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--LOS-- wrote: »

cool! I'd say Lars will be first in line to collect some of those :P

Check out this interview with Newsted conducted this year, and also check out what he says about the Black album, and the fact that the very day after it was released they could have retired. Incredible.

--LOS-- wrote: »

online portfolio here..........interesting stuff.

I have to say I like his material but I don't agree with the price, I think the least expensive is $7,500 lol

In any case, I've just checked out this video from the offices of Classic Rock, and I gotta say....I'm seriously considering giving the Coffin Box a purchase in retrospect (although he was a bit off on his "Limited Edition" foresight)

Motley Crue wrote: »

I think that's what happened actually, there's the hardcore fan like ourselves who hears a Metallica gig announced and would rather pay for the ticket then pay the rent lol...and yet there's the casual, "O'll go if my mates goin" fan who has filled the outdoor arenas on a Summers day for the past 4 gigs in Dublin

Most hardcore fans, like our friend on the Meet and Greet footage, go to Europe sooner then Dublin to hear Metallica live because they want indoor material and I think the hardcore fans got tickets...the one's who could afford it anyway...and the casual fans just taught about it too long or couldn't go if Daddy wouldn't drive them

Spot on. I went to both nights and most of the lads i met from outside of the North were 'regulars' who travel around to see the band. They were shows 16 and 17 for me,never tire of seeing them indoors. I'm done with outdoor shows after last year(mainly after getting pissed on at AC/DC @ punchestown),indoor shows are just way better. The current set-up is excellent,not a bad seat in the house.

--LOS-- wrote: »

Some of the stuff in that box is pointless, like what is that laminated pass thing

The first laminated pass, the credit card, is for use at Live Metallica as far as I know - you can download a show from one of the two promo concerts they did in 2008...where they played the 02 in London and they played in Germany for just £5 a ticket

I think the idea behind that is that you have the demo's of the songs (you get 2 CD's and a DVD with the box set), the actual studio album and the live versions

As far as the other material goes, the backstage laminated pass has little relevance, but I guess its a nice thing to wear around your neck at a future gig...if you're into that kind of thing

Motley Crue wrote: »

I'll keep that in mind, I'm seriously considering it, it was a choice between that or the French box set....Universal music has dropped the price of that by £60 making it very attractive considering the extra's

http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/Metallica-Francais-Pour-Une-Nuit/invt/0602527208329

You can also get every Metallica album for the special price of £56, including free shipping

I just got the regular Nimes dvd but that's not a bad price for what's in it. You could always get someone to burn a copy of 'Demo Magnetic' so you don't have to buy the box.;)

lord lucan wrote: »

I just got the regular Nimes dvd but that's not a bad price for what's in it. You could always get someone to burn a copy of 'Demo Magnetic' so you don't have to buy the box.;)

or acquire it, ahem, through some ill gotten means....not that Lars would approve

metalgear2k2 wrote: »

Taught I would put these up here too encase anyone missed em in the gig thread.

Did you see any of the gig?:pac::pac:

Motley Crue wrote: »

Love the Four Horsemen video above! Whooooo



Just another 24 hours to see if I've won a bid I'm watching on the Coffin box set on EBay, looking to get it at a discounted price too:pac:

Good man,we're in a recession!:D

metalgear2k2 wrote: »

I didnt really think much of my cam work as I wasnt watching the screen (cause I didnt want security seeing me looking at the screen) so I just pointed in the general direction I taught it should be in. I'd say I only looked at the screen for 20% of the gig, so ya I did!!;)

Security aren't bothered anymore about cameras,not unless it's a big SLR. Only place i've seen security take a hard line on cameras was at a Met show in New Jersey last year. They were making people take out memory cards and everything!!

Great vids,thanks for posting.:cool:

metalgear2k2 wrote: »

You must be joking lad, the security guy in front of me told me stop filming when High on fire were on!! A guy behind be told me that he was there the night before and he saw security confiscate 2 video cameras!! My cam takes both video and can take pics at the same time so I called him over and showed him that I was just taking pics, he he not so as you can see though! My friends dont call me Snake for nothing!! :P:P

My mate had a regular compact digital camera with him and the guys patting him down outside asked what it was. He showed them the camera and they said no problem and let him in with it. When i went through(no camera) the security were more concerned about my zippo("You can't smoke in the venue"!).:rolleyes:

Star Bingo wrote: »

Slayer do their own UK tour soon. n like metallica they couldn't be arsed w/ here this time out - at least metallica did belfast. still sterling into dollars tho.. keen on seein what tom does when he can't mosh. just goofily leer at the crowd?

Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, London.

I was meant to be goin to leeds but they kept cancellin! :mad:

Jimmy Page just bought one of Newsted's pieces and Lars Ulrich was at the opening party, which Jason said he was humbled by, in a recent interview

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15129701?nclick_check=1

Motley Crue wrote: »

Also, does anyone know, what does this version of Death Magnetic come with - do you just get a card in a box or do you actually get a physical copy of the CD as well as a code card....because I think it's the latter but I don't speak German

I think that was a version that included a physical cd as well as a code to download one of the DM launch gigs from London and Berlin.

OK, now bear with me, this isn't the usual Megadeth vs. Metallica thread question....

So, Mustaine arrives in New York in April 83 with Metallica and they immediately want him out of the group for various reasons. Mustaine goes back on the bus to LA and rents an apartment. Let's say, he got his **** together very fast, and in June 83 when he first heard Metallica's material he sued the ass off them for using his stuff without his prior consent.

Now, Metallica debate this is the case, and said Mustaine never said anything of the sort. Still, a year passes, and Metallica have obviously kept demos from around 82 and early 83 and still have Mustaine's work and use it again on Ride The Lightning. At this point, why doesn't Mustaine sue? This is the second album they've released and it's heavy with Mustaine influence.

There's no denying Kill Em All is rawer and more Thrash friendly then any other Metallica record...and it sounds more like a Megadeth record...so I assume that in the years that followed a Metallica lawyer, in secret, has negotiated with Mustaine that he will not take Metallica to court for using his material without permission and Mustaine is happy with the royalties?

Then there's Master of Puppets, Mustaine debates there's material on there which is his, although nothing is credited to him...so is this Mustaine attempting to make more money from his former bandmates or does he have a credible argument, did they get sick of paying for Mustaine to start a new band - which he did in 1984 after RTL came out - and so figured they'd wouldn't fund him anymore

Or, did Metallica and Mustaine have a secret agreement that although they were kicking him out of the band, they'd give him full credits and use his material and he could use the money to get his life back on track?