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Study names the electric guitar as the UK’s most popular instrument of 2024 – and it’s because of a Netflix show from 2 years ago
By Matt Owen published
Gear4Music crunched the numbers to see which instrument came out on top last year, and it has some interesting theories to explain the results

Stranger things: Phoebe Bridgers wields Eddie Munson’s guitar in Boygenius’ instrument-hurling, B.C. Rich-rocking, Beatles-channeling SNL appearance
By Matt Parker published
The indie supergroup’s spot as musical guests on SNL leaves a lot to talk about

Fortnite players can now play Metallica's Master of Puppets in-game
By Sam Roche published
Get your James Hetfield/Eddie Munson on for just 500 V-Bucks (about $4)
![[L-R] James Hetfield of Metallica and Eddie Munson from Stranger Things](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pEuJ5rUpbZWimgDt9Z3CQF.jpg)
It’s settled: James Hetfield had the best Halloween costume this year
By Sam Roche published
The Metallica frontman paid tribute to Stranger Things – which gained the band a deluge of new fans earlier this year – by dressing up as the Hellfire Club’s guitar-toting hero, Eddie Munson

Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn reveals his personal guitar heroes
By Matt Parker published
The actor behind metalhead Eddie Munson talks about the guitarists who influenced his playing and the steady diet of heavy metal that informed his preparation for the role
![[L-R] James Hetfield and Joseph Quinn](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fmKxaSh5VejwZSPexJYyu4.jpg)
Watch Metallica jam with Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn backstage at Lollapalooza
By Sam Roche last updated
“I’d like to make an announcement: Metallica is now a five-piece, guys,” jokes Lars Ulrich

Matt Heafy and YouTuber Anthony Vincent team up to reinvent Running Up That Hill in the style of Master of Puppets
By Matt Owen published
The Stranger Things hysteria shows no sign of abating as the Trivium frontman brings his metal riffing A-game to reimagine the Kate Bush hit as a thrash anthem

Metallica “stoked” by Master of Puppets' scene-stealing role in Stranger Things
By Sam Roche published
The finale of season four of the hit sci-fi series sees Hawkins outcast Eddie Munson turn hero when he plays the track's ferocious downpicked riffs and nails the solo, too

Robert Trujillo’s son recorded guitar for the Stranger Things version of Metallica’s Master of Puppets
By Matt Owen last updated
Tye Trujillo was tapped up to add additional guitar parts to the 1986 classic for the season finale set-piece, and reportedly received Kirk Hammett’s help to do so

Revealed: What Stranger Things’ metal hero Eddie Munson was really jamming on his BC Rich Warlock
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
Stranger Things Season Four Vol. 2 has dropped, and we told you all along that Munson's six-string heroics were taken from a mid '80s metal classic. Very mild spoilers ahead...
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