![]() Not only was Burton a phenomenal bass player, but he was such an integral part of Metallica’s songwriting on the Ride the Lightning, then on 1986’s Master of Puppets, the last album he’d do before his untimely death at just 24 years old.įor more rock insight stories like these, check out Cam’s blog, here. We knew that was going to be the opening track. “We heard it and stuck it onto “Fight,” and it worked fantastic. He had a really good grasp of playing the guitar, and a good grasp of classical modulations. “That acoustic piece was Cliff’s! Cliff wrote that on the down-tuned acoustic guitar I was talking about. That memorable, soft acoustic intro to “Fight Fire with Fire” was a piece of Burton brilliance that opened the album, lulling listeners before the heavy guitar kicks in. I would be sitting there playing my guitar and he’d pick up his bass and immediately start playing a harmony part.” He would always come up with harmonies on that acoustic guitar. I remember one time I picked it up and was like, “What is this thing even tuned to, like C?” He explained that he liked it like that because he could really bend the strings. He always carried around a small acoustic guitar that was down tuned. “But, fucking hell, a lot of guitar sounds came out of it. He was a bass player and played like a bassist,” said Hammett. To this day, I’m still trying to figure out everything I experienced with him. Hammett recalls his former bandmate being an eccentric type when it came to music. Then he grabbed a pencil and went through and notated it, “If you’re playing E, then G, then A, then C…” I’m looking at him like, What? But I took the paper and worked it all out. TUNING: (Standard) E A D G B EHi guys Welcome to lesson 125 (part 1) of Learn That Solo Today we look at how to play the solo from Ride The Lightning by. But no, he had me write out all the notes in my solo on a piece of paper. “I remember, I thought he’d just grab a bass and show me. “He wrote that “Creeping Death” harmony part and the harmony in the intro to “Ride the Lightning.” He even helped me with a lot of the harmony stuff I played in the solo to “Ride the Lightning,” recalled Hammett. I remember the Eagles would come on the radio and he would sing all the harmony parts, never the root,” Hammett said.Īs for Burton’s work on Ride the Lightning, it was often a case of the bassist throwing in some key parts here and there, while helping the band create harmonies and different feels. Interestingly, Hammett recalls a memory of Burton singing along with the Eagles whenever they came on the radio. Cliff also inspired James greatly on counterpoint and rhythmic concepts.” He made it his thing, but it was originally Cliff’s. James really absorbed the dual-harmony thing and took it to heart. “I had a grasp of music theory, thanks to Joe (Satriani, who was teaching Hammett ahead of recording Ride), but Cliff went the whole length and learned musical theory and everything. “Cliff studied music in college,” Hammett said. Was thinking of "For Whom The Bell Tolls" or perhaps a song from the back album.Guitarist Kirk Hammett recalls in an interview with Guitar World how Burton was the guy who had the musical theory and brought his love of harmonies to the songs. I don't think I want to revisit this particular song, but perhaps we could convince Roman too cook up some drums and do a collab on another track. Finding the right match is thought you might like this one So, currently I'm back to where I started - but still looking around. Perhaps Angus is fine with making a career playing the same solo over and over again (his own words), but I would get bored.Īnother band I briefly joined, but unfortunately it turned out that their skill level wasn't quite good enough so I decided to quit again before becoming too invested.ģrd band turned out to want to screw me over, use me as "lead guitarist for hire" while then wanting to pay me less than the "core" members. Don't get me wrong, I love Angus Young as much as the next guy and playing that "simple" rock'n'roll stuff is fun - but not ONLY that. and after thinking it over, it was really a bit too limited a focus for me. Second Metallica album, released in 1984.Tracklist:1- Fight Fire with Fire 00:002- Ride the Lightning 4:403- For Whom the Bell Tolls 11:134- Fade to Black 16. ![]() ![]() I auditioned with 3 bands one was an AC/DC tribute band. Thanks for checking out my song and for the nice didn't manage to find the right fit for me.
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