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http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/03/you-can-blame-lars-ulrich-for-lack-of-bass-on-metallicas-and-justice-for-all/

In order to finally get the drums up to Ulrich’s standards, Thompson was forced to sacrifice the bass. “We had to get the drum sound up the way he had it. I wasn’t a fan of it. So now he goes, ‘See the bass guitar?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, great part, man. He killed it.’ He said, I want you to bring down the bass where you can barely, audibly hear it in the mix. I said, ‘You’re kidding. Right?'” Thompson added, “He said, ‘No. Bring it down.’ I bring it down to that level and he says, ‘Now drop it down another 5 dB.’ I turned around and looked at Hetfield and said, ‘He’s serious?’ It just blew me away.”

Weirdly enough, years later when he and Ulrich crossed paths again, Ulrich had the actual audacity to ask about the album’s “barely audible bass.” “He goes, “Hey, what happened to the bass in “… Justice?” He actually asked me that. I wanted to cold cock him right there. It was a shame because I’m the one getting the shit for the lack of bass.