NPR station KPCC has done a piece about what's going down in Cleveland this weekend. If you wanna know what Umlaut's voice sounds like recorded, here you go:

METALLICA PALS 04.03.09
[IE, ARTS: The origins of LA-SF band Metallica on eve of R-N-R Hof induction]
Tomorrow [SAT] night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony includes a heavy metal band that got its start in Los Angeles. Metallica was born here in 1981 – but didn’t stay long. A year later, the band moved to San Francisco, where a thriving underground network of tape traders, music writers and DJs helped push the band to stardom. And in the middle of it all was KPCC’s own Steven Cuevas.
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