Exactly.. And the Black Album was when they started seeing mainstream success. No member had even turned 30 at that point. Doesn't take much to connect the dots on how we got here.
Obligatory "fuck you Lars" for what you did to Jason.
...And Justice For All was edited so you could barely hear Jason's bass on the background
I don't remember the rest but there's a few re-edited versions of the album on YouTube which restore Jason's bass track. "...And Justice for Jason" was one IIRC. Do give them a listen
Lars had his fingers all over the mixing board, because he had a better ear than James.
They also constantly hazed and bullied Jason, because they had lost their friend and previous bassist Cliff Burton in an accident a few years earlier and didn't know how to channel their grief and rage. So they took it all out on Newstead for years.
ETA: Lars did not have a good ear btw. The original mixing of AJFA was horrible, and then just go listen to St. Anger. Lars was a shite producer
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u/sma_nor 19h ago edited 18h ago
Exactly.. And the Black Album was when they started seeing mainstream success. No member had even turned 30 at that point. Doesn't take much to connect the dots on how we got here.
Obligatory "fuck you Lars" for what you did to Jason.