BF2S Forums So I saw the Metallica show last night

Metallica are the one band that I haven't seen that I really, really want to see.

My first concert with a big band was also Metallica, and justice for all ... kickass concert

Would i like Metallica? I like Slipknot and Iron Maiden but i don't know how similar they are?

Anyone reccomend any songs? karmaz involved.

liquidat0r wrote:

SEREVENT wrote:

how similar they are?

http://www.last.fm/music/Metallica/+similar

Nothing Else Matters is their most popular track, as far as I can tell. I'm not really a fan of this genre though.

That's because everyone likes that song, easy listening metal tracks like that tends to do that ... they are not very similar to slipknot but i like them both

More the same genre as Maiden, a tad tougher than Maiden ...

Yeah they'd be more similar to Maiden. Definitely "tougher". I'm pretty sure one of their influences is Maiden actually.

And speak of the devil, Machine Head did a cover of Hallowed Be Thy Name. It was fucking awesome. Only problem was this fatass alcoholic next to me who kept yelling "WHOOOOO" and "FUCK YEAAAAAAH." Dude was drunk off his ass, kinda just standing in place while swaying, spililng beer all over himself.

Heh, thanks. Yeah Machine Head was definitely brutal. At one point, a dude lifted up a banner that said "MACHINE FUCKING HEAD" and the singer tossed his cup of beer at him as a way of saying thanks

Also one last bit of awesomeness: Metallica got inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame

Awesome Hurri!  Glad you had so much fun.

I have seen Metallica 6 times, starting with the "And Justice..." tour.  They are one of the most technically sound bands and they put forth a great, if somewhat repetitive performance.  One of my two favorite concert stories happened at a Metallica show:

I was about 20 and my dead beat friends and I decided we were going to the concert, even though we did not have tickets.  We loaded up a case of beer into my pickup and off to the arena we went.  On the way, we decided that we would find a scalper with four tickets and convince him to come to the truck where we had left whatever money he desired in exchange for the tickets.  After luring him away from the venue we would then mug his ass for the tickets.  I had never mugged anyone before, so I was ecstatic to pursue new endeavours.

However, we never found a scalper with more than two tickets.  Thank god, because this is one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard of.  Alcohol is a hell of a drug.

So we stood around the outside of Arco listening to the opening act Korn.  Around us stood about 20 other degenerates, smoking cigs somberly and dreaming of being on the inside.  This gave me an idea.

I summoned my best authoritative attitude and instructed everyone to listen up.  I explained that if we all just bum rushed the doors at once the only thing separating us from the metal within were two security guards blocking the door.  The crowd agreed with my logic and the plan was organized and set.

When we actually took to charging only about half of the people ran with us.  That was ok, that was all we needed.  I was at the front of the line, so I shouldered through the first guard and began my sprint toward the masses.  If not for the gorilla in the sheriffs suit making the flying tackle out of nowhere I would have been in the endzone, doin' the dance.  I watched from beneath this sweaty behemoth on the ground as the remaining group (including my friends) faded into the enormous crowd.

I finally convinced them that some asshole had inspired us to commit such an obvious intrusion, and in my drunken state I really didn't know any better.  They released me to the outside, warning me to not return.

I sat on the ground feeling dejected, knowing I would have to wait around for 3 hours or so for my friends to return from one of the greatest thrills of their life.  Then I spotted the stub and once again grew inspiration grew within me.

I walked around to the other side of the arena and found a lone sheriff guarding a door.  I then managed to convince him that I had been thrown out of the concert for bring my knife into the venue.  I offered him my newly discovered ticket stub as evidence and after about 5 minutes of arguing he relented and granted passage (I had actually gone to high school and been somewhat friendly with this guy...).  I was in.

I had taken about 10 steps into the arena, feeling rather smug from of my efforts, when the same gorilla who had tackled me spotted me again.  I took to flight, ran threw the seated area and jumped a fence separating the seated area from the general admission area and fading into obscurity.  I arrived just as Korn was finishing there godawful set, in time to see the whole Metallica show.  I never did find my friends during the show, but it didn't really matter.  I had arrived.

tl;dr?  show was .

GravyDan wrote:

Awesome Hurri!  Glad you had so much fun.

I have seen Metallica 6 times, starting with the "And Justice..." tour.  They are one of the most technically sound bands and they put forth a great, if somewhat repetitive performance.  One of my two favorite concert stories happened at a Metallica show:

I was about 20 and my dead beat friends and I decided we were going to the concert, even though we did not have tickets.  We loaded up a case of beer into my pickup and off to the arena we went.  On the way, we decided that we would find a scalper with four tickets and convince him to come to the truck where we had left whatever money he desired in exchange for the tickets.  After luring him away from the venue we would then mug his ass for the tickets.  I had never mugged anyone before, so I was ecstatic to pursue new endeavours.

However, we never found a scalper with more than two tickets.  Thank god, because this is one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard of.  Alcohol is a hell of a drug.

So we stood around the outside of Arco listening to the opening act Korn.  Around us stood about 20 other degenerates, smoking cigs somberly and dreaming of being on the inside.  This gave me an idea.

I summoned my best authoritative attitude and instructed everyone to listen up.  I explained that if we all just bum rushed the doors at once the only thing separating us from the metal within were two security guards blocking the door.  The crowd agreed with my logic and the plan was organized and set.

When we actually took to charging only about half of the people ran with us.  That was ok, that was all we needed.  I was at the front of the line, so I shouldered through the first guard and began my sprint toward the masses.  If not for the gorilla in the sheriffs suit making the flying tackle out of nowhere I would have been in the endzone, doin' the dance.  I watched from beneath this sweaty behemoth on the ground as the remaining group (including my friends) faded into the enormous crowd.

I finally convinced them that some asshole had inspired us to commit such an obvious intrusion, and in my drunken state I really didn't know any better.  They released me to the outside, warning me to not return.

I sat on the ground feeling dejected, knowing I would have to wait around for 3 hours or so for my friends to return from one of the greatest thrills of their life.  Then I spotted the stub and once again grew inspiration grew within me.

I walked around to the other side of the arena and found a lone sheriff guarding a door.  I then managed to convince him that I had been thrown out of the concert for bring my knife into the venue.  I offered him my newly discovered ticket stub as evidence and after about 5 minutes of arguing he relented and granted passage (I had actually gone to high school and been somewhat friendly with this guy...).  I was in.

I had taken about 10 steps into the arena, feeling rather smug from of my efforts, when the same gorilla who had tackled me spotted me again.  I took to flight, ran threw the seated area and jumped a fence separating the seated area from the general admission area and fading into obscurity.  I arrived just as Korn was finishing there godawful set, in time to see the whole Metallica show.  I never did find my friends during the show, but it didn't really matter.  I had arrived.

tl;dr?  show was .

That is an awesome story, I love it.

i went to that skynyrd and zz top show when they came through stl....


to say the least.

SEREVENT wrote:

Would i like Metallica? I like Slipknot and Iron Maiden but i don't know how similar they are?

Anyone reccomend any songs? karmaz involved.

I really like their version of Ecstasy of Gold, I listen to it really loud while driving around - a lot.