Episode 225 - Interview with Mike Gillies (Pt. 1)

METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Clint Wells

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4.9 • 787 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Mike Gillies is a producer, engineer and digital editor who worked with Metallica for twenty two years. He recorded eight albums with the band and spear-headed the multi-track live recordings and the tuning room from 2004 - 2018. In the first part of our conversation with Mike we cover the following topics: - getting started in Canada - analog and digital recording - digital editing for Load - gaining trust with the band - tape splicing and data storage - memories of the Load/Reload sessions - recording Garage, Inc. - recording and editing S&M - what exactly is an engineer? - naming Metallica demos - the “I Disappear” sessions - tension with Jason Newsted - working with Bob Rock You can listen early to pt. 2 of our interview with Mike which covers St. Anger - Hardwired by joining our Patreon (link below). Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal!
0:04.0	Oh, no bird!
0:06.0	Hey, this is Scott Pingel from Essend on I burn.
0:23.3	Hey, this is Scott Pingel from S&M2, and you're listening to Metal of your podcast. I'm Ethan Luck.
0:53.2	And I'm Clint Wells.
0:54.1	This is episode 225. We were talking to Mike Gillis. And if you're, I don't know, even a casual
0:59.3	Metallica fan, I feel like you should know who this person is. And this is a part one of two
1:02.6	because Clint, we, as you know, we talked to him for about two hours.
1:06.6	We had a great conversation. Mike Gillis is the, he kind of goes by Met Mixer in the socials world.
1:12.5	He doesn't work for the band any longer, but he did work for them for 22 years. He helped make
1:16.6	eight Metallica albums. You see him in some kind of monster film. You see him in the making of
1:22.4	the death magnetic stuff. You see him the making of hardwired. He has been intimately involved in the making of this music
1:28.9	that we love. And it was nice to chat with him. We had a nice long chat. Basically, this first
1:34.7	part that you're going to hear today on this episode, which, by the way, if you're new to the show,
1:37.8	welcome to the show. We're a Metallical podcast. Yes, we are. And we're glad you're here i don't know how it happened i don't know what forces in the
1:44.5	world conspired to bring you to this moment where you're finally hanging out with ethan and i but we are
1:49.4	two professional musicians make time every monday to talk about metallica because it's our favorite
1:54.4	band and i'm guessing if you're here it's yours as well probably yeah and if you know who mike
1:59.4	gillis is then it's definitely your favorite band.
2:02.6	I met Mike on tour.
2:04.7	So in addition to all the stuff he does in the studio, he also is the guy who basically
2:08.7	spearheaded the multi-tracking of live Metallica starting around 2004-ish.
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