Former Skinny Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell apparently didn’t relish the time he joined Metallica onstage for Whiskey within the Jar, the very track he helped flip right into a hard-rock staple a long time earlier.

Whiskey within the Jar started life as a standard Irish people tune, and it wasn’t till 1972 that Bell electrified it with Skinny Lizzy, reshaping the track right into a swaggering rock anthem full with its now-iconic guitar solo.

Greater than twenty years later, Metallica reimagined the observe for his or her 1998 covers album Storage Inc., giving it a heavier, grittier edge and introducing the track to a brand new era of followers all over the world.

Talking with Guitar World, Bell revisits the sudden second he discovered himself performing the track alongside James Hetfield and co in Dublin – and shares why the entire expertise by no means fairly clicked for him.

“I didn’t know something about Metallica. I’m not into that type of music, actually,” Bell begins. “Nevertheless it was humorous; they obtained in contact with me. Somebody from their setup phoned me and stated, “I work with Metallica. We’re doing a world tour. Would like to have you ever come alongside to play with us in Dublin and do Whiskey within the Jar.”

“I stated, ‘Are you able to e mail me what’s happening?’ He stated, ‘Have you ever heard Metallica’s model of Whiskey within the Jar?’ I stated, ‘No.’ He stated, ‘What planet are you dwelling on?’ I stated, ‘Jupiter.’ [Laughs] Anyway, this courier arrived on a bike about two days later, and he had fairly a couple of information, cassettes and DVDs of Metallica doing Whiskey within the Jar.”

Recalling his response to the fabric, the guitarist says, “It was okay. However as soon as we obtained to Dublin, the factor that threw me was, I used to be making an attempt out this Marshall amp, and Metallica walked in type of like cartoons. They stated, ‘Hey, man, after we do that, we tune our guitars an entire tone down.’ I assumed, ‘An entire tone? The guitar goes to sound like a fucking banjo…’ However I don’t know; I didn’t actually know them.”

When requested whether or not he truly loved the efficiency, Bell admits that the second by no means sat comfortably with him.

“No. I imply, it was okay,” he says, noting that the tuning mismatch threw him off all through the track. “I simply felt a bit misplaced, particularly as my guitar was in normal tuning and I used to be enjoying alongside in F as a substitute of G. That’s the one factor that was in my head as a result of I didn’t tune my guitar an entire tone down. If I had the possibility once more, I’d tune it down as a result of it was difficult enjoying it in F!”