I miss this Metallica. What a hell of a show. James pounding Lars's cymbals and just generally looking like he wants to kill everyone. Drums sound great, guitar tone is great.

Cymbals

thanks.

They still put on a pretty damn good show.

And the obligatory...

Saw them in Austin at frank Erwin and Houston at the summit on that tour

Good times

They solidified their status as bad asses with that appearance on the best written show of the last decade, "billions"

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I miss this Metallica. What a hell of a show. James pounding Lars's cymbals and just generally looking like he wants to kill everyone. Drums sound great, guitar tone is great.

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Well.. two of them were 25, the other two 26.. they are all in 50s now.. so that's gonna change some things.

I saw them in the Summit but can't recall if it was this tour or the black album tour. The Cult opened for them. I think it was this tour as I seem to recall the lady justice back prop stage set.

Had tickets to see them the fall of '08. Ended up having to sell them after having a damn test rescheduled.

Saw them at Sam Houston Raceway circa 94/95. Big music fest day with several other groups and what was supposed to be Alice in Chains. Dumbass lead for AIC had to go to rehab and we were treated with Cinderella as the direct opener. Blech.

Metallica was great, and when they sent out "personnel flares" out over the crowd at the first of One, it was badass for sure. Saw my first and only overdose waiting at the gates outside. Hot as hell too. Dude walked out of line right into a chainlink fence shaking. Slid down it face first and pissed himself right in front of the crowd and started semi convulsing. A definite don't do drugs commercial, live. Hauled him off in an ambulance.

But the show, went on.

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Saw them at Sam Houston Raceway circa 94/95. Big music fest day with several other groups and what was supposed to be Alice in Chains. Dumbass lead for AIC had to go to rehab and we were treated with Cinderella as the direct opener. Blech.

Metallica was great, and when they sent out "personnel flares" out over the crowd at the first of One, it was badass for sure. Saw my first and only overdose waiting at the gates outside. Hot as hell too. Dude walked out of line right into a chainlink fence shaking. Slid down it face first and pissed himself right in front of the crowd and started semi convulsing. A definite don't do drugs commercial, live. Hauled him off in an ambulance.

But the show, went on.

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I was at that show and Cinderella was not on the bill. The opening acts were Rob Halford's band Fight and Candlebox.

I saw them at Sam Houston speedway with AIC opening. I would have sworn it was 94/95, but I guess it could have been 93.

The rooster got on stage for that song and everything.

It was all downhill after they refused to let fans steal their music. I still feel bad about dipping into Hobbes 1998-2000, although not bad enough to delete anything. Subsequently, I returned to CD purchases, and still do so. We also have Prime music streaming.

I prefer RHCP, even as most of their lyrics are terrible.

Saw them in Houston with GnR in the early 90s.

Don't remember much of the show, though.

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Saw them in Houston with GnR in the early 90s.

Don't remember much of the show, though.

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Faith No More was better than GnR that night...

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Saw them at Sam Houston Raceway circa 94/95. Big music fest day with several other groups and what was supposed to be Alice in Chains. Dumbass lead for AIC had to go to rehab and we were treated with Cinderella as the direct opener. Blech.

Metallica was great, and when they sent out "personnel flares" out over the crowd at the first of One, it was badass for sure. Saw my first and only overdose waiting at the gates outside. Hot as hell too. Dude walked out of line right into a chainlink fence shaking. Slid down it face first and pissed himself right in front of the crowd and started semi convulsing. A definite don't do drugs commercial, live. Hauled him off in an ambulance.

But the show, went on.

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I was at that show and Cinderella was not on the bill. The opening acts were Rob Halford's band Fight and Candlebox.

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I was there, but I can't remember if AIC was there or not. Have we finalized that yet?

It's coming up on the anniversary of the 2nd time I saw them live

100% that AIC wasn't there because Layne Staley had to go to rehab. Metallica even played a few seconds of Man In The Box. Seemed like they were mocking Staley with that.

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I saw them at Sam Houston speedway with AIC opening. I would have sworn it was 94/95, but I guess it could have been 93.

The rooster got on stage for that song and everything.

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According to setlist.fm your memory is faulty. AIC never played with Metallica in Houston. Alice did play that location but it was a year earlier for Lollapalooza.

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Saw them at Sam Houston Raceway circa 94/95. Big music fest day with several other groups and what was supposed to be Alice in Chains. Dumbass lead for AIC had to go to rehab and we were treated with Cinderella as the direct opener. Blech.

Metallica was great, and when they sent out "personnel flares" out over the crowd at the first of One, it was badass for sure. Saw my first and only overdose waiting at the gates outside. Hot as hell too. Dude walked out of line right into a chainlink fence shaking. Slid down it face first and pissed himself right in front of the crowd and started semi convulsing. A definite don't do drugs commercial, live. Hauled him off in an ambulance.

But the show, went on.

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I was at that show and Cinderella was not on the bill. The opening acts were Rob Halford's band Fight and Candlebox.

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You left someone very important out... suicidal tendencies.. which had a dude by the name of Rob Trujillo playing bass.

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I saw them at Sam Houston speedway with AIC opening. I would have sworn it was 94/95, but I guess it could have been 93. The rooster got on stage for that song and everything.

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AIC absolutely did not open for Metallica at raceway park. Layne went to rehab before any of the 94 metallica shows even began.
According to http://www.bacus.net/alice/aliceliv.htm, they never played with metallica at all, anywhere, until AIC 2.0, unless they happen to both play some festival in Europe.

The original bill was Metallica, Danzig, AIC, Suicidal, Candlebox.. AIC got scrapped and they added Fight, Halford's band at the time, and Danzig for some reason only played up until early July. Although Wiki says candlebox replaced AIC, this tour poster proves otherwise.



In Houston AIC only played lollapalooza in 93 at raceway park, and summit in 92 (for ozzy) and 91, then a few club shows before

Candlebox pretty much got booed off the stage at Southpark Meadows

I left Suicidal off because we missed them due to the reDONKulous traffic cluster**** getting into the venue.

So I'm guessing Danzig and AIC were either/or as openers, never both. Looks like Danzig did all of June and July 2 & 3, then there was a gap in the tour with the next show being July 17, that's where AIC would have been opening instead of Danzig.. instead it was Fight.

I still have my ticket stub

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I saw them at Sam Houston speedway with AIC opening. I would have sworn it was 94/95, but I guess it could have been 93.

The rooster got on stage for that song and everything.

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According to setlist.fm your memory is faulty. AIC never played with Metallica in Houston. Alice did play that location but it was a year earlier for Lollapalooza.

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I was at that Lollapolooza so I guess that's the source of my confusion. I must have mentally blocked out whoever did open for Metalica that day.

I saw them at the Summit in Houston as well. It is odd driving by that building nowadays and remembering the smell of weed wafting up from the crowd.

I also saw them at Circuit of the Americas last year.

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I saw them at the Summit in Houston as well. It is odd driving by that building nowadays and remembering the smell of weed wafting up from the crowd.

I also saw them at Circuit of the Americas last year.

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Was the Summit show the one where the stage collapsed (on purpose) and that stagehand guy got lit on fire (also on purpose)? Man, that was cool. My girlfriend at the time didn't know that was intentional and she was freaking out.

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I saw them at the Summit in Houston as well. It is odd driving by that building nowadays and remembering the smell of weed wafting up from the crowd.

I also saw them at Circuit of the Americas last year.

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Was the Summit show the one where the stage collapsed (on purpose) and that stagehand guy got lit on fire (also on purpose)? Man, that was cool. My girlfriend at the time didn't know that was intentional and she was freaking out.

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The played summit several times in Houston, but yes the '97 tour that produced the DVD Cunning Stunts (which was Ft. worth believe) had the mock disaster during enter sandman. COC opened.


I can't say I remember for sure, but considering it was before wide use of internet, I probably didn't know either.

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Saw them in Houston with GnR in the early 90s.

Don't remember much of the show, though.

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Faith No More was better than GnR that night...

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I must disagree. Faith No More was terrible that night. GnR was good, and Metallica was awesome, even with James having a cast on one hand.

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I saw them at the Summit in Houston as well. It is odd driving by that building nowadays and remembering the smell of weed wafting up from the crowd.

I also saw them at Circuit of the Americas last year.

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Was the Summit show the one where the stage collapsed (on purpose) and that stagehand guy got lit on fire (also on purpose)? Man, that was cool. My girlfriend at the time didn't know that was intentional and she was freaking out.

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No, the show at the Summit I attended had GNR open.

Houston Monsters of Rock Tour, Rice Stadium ~1988. I think they were one of the many openers.

1988 it was:

The Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 was a festival tour of the USA in 1988, headlined by hard rock band Van Halen as part of their promotion for their OU812 album. The Scorpions were a co-headliner. Opening bands included Metallica, Dokken, and Kingdom Come.