“Daron Malakian Remembers Fronting Metallica: ‘I Turned Around and Said, ‘Hey.’ It Was Lars, Kirk, and Jason Newsted, and I Was Like, ‘What Do You Know?’ I Just Mentioned ‘Master of Puppets’ and Told Them to Count It In.”]
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