Master of Puppets

Rob Scallon is a Chicago-based guitar player and songwriter, who's made a big name for himself on YouTube, making hysterical videos. Last year, he went all-out on May-tallica, even recording "Enter Sandman" backwards! This year, he's working on topping himself, and has kicked off in a big way, with "Master of Puppets" on banjo.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Metallica's monumental album, Master of Puppets. It came out on March 3, 1986, and I can remember having to wait for my parents to take me to the Sound Warehouse so I could get the cassette of the album. I was so excited to listen to it (they wouldn't let me play it on their car stereo), I opened the box and read everything on the liner card on the w