Metallica Story is a Lie, Claims A&R Legend Tom Zutaut - Michael Alago - David Geffen 

I couldnt articulate why I like his content until now. Thank you, observant sir! 🤟

I think this gentleman is actually in the music media? Could be wrong..but he reminds me of Eddie Trunk as well.

It’s called AI. 100% not a real person reading that.

​@@jdaniel.guitarI'm fairly certain he's real. I've heard AI voiceovers, the cadence here is human.

He sounds like Nikki Sixx tbh

Not just that, but there’s a guy named Cliff Burton in this band that had a certain level of importance Did you realize that?????

@@MetalHead-xq9on sure. Nothing but respect for Cliff. However, the groove that earned the respect of Elektra records was created SOLELY by Dave...Fucking.... Mustaine. For, as the record states (Ron McGovneys Garage jam tapes minus Cliff) was all sewn up and cased BEFORE they hired Cliff.

😢

dave sucks

Salty still I see.

Edgy

I hear of people talking crap about Kirk. It's weird how metal people don't like his blue-based stuff. I think if any guitar player heard it, they would have trouble not digging their guitars

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Shades of grey EVERYWHERE

Doesn’t phase me one bit

Son, sit down, your mother and I have something we need to tell you…..

@@arthurmurfitt7698 Great Overkill song

Agree. It’s all an act nothing more

not sure but think may of been first concert I went to, well in teenage years, mom took me to Kenny Rogers when I was Kid , think baby sitter went to jail best I recall. something like that

That was a great album!

Its marvelous how pieces of the rock and roll story fit together after years of sifting! \m/

The fun Oasis Ballroom days!

City Kidd and the storage units off Watt Ave. & Madison jam sessions Oasis Ballroom was their place for sure along with Y&T. 👍🏻 Thw owners of Skips was our neighbor and my brothers both took and gave lessons there🙂🥰 great people Hannon ,Skeoch,Keith (of the band ) got to know them 3 well.

Did he perchance also lick the windows??

Was his name Jason?

Agree; and it was John and Yoko who gave him his start- after Double Fantasy everyone wanted to be on Geffen because John had been on it

@@aunch3 Makes sense being John was a communist.

@@vikingvisigoth4384

drug problems?

bought that tape when it came out. lost all my tapes/case logic cases on a greyhound bus

You could tell it was bullshit

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I don't doubt he was there and wanted to sign them. And he probably would have been the one to sign them if he was going to stay at Electra, but he didn't.

Alago has receipts with signing Metallica as well, he can tell you where he saw them and when. Jonny Z wanted him to sign Raven but he loved Metallica more

Ron Mcgovney said he personally gave Nikli Sixx the first Metallica demo and Nikki helped them get signed to Elektra

Dubious. Alago knew about them through Jonny Z. I doubt Nikki could have cared less about Metallica. The hair bands didn’t think much of them and were crocked when they became successful

You didn't hear that he made a deal about loaning the money. If they win, they were signed, but he wasn't gonna be there to be the one signing them, or did you miss that?

Correct. They remained friends with Jon and Marsha. Zutat’s story doesn’t make sense.

Research the involvement in Chris Cornels AND Chesters death. Seems the dude is a complete psychopath.

@@kanoray2608 How was he involved?

It was during the time he signed Bill Pullman

Metallica sued that free sharing platform, making their fans pay money for their music.......why wouldn't they sue Megaforce?

Tom Zutaut you mean....

Exactly

except the old corporate model still exists, it just controls Spotify

Yeah and it's not even a good one it's like Mazda or something. Guess he ran thru his money

@@mattchomo seriously?

@@machupikachu1085 No

They are now both suck

what was "on the same level as" supposed to mean in this case?? In 1983? ...Raven were bigger. ...commercially?: absolutely. Raven's debut album: Rock Until You Drop was a NWoBHM classic and was something MetallicA admired & listened to (That, particular, album was much less "commercial" than the later Raven and was louder, faster, harsher)! So: since you didn't explain what you meant and: NO! No-one is going to read your mind! ...so: based-on that, alone: it has to be accepted that: You're wrong. -You might argue: song-writing or arrangement capabilities. O.K. 👍👍 ...but: as far as musicianship? ...and success within the (then) underground metal community?? - especially in the early '80s!!!? ...they were at "the same level." Absolutely. That's not a question of taste or preference (and that is nearly always what people MEAN when they refer to an artist being "better" than another (...or "more" something 🤷🤷)-even when they SAY it ISN'T! ...obviously: No-one is going to compare, say 🤷 Stay Hard 🤷🤷 or The Pack Is Back to: Master Of Puppets, or something! That would, just, be, flat-out, ignorant! ...but there was a period when MORE people would have been familiar with the name (and the music of): "Raven" than with the name: "Metallica." ...even if only by a slight margin. Naturally, things changed drastically when 'tallica moved from Megaforce over to Elektra (and the larger label budget could be used to promote and familiarize people with Metallica's music!) and Kill 'em All and Ride The Lightning developed larger and larger followings ...erupting, finally, with the release of: Master... and a slot opening for Ozzy! ...No-one is arguing the development. ...but you don't specify a time or range ... [🤦🤦] ...so: your non-statements have-to-be called out.

@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra it means they weren't on the same level and putting time and effort into Raven was time and effort wasted.

@@ncmetalmusic All right. I can agree with that. 👍👍 Pretty clear. (You should have written that in the first place.)

​@@randymoran67 everyone sucks from the big 4 and basically every band who gets old poser

He’s done actual interviews, so it’s a real guy.

Sounds like his tape measure is out.

Tommy Z.

I thought it was John Zazula

​@@fullinbloomSo who really "found" Metallica?

They're still playing shows. Still a great band.

@@user-zp7wh8en5g No, they're not -- a great band, that is.

@@MarkMay-cr6bv Yeah, keeping up with the Hot Pop Charts doesn't make you legit. Raven is still legend.

"Embellisher" for sure. Definitely a fellow that's in love with himself.

​@toddmorrissey8372 well tbh you have to be to do what he did, he was basically a professional hype man

@@mattchomo Surely. But those days are long passed for him. He's also a documented r@pist that drugged and r@ped Edie Brickel when he was signing her and her band in late 80s early 90s. Her dumb ass took a settlement instead of filing criminal charges. But after the NDA expired she went public with it.

They weren’t drunk kids. They were musicians. Why couldn’t they make those albums. What you’re saying makes no sense. Record companies don’t have professional songwriters that can make thrash metal at the time.

Get back on yer meds, Johnny.

@@sidsuspicious what fun would that be ? ppfft!

yeah....no. Nobody saw thrash metal really going anywhere back then. It was the most extreme music being made at the time. Pretty fringe. There's no way in hell a record label had writers around who even understood the musical style, much less that they saw it making them much money.

@@firebirdlover4460 I agree with you 100 percent. That's exactly why master, ride justice and black all sound so refined and classical influence all over it . I'm not saying Kirk and James didn't write great riffs. I'm saying once the industry got them they directed them in very specific ways. Studio players showed them better arrangements, different movements and helped them craft what they ultimately became. Yes Metallica wrote great music. But Kirk and James didn't write what we were listening to too. They played it. Had some good ideas but ultimately were guided, shown and groomed.

He said he got them signed to Elektra, not Megaforce.

Wrong.

It's kind of unfair to bash them after they lost a band mate. It's not like they could be the same. It definitely changed them.

@@MetaITurtle Yea . I’m in mid 50’s . So I remember how incredibly different they were say 81-ish . Maybe that was a cheap shot. But as far as the orchestra, and after Ride the lighting I’m pretty spot on. However, they’re doing much much better than say, Mötley Crüe.once they lost Mick . There’s nothing to see.

​@JessicaJohnson-mv7lb I'm a couple years behind you. Cliffs influence stretched beyond ride the lightning. Beyond justice, it's all shit tho...and I look at the black album as their " rock" album....I don't hate it like everything beyond...

​@@JessicaJohnson-mv7lbalso...some of these guys that argue with you were still filling diapers when the black album was fresh...they simply don't know.

Pretty much.

Those first three records are masterpieces

You’re entitled to your opinion however wrong it may be

You were the Winger kid.

@CorbCorbin .....Interesting comment, Corbin. Considering, Winger had oodles more talent than Metallica ever had 🙄🙄