James Hetfield's new guitar is made from wood from the place where they rehearsed in the 80s.
In the garage at 3132 Carlson Boulevard in El Cerrito, between 1983 and 1986, was where Metallica rehearsed and wrote most of the songs for the albums Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets.
With the demolition of the garage, vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield revealed that he used the wood from the site to build his new guitar, named Carl.
The book “To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton”, written by Joel McIver, describes, “It was a mess, because James, Lars, and Mark Whitaker lived there and they had these late-night drinking sessions. Everyone brought a case of beer – and, of course, these guys weren't going to turn down any kind of stranger with alcoholic gifts.”
Metallica revisited their roots in El Cerrito in April 2016 as part of a special weekend celebrating the re-release of the band's first two albums.
The “The $5.98 EP – Garage Days Re-Revisited” will be re-released on April 13th as part of Record Store Day. The long out-of-print EP includes five songs that were later released on Garage Inc.
Keeping with the 80s theme, the remastered EP will be released not only as a CD and in digital format, but also in various vinyl and cassette tape versions. Pre-orders will include a remastered version of “The Wait”.
