The Main Riff For 'sandman' Was Just

It Really Shocked Me Just To Hear Of The Fans' Response To 'st. Anger' Not Having Guitar Solos.

Metallica Is A Very Complicated, Fragile Thing. On The Outside, It's All Metal, But On The Inside It's Very Delicate.

I Don't Think Success Has Changed Us As People At All. We Are The Same Lunatics That We Were When This Band First Got Going. We Never See Ourselves As Being On A Higher Level Than Our Fans.

A Lot Of The Main Characters In Horror Movies Are Outsiders As Well, So That Outsider Syndrome Reverberates Within Horror Fans And Geeky Collectors. It's Kind Of A Rallying Call That Brings Fans And Collectors Together Who Are A Little Socially Retarded, Maybe.

For The 'load' Album, I Was Experimenting So Much With Tone That I Had To Keep Journals On What Equipment I Was Using. For 'hero Of The Day', I Know I Used A 1958 Les Paul Standard With A Matchless Chieftain, Some Boogie Amps And A Vox Amp - Again, They're All Blended.