METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica
Clint Wells is a Nashville-based musician, producer, and songwriter who has worked with and toured alongside artists across the rock and metal world. From the road or his Nashville studios, Clint hosts weekly episodes exploring all things Metallica—from deep dives and history to musicianship, culture, and the wider heavy music landscape.
Episodes
This week, Clint dives straight into Metallica’s infamous Banned in Philly performance from November 11, 1997. After being prohibited from playing a traditional concert in Philadelphia, Metallica took matters into their own hands and threw a free show in the parking lot of the CoreStates Center, turning it into one of the strangest and most memorable gigs of the Reload era. Recently released as part of the massive Reload box ...
Yo! This week Clint watches another block of Metallica TV with some very interesting performances of TV Eye, No Remorse and an early Troubadour performance of Harvester of Sorrow. He also takes fan voice and emails and talks Sphere deep cuts, why Load and Reload are so disparate in the Metallica discography and whether or not Caligula was indeed the Mad Emperor. Enjoy!
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This week Clint finishes watching Disc 1 from the Reload Deluxe boxset and answers e-mails and voicemails from the MUYP community. topics include internet trolls, the end of the M72 era, monitors and wedges for the Cunning Stunts era, playing with backing tracks, mistakes making us human and whether or not it gets old talking about Metallica on the podcast. Enjoy!
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This week Clint revisits the first half of the MTV summer program Reload, Rehearse, Request from the Reload Deluxe Boxset. He also answers e-mails and talks Elliot Smith, Metallica's in-ear monitors, the pros and cons of a new Metallica album, the M72 cycle coming to a close, the best way to absorb music and, somehow, even more stuff. Enjoy!
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This week Clint cracks open the DVD's from the deluxe Reload boxset and watches the Studio Shit segments of the both James and Lars in the dungeon making demos and the band rehearsing at The Plant in Sausalito, CA. A lot of time is spent on the writing and arranging of Low Man's Lyric and The Memory Remains. Also - Clint listens to MUYP voicemails. If you'd like to call into the show dial (615)997-0612. It can be completely anonymo...
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Clint and his wife unbox the deluxe Reload Boxset on a YouTube live stream and talk all things Reload. Enjoy!
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Clint talks his new re-edit of Beyond Magnetic, his cover of "FIXXXER" for the "GettheReloadOut series, answers listener e-mails and watches the 1997 Bridge School Benefit for the first time. Enjoy!
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With the release of the long awaited Reload boxset upon us, Clint walks through all things Metallica in 1997. From wrapping up Poor Re-Touring Me to winning AMA and Billboard awards, finishing recording at The Plant, heading to Europe for festivals and promo, shooting music videos all the way to the one live performance that would ensure a hit song wouldn't be played for 18 years. Clint also discusses dolby atmos mixes and working ...
On this episode we finally get the definitive answer on the age-old question: Is it The Outlaw Torn or The Outlaw of Torn? Clint also listens to more MachineHead songs, discusses how we need to get better at being offended, Metallica's record breaking European tour, Dave Mustaine vs. The God That Failed and and takes the TEMP on Hot Summer Nights. Enjoy, nerds!
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This week Clint is back talking all things Metallica and watching the All Within My Hands benefit show from November 3rd, 2018 with a setlist featuring the re-imagined Disposable Heroes, The Unforgiven, Turn the Page, covers from Deep Purple and Nazareth and Bleeding Me. Clint also reads listener e-mails and discusses Metallica's newly built intros and segues live, the origins of Jason Brantley, the bleak state of the music industr...
Hey, folks! This week I read some listener e-mails and stream some Metallica TV. Between three recording projects, trips to NYC to promote a TV show and picking up a fly date this week I'm afraid my time is limited! In this episode I talk about my favorite NYC bar, why Reload is my favorite era of Metallica, more discussion about whether or not Metallica got lazy in the 90s, the value of collecting vinyl, what it REALLY means when ...
Clint burns down the one and only full album live performance of Ride the Lightning from the 2012 Orion festival in Atlantic City. He also discusses Jason Newstead's shocking revelation about quitting Metallica, the new M72 shows happening in Europe, the announcement of the Reload boxset and watches Jason's unboxing video. Enjoy, nerds!
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Clint and longtime friend of MUYP Tom Kwei discuss everything from Metallica to Emily Dickinson. The Geese controversy, Ozzy and Sabbath, the best British guitar players, Getdown Services, the Oasis reunion, the Oscars, Paul Thomas Anderson, Metallica at The Sphere, Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan, David Gilmour, landfill indie music, The Strokes, Witch Fever, Wolf Alice and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember. Enjoy!
Clint re-vamps the "a year in the life of Metallica" series picking up with 2012 which, although wasn't a heavy touring year with no new album saw the release of the Beyond Magnetic EP, the 20th anniversary Black Album tour of European festivals, a record breaking eight night residency in Mexico City preparing for the Through the Never taping, the launch of the very cool but ultimately ill-fated Orion Festival and the formati...
On this episode Clint plays his entire edit of Hardwired To Self-Destruct. He also reads listener e-mails and discusses the re-evaluation of Limp Bizkit, recycling old podcast content, the merits of Nickleback, getting started in a cover band, why Lars Ulrich is his favorite member of Metallica and why rock music being dead should matter to all of us. Enjoy!
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This week we finish watching the Poor Swedish Me DVD from the Load Deluxe Boxset. Clint also reads listener e-mails and talks new Metallica material for the Sphere, why bands are less incentivized than ever to make new music, the current landscape of NBA playoff basketball, the Garage Barrage gigs, Metallica's nutty medleys and more edits of HTSD, St. Anger and more. Enjoy!
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Clint watches the final DVD of the Load Boxset, a pre-Cunning Stunts badass Load-heavy set from Sweden in '96. Watch along with Clint on YouTube if you can. Clint also reads listener e-mails and talks about Metallica's different eras of concert openers, more Sphere debacle talk, awareness about gambling addiction why Mama Said was so hard to find on MTV in America. Enjoy!
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Clint watches the Load music videos included in the Load Deluxe Boxset for Until It Sleeps, King Nothing, Mama Said and the different versions of Hero of the Day. He also reads listening e-mails and discusses the Live Nation texting scandal, why you should calm down about Kid Rock fans, the Oscars and the surprising connection between Sinners and Metallica. Enjoy!
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