Guns N' Roses were about a year and a half into their two-and-a-half-year Use Your Illusion tour when they hooked up with Metallica for a two-and-a-half-month run of North America in the summer of 1992.
Cross genre music is always a touchy thing. Especially when you take a classic Motown sound like Stevie Wonder and mix it with the best metal sound of the 80's, Metallica.
James Hetfield's oldest daughter Cali joined him on stage at the second annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert, but it wasn't to reimagine your favorite Metallica song.
Many Metallica fans were surprised by the sonic overhaul the band gave itself for 1991's self-titled Black Album, but according to the record's producer, Bob Rock, in some ways, the end result only hinted at some surprising influences.
The guys in Metallica are reaching way back into their vaults for this year's Record Store Day release — and they're going appropriately retro with the format, too.