Metallica's Lars Ulrich chats about 'Master of Puppets' and its resurgence following its use in 'Stranger Things.'
recently changed their tune on licensing out music, and now, it’s paying off big time. In a Monday interview with Howard Stern, Lars Ulrich opened up about how the band’s game-changing collaboration with— which saw one of the show’s most pivotal season four scenes using “Master of Puppets” as a backing track — came to be, from start to finish.
“It used to be, with Metallica, we were always the ‘no’ guys,” Ulrich explained, saying he and his bandmates had never wanted to lend out their songs to TV and film projects until just a couple years ago, when they changed their minds.“We did a 180,” the drummer shared. “We just said, ‘You know what? This is stupid. Why are we hanging onto these [songs] like they’re so important, like they’re the crown jewels?’ We started saying yes to everything. Let’s share our music with the world.
After the Netflix sci-fi series heavily featured “Master of Puppets” in its season four finale — during a scene in which Joseph Quinn’s character Eddie epically performs the 1986 track in the Upside Down — Metallica experienced a surge in streams. Nearly four decades out from its original release, “Master of Puppets”“It was such a mindf–k to see how that became a phenomenon,” Ulrich continued. “It was totally unexpected.
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