Sound
"Stone Cold Crazy" is known for its fast tempo and heavy distortion, thus being a precursor to speed metal.[12] Music magazine Q described "Stone Cold Crazy" as "thrash metal before the term was invented".[5] In 2009, it was named the 38th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[13]
DRUM! Magazine called it an "early blisteringly fast song", describing Taylor's performance as "straight-up punk-rock drumming. [...] In essence, Taylor's groove is a double-stroke roll split between his bass drum and snare drum with some cool accents played on his crash cymbals. Taylor later re-enters with a dramatic and decidedly non-punk fill to restart the groove."[14]
