Metallica’s James Hetfield discusses his favourite punk bands
Hetfield’s punk favourites include the popular and the obscure.
From The Vault Archives: 11/2023
The “throwaway” song that became a classic by The Doobie Brothers
One of the band’s best-loved efforts.
The one concert Bono called “the most extraordinary moment of our lives”
When music becomes part of the community.
The Jackson Browne track he called an “unabashed pop song”
The track has a special place in his heart.
How the blues changed Martin Scorsese forever: “It drifted up from the street”
“The condition of being human. That’s the blues.”
The blues bands that originally inspired Black Sabbath
A selection of influential outfits outside their metal sphere.
“Fast, cheap and good… pick two?” The advice that Jim Jarmusch gave Tom Waits
“It was a fight between friends.”
