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Crash Course in Brain Surgery is the fourth song on 1987's Garage Days Re-Revisited and on the second disc of 1998's album Garage, Inc.. It was written by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge and Ray Phillips, with a length of 3:08.

About[]

Originally released by Budgie in 1971 on the Budgie album, Metallica have already released their version in their 1987's Garage Days Re-Revisited EP.

Live[]

  • "Crash Course in Brain Surgery" has been performed live 1 time as of January, 2025.
  • "Crash Course in Brain Surgery" was first and last performed live on August 20th, 1987, in London, England, at the 100 Club.

Trivia[]

Lyrics[]

Look inside and you will see
The words are cutting deep inside my brain
Thunder burnin' quickly burning
Knife of words is driving me insane, insane yeah

Raven black is on my track
He shows me how to neutralize the knife
Show to me in surgery
The art of fighting words to conquer life, conquer Life yeah

Now the wicked lance of fear
Is driving from my heady mountain brain
Crash course in brain surgery
Has stopped the bloody knife of words again yeah, Yeah, yeah

References[]

Garage Days Re-Revisited (EP)
Garage Days Revisited
Songs Helpless · The Small Hours · The Wait · Crash Course in Brain Surgery · Last Caress/Green Hell
Members James Hetfield · Lars Ulrich · Kirk Hammett · Jason Newsted
Garage, Inc.
Songs Free Speech For the Dumb · It's Electric · Sabbra Cadabra · Turn the Page · Die, Die, My Darling · Loverman · Mercyful Fate Medley · Astronomy · Whiskey in the Jar · Tuesday's Gone · The More I See · Helpless · The Small Hours · The Wait · Crash Course In Brain Surgery · Last Caress/Green Hell · Am I Evil? · Blitzkrieg · Breadfan · The Prince · Stone Cold Crazy · So What? · Killing Time · Overkill · Damage Case · Stone Dead Forever · Too Late Too Late
Members James Hetfield · Lars Ulrich · Kirk Hammett · Jason Newsted · Cliff Burton (On Am I Evil? and Blitzkrieg)