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After a few bands on Hetfield’s part (there were three pre Metallica), an almost non-start (he was coaxed into singing, along with playing guitar) and a line up change, Metallica were born. In April 1983 in New York, as they recorded their debut album Kill ‘Em All, original lead guitarist Dave Mustaine was fired due to alcoholism; a “raving maniac” when drunk, he poured a full can of beer into the bass guitar of Ron McGovney, shocking McGovney and causing the band to pack his equipment and give Mustaine a one way ticket bound for Los Angeles – Kirk Hammett was poached from Exodus soon after this. You know it’s going to be an exciting night when your heart thumps in time with the kick drum! Danish band Volbeat are the final support act and they play what seems to be an odd mix of metal with a bit of country thrown in (their cover of Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues is their highlight); they’re good and the dedicated band of fans down the front seem to think so too. class="dynamic">The Beginning: Lars Ulrich and The Recycler Twenty-nine years ago, in 1981, a young Danish man by the name of Lars Ulrich placed an ad in Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler, advertising for a vocalist. James Alan Hetfield answered that ad, an event that led to the birth of one of the Big Four bands of thrash metal. “When I met him, he had a crap drumkit and could barely drum. He still can’t!” So said the lead vocalist when he first met the mysterious little Dane. Fast forward to the first week of May 2010: it’s been a hectic tour for Metallica so far, and they’re most likely wondering what they’ve got themselves into – Belfast’s Odyssey is packed out and the fans are thronging everywhere. The queue is insane and it’s wonderful; there are many who are proud to say Metallica have come back to Northern Ireland after so long (don't leave it so long next time, fellas!) But it’s the moment when the lights go down that everyone is waiting for. At 9:10 the arena slams into darkness and the crowd roars; the beautiful Ecstasy of Gold begins and we’re off on an adventure that everyone thinks they know every twist and turn of. From the lasers of The End of the Line and That Was Just Your Life jordans 2011, to the flames that introduce One and Queen’s Stone Cold Crazy; the journey is high-speed, leaves you with no voice, and the morning after jordans 11 xi, you won’t be able to move. April 1986, Metallica were touring in Sweden when they lost their bassist Cliff Burton to a bus accident; Jason Newsted was his replacement; he left Metallica in 2001. This, and the following two years, is related in the film Some Kind of Monster. In August 1988, Metallica played the Antrim Forum, a concert that was to become legend amongst those who attended- mostly for the gig itself, but also for the rumours surrounding it (missiles thrown, things said etc). That was 22 years ago women jordans, and the fans thought they would never see them on Northern Irish shores again. The sun is shining and the weather is sweet, as Bob Marley once sang, and everyone is in good spirits. The darkness of the Arena itself is stark contrast to the bright sun and the music is thumping so hard you can hear it from outside. There’s a very different atmosphere here than there was to Green Day in October; there is more of a feral energy here. Read on Concert Review: Metallica Cleveland Museum Hall of Fame Induction Metallica Death Magnetic: Album Review From Death Magnetic to Master of Puppets Metallica back in Northern Ireland |
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