The reissue of 'Annihilation of Civilization' contains 3 bonus tracks: 10. The Awakening' contains an audio excerpt from the horror film 'The Evil Dead', the same film the band took their name from. But what were some of the other tunes and bands he rocked out to in preparation? Find out below! Songs and bands that inspired Joseph Quinn’s Stranger Things characterĪccording to the article, the actor used rock and metal bands such as Slayer, Black Sabbath, Metallica, and Led Zeppelin for inspiration for his character, and even offered the interviewer his personal guitar heroes, naming legends Jimi Hendrix as an “obvious” choice and Kurt Cobain. Some copies have 'Future Shock' listed twice. This brings me to my main gripe: the production. Still, this isnt a masterpiece as its still quite limited in terms of how much enjoyable content there is, and how some of the sections just arent very memorable. “I listened to ‘Master Of Reality’ by Black Sabbath over and over,” he noted in the interview. This sets Kingdoms of Hate over most of the mediocre thrash metal albums that came out in the 2000s and early 2010s. So what was the inspiration for the character? Well, in a new interview with Metal Hammer, a monthly heavy metal and rock music magazine published in the U.K., the 29-year-old actor revealed some of the artists he listened to in preparation to step into the shoes of Eddie. He said he’d “been woefully under-practiced in recent years,” but when the time came to perform he pulled it out the bag. When you think back to Eddie Munson’s part in the show, many will recall that iconic scene in the Upside Down where he performed the “most-metal-ever” concert with a perfect rendition of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets.” This might surprise some, but the actor actually performed most of the song, admitting previously that he played guitar ever since he was a kid. Many related to the metal-playing, grunge-wearing misfit of Hawkins, with social media (especially TikTok) going wild over the character and making Joseph Quinn, 29, nearly a household name. Hands down one of our favorite characters from Stranger Things season 4 was Joseph Quinn’s Eddie Munson.

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