Nickelback live singing Metallica’s Sad But True

"Sad but True" is a heavy metal song recorded by Metallica for their fifth studio album, Metallica. The song was released as the album's fifth single in mid-1992. It is one of Metallica's first attempts at tuning down guitars, in this case, tuning down to D standard. They would use this tuning later on their cover of "Whiskey in the Jar" from Garage Inc, and would utilise drop C tuning (D standard with the bottom string tuned another full step) on St. Anger. In 2004, Guitar Player listed James Hetfield's tone, most likely produced by an ESP guitar driving a Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ or Mark III amplifier as one of the "50 Greatest Tones of All Time."
"Sad but True" is one of five singles from Metallica. The song was included on Metallica's live collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen), entitled S&M. In the verse riff, there is a distorted 5-string bass part, which is actually played by Jason Newsted.