Two years after Jason Newsted quit the band, Metallica still had a crew documenting the fallout and recovery of a tumultuous era that would be revealed in the 2004 Some Kind Of Monster documentary. Hetfield, Hammett and Ulrich were still tracking parts of the St Anger album with producer Bob Rock on low-end duties in early 2003 but they were looking ahead to getting back on the road with a permanent bass player.
