that, surprised that Lars didn't use a Tama kit in the studio. Anyway, the snare sounds so good naturally, very punchy, the Tama kits he uses today don't hold a candle to the ones he used in the 90s.
@@offspringfan89 I believe he records with Tama kits/snares these days, but back then he just used whatever sounded best. On 'RtL' and 'Puppets' for instance he used Ludwig Black Beauty snares. I think these days it's not so important, as you can use software to get the sound you want. But yeah, I agree, his older stuff sounded better. In fact, I believe one company made samples of the exact kit/snare he used on 'TBA' which are available to buy commercially. You could literally record an album yourself with the same drum sound.
11:30 where Jason talks about the AJFA production
When James was telling Jason what he wanted on sad but true using the acoustic guitar it immediately came to mind how nasty an intro that could have been
AJFA footage would have been cool as hell. Jason playing a stringless bass!
😂😂😂😂
Lmao
I saw this doc, but this outtake collection is actually more interesting to me. It gives much more insights on the songs & actual recording. Seems the documentary was more about the social interaction and stress of getting it done. This is better for the fans! Thx for posting.
52:54: We hope you like our new musical direction, this one's called 'Jazz Oddysey'.
I used to watch the VHS copies of this doc all the time when I was young. This is truly great! Makes me really appreciate Bob Rock even more!
It's nice seeing them in the studio!
I must have watched the studio part of Year and a Half 20 times when I was a teenager. I know every bit of those documentaries by heart. Seeing this extra footage is like giving my 15 year old self the best Christmas present ever. This was amazing. One thing that always bugged me a little bit about the original documentary was how little they talked about the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. I mean, they showed James singing at it, but it took me years to figure out what the concert was about and who the Queen guys were (I didn't know them when I was a teenager). I don't think I heard the words Queen or Freddie in the original, and it was nice to see so much more of that here.
Same.
I seen metallica in 1988 down in Florida at the west Palm beach auditorium and justice for all tour queensryche was with opened for them operation mind crime it was awesome both were awesome live
Great production on this album. So thick sounding . Really like watching how bands work in the studio. Wish they'd get real nerdy with how they get the tones and what speakers they are using , amp heads , pedals and the whole nine.
Thank you for this! My "AYAAHITLOM" story: My friend gave this and Binge & Purge to me after he was mad at Metallica for "selling out". (he still is...WTF). His loss, was my gain...I fell in love with Metallica. I WORE out all the VHS tapes. I would literally come home from school and play them in my room one after the other. Luckily, these eventually became available on DVD and I still have them to this day. I'm so glad they started doing this again when they recorded Death Magnetic..Cant get enough of it!
I was exposed to Metallica by my older brother and he owned all their VHS tapes at the time, so I would watch with him. Then 'Load' came along and he had a hissy fit one day, calling them sellouts and starting throwing all his Metallica tapes on the floor and stomping on them. I swiftly rescued everything and took ownership it all :) Funny thing is, he likes them again now.
@@pancakesgo7995 Was your older brother a musician? Normally, the only people that hate Metallica are musicians who didn't "make it" and Metallica did.
@Eric Tysor Interesting theory, but no, my bro was just being a d1ck as usual 😂
Wish we'd seen more unreleased footage from the '92 Gn'R co-headling tour. I feel like there's still a lot of footage from that tour that nobody's ever seen - particularly the Montreal show.
Black album from Metallica is really a masterpiece one of biggest legendary Heavy Metal album of all time....Love it 🖤☠🤘
Goddamn Jasons backing vocals at the Freddie gig are brilliant!
Cliff was better
@@truthhurts79 hai rotto i coglioni
Bob did such an amazing job shaping these songs into metal masterpieces i can almost look passed the scrunchie and high ponytail.
The Artist doesn't make the Album the Co. does. They're hiring the band to create the Music. These days a bands independent control only applies to the Demo they made. The Co. owns the Album and Rights to Production and Distribution. Bob Rock works for the Co. Not Metallica.
You got that right lol . I still can't look past it ..hahahaha
I had the original VHS. Didn't know this existed! So thank you!!
Lars’ so musical on this album. every note was just as important as riffs and lyrics. Justice was his pinnacle of technicality and musicality.
people shit on lars way too much imo. i mean he’s a pain in the ass sometimes but he has a lot of insight and i also don’t think he’s that bad of a drummer as everyone makes him out to be. if it weren’t for lars, the band would not be where it is right now. they would’ve never continued after cliff if it weren’t for lars cuz he encouraged them to keep going and to not give up the band. plus, i love watching the man drum. most times he’s really enjoying himself and he swings with it. plus the sound he had on the album was fire, had such a crunch. justice for lars 😩😩
You are 100% correct - TBA was the pinnacle of Lars' songwriting for me. After the over-complicatedness of 'Justice' he made a concious decision to dumb things down and just let the songs flow, and it worked perfectly. I love how he managed to achieve power and feel through simplicity, and he carried this over to his live performances in 1991. Unfortunately, 1992 onwards he slowly regressed to his penchant for "unstock" rhythms and fills, and his live performances these days are mostly a mess of unnecessary fills.
@@pancakesgo7995 imho, Bob Rock’s input deserves some mention and serious attention as well
@@bitzmil9319 Definitely, the guy is a genius.
NOT....
26:58 - what an awesome bass sound
1:01:31 its weird to see james play his explorer with a calm finger style instead of the blazing fast pick
I love James' input to Jason on the Sad but True Chorus outro
James "...just don't do a notey thing..." *drinks beer* @ 13:03
Kirk name dropping The Sisters of Mercy was very cool
The fact that they analyze everything during tracking is pretty cool. Hence a badass record.
Bob was like a goddam metal scientists on this album
Thank you man, I'd but it outside the deluxe box - but can't find it anywhere
1:12:57 cool seeing James so stoked to jam with Tony.
jason the most professional member of metallica? he knows his shit, and his energy on stage is awesome
I know it wont happen, but damn how dope would it be if they would write and record another album with Jason (with just James as the main songwriter like in the good days)
@@Crotes1990 Rob is awesome though and i loved death magnetic. The energy in that album is amazing. I feel black is more of a Ballad album (not bad, i love all tracks too).
Most professional member??? He contributed very little to Metallica... You Jason stans need to stop it... You like the way he head bangs and now he's the god of Metallica... That's the ONLY thing he did was headbang and he's your favorite member
@@truthhurts79Haters gotta hate. If anything Lars was the weakest link musically. 92 takes to get Nothing Else Matters down? Live is an ear bleeding off tempo event that will piss you off on how much money you spent to see what should be amazing only to fall way short. Have a good day.
The bass tone on “sad but true” shifted the earth’s axis.
Really cool to see this after I consumed and devoured the original Documentary like a religion. How often do you get to see your favorite band recording their all time best selling album ever. Thanks for posting this.
Exactly
We can also see that some of this footage and their live footage from San Diego was taken for Nothing Else Matters, Sad But True, and Wherever I May Roam music videos!
I got to go into this recording studio a few years ago and it was so surreal, standing right where Lars' kit was setup, being in the control room etc.. man this is where it all went down!
BEST BAND OVER THE WORLD!! THX FOR THIS❤
When I got my box set I was like “what no year and a half?” But this is awesome. More of a music nerds dream. I always wanted a new year and the half with outtakes, here it is boys. Lol
This is metal history in the making. Awesome footage. It's actually pretty significant footage here, damn!
I appreciate this, I can't believe I never saw this. This is awesome.
47:48 One of the original lyrics from Holier than Thou: "Soap opera life you have built yourself."
Thank you so much for uploading this!
I want to buy the remastered box set of The Black Album that has these outtakes but I didn't have time to go buy what I want.
Love old school Spector basses!!!!
Yes
I miss those days, the early 90´s.. I really miss the 80´s and 90´s...
Me too bro, this album august 12th 91’ Nirvana in late sept 91’ badmotorfinger 91’ janes addiction 90’&88’..everyon had a good album early 90’s smithereens with blow up, guns wasn’t my thing,so I didn’t use either illusion…it’s crazy how Kurt’s band blew up 2 -3 months after this release , then 93 was here for In utero, and 6 months later he was dead… the special years was 90-94.
Thank you Rob Rock and respecting Jason Newsted!
Its like it was yesterday.. 1983-1993.. Best fuckin Times..
so sad that James lost his voice , the era 88-92 is my favorite vocal era of James !
Man I think his voice sounded perfect on garge days in 87 . His voice is special on that
@@techdeathhippie6319 I believe from this point he started to become a man from a boy ...😂
@@georgivaradinov681 lol ya
Absolutely, the 88-92 period was his peak vocal-wise IMO too
when did he lose his voice? ffs
Pretty wild how different Bob Rock is in the outtakes compared to the original doc. Back then it came across like they were mainly having a good time. In these outtakes Bob seems completely sick of their shit. I guess that was a creative decision when the original came out to make things appear less tense.
Can't have been that bad, he did what, another 4 or 5 albums with them? I love his grumpiness in these outakes.
I honestly think it was edited that way for fake credibility. Like ‘the big bad Bob Rock’ was trying to make them sound more commercial. Metallica are smart fuckers-they knew this way the way to go-shorter, more concise songs and better production. But they also wanted to maintain credibility with the hardcore crowd. So make Rock the whipping boy.
James saying turn the bass up on Sad but True. Interesting.
Thank u so much for posting, was me favorite vid back when i was 11yrs old !
57:20 1st Metallica album with Jason WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THE FUKN BASS!!
Thanks for Bob Rock.