An Angry Hum

I think it must have been early ‘84, because “Kill ‘Em All” had been released in ‘83, and I know it was during the winter. I was in Junior High and a friend in the band had given me the Metallica cassette to listen to.

I’d never heard anything like it. It was an adrenaline rush. My mom had always disapproved of something I was listening to, like Pink Floyd, AC/DC or the first Van Halen album. But this was different. There was no question that every adult I knew would hate Metallica. It was FAST, loud, and angry. I loved it.