LIVE AT NASSAU COLISEUM
(FoundryMusicDanny invited me to this show, the same show where Op and Ant were hanging backstage with Metallica and Godsmack, and I had to pass up the ticket. In retrospect, I should have gone. May God feed me to a hungry walrus for being so foolish. - SC)
What is there really to say. METALLICA. Nassau Coliseum. Oh I'm sorry, did you miss it? (STEVE!) Well if you went the way of our
HNIC and missed the show...Don't worry, I'd be glad to fill you all in.
For the first show on the 20th I had a general
admission ticket. I used to
think general admission was the best ticket to hold
simply because you weren't
bound to a specific location. As long as you showed
up early enough you were virtually
guaranteed a great spot, right? Ummm..no. As I
walked out on the floor, I
immediately noticed the stage was not off to one side
as I had thought from looking
at the seating chart. It took up the majority of the
floor. I see every last
person off to one side of the stage, so I'm thinking,
"Thats the place to be." So
I head over there.
Now I'm trying to set up the perfect location to stand
in so when the crowd rushes
the stage I can break through the weakest link to get
to the railing. Perfect.
Two snotty Long Island girls. Now I had my plan,
problem was, I was early as
hell it was probably about 5:45 and the show wasn't
supposed to start until 7.
Ok. Maybe someone can explain this to me. You're at
a concert. You have
different seats than your friend. Why is it that you
have to call your
friend on your cell phone and then wave your arm
around and say "CAN YOU
SEE ME??" I must've seen at least 25 people pull this
ultimate tool move.
If you think thats retarded....just wait.
Godsmack hits the stage about 7. I didn't know what
to expect not knowing
what kind of show they put on. Now not only was the
stage HUGE but the whole
damn thing spun around slowly, so the "awesome" spot I
though I had turned
out to be no better than the spot the drunk got who showed up last
minute. Of course they played
all the singles, but I think the highlight of the set
was when Sully hopped on
the second drum kit, (which we had all thought was set
up for Lars) and starts
playing the congas along to this very rhythmic,
hypnotic jam. I had no idea
Sully was so talented. I don't care for his voice too
much, and live it sounded
even worse, but showing off his actual musical
abilities totally made up for that.
When the conga jam was over I had expected him to get
down and start singing again.
Nope! He grabs a pair of sticks and starts a "dueling drummers" session. Sticks flying everywhere, very well choreographed. It really blew me away. This is one of the few times a bands live performance has swayed me into a fan. After about fifty minutes of kicking ass, the lights go up and we recoup our energy for the explosion about to hit the stage.
Well..not ABOUT to hit the stage. Metallica's crew
took about 45 minutes to set
up all their gear and get the lighting guys in their
crows nests. Just at the
point where everyone's wondering what the fuck is
taking so long...
The house goes dark. "The Ecstasy Of Gold" starts up
and the whole
place fucking explodes. I don't think I'd ever heard
a louder crowd anywhere
to this point. A faint buzz can be heard fading in as "Ecstasy" is fading out. Louder now. I know exactly what it is. BLACKENED!!!!!
The rest of the set is as follows: (Thanx to MetOnTour.com)
Fuel
The Four Horsemen
Fade To Black
Frantic
Holier Than Thou
No Leaf Clover
St. Anger
Sad But True
Creeping Death
Battery
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I Disappear
Nothing Else Matters
Master Of Puppets
One
Enter Sandman
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Jump In The Fire
Metal Militia
Let me just say..The pyro before "One" was UNFUCKING REAL. You felt like you
in a fucking war. Every part of the stage was rigged.
Closing the show with Jump and Metal Militia was
simply awesome. After doing some research
it seems that Metallica hadn't played Metal Militia
live since 1985. It was really
something special.
Something else that was pretty "special" was the idiot
Greek kid next to me, all the
time shoving and leaking his way between myself and
the dude next to me. This ass
and a half whips out his cell phone and starts to
RECORD THE FUCKING SHOW with his
phone cam. This fucking dicklicker has his phone
shoved in front of my face as I'm
trying to watch the show. I wait for the song to end
and turn to the guy next to me
and say "Is this kid the biggest fag on the planet or
what?" He heard me, he was just
too pussy to say anything. I hope he's an O&A fan and
reads this, cuz I want him to know
what a disrespectful ass he was. Him and the drunk,
sweaty man who smelled like boiled
bologna. But thats a whole 'nuther story.
Second show, the 21st. I'm not gonna bother to say
anything new about Godsmack, cuz,
well, it was the same friggin show. I was now in
section 218 (FUCK YOU KROCK PRESALE)
but I didn't mind really. It's a whole different show
being in general admission
and then the next day being in a seat. You don't have
to deal with other peoples sweat
and parts getting all up ons. Plus you actually have
some room to go nuts. Which I did.
A bunch of times. Metallica mixed up the set this
time around, putting on a far better
show this night. The show still opened with Blackened
but the rest of the set was:
Fuel
Ride The Lightning
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Frantic
Leper Messiah
I Disappear
St. Anger
Sad But True
Creeping Death
Battery
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No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
Master Of Puppets
One
Enter Sandman
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The Wait
Dyers Eve
Leper Messiah?!?!? DYERS FUCKING EVE!??!?!?! I don't
think ANYBODY ever expected to
see Metallca play either of these songs live EVER. In
addition to Jump and Metal Militia
the previous night, anybody who went to both shows
really got one hell of a treat.
For all those who missed 'em, don't worry, Lars
announced at the end of the second night
that they'd be back in town in October. Who knows,
maybe they'll pull out Ktulu...
FoundryMusicDanny
