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'Pretty cool': Metallica tours Alexandria vinyl record pressing plant they bought
‘Pretty cool’: Metallica tours Alexandria vinyl record pressing plant they bought
Neal Augenstein | naugenstein@wtop.com
July 25, 2024, 11:26 AM
Metallica’s heavy metal music has been heard all over the world for 43 years — and they recently got their first tour of the Alexandria, Virginia, record pressing plant they own.
Last year, when Metallica invested in Furnace Record Pressing, they gained a majority interest in the plant, which has been in business since 1996.
Recently, band members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo were given a tour of Furnace, which is located on Bren Mar Drive, just off the Capital Beltway, near Interstate 395.
This week, the band posted a YouTube video of their tour of the factory, which was led by Mark Reiter, vice president of manufacturing operations for Furnace. ... The band saw the process from start to finish — and heard that the term “vinyl” is a bit simplistic.
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Neal Augenstein
Neal Augenstein has been a general assignment reporter with WTOP since 1997. He says he looks forward to coming to work every day, even though that means waking up at 3:30 a.m.
naugenstein@wtop.com
@AugensteinWTOP
Neal Augenstein | naugenstein@wtop.com
July 25, 2024, 11:26 AM
Metallica’s heavy metal music has been heard all over the world for 43 years — and they recently got their first tour of the Alexandria, Virginia, record pressing plant they own.
Last year, when Metallica invested in Furnace Record Pressing, they gained a majority interest in the plant, which has been in business since 1996.
Recently, band members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo were given a tour of Furnace, which is located on Bren Mar Drive, just off the Capital Beltway, near Interstate 395.
This week, the band posted a YouTube video of their tour of the factory, which was led by Mark Reiter, vice president of manufacturing operations for Furnace. ... The band saw the process from start to finish — and heard that the term “vinyl” is a bit simplistic.
{snip}
Neal Augenstein
Neal Augenstein has been a general assignment reporter with WTOP since 1997. He says he looks forward to coming to work every day, even though that means waking up at 3:30 a.m.
naugenstein@wtop.com
@AugensteinWTOP
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