November 28, 2004
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So I got back from a Metallica concert at the Arrowhead Pond in
Anaheim, and it was pretty darn cool. This was my third time seeing
them this year, with the previous two being in Los Angeles early spring
2004. This is also my sixth time seeing them live since August 28, 1998, when I officially became a hardcore fan.Godsmack once again opened for them, but this time, instead of ditching
them just for Metallica, I actually came early to see them. They
weren’t bad at all, and the highlight of their show was this awesome
drum duel. One thing that I thought was amusing was Sully (lead
singer of Godsmack) mentioning how he is liking the Anaheim crowd,
compared to what he called the “jaded posers” of L.A. hahaha,
this is so true. The only thing good about the L.A. shows was
Metallica’s performance, while the venue and the crowd simply
sucked!About a half hour after Godsmack’s set, Metallica came on stage and the
crowd went nuts and LOUD. The crowd was definitely the loudest
I’ve heard from a Metallica concert. Later on, Kirk Hammet
(Metalica’s lead guitarist) even mentioned how loud we were. The whole
setlist that Metallica played was good, although it was primarily
material from “the Black Album” and “Master of Puppets.”
Personaly, I was hoping for more stuff from St.Anger, especially
considering that this is their St.Anger tour. Anaheim though came
off like it was The Black Album tour. My personal best highlight
of their gig was definitely Rob Trujillo’s bass solo. It was
incredible, and I hope that it will be available for download from
livemetallica.com so that I can listen to it again.The other highlight was about a seat to the front left of me was this
long haired hot chick, pretty face, with an excellent figure, wearing a tight tank
top, “painted on” jeans, gyrating like there’s no tomorrow, headbanging
away, with her fist up in the air showing the devil’s horns.
Needless to say, she is sooo my type of woman, and I believe she was
Pinay too! If I wasn’t looking at Metallica, I was looking at
her. ~ drool ~
Considering how
rare it is for me to meet a girl who is into metal; yet alone a hot
looking Asian, I have no problem in possibly making her a new friend .
Talk and look but no touching yes? I even made up my mind to ask her
after the show, if she wanted to grab a late dinner with me. But alas,
it wasn’t meant to be because she left about 3/4th’s through
Metallica’s set.My head and neck hurts from headbanging too much. My throat hurts
from singing along too much (I mean screaming too much). My arm
hurts from my extensive pumping and extending of it for busting out the
devil’s horns. I was standing about 3hours straight, so that
probably didn’t help too much either. But it was a fun night. I
was even able to obtain one of Kirk Hammet’s guitar picks that he threw to the crowd, so that’s a plus too.I probably won’t be seeing Metallica live for a good year or so from
now, since they might go back to the studio to work on their next
album. But it was good times for sure.
