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METALLICA Frontman Gets Guitar Lesson From GODSMACK's Tony Rambola

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Posted on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 11:31:37 EST

MP3.com's Chris Rolls (www.mp3.com) has issued a new interview he conducted with GODSMACK guitarist Tony Rambola.

The following is an excerpt from the interview:

Q: How was it touring with Metallica?

A: "It was great. I like what they do and I admire [them], but I was never, I've never bought any of their material, you know. I wasn't that kind of fan. But I grew up listening to the radio and I always knew their music, and I liked a lot of it. But after touring with them, you know, they were so nice. James Hetfield was a super guy, and I became a fan after we were on tour with them."

Q: Did you see the documentary about them?

A: "No, I haven't seen it."

Q: I recommend that you watch it... it's a very strange film. I was just curious what you would think of it after being on the road with them.

A: "They seemed really nice. I mean, they were all like, James Hetfield, I swear to god, every day he came in our dressing room at some point and just said, 'Hey.' And it was funny, when I first met him it was in Europe and I was in the dressing room playing an acoustic guitar… I was playing this old song from LED ZEPPELIN called 'The Rain Song'. And it's got this really cool tuning to it, and he walked by our dressing room and it caught his ear and he came in, and he goes, 'Hey, is that 'The Rain Song'?' And I went, 'Yeah.' And he goes, 'Well, you got to show me that.' Next thing, you know, I'm sitting down teaching James Hatfield how to play 'The Rain Song' from Led Zeppelin. So that's how I kind of met him. And it was awesome. I was trying to keep my composure, but I was shaking in my boots."

Check out the complete interview at this location.




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