Master of Puppets

As fate would have it, Lord Ordos was walking down the hallway on the way back to his dormitory, and I heard an electric guitar being played...badly, from the room labelled "Room for Studying Independently" in English. I walk in. One of my students is playing an absolutely awful electric guitar that he bought on the Internet. Anyway, he had a really good effects pedal and a decent amp. So I played the Master of Puppets riff. His face melted. Like mine did. When I heard it in....1988....at the impressionable age of 13. I had saved up for the vinyl LP with my paper route money. What was striking to me was the sheer wonderment this kid displayed.

He'd never heard of Metallica. Or Judas Priest. Or Black Sabbath. Or Led Zeppelin. I played these bands in that order. He'd never heard any of it. 

He recorded it on his cell phone, put it on the Interent (I have no idea where), and told all his friends. 

This music is really big news here. They have no idea. Metal has come to Ordos. 

To hear Metallica at the absolute peak of their most alcohol/cocaine wrecked best playing Master of Puppets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEL6_SuQCu8

1989 folks. Remember: drugs are bad.