The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited

In 1984, the “Creeping Death” European single earned two newly recorded covers as B-sides Metallica labeled “Garage Days Revisited”. 3 years later, as the band decided to move on from Cliff Burton’s death with new bassist Jason Newsted, their UK label suggested an EP to accompany their upcoming concert at Castle Donington. Given covers are easier than writing new songs, cue another batch of revisions, which had to earn the title Garage Days Re-Revisited. The liner notes read:

After coming off the “Puppets” tour in Feb. 87, we needed a place to jam and ended up in a fancy, so-called “real” rehearsal studio. It hella sucked! So in May, after a break in the action, we decided to return to the old reliable, ever-comfortable & smelly garage; super-duty soundproofed by us, (except K…), under the direction of building master J. Newkid. To break it in, we started bashing out some old favorites of ours in true Metallikatz fashion, and after a bit we thought it would be good fun to record and release them. So in early July, we flipped down to L.A. and did it in six days (about the same time it took to load in the gear on the last album). Like the first “Garage Days Revisited,” these are cover tunes and you shouldn’t take all this too seriously, cause we don’t!! ENJOY!!