Apologies In Advance

I know, I know. I love Metallica and anyone reading this blog can see how I shamelessly wear my bias on my sleeve with all these stories on the band. But this is important.

I’m just done watching what I didn’t consider as a big deal…but now I know better. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame ceremony isn’t much more respected than the Grammy’s (yeah they aren’t) because of the board’s tendencies to screw over deserving bands in favor of popular ones in the yearly inductions. Metallica, who are eligible because their first album Kill ‘Em All came out in 1983 – over 25 years ago as the requirements state, were one class act.

Over the years there has been a tendency for bands to fight onstage and for age old dinosaur rock bands to meet eachother once for an award before going their seperate ways again…but Metallica is still a raging machine which is flying back to Europe to continue their massive world tour on monday. As for who they wanted onstage with them – they finalized that anyone who played on an album is deserving. Former bassist Jason Newsted, who quit the band in early 2001, played alongside current bassist Rob Trujillo in a 5-piece Metallica which blistered through two songs and did their fans proud. The final touch was the families in the audience and Cliff Burton’s, who died in 1986, father onstage with the band and not to mention Flea’s brutally honest and touching induction speech.

Being a fanboy never felt this good before.

Here they are playing Master of Puppets.

Enter Sandman.