Legendary Producer RICK RUBIN Talks About New METALLICA, ZZ TOP Studio Albums
June 20, 2011, 13 years ago
In a new interview with Billboard.com, legendary producer Rick Rubin talks about his involvement with new studio albums from METALLICA and ZZ TOP. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:
Metallica: Rubin, who was not involved with the headbangers' recent collaboration with LOU REED, reports that the quartet is "about to start writing, and I had a meeting with Lars (Ulrich) in San Francisco...to explore what the focus was going to be this time around. I'm still sort of thinking about what that is going to be. I'll ask a lot of questions and we'll probably listen to some of the riffs that they've been writing. Usually I'll hear something that will sort of indicate the direction and then we'll talk about it from there."
ZZ TOP: "They're signed to American and they're working on a new album now. I'm helping with the songs, and I'll probably be the executive producer at the end of the day. They tour a lot, so they work between touring. I know that they're kind of moving along. They are hoping to have something by the end of the year, and it would be great if that works out." They also spend time comparing notes on their beards, Rubin says: "We trade shampoo tips."
Read the entire interview here.
