Tesla’s Brian Wheat believes ‘Sad But True’ is Metallica’s best groove song.
The bassist recently joined an interview with Radioactive MikeZ and was asked which Metallica album he prefers, ‘Ride The Lightning’ or ‘Master of Puppets.’ He responded:
“It’s ‘Master of Puppets’, hands down. It’s just more — I think the songs were better, the performances were better. 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.’”
Wheat Further Explains His Admiration For ‘Master Of Puppets’
Wheat also mentioned Metallica’s other records:
“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’.”
Later, when asked to choose a Metallica song for the KCAL ‘Mandatory Metallica’ segment, the rocker said:
“If you’re gonna play anything, play ‘Sad But True.’ I think it’s the greatest groove song they ever did. Just the groove is just so deep and fat and wide.”
Will Tesla Release A New Album?
Tesla is not planning a new album right now. Wheat spoke with Eddie Trunk in April and said the following about a possible record from Tesla:
“It takes too much time. Here’s the thing. It’s no secret, we’re getting older. Jeff is 65, 66 years old… In order to do an album, takes so much out of the band – time and energy. And right now, I think we’re all on the same page that we’d rather take that time and energy and go around and play while we’re still able to play at the level we play at because we still play very well.”
Although they don’t have album news, Tesla will release a new single, ‘It’s All About Love,’ this summer. It’s their follow-up to ‘Cold Blue Steel’ from summer 2021 and ‘Time To Rock!’ from last year.
You can listen to Wheat’s entire chat below.