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In 1987, I discovered the heavy metal band Metallica. I was living in Saudi Arabia, of all places, when my musical world was rocked by Master of Puppets. An American friend who had gone to the US over Christmas break lent me the tape. Although there were many music stores in Jeddah, where I lived, their selection was limited to mostly mainstream pop and Top 40s rock; you couldn’t wander into a store and easily find fresh or offbeat…