It has been the largest steel story of 2022, and inexplicably, it is nonetheless dishing up surprises. Over summer time, social media went wild for the epic look of Metallica‘s Grasp Of Puppets in season 4 of Stranger Issues, resulting in weeks of hype for each the observe and for Joseph Quinn, the actor who performed Stranger Issues‘ lovable resident metalhead, Eddie Munson.
Again in July, Metallica even filmed a particular play-a-long model of Grasp Of Puppets synched with the now iconic Stranger Issues scene, and the band would lastly meet Joseph Quinn just a few weeks later, jamming the observe backstage with him at this yr’s Lollapalooza competition.
Now, Metallica frontman James Hetfield has paid the final word tribute to Quinn by truly dressing up as Eddie Munson for Halloween!
“Eddie Munson says Pleased Halloween!” says a caption posted alongside a photograph of James, absolutely Munson’d up courtesy of a mullet wig, leather-based jacket and battle vest as he throws the horns. The photograph was shared late final night time (October 31) on Metallica’s Instagram account, sending followers right into a frenzy (and, predictably, drawing out just a few moaners alongside the way in which).
Take a look at the picture in all its glory beneath.
Metallica commented on the thrill brought on by the Stranger Issues/Grasp Of Puppets scene on July 5, noting: “The way in which The Duffer Brothers have integrated music into Stranger Issues has all the time been subsequent stage, so we had been past psyched for them to not solely embrace Grasp Of Puppets within the present, however to have such a pivotal scene constructed round it”
“We had been all stoked to see the ultimate consequence and after we did we had been completely blown away,” they continued. “It’s so extraordinarily properly completed, a lot so, that some people had been capable of guess the tune simply by seeing just a few seconds of Joseph Quinn’s fingers within the trailer!! How loopy cool is that?
“It’s an unimaginable honor to be such a giant a part of Eddie’s journey and to as soon as once more be conserving firm with all the different superb artists featured within the present.”