Brad Blazeck joins MUYP to talk about Clint's fantasy setlists for a possible four nights of unique sets to end the M72 tour in Mexico City. Other shenanigans ensue as usual. Enjoy!If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value, please consider taking abrief moment to leave a positive review and subscribe on iTunes here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/…

Guest host Kevin Rapillo (Nashville touring/session drummer) joins Clint to revisit 1984’s Ride the Lightning. In 1984 Kevin was going to Berkley School of Music in Boston, MA trying to make it big with his band Kid Crash, who would go on to sign a major label record deal. Before burning down Lightning, Clint and Kevin talk about the metal scene in…

This week guest host Brad Blazeck is in the studio in Nashville to burn down Newsted's 2013 full length debut, Heavy Metal Music. This was a Tangent City of sorts so join in on the fun as we discuss: - getting into Fall Out Boy - Clint working in a record store in high school - pop-punk music - 90’s, vinyl and Birmingham, AL - the negatives of soci…

Clint is once again joined by friend and guest host Brad Blazeck to talk through the modern approach to producing Metallica through the insights of Greg Fidelman’s fantastic interview with Stefan Chirazi on The Metallica Report. They talk earning the bands trust, Greg’s hands-on method vs. Rick Rubin’s laid back vibe, the challenges of Lulu and S&M…

Clint is back from Hawaii and Australia with updates about his travels including getting to hang out backstage at the Dave Matthews Band show in Phoenix, losing his passport in Sydney, getting locked out of his house and finishing the new Morgan Wade record in Los Angeles with Alex Dezen of the Damnwells. He also answers e-mails, talks the Oscars a…

Brad Blazeck of the Pearl Jam podcast Single Podcast Theory stops by to break down the 2013 EP Metal by Newsted, Jason's first major solo project since leaving Metallica. They also talk Dark Matter, the new Pearl Jam single and album and the controversy surrounding the ticket prices of Pearl Jam's upcoming world tour. Enjoy! If you think Metal Up Y…

Part two of Clint's conversation with Jamilah! Topics discussed: - getting into podcasting - building a podcast community - being a know-it-all - insights into the music industry - talking through problems with an audience - modern discourse Better Than You - Metallica - why podcast about Metallica? - Metallica songs that ease pain - being drawn to…

Clint chats with Jamilah from the Music and We podcast about life, art, music and Metallica. Topics in this episode: - reflections on becoming a father and fatherhood - how being a parent has changed me - balancing touring life with family - metaphor and knowing we are going to die Wherever You Go That's Where I'll Be - Clint Wells - favorite write…

Clint and guest host Lee Gomilla burn down the second half of Cunning Stunts with full commentary. Clint also discusses Metallica's 9th Grammy win, guesting on The Metallica Report, Lars Ulrich at the Lakers game and a strange, Lynchian experience at Raising Cains. Enjoy! If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value, please consider taking a brief …

Clint is joined by guest host Lee Gomilla to burn down the first half of 1997's Cunning Stunts. They talk Kirk's 90's swagger, rarest Metallica songs they've seen live, a Load slot in 2024, the recent Nashville Tool show, the heaviest bands of the 90's, their top Metallica songs, fractals vs. tube amps and more. Enjoy! If you think Metal Up Your Po…

This week Clint listens to the Reload demos with running commentary and talks dummy lyrics, recording and mixing albums, guesting on The Metallica Report, his wife's favorite local band, Luka Doncic making NBA history and a future call in version of Metal Up Your Podcast. Enjoy! If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value, please consider taking a…

Clint breaks down the Load demos recorded in 1994/1995 by James and Lars in the Dungeon. He also breaks down his top ten horror films of 2023, Freezefest and the current Nashville Snowmageddon. Enjoy! If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value, please consider taking a brief moment to leave a positive review and subscribe on iTunes here: https://…

This week Clint chats with Phil Dibowitz, the creator of the Insanity Palace of Metallica (IPOM) website. IPOM was created 27 years ago (when Phil was just 15!) as a resource for Metallica fans to keep up to date on Metallica news, lyric theories, discography and live shows. All these years later it's till rolling and is the last stop for keeping u…

This week Clint talks with Dino Muradian, the artist responsible for the pyrography on 4 of James' iconic guitars: The Elk Skull, The Unforgiven, the Snakeskin snakebyte and the Ktulu snakebyte. Dino talks about learning pyrography from his grandfather at a young age, the technique and how it's evolved through the years and a detailed breakdown of …

Clint talks with Thamer Altassan, a native of Saudi Arabia, all about the first ever Metallica gig in Riyadh. They discuss cultural differences, the changing social landscape of Saudi Arabia, why S&M is the best Metallica record, the music scene in that part of the world and of course the festival style setlist of Black Album heavy greatest hits. C…

Clint and guest host, Lee Gomilla, break down a popular YouTube video claiming that Metallica faltered musically and aesthetically during the Load/Reload era. They talk haircuts, guy liner, twangy guitars and the context surrounding two of Metallica’s more controversial albums. Clint also addresses Kirk’s recent comments guitar solos and how import…

This week Clint talks with MetalliBrick all about the colliding world's of Lego and Metallica. MetalliBrick currently has an original build of the M72 Stadium stage far enough along in the process to potentially get the project mass produced by Lego. Topics include building with bricks vs. designer programs, the submission and voting process, and h…

This week Clint is joined by book publisher Jacob Hoye (Permuted Press) and art director Gabe Kuo to talk all about the new book Messengers: The Guitars of James Hetfield. They talk about the origins of the book, the process of making it, chasing Metallica's tone secrets, guitar photography, Ken Lawrence, Zach Harmon, the current state of publishin…

On this episode Clint talks Metallica's upcoming Saudi Arabia gig, the MUYP community, Metallica vs. Megadeth in the 80's, what a 3rd and 4th night setlist would be for the M72 tour, having the courage to make a record, the new spiritual era of Metallica and then gives away exclusive M72 themed MUYP guitar picks and yet another Metallica boxset. En…

This week we close out the 2023 M72 world tour with Metal Tales from Detroit with friends and patrons of the show Anthony Broome (night 1) and Metalliclaus himself, Christopher Yerges (night 2). They talk setlists, legacy, community and meeting James Hetfield. Clint lists the things he's thankful for and talks about why firefighters visited his hom…

Clint and guest host Brad Blazeck break down their magical Metalli-weekend in St. Louis starting with the great wasp battle at the Days Inn, meeting with friends and MUYP family from all over the world, snake pit, the pop up shop, meeting Hetfield, seeing band members all over the city, MUYP meetup, Bastardane show, vinyl shopping, Metallica VIP ar…

On this episode Clint breaks down the Messengers book signing in St. Louis and shares the details of his brief but meaningful interaction with James Hetfield. Enjoy! Clint Wells - Going Supernova (Out Now!) Merch store HERE! If you think Metal Up Your Podcast has value, please consider taking a brief moment to leave a positive review and subscribe …

We're back this week to finish breaking down our top 5 horror movies with guests Angelo Gonzalez, Van Barnett and Zach Burkhalter. Other topics discussed include feminism in horror, messages and themes in works of art, Stephen King's rejection of Kubrick's The Shining, the legacy of Scream, anthology films and more! Enjoy, nerds! Films discussed in…

This week's special holiday episode features longtime friends of the show Zach Burkhalter, Angelo Gonzalez and Van Barnett to discuss our top five horror, our introduction into the horror genre, the connection between heavy metal and horror, what draws us to fear, messaging in movies and, of course, the mighty Metallica. Enjoy! REMINDER - I will be…

This week Brad Blazeck joins the show to talk about some current headlines in the Metallica and Metallica-adjacent world. Lars reflects on seeing his heroes (AC/DC) at Power Trip, Dave Ellefson gives props to Metallica and says he can finally start wearing Metallica shirts again, Dave Lombardo weighs in on who the best Big Four band was, James Hetf…

This week Johnny Sword joins Clint in the studio to talk through the performances (good, bad and ugly) at the legendary Power Trip festival featuring Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Tool and the mighty Metallica. Shenanigans ensue! Clint also announces the Metallica boxset and pick contest winners for September. Stick around till th…

This week I'm speaking with friend and patron of the show, Paul Del Pozo, about all things POWER TRIP, the much anticipated California hard rock festival featuring a lineup of Iron Maiden, Guns 'N Roses, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Tool and, of course, Metallica. We cover everything from logistics, RV camping, setlists, crowd reception, the future of POWE…

On this episode Clint breaks down both nights of the M72 tour in Arizona with patrons Nick Garzolini and Colton Brazier. In the e-mail portal Clint discusses Kirk as a guitar player, beginning solos to learn and getting a vasectomy with his friends, lol! Enjoy! Clint Wells - Going Supernova (Out Now!) Merch store HERE! If you think Metal Up Your Po…

This week Clint speaks with patrons Ryan Bonevitch and Mark Ferguson (and his daughter Molly) about everything M72 in Los Angeles as well as housekeeping and listener e-mails. Enjoy! Night 1 topics: - IPOM - coming online with St. Anger - Metallica’s Live Earth performance - a band cursed by their greatest work - Metallica’s longevity - Iron Maiden…

What's up, nerds! I'm back after my two week European tour to talk all things Metallica news. Hetfield gets Covid??, Metallica breaking attendance records in LA, re-scheduling in Phoenix, a new inspirational video for 72S dark horse deep cut Too Far Gone? and James' fascinating thoughts on the band's musical evolution from ...And Justice For All in…

Clint speaks with friends and patrons of the show Mark Potter (night 1) and Elizabeth Gleaton (night 2) about their very unique experiences at the Arlington M72 shows. Notably, Mark breaks down the entire Nothing Else Matters experience and weighs in on whether or not it's worth the expense, and Elizabeth goes bowling with the Metallica crew! Here …

Friend and patron of the show, Derek Ninneman joins Clint to burn down down night 2 of the M72 tour in Montreal. In addition to the monster setlist (which included the tour debut of Dirty Window!) they discuss: - being a Metallidad - getting into Metallica in 1984 - college rock in the early 80’s - spending two months in a submarine - hearing TBA f…

This week Johnny Sword returns to the show on a rare off day in Albany, NY on the Morgan Wade "Around the World Tour." Before they chat Clint hits news, giveaways and the e-mail portal covering: - Metallica outselling Taylor Swift in Arlington, TX - boxset giveaways - being a Load and Reload guru - Tom Waits and 72 Seasons - MUYP hangs in St. Louis…

On this episode of Metal Tales, Clint is joined by Montreal native Jason Bilodeau burn down the night one setlist, surprise deep cuts, Load-era praise, the new album, changing his mind about Pantera 2.0, re-branding the term "true," and what it's like having pet snakes and tarantulas! If you'd like to be feature on a future Metal Tales episode, con…

Episode 348! Clint talks with patrons David Fredericks and Matt Hicks about both nights of the kickoff to the US M72 tour in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Before that Clint addresses the news of one of Metallica's semi's crashing on the way to Montreal and the lucky winner of the KILL EM ALL boxset is named! Topics discuss in this episode include: -…

On this very special edition of Metal Tales we get to speak with friend and patron of the show, Jamilah, about her amazing experience meeting Lars, Kirk and Robert at the MetLife show in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Jamilah was invited to the meet and greet by fellow MUYP family member Kaye and was able to chat with Lars about how he is her biggest…

This week guest host Tom Kwei (Alphabetallica) joins the show to break down the highlights of Lars' appearance on Bill Maher's stoner-podcast: Club Random. Here are is what we discussed: - Bill Maher’s career - Club Random - Joey Diaz - Metallica being apolitical - keeping Metallica together - Napster - losing and gaining fans - taking criticism - …

On this episode Clint checks in from a day off on tour in lovely Aspen, CO to read a handful of e-mails and announce the winners of the Pick Contest for July. Topics discussed in this episode: - touring update - Wolfgang Van Halen on M72 Tour - Lars and Hunter S. Thompson - the e-mail portal - deep thoughts on 72 Seasons - beef with Dean Delray - M…

On this MUYP radio episode Clint plays some of his current favorite songs and answers questions from Patrons. Topics include Metallica's rehearsal schedule, favorite Metallica songs of the last 20 years, AI and songwriting, putting together setlists for Morgan, touring in stadiums and arenas with Luke Combs and Chris Stapleton, similarities between…

This week's episode combines both Metal Tales for the M72 Gothenburg shows. Clint spoke to patrons Ian Hatfield (night 1) and Martin Rydholm (night 2) about their unique Metallica stories, 72 Seasons and their respective setlists for each show representing the end of the 2023 M72 European tour. In the housekeeping section, Clint addresses the alleg…

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Kevin Rapillo is a Nashville-based professional touring and session drummer who also happens to be one of Clint's best friends. After attending Boston's Berkley College of Music in the 1980's, Kevin formed the rock band Kid Crash who were a regional hit alongside peers like Extreme. After being courted by Michael Alago, Kid Crash landed a coveted r…

Ethan Luck, co-creator and co-host of Metal Up Your Podcast, has decided to step away from the project indefinitely. In this brief episode, we hear from Ethan about his decision to leave and Clint outlines what the future holds for MUYP as we all say adios to our friend and wish him the very best on whatever comes next. He will be greatly missed. I…

This week special guest host Brad Blazeck joins Clint to break down the 72S Rob Trujillo interview conducted by Steffan Chirazi. In this candid interview Rob breaks down how he stayed positive and creative during lockdown, how his intentionally botched attempt at an acoustic version of "The Day That Never Comes" kickstarted the 72 Seasons sessions,…

This week Clint is joined by friend and patron of the show, Lee Gomila, to break down and discuss the Zane Lowe M72 Metallica interview. Lee is a world-traveled and highly respected tour manager based in Nashville and currently on the road with critically acclaimed hit-maker, Mitchell Tenpenny. On this episode, Clint and Lee bring their years of to…

This week on Metal Tales, Ethan chats with listener and Patron, Alan Ashcroft. He chats about his Metallica origin story with a good friend, seeing Metallica for the first time in 1995, mixtapes, NWOBHM, his thoughts on 72 Seasons, going to Donington alone for his first show since 1997 and of course chatting through his highlights of the setlist. C…

On this episode Clint chats with Patrick Sloan all the way from Ireland about night 1 of Download festival in at Castle Donington, They burn down the setlist, the M72 era, getting into the band through LOAD, the enduring power of Metallica, Kirk's clean guitar tone, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle and Tool, Bring Me the Horizon, Ghost and strategies for…

This week we are honored to have back on the show the wonderful and charming Steffan Chirazi! On episode 208 we heard the story of how Steffan came to be the editor in chief of Metallica's in-house fanzine, So What. He's written for many esteemed publications (Sounds, RIP, Kerrang!) and worked with many notable artists. Steffan graciously took time…

Hello, Hi, Welcome, Hello, Guten Tag, Hi, Hello! Tom Kwei is back joining Clint to talk about the return of his encyclopedic all Metallica podcast, Alphabetallica. Tom has been a dear friend of MUYP going back all the way to the beginning and all these years later he and Clint are still mates, despite the fact that they couldn't possibly agree on t…

On this edition of Metal Tales, Clint chats with his pals Kat and Sacha about Hamburg night 2. Topics include: - becoming friends through MUYP - show posters - Mammoth WVH - the value of the enhanced experiences - pros and cons of the new M72 stage - the night between party - setlist variation - M72 production value - Load-era and MTV - 72 Seasons …