Scott's Metal Track of the Day - One by Metallica

Today's Metal Track is One by Metallica. If you've never heard this before, come out from under that rock you are living under and rock out! This is off of their 1988 album ...And Justice For All. The song is based on the book Johnny Got His Gun about a quadruple amputee war veteran. The video contains scenes and dialogue from the 1971 film adaptation of that book.

This was the first video ever released by Metallica and IMHO is still their best video. When this came out many fans were upset because they felt the band had sold out. It definitely gained them a larger fan base that would only skyrocket 3 years later with the release of the Black Album.

When they play this live they open with a couple of minutes of pyrotechnics that simulate being on the battlefield. I was in the pit back in 2003 and during one of the explosions a piece of duct tape landed on me and my brother that was still extremely hot. (Cool story bro)