\n(NOTE: This review originally ran on<\/i> Consumable Online
\n12\/7\/98. Reprinted with the author’s kind permission.)<\/i><\/p>\n
The diehard Metallica fan already has disc two of this ‘new’
\ntwo-CD release. If you know what “Metal Up Your Ass” is all about,
\ndisc two will be familiar territory. It compiles the B sides to
\nsingles,
\nGarage Days Revisited<\/i>, and
\nThe $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited<\/i>. The only songs I had
\nnot heard before were three of the four Motorhead covers.<\/p>\n
Disc one, then becomes the major thrust of this collection. It’s
\ngood to hear Metallica bashing and thrashing again like a fish out
\nof water. Like the bands covered on the earlier
\nGarage<\/i> recordings, most of the covers are by obscure (well,
\nobscure to the mainstream, but maybe not you) artists like Mercyful
\nFate, Discharge and Diamond Head. It also, though, tosses in some
\nmore common bands like Black Sabbath, Bob Seger, Blue Oyster Cult,
\nand Thin Lizzy.<\/p>\n
The logical question, then, becomes, “How do the new covers
\ncompare to the old?” Well, “Die, Die, My Darling” was in my mind
\nfrom day one of receiving this disc and opener “Free Speech For The
\nDumb” is growing on me. Nick Cave’s “Loverman” and Diamond Head’s
\n“It’s Electric” bring out the
\nLoad<\/i> era. Bob Seger’s “Turn The Page” explores the same
\ntheme as their own song “Wherever I May Roam.” The video, however,
\nfor “Turn The Page,” is a breakthrough video. Yes, I actually saw a
\nvideo on MTV.<\/p>\n
I enjoyed this disc immensely. Some of the highlights for me
\ninclude finally having the obscenity laced “So What” on the same CD
\nas “Green Hell.” The star-studded “Tuesday’s Gone” with a John
\nPopper’s harmonica is amazing. Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains,
\nLes Claypool from Primus and Pepper Keenan from Corrosion of
\nConformity all join in. Black Sabbath’s “Sabbra Cadabra” is cool
\ntoo. The Motorhead covers on disc 2 are raw-energy. I like it when
\nMetallica doesn’t “produce” their music. “Breadfan” is probably my
\nfavorite “old” cover, followed closely by “The Wait.”<\/p>\n
I would recommend this disc to those of you that want to expand
\nyour horizon. The cover songs that Metallica selected for this
\nrecording are all cool. Metallica says in their press kit that they
\nwanted to get the “garage band” feel back for this recording. They
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