Tour Metallica HQ!

[@diezel013]

Can we show some love for Zach Harmon? Zach has been with Metallica for 30+ years and a very big part of the road crew. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to one of the greatest hard rock/metal acts of all time. Without the road crew there is no show!!!

[@joshuaralls3316]

3:10 - "No place suitable at his home so it ended up here" -- Translation: His wife said, "no".

[@sicknessmusik]

XD

[@magictea1812]

It reminds me of a Christmas Story when Ralphies dad gets the sexy leg lamp and the mom is like"Oh that's nice." Yet you know she's really saying "What the hell! That's not staying!"

[@leehernandez3541]

It scared his kids

[@aaronsteiding4568]

I could spend weeks in this building and never get bored \m/

[@BuLLeT2431]

Can you imagine having this setup.. these dudes do it the fucking best I swear.

[@anahowana]

This is a dreamland! Area51!!! A hangar 18!!!!!

[@michaelybarra3967]

Man, it looks like a really cool big place to hang out

[@Metaltimmy666]

Wow, how much time AND knowledge does this take to set up, respect for the crew.

[@johnbraucher1499]

Years and years of trial and error.

[@empreme]

at 3:11 "No suitable place at his home" TRANSLATION: "His wife said no.."

[@Godscountry2732]

this is what I have always liked about Metallica,they allow the fans and everyone else to see behind the lines,thanks Metallica and Guitar World for a look behind the lines.

[@Dougplays6strings]

You could hear the sound difference when he walked into the recording room.very tight sound.

[@nikklazz]

How can you NOT like vids like these? I'm a gearhead myself and this is BADASS...so cool to see behind the scenes stuff like this

[@CollinsWorldPictures]

haha "this is the okland raiders backdrop that james spraypainted in the driveway" haha cracks me up!

[@sicknessmusik]

5:23 "Don't feed the fish" :D

[@benlloyd3155]

Hey I wonder where the closet is in HQ that has all the gear on it that the band used to get their guitar tones from about 1983-1991. Maybe you could help the band by getting that stuff out again for them. Thank you for your consideration.

[@pippimaxim]

Ben Lloyd It got stolen.

[@nacktheslayer9882]

I think that was the kill em all gear.

[@magictea1812]

I know what you mean. They need to kick the door down and dust off rhe equipment so us before the mainstream Metallica fans can reminisce and hear the classic Metallica we grew up with.

[@inrewts3936]

gacha liza uwu 😴😴😴

[@mitchvechart7164]

@@magictea1812 I think they used the MOP MarkIIC+ on Hardwired

[@wrenchhammer5106]

Hard to believe so much time has passed

[@harrisonrg777]

seeing all this gear and unbelievable dream setup to record with makes me happy St. Anger even more

[@konrad3014]

1987 Metallica w Polsce !!! mają to u siebie na ścianie :D

[@marianka5830]

YellowFever Wzruszyłam się jak zobaczyłam tą flagę ;) niesamowite

[@danielheckel]

@tottanoise That is a "room" made with large foam blocks called baffles. This is used to create a temporary room usually for the guitar amps. This way the guitar or vocals can be recorded without interfering with drums or other instruments.

[@AllenHarrison]

Man, that is a lot of gear!! haha that must be a pain in the ass to hall all of that all over the country and world! thats is freakin amazing, i would kill to jam in there with them! METALLICA RULES!!!!

[@ChannelEleven59]

How many people does Metallica employ to do their website?

[@Gio2009]

Dude thats insane! I wish I could jam there with some buddies

[@DjKowals]

at 6:45 , the flag must be from Metallica concert which it was at 1987(10 & 11 February) in Polish city Katowice .

[@yprs]

Their website is in there ? I have to go there ! I want to see it !

[@maajc]

8:22..is that a ''spare'' digitech whammy?i know they don't use it but sure looks like one on the shelf...

[@smsphl]

would i love having a studio like this? YES!

[@gezou]

hey does anybody knows what in-ear monitor system do they use ?

[@SLOnTheRoad]

@ZOMB13 Actually, if you're a big Kill'Em All Fan, you're right, EMGs weren't around at this time. They start using EMGs one RTL (on some songs) and MOP (entirely). EMGs are great sounding Pickups when they're well configured. They did a great job on AJFA and the Black Album. For some reasons, they totally changed their tone on the late 90's.

[@Budafinga]

i can't imagine how much money was spent to set that place up. i mean just the guitar rigs alone, 2 sets of everything wow.

[@danimal097521]

The funny thing is, with those guitar rigs, guitars, basses, drums. That stuff they likely get free through endorsements.

[@esl4058]

“In this building they have their website.” I love me some boomer talk.

[@marklorenfahey4942]

Looks just like my home studio. I WISH! Cool tour! I wonder what the new updated one looks like?

[@fortysixyou]

That looks amazing, but way too cluttered and complicated for my taste. I do love the idea of having a rehearsal / tracking room as one room, and the work shop is a nice touch.

[@metyzermanfan19]

What song is it at the beginning?

[@HarryPotter047]

that building .. is .. just .. HEAVEN

[@magictea1812]

Nick Bowcott also one hell of a guitarist. Grim Reaper was a hell of a band.

[@nick9647]

@Metallica4ever82 i think it's before DM, because of Lars's drum set. He used that one under DM.

[@Metallideth1993]

I think they're opening some shows for them at some point this year.

[@pivetlord13]

how come youtube mute block guitarworlds music!?!?!?!

[@snowmenhunter]

what is the name of 1:27 rack, with british flag ?

[@Masterfighterx]

@MACARONIEMANIAC Nope, their place is called HQ ''Headquater''

[@Metallica4ever82]

I just wana visit that place at least once in my life!!! The people who have been there are soooo lukcy!!!

[@Soporific1]

I just want to know which room they do group hugs in?

[@Metallica4ever82]

Is that before DM or ST.Anger???

[@TheUniversalEyes]

Seeing that Lemmy poster on the door @ 07:10 hit's you kinda hard.

[@avantjeef]

That's the infamous location of the "he fucking left the band"

[@iseeu1980]

What does he say after 8:55?

[@tybo09]

I love the Nugent sign... Also, a flamed piano is a great idea. I want to buy a piano and have someone do that to it.

[@v213ix]

the dream jam room!!

[@number660]

its unbeleivable how rich they are

[@DHSDHSDHS1]

hahaha i love how they go to the tech room and they have The Band playing in the background !

[@scrollkeeper6636]

Nick Bowcott - that the guy from Grim Reaper, right? LOL at Kirk's rig - 3 rack for a clean, distorted and a wah sound :)

[@TerranMacKay]

cool james has the roland jc-120 too...

[@Shxmus]

7:14 Brings back the memorys of Some Kind Of Monster!...

[@fredmachine]

And hey, it worked, right? You're already a way better person than 99% of all KZbinrs :) No harm done, peace out :)

[@RevisedTV]

i would love that place, kewl guitars, huge amps, all i need to a shredder needs to be happy

[@arnihl]

@bozzi90 how old are you?

[@accadacca100]

Is it there complete own studio . Or is it kinda a studio they pay to come in with there instruments and record

[@ozzzzy939]

i want that guys shirt badly! anyone know where i could find it, please share the link!

[@Brwinka]

it’s on the shop i think

[@ozzzzy939]

​@admiralzaeger3805 wow that was a long time ago, I don't even listen to them anymore lol

[@livio1396]

@hotfrog1989 dude this video is from 2008... that album is death magnetic

[@SLOnTheRoad]

@ZOMB13 I like both, but I still think Metallica signature tone belong to EMGs. Kill'Em All sounds more old garage dynamic tone (which I love). It's just a question of tastes I guess.^^

[@garranto]

if i can play there with my band...just jamming alongside metallica....i can probably die happy in the next few days.

[@satsMM]

what accent does Zach have?

[@AraGuitar]

HEY!! thats where kirk did the instructional video that first got me into the band! 1:26

[@Newtsed]

i think it is, when i saw it, that was the first thing that come in my mind, and now that i read tour comm...i bet it is

[@peachpink4900]

Imagine folding that ride the lightning backdrop

[@stevenbender4896]

That expensive piano became worth more with James' pinstripe job 🔥

[@youknowthatoneguy123]

they use different types of amps like crate krank marshall mesa or randall

[@SasaYamaoka]

so awesome ...

[@LeonSilavant]

I saw Zach at th O2 setin up James' guitars!

[@DragosGeomolean]

I'd live there....

[@Brwinka]

84 Jordan St. San Rafael, California.

[@Martiizzer]

8:37 kirk hammett calendar!

[@KyleDesharnais]

8:37

[@DonVitosLazyEye]

Is Zach a distant relative of Gary Sinise???

[@jackobyte24]

They e the best band ever, but they're such queens.

[@Jakeman90210]

is this pre-death magnetic?

[@AFXAcid37]

+Gherkin Flout Tubanomeister Yeah, but not by much.

[@robindreier9796]

pre- St. Anger even

[@Jakeman90210]

I don't know about that

[@robindreier9796]

Jart well considering somethings have yet to be set up there and they talk about recording theire for the first time I'd say yeah

[@Jakeman90210]

Robin Dreier that may make sense because rob isn't even using ampeg yet.

[@Tangakkai]

great video... it makesme almost cry how they just have tons of stuff (even twice) and I'm just happy with having one marshall amp and a small PA :S... life is... well... weird...

[@TheShortestStruuaaww]

600TH LIKE!!!! I wish I could live there...

[@kay7sniper]

a mesa cab is like 1000 bucks...and they are one of the most commercially successful metal bands..

[@Topcat6103]

I doubt they use crate, Krank gives them amps, but I don't think they are used, and Kirk is the only one with a Randalll....

[@AndrzejZalewskiYT]

HELL YEEAAHHH :D Im suprised too... very very nice :)

[@JimBlasko]

i want the ride the lighting back drop./.. .dude, cliff burton played in front of that.

[@clemdacook8074]

hey huge matallica fan i am 13 but i already play guitar well and wants to live there i would like to bring back heavy metal and become one of the big 4 bring that agresion back to the wold thx pleaze watch my vids and tell james to know my apresiation of him andhow much of a inspiation hes been to life bye.

[@andenahlino]

Can't wait for Death Magnetic to come out:D!

[@kingv911]

they have a studio like this and they put out an album every 5 years? I'd be writing and recording all the time just to put the stuff to use.

[@rawwbnoles4787]

"Sorry I can't make it more exciting". What the fuck are you talking about!? I've watched this video several dozen times. I'd pay a lot of money for this tour. I've been listening to Metallica for more than 20 years, this building is basically sacred. Zach, if you read this, holler at me!

[@97warlock]

looks like its about time to start looking for a bigger place, some of those rooms like jam room & recording there isnt much room to do much for its 70$ equiptment. Id feel crowded lol. do they ever tell where this place is? they probably dont want fans going to it.

[@2009JimmyPage]

hi! I'm from italy and I don't completely understand the story about ''Skull's Throne''.... there's someone who can speak Italian and tell me about that??? thanks so much.. METALLICA RULEZ "... listen, damn it, we will win..."

[@tumskee]

I WANNE GO THERE!!

[@metalnut4life]

I call that heaven

[@olkaking133]

6:45 yeahh, Katowice 1987.! POLAND.!!! first Metallica concert in Poland :)) Poland in da house.! \m/

[@AllenHarrison]

probably on tour, it is pitty, it would have been cool to see then explain it

[@Xdawg9087]

i wonder if the band members know how to run any of that

[@IJustFiguredThisOut]

Metallica purchased the lot and building in 9/2000 for 1.7 million according to property records. Unreal. 1.7 mil and they have a base that pretty much houses the majority of the Metallica Company juggernaut.

[@Maertnz]

Before that this was their rehearsal space. In the behind the scenes of S&M you can see them practice in this place before they had it renovated. It was a regular purpose rehearsal space, other big bands also rented it to rehearse in before it was sold to Metallica.

[@GonkGonkJr]

Zach you're the luckiest man !

[@andr4681]

they dont have 2 exact gear...cos kirk got some guitars their only made 1 of

[@AlvaroAEM]

awesome

[@JoneHoftun]

@neneuro You figured that out by yourself? :p kinda says itself when you`re one of the biggest bands and on the biggest metal influences of all time :P

[@christiandil10]

just.. WOW

[@bikomk]

Perfect METALLICA's space to sing,shout,eat,sleep,play,practice...everything...OOOH its GUY things.BIG BOYZ TOYS TATS PERFECT HQ.

[@YellowFender]

WOW !

[@TheDrumminMan08]

That means nothing when he didn't really play independently from the guitars except for some octaves and stuff and didn't have the technical ability to play with the full speed of the guitars. He didn't gallop in the Battery verse or play the spider riff in Master of Puppets fully, and even then his parts were played sloppy.

[@wyattcupp]

hella packed

[@thatcoolG]

holy shit man i want it :)