A video has surfaced of Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn rehearsing what would become one of the most pivotal moments of the show’s final season — as well as one of the most viral heavy metal moments ever produced on television.
In the Season 4 finale of Stranger Things, Quinn’s character, the eccentric but misunderstood metalhead Eddie Munson, plays the Metallica song Master Of Puppets to help save his friends from being attacked by the evil forces of Vecna (if that sentence still creeps you out confusing until now, where have you been?!). There has been much speculation as to whether Quinn actually played any of the song himself, with Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo’s son, Ty, recently confirmed to have been on the Master Of Puppets used in the show (as well as Rob’s fellow guitarist Kirk Hammett).
Now, thanks to this new footage, it’s clear that Quinn has at least taught Master Of Puppets about the scene, as the video shows him, out of character, jamming and navigating the thrash metal classic.
“I wouldn’t consider myself a brilliant guitar player, but I can play,” Quinn told Entertainment Weekly in May. “It was very fortunate because these scenarios came up, I think, at some point in the pandemic. I started training pretty hard.” Quinn also noted that he listened to “a lot of heavy metal” to get into character, receiving an added touch of authenticity for the role provided by the estate of Ronnie James Dio, who lent him Dio’s backpack , which can be seen wearing throughout the show.
Watch Quinn play Master Of Puppets out of character below. The final season of Stranger Things is now streaming on Netflix.
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