A musician from Alabama, USA, has posted a video of him squatting an excellent 225lbs whilst taking part in Cliff Burton’s bass solo from the Metallica observe (Anesthesia) – Pulling Enamel.
As though the athleticism of the squat wasn’t sufficient, Alexander Mercieca did it whilst taking part in the overdue Burton’s difficult solo.
Mercieca is the bass participant for Huntsville-based band Greenback’d Up. It almost definitely is helping that he is additionally a licensed crossfit instructor.
Regardless of the case, indisputably don’t do that at house. Watch the clip under.
(Anesthesia) – Pulling Enamel gave the impression on Metallica’s 1983 debut album Kill ‘Em All. In 2022, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett recalled Burton recording the observe.
Hammett mentioned: “I consider him recording his bass solo one by one from somebody or the rest. He was once upstairs on this large empty room, status there on my own, simply him and his bass amp.
“I watched him play whilst they had been getting his sound correct downstairs within the keep an eye on room. After 15 or 20 mins, he were given the sound correct after which he checked out me and mentioned: ‘Escape from me, guy – I’m about to do that.’
“After which he took successful off a joint, bent over and drank a lager, and I hightailed it out of there.”
Burton was once Metallica’s bassist from March 1983 till his dying on the age of 24 in a excursion bus crash on September 27, 1986.
In 2018, Alameda County in California – the place he grew up – declared February 10 as ‘Cliff Burton Day’ following a fan petition. Cliff Burton Day celebrates the lifetime of the overdue Metallica bassist on what would were his birthday every 12 months.
