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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1988 - September: Metallica “...And Justice For All”
Description: Metallica got its start back in 1981, but their 1988 album ...And Justice for All would be the one to bring them mainstream success. Today Metallica has an international celebrity status as a founding band of thrash metal, but at the time they were much less well known and considered inaccessible to mainstream listeners. The band also saw a lineup change for this album, as their previous bassist Cliff Burton had been killed in a bus accident while on tour in Sweden. Newcomer Jason Newsted would be the bassist to join Lars Ulrich on drums, Kirk Hammett on lead guitar, and fro...