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Happy 40th birthday to "Ride The Lightning"

Posted on 7/27/24 at 11:52 am
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
179137 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 11:52 am





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Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 27, 1984, by the independent record label Megaforce Records. The album was recorded in three weeks with producer Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. The artwork, based on a concept by the band, depicts an electric chair being struck by lightning flowing from the band logo. The title was taken from a passage in Stephen King's novel The Stand, in which a character uses the phrase to refer to execution by electric chair.
Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
Member since Jan 2023
7333 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 12:18 pm to
Best Metallica album, meet me at Sonic if you disagree.
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
7917 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 12:44 pm to
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Best Metallica album, meet me at Sonic if you disagree.


Truth. Most would say MoP, but it’s just a bit too polished and perfect. RTL is perfectly raw.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
23439 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 12:46 pm to
Before their punk asses turned pop with the black album and later started suing their own fans.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 12:47 pm to
In before some nerd starts bitching "THIS IS A MUSIC BOARD ITEM!!!!!"
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
18530 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 12:59 pm to
Gdamn i am frickign old
Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
24474 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 1:05 pm to
Fade to black is probably my favorite Metallica song of all time.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
59340 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 1:08 pm to
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In before some nerd starts bitching "THIS IS A MUSIC BOARD ITEM!!!!!"


It will be there soon enough.
Posted by Inadvertent Whistle
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2015
5186 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 1:20 pm to
I like RTL and MOP equally and nothing they've made since has been nearly as good.
Posted by skiboman1
Cody, Wyoming
Member since Oct 2007
460 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 1:25 pm to
Geauxing to see them in Mexico City in September. Most interested in the crowd.
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
19870 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 1:29 pm to
Anyone see them live before? I'd like to check that box off before I croak. Just wondering how they are live
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
10066 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:10 pm to
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Anyone see them live before? I'd like to check that box off before I croak. Just wondering how they are live


3 times in the 90s, then in 2004. I think you missed their peak by a bit (so did I).
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
8097 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:13 pm to
Isn't this considered the speed metal album? A more refined and technical kill em all.
Posted by rintintin
Life is Life
Member since Nov 2008
16953 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:15 pm to
I'll be seeing their old asses in a couple of weeks. Better late than never.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
40397 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:19 pm to
AC/DC is doing a tour in Europe right now. They played my city a few weeks ago. I wonder what their shows are like these days.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94674 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:20 pm to
Where does the time go?

Cowardly Lion is going to be 61 in a week.
Posted by lsumailman61
Gulf Shores
Member since Oct 2006
7938 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:23 pm to
Saw them in St Louis in November. Enjoyed the show from a Suite. They rocked.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
59340 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:38 pm to
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Anyone see them live before? I'd like to check that box off before I croak. Just wondering how they are live


I’ve seen them twice. Once with The Cult on the “And Justice For All…” tour, then at a festival. They were awesome both times, but that was a long time ago.
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
9265 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:42 pm to
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Fade to black is probably my favorite Metallica song of all time


I think I’d have to agree, but there’s so many great songs to choose from until after And Justice for All. After that album it seems like they just ran out of ideas.

Saw them many, many years ago in Shreveport of all places. Best concert I’ve ever seen.
Posted by Party At LSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
10937 posts
Posted on 7/27/24 at 2:51 pm to
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Best Metallica album, meet me at Sonic if you disagree.

It’s my 2nd favorite one behind And Justice for All
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