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30 авг 2021

JASON NEWSTED Says He Was 'F**king Livid' When He Heard METALLICA's '...And Justice For All' For First Time

In a new interview with Metal Hammer magazine, former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted discussed the sound of the band's "...And Justice For All" album. While "...And Justice For All" is considered one of METALLICA's classics, it has been criticized almost since the day it was released in 1988 for the lack of any bass guitar on the record. Newsted's playing is virtually buried in the mix — and many fans feel that drummer Lars Ulrich, who had very specific ideas for how he wanted his drums to sound, is to blame.

Newsted said that he was "fucking livid" when he heard "...And Justice For All" for the first time. "Are you kidding me?" he told Metal Hammer. "I was ready [to go] for throats, man! No, I was out of my head, because I really thought I did well. And I thought I played how I was supposed to play."

Newsted went on to say that METALLICA's sound always revolved around Ulrich and guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield. "Lars and James were the original garage band duo, as far as that goes," he explained. "They always made the records that way, from [1982 demo cassette] 'No Life 'Til Leather', it was Lars and James, guitar and drums. On the original 'No Life 'Til Leather' cassette — if you happen to ever see a real copy or a photo of a real copy — in Lars's handwriting, in ink pen, on the label of the cassette, [it reads] 'Turn bass down on stereo.' On 'No Life 'Til Leather'! They mixed it how it was supposed to be mixed: there's the bass and there's the guitar from all the way back. But Lars didn't want [that] because it messed with his drums somehow, so when he sends the demo out to fucking Combat Records and wherever, [his instruction is] 'Turn the bass down before you even listen to this.' Before you even get it going, just turn the bass down. Right from the get-go. Before you even start. That's where he's been his whole goddamn life, so why would it be any different when it came to ['…And Justice For All']? They made 'Kill 'Em All' that way, they made 'Ride [The Lightning]' that way, they made 'Master [Of Puppets]' that way, all of them. Those two guys in a room [mimics drum beats and playing], that's the way it always happened. [For] the most successful metal band of all time. So you argue with this shit? I'm not really sure. Now it's become the best garage band album ever [for artists such as] BLACK KEYS, WHITE STRIPES, DUO JETS, the different ‘power duos' of garage stuff."

Two years ago, Hetfield defended the sound of "...And Justice For All", saying that he and his bandmates simply "wanted the best-sounding record" they could make. "It was not all about, 'Fuck [Jason]. Let's turn him down.' That's for sure," he said. "We wanted the best-sounding record we could make. That was our goal. We were burnt. We were frigging fried. Going back and forth [between touring and mixing the album]. Playing a gig. No earplugs, no nothing. You go back into the studio, your hearing is shot. If your ears can't hear any high end anymore, you're gonna turn it up. So we're turning the high end up more and more and more and all of a sudden, low end's gone. So I know that played a bigger part than any hazing or any ill feelings towards Jason, for sure. We were fried. We were burnt."

Hetfield also addressed some of the criticism leveled at METALLICA by one of the "...And Justice For All" album mixers, Steve Thompson. In a 2015 interview with Ultimate Guitar, Thompson suggested that Ulrich was the culprit for the lack of any bass guitar on the record, claiming that Lars wanted his drums to sound a certain way — even if it meant cutting out the bass.

"We wanted it tight," James explained. "We wanted it fucking tight. That's what we wanted. We wanted the snare, we wanted the guitar, we wanted everything up front and in your face and really tight. And we thought we got it. And, you know, we kinda know what we want to sound like. Can we sit behind a desk and make it happen? No. We ask people to do it, and they do it. So [Thompson] did his job. He's got nothing to apologize for or point fingers at. No one's to blame for 'something.' It is a piece of art. It happened and it ended up the way it is for a reason. And for reasons we were just talking about. We were burnt. We're traveling, we're playing a gig, our ears were fried. We were not sleeping. He doesn't need to defend himself. He was a part of an awesome album in history, so I think he should be maybe be a little easier on himself."

James also once again dismissed calls for METALLICA to remix "…And Justice For All" so that Newsted's contributions are more audible.

"All this [bass discussion] is after the fact, and it's, like, who gives a shit, man, really?" Hetfield said. "And why would you change that? Why would you change history? Why would you all of a sudden put bass on it? There is bass on it, but why would you remix an album? You can remaster it, yes, but why would you remix something and make it different? It'd be like… I don't know. Not that I'm comparing us to the Mona Lisa, but it's, like, 'Uh, can we make her smile a little better?!' You know?! Why?"

In a 2008 interview with Decibel magazine, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett attempted to explain the lack of bass on "…And Justice For All", saying that "the reason you can't hear the bass so well is because the bass frequencies in Jason's tone kinda interfered with the tone that James was trying to shoot for with his rhythm guitar sound, and every time the two blended together, it just wasn't happening. So the only thing left to do was turn the bass down in the mix. It was unfortunate, but for some reason or another, that album is known for the low end being there without the bass being very high up in the mix. It was an experiment, too — we were totally going for a dry, in-your-face sound, and some people really like that sound. A lot of the newer-generation bands, especially, think that album sounds great. But at the end of the day, it was an experiment. I'm not really sure it was 100 percent successful, but it is a unique sound that that album has."

In the Ultimate Guitar interview, Thompson said that he spoke out because he was tired of being blamed for the lack of bass. He remarked: "They flew us out [to METALLICA's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2009] and I'm sitting with Lars. He goes, 'Hey, what happened to the bass in 'Justice'?' He actually asked me that. I wanted to cold cock him right there. It was a shame because I'm the one getting the shit for the lack of bass."

Ulrich told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that fans were extremely vocal about the sound of the album at the time of its release. "I mean, it was unbelievable, you know, '...And Justice For All', " he said. "People were saying, 'That's the worst-sounding record, where's the bass, and it sounds like it was recorded in a garage, and...' But, you know, listen, you do the best you can in the moment and then you move

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30 авг 2021

olly71

Нахрена им тогда бассист в группе ? И за что они заплатили тебе 50 миллионов долларов если им не нужен басс ?

30 авг 2021

resurgamresponses

просто жалко этого человека, по человечески жалко. они отрывались на нем. прекрасно зная что их дуэт никогда бы не стал чем то важным. если бы не третья сила. а с третьей силой (пару раз) им несказанно повезло.

olly71, а на конциках кто лабать будет? публика то имеет свое мнение по поводу баса и закидала бы их (вставь сам)

30 авг 2021

срублясдачинет

Бас нинужон. Инквизишон.

30 авг 2021

Rutger

Записка Ларса водителю автобуса: "Убавьте бас. Совсем".

30 авг 2021

Умник

33 года прошло, а они все обсуждают почему не было баса на альбоме...

З.ы. ничего против группы, ее участников и музыки не имею

30 авг 2021

Санчез

Эх, жалко что из за такого отношения к новому басисту, альбом пострадал

30 авг 2021

Red One

немного пострадало только самолюбие ньюстеда (которое быстро компенсировали деньгами и славой), а Металлику этот альбом вывел на стадионы, поскольку в то время был бомбой по всем пунктам. И меломаны тогда ещё не были настолько упёртыми задротами. Всё хорошо и у Металлики, и у Джастиса.

30 авг 2021

hansi_hrb

да он и сейчас бомба, подобных трэш композиций так больше никто и не сумел насочинять.

30 авг 2021

father

Да, альбом конечно просто бомбический, но с басом было бы ещё интереснее. Слушал фанатские попытки, где чуваки сверху просто играли басовые партии - и то слушается побогаче.
Я почему-то уверен, что пересведение альбома с басом - это козырной туз в рукаве группы, который она выложит на какой-нибудь 50-летний юбилей

31 авг 2021

Kliops144

"пересведенный и перемикшированный St. Anger."

Да Штангер просто божественно звучит на фоне Магнетика.

31 авг 2021

Санчез

В штангере беда только с ударными, остальное норм

31 авг 2021

Санчез

Kliops144, что верно, то верно. У штангера своя атмосфера, своя фишка и оригинальность тоже. А магнетик и хадваед ну..не особо...хоть и возвращение к корням, но они не вызывают таких эмоций как первые три альбома (ладно, 4 альбома) металлики.

31 авг 2021

kenneth_olsen

Это как в анекдоте про музыкантов ... А ты слышышь бас ?
Нет...
А он есть ...

31 авг 2021

gravitgroove

Не знаю, что все эту тему обсуждают? В Конце 80-х это был чуть не лучший альбом в тяжелой музыке во всех отношениях, включая звучание (оно тогда было новатоpским). То есть, мб, за исключением нескольких человек, включая Нюстеда, все были довольны. Этот булькающий и звенящий звук баса, как на "Puppets" , на ...And Justice все испоpтит. С этим не будет такой холодной механичности и динамики между удаpными и гитаpами. В общем, всё пpавильно сделали, но Нюстеда по-своему мне жаль, он всё же стаpался и это лучшая пластинка, кpоме мегакоммеpческого пpopыва следующего альбома, в его каpьеpе.

31 авг 2021

Blazy

У Метлы все альбомы (ну если забыть про пару последних, может быть) с оригинальным и индивидуальным звучанием, а Джастис фактически самый любимый для меня. Слушал и самопал с наложенным басом, не, не та конфета уже.

31 авг 2021

Red One

Послушайте партии Ньюстеда на Джастисе. Они просто повторяют партии Хэта в копейку и сыграны/записаны прямо сказать не фонтан. Земля и Небо, если сравнить с Черным Альбомом, где Джейсону дали развернуться в полную силу. И хватит ныть за Джастис.
Есть такое слово - авторская концепция. А автор в Металлика - Ларс Ульрих. Если автор идёт на поводу у потребителя - это конъюнктура на потребу, попса. А так - искусство. Которым Джастис был и остаётся.

3 сен 2021

iggy00

hansi_hrb, Heathen - Victims of deception послушайте, за исключением вокала очень близкая к Justice работа

3 сен 2021

Warcraft

Санчез В штангере беда только с ударными, остальное норм

настоящая беда штангера не в звонких кастрюлях Ларса, а в продолжительности песен с него, точнее в их ненужной затянутости.