You can provide him gasoline, you can provide him fireplace… however it appears the factor that James Hetfield wishes most of all is an efficient sip of water.
Chatting with the Metallica Report, the Metallica frontman has mirrored on how the band might enhance their dwell efficiency going ahead – and a basic issue he wish to change could be popping a straw on his microphone whereas enjoying. Given his fixed riffing all through a set, there’s not often a chance to hydrate mid-riff.
“Having the ability to possibly sip some water whereas I’m enjoying, you already know, some sort of straw on the microphone…. That could possibly be cool,” he enthuses.
Hetfield’s fixed enjoying additionally results in different issues. As his arms are all the time occupied, there’s not often a chance to seize the mic and transfer from behind his stand. For that reason, he additionally suggests a number of mic stands dotted across the stage would even be a useful addition to a Metallica dwell present.
“I’m not holding the mic, I’m not capable of go anyplace. So there [could be] mic stations in all places,” he displays.
After all there could possibly be chaos; “our monitor man [would have to] chase me round for all of the mics, he can’t have all of them open as a result of it sounds insane, particularly in an indoor stadium.”
To keep away from the chaos of regularly turning mics on and off, Hetfield additionally presents one other revolutionary proposition; “Should you’re carrying one thing and also you’re inside two ft of the microphone, flip it on, one thing like that. So it could make [the monitor’s job] slightly simpler and mine as effectively.”
Whereas we’re no nearer to Metallica’s multi-mic insanity, or a stand geared up with a flexible straw, Hetfield is optimistic concerning the future. “I assume the New 12 months is sort of a cleaning, and I’ve bought a brand new objective… I’m actually simply persevering with to try to enhance myself, get higher, have a greater angle about life, about different folks’s lives, and simply attempt to carry as a lot pleasure to folks as doable,” he asserts.
The M72 World Tour will kick off once more in Could in Germany, and can proceed till the top of September 2025.
