During a new interview with ‘Wired In The Empire,’ Tesla’s Brian Wheat shared his thoughts about Metallica and admitted that he is okay with his band not being among the world’s biggest bands like them.
“We all grew up in the same time. We all had dreams of being the biggest rock band on the planet. They did it,” the rocker explained. “We didn’t, but I’m okay with Tesla not being the biggest rock band on the planet because Tesla’s in the game. We’re still playing in the game. We’re still in the major leagues playing.”
“Metallica has won the World Series like multiple times. I’m happy to just be in the league. But they’re the champions. And to achieve what they achieved, it’s just… All the best to everyone involved, from [Q Prime’s] Peter [Mensch] and Cliff [Burnstein] to [producer] Bob Rock to the dude that did their first albums and Cliff [Burton] and Jason and Robert [Trujillo], just the whole thing. It’s a thing all in itself,” he added.
Wheat earlier talked about his favorite Metallica album and how it performed compared to the other albums.
“It’s ‘Master Of Puppets’, hands down. It’s just more — I think the songs were better, the performances were better,” he said in a separate interview. “I don’t know — it just spoke to me. You know what I mean? I mean, you’d be hard pressed to find a better record than ‘Master Of Puppets’. And you can go on about the ‘Black Album’ and any other record. In their catalog, my favorite record of theirs all time is ‘Master Of Puppets’… I mean, ‘[Welcome Home] (Sanitarium)’, [the] ‘Master Of Puppets’ [title track] — come on. It’s tough. But, for me, I’m gonna stick with ‘Master Of Puppets.'”
Tesla is set to release a new six-song EP titled ‘All About Love’ on Friday, November 29. The EP will feature four different versions of the track ‘All About Love’ — acoustic, electric, hybrid, and live. In addition to these versions, it will include a live performance of ‘Walk Away,’ a fan-favorite from ‘Reel To Real, Vol. 1,’ as well as a new instrumental piece titled ‘From The Heart.’
