Episode 196 - Adam Dubin

METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Clint Wells

Clint Wells, Ethan Luck, Heavy Metal, Arts, Nashville, Metal Up Your Podcast, Metal, Music, Society & Culture, Thrash Metal, Metallica

4.9 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Adam Dubin is an American director from New York City. His new movie Murder in the Front Row explores the early thrash scene of the San Francisco Bay Area. He also directed the staggering documentary A Year and a Half In the Life of Metallica, Freeze 'Em All, and Hot The Lights: The Making of Through the Never. In this episode we talk with Adam about: - coming up in the NYU scene - Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys - co-directing “Fight For Your Right (To Party)” - getting the call to work for Metallica - meeting the band - hearing Black Album tunes for the first time - the vibe in the studio - capturing tension and staying out of the way - Bob Rock - the technical process of making a documentary - going on tour with Metallica - directing the “Nothing Else Matters” video - Spinal Tap - Jason and his fuckin’ sandwiches - hazing on the road - remembering ROAM GUY - the conception of Murder in the Front row - telling the story of early Bay Area thrash - the power of seeing KISS live - animation in the film - Kirk’s importance and Exodus - interviewing Dave Mustaine - Adam’s favorite interview - documenting Freeze ‘Em All in Antarctica We hope you enjoy getting to know Adam as much we did!

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0:00.0	Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal!
0:04.0	Oh, not bird.
0:23.5	Hey, this is Squindo, and you're listening to Metal Up Your Podcast.
0:26.5	Never care for what they say.
0:31.8	Never care for games they play.
0:36.7	Never care for what they do
0:39.3	never care for what they know
0:44.3	and I know Yeah Yeah Welcome to middle up your podcast. I'm Ethan Look.
1:23.3	And I'm Clint Wells.
1:24.3	This is episode 196, and we're talking to Adam Dubin, who you might know who did a year and a half of life of Metallica.
1:30.6	And of course, Murder in the Front Row, which you've probably heard that episode already.
1:33.9	So we're pretty excited to talk to him again.
1:35.5	Yeah, we had a great conversation with Adam.
1:37.2	And we were going to let this just be a normal Monday episode.
1:39.7	But we thought with the Murder in the Front row episode coming out this week. And then we had just such a
1:44.6	great conversation with Adam. We were like, let's just put it out as a, it's not even a bonus
1:48.0	episode. It's just two fully fledged, meddle up your podcast episodes in one week. I guess we just
1:54.1	decided to just be the, the metallic clause of podcasts. That's right. Yeah. I mean, Adam, this week,
2:00.8	Adam is the gift that keeps on giving.
2:03.9	Well, he's done so many amazing things. You know, you're going to hear it in the interview, but
2:07.9	he also directed a year and a half in the life of Metallica, which is just as important to me as,
2:12.9	you know, Seattle, 89 and Mexico City, binge and purge. It's just that aesthetic of that documentary is just a huge part of when I came online with the band.
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