My first time seeing Metallica was 30 years ago today.

Randall’s Island, New York. Lollapalooza 1996. A young me came as a Metallica fan and left as one of the biggest Metallica fans you’ll ever meet. I found my calling that day. I had just started playing guitar, and for the next 2 years I spent all my time learning every Metallica riff I could. Fast forward to today, I’ve seen Metallica 25 times, they are still consistently my most listened to artist on Spotify, and I continue to play music.

Here is a version of Call of Ktulu on 3 mandolins that I recorded a couple years ago:

https://youtu.be/gmiZgyz78Bs?is=yazRv8Xh0f9FvECh

Long live the greatest band of all time. 🤘