Episode 138 - Interview With Scott Pingel (S&M2 Bassist)

METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Clint Wells

Clint Wells, Ethan Luck, Heavy Metal, Arts, Nashville, Metal Up Your Podcast, Metal, Music, Society & Culture, Thrash Metal, Metallica

4.9 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 147 minutes

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Summary

We continue our exploration and celebration of all things S&M2 by sitting down with principle bassist of the San Francisco Symphony, Scott Pringle. Scott is now known and beloved by Metallica fans all over the world for his incredible tribute to Cliff Burton in his jaw dropping performance of “Anesthesia.” In this episode we learn about Scott’s background (yes, he was a Metallica fan) and his journey through music into landing one of the most coveted gigs in the country. We learn behind the scenes details of the symphony’s rehearsals and preparation for the S&M2 gigs, the origin of Scott’s idea to play tribute to cliff, his audition in front of the band at HQ, technical details about the shows themselves (monitors, pedals, crowds, working with Big Mick), and hear a detailed and emotional breakdown of Scott’s amazing composition. We loved meeting and talking with Scott and we know you’ll love him too. Enjoy! If you think Metal Uo your Podcast has **value**, please consider joking us on Patreon. For $5 a month you get all three current (and future) Cover Our World Blackened EP’s, Lunar Satan tunes, and chances to win awesome prizes like concert tickets, vinyl box sets, rare vinyl, collectible and more! Sign up for Patreon here: Http://www.patreon.com/metalupyourpodcast Follow us on all the socials. Email us here: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal.
0:05.0	So fucking what?
0:23.3	This is Ray Burton, and you're listening to Metal Up Your Podcast.
0:28.7	Base solo, take one.
0:30.1	One. Come Come Come Welcome to MelLife Your Podcast. I'm Ethan Luck.
1:16.2	And I'm Clint Wells.
1:16.9	This is episode 138, and this is our exclusive interview with old Scott Pingel, the double bass player from the S&M2 concert that has recently happened,
1:32.3	who did a stunning and I think now unforgettable performance of anesthesia.
1:35.8	No, it's definitely made its way into sort of one of the coolest performances in the entire Metallica story.
1:37.5	Right.
1:37.9	And I want to note here that we signed a proximity clause with Scott.
1:42.1	He is no longer able to give any other interviews,
1:44.4	not only to any other podcast, but any other human being or news outlets. Yeah, this is it.
1:48.6	Literally for the rest of his life. Sorry, Regis. I was so surprised that he was so willing to sign that.
1:53.4	Yeah, that is crazy. Yeah. I mean, unless we're the last one to do an interview.
1:57.9	Everyone's gotten to them for us. Everyone already did it. Yeah. I've been avoiding S&M2 videos because, and this is no knock on anyone who's been watching
2:05.9	them, but those videos never look or sound great.
2:09.6	And I want to wait another month.
2:11.7	We're going to see it in the theater fully produced by Greg Fittleman.
2:14.2	Yeah.
2:14.8	However, the one, I've treated myself to a few small things.
2:18.3	One was the
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