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nyarlothothep · 09-06-2019 06:55PM

Thought all the bands were great, surprisingly enough. I was eyeing that Gibson LP gold top the guitarist in Fangclub had because the sound was mmm, yes I'll have some of that! Bokassa were good, Stiff Little Fingers were strange, I was kind of bored but then in retrospect only an hour later I was thinking they were quite enjoyable as well. I saw that they were playing fairly high end guitars but was a bit disappointed by the tones which were neither distorted nor clean. Ghost stole the show imo, wouldn't like to be in his band though, he seems a bit James Brownish with the stage directions but he completely owned the stage and audience. An absolute standout performance. Metallica were ok but I felt the sound mix was ****ty. The clean guitars sounded too choppy, the bass seemed a bit muddy, particularly where Trujillo was playing chordal patterns for the solo. Kirk's guitar was badly out of tune for The Unforgiven. I couldn't hear any timing issues with the double kick drums but I did hear the drums speeding up and slowing down and Lars getting lost in the beat when he played over-extended fills, like he was bored and wanted to distract himself. I would have preferred less new stuff and was hoping to hear Orion, AJFA, Battery, The Thing That Should Not Be etc. The Wild Rover left me completely out of the loop, I don't know the song or the lyrics. The fire show was good and provided some heat on an otherwise cold night.

My enjoyment would have been far greater if not for the idiot slam dancer who was punching my back in a totally crowded area and also the rivers of p1ss that formed from the portaloo fiasco, in which I bore witness to a reverse sh1t. Slane is a p1ss poor venue to see bands imo, too many people, not enough facilities and the threat of a mud avalanche ever present with the rain.

Riddle101 · 09-06-2019 08:42PM

Yeah the portaloo fiasco was god awful. My friend found one with a used tampon in it, and another had a brown handmark running down the wall. I wouldn't want to shake hands with whoever did it.

I also know some people there who avoided going to the partaloos because of the state they were in so they P*ssed into empty beer cups and just poured the contents onto the ground. Not a pleasant sight.

I didn't drink that day so i'm thankful I was able to hold it in until I got home.

Wanderer78 · 09-06-2019 08:59PM

Riddle101 wrote:

I also know some people there who avoided going to the partaloos because of the state they were in so they P*ssed into empty beer cups and just poured the contents onto the ground. Not a pleasant sight.

This is exactly what I done, the poncho was very handy for that, nobody spotted me, not even those that were with me

nyarlothothep · 09-06-2019 10:12PM

Riddle101 wrote: »

Yeah the portaloo fiasco was god awful. My friend found one with a used tampon in it, and another had a brown handmark running down the wall. I wouldn't want to shake hands with whoever did it.

I also know some people there who avoided going to the partaloos because of the state they were in so they P*ssed into empty beer cups and just poured the contents onto the ground. Not a pleasant sight.

I didn't drink that day so i'm thankful I was able to hold it in until I got home.

Hahahahahaha, that's amazing! What is wrong with people, they go completely nuts when it's a gig and they have a few beers. That's literally GG Allin level territory, smearing pooh on the walls like it was the 9th level of hell. Wow, just wow. Also the fact that there was a friggin' queue to get out of the toilets.

Okon · 10-06-2019 02:09PM

Metallica were in great form, I thought the set-list was fine and pretty much what you'd expect at a gig like Slane. Five songs frm their last album made sense as we haven't seen Metallica over here since 2009. Okay, maybe Rob singing The Wild Rover was a bit of a surprise, but I have no complaints over the set list.

Ghost were really good, surprisingly so for me as I didn't know much of their stuff. If they come over here on their own tour I will go and see them, as they were very entertaining. Cool masks!

As an an oldie Stiff Little Fingers were good to see again, they might be past their best but they were still rocking. They even threw in a new song, which was brave of Jake! So I enjoyed their set too.

I didn't see any of the other bands, but I really enjoyed the gig and the weather although poor at times with some heavy showers, held off once Metallica came on stage around 8:50. Great fun, great experience. Just waiting for it to be up on the Nugs site for streaming so I can listen to it again in my warm dry house!!!

Lithium93_ · 10-06-2019 02:14PM

Really hope it doesn't take them another 10 years to come back.

Also this would've looked pretty cool on a t-shirt.

Pyr0 · 10-06-2019 02:56PM

Personally, the set list was pretty poor and felt very casual. I was hoping for a few more tracks from Justice and Kill 'em All. The band seemed in great form musically but it felt like something was missing from the performance. I left right before the encore and i didn't feel like i was missing anything, i was glad to be on a bus and away early!

I would have much preferred to see them at a smaller venue, the RDS or even a 2 night 3 Arena set up, Slane is too much hassle to get in and out of and i think the size takes away from the experience too much.

All in all I was pretty disappointed and won't be spending 140+ euro to see them again any time soon.

jack presley · 10-06-2019 03:05PM

I didn’t mind the set list and knew it was going to be along those lines but when you think about it, only 1 song from arguably their best album (little snippet of Orion excluded) is a bit strange.

tusk · 10-06-2019 03:08PM

Pyr0 wrote: »

Personally, the set list was pretty poor and felt very casual. I was hoping for a few more tracks from Justice and Kill 'em All. The band seemed in great form musically but it felt like something was missing from the performance. I left right before the encore and i didn't feel like i was missing anything, i was glad to be on a bus and away early!

I would have much preferred to see them at a smaller venue, the RDS or even a 2 night 3 Arena set up, Slane is too much hassle to get in and out of and i think the size takes away from the experience too much.

All in all I was pretty disappointed and won't be spending 140+ euro to see them again any time soon.

100% agree. The setlist was fairly woeful. Slane is terrible unless you're wasted. Defo wont waste the energy to go there again.

greenspurs · 10-06-2019 03:09PM

tusk wrote: »

100% agree. The setlist was fairly woeful. Slane is terrible unless you're wasted. Defo wont waste the energy to go there again.

Yee will be missed. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Maybe just buy dvds of the gigs then...… :cool:

tusk · 10-06-2019 03:11PM

drove down this time. Stayed in the red carpark which was great. only a 10 minute walk, we left just as seek was playing so got out fairly quick too. Raging I didn't get one of the 'Meath' tshirts

Church on Tuesday · 10-06-2019 03:13PM

jack presley wrote: »

I didn’t mind the set list and knew it was going to be along those lines but when you think about it, only 1 song from arguably their best album (little snippet of Orion excluded) is a bit strange.

Half the people there wouldn't know it.

greenspurs · 10-06-2019 03:13PM

Pyr0 wrote: »

I would have much preferred to see them at a smaller venue, the RDS or even a 2 night 3 Arena set up, Slane is too much hassle to get in and out of and i think the size takes away from the experience too much.

All in all I was pretty disappointed and won't be spending 140+ euro to see them again any time soon.

If it was a smaller venue, how would you get tickets? There was 75,000 there on Sat night.

Hassle - theres hassle everywhere when 75,000 people leave someplace at the same time.

Price - €140 , my ticket cost me 100quid …..

Wrongway1985 · 10-06-2019 03:14PM

Pyr0 wrote: »

Personally, the set list was pretty poor and felt very casual.

Didn't think it was the ideal setlist myself but it was hardly what I'd describe as casual unless that's what you want to describe their last 20 odd years too as 6 of the songs they pretty much play every show leaving 12 too churn out and 5 were off the latest album...yeh yeh oh oh

Pyr0 · 10-06-2019 03:33PM

greenspurs wrote: »

If it was a smaller venue, how would you get tickets? There was 75,000 there on Sat night.

Hassle - theres hassle everywhere when 75,000 people leave someplace at the same time.

Price - €140 , my ticket cost me 100quid …..

What? I'd try buy them of course? If i didn't get one because it sold out then whatever but judging by how many people I saw trying to sell theirs on I don't think it'd be a problem getting one next time.

Ticket cost me 106 euro but the transport to and from the gig was another 40 quid not including booking fees, so yeah the whole experience cost me mimum 140 euro.

Ash.J.Williams · 10-06-2019 03:36PM

Started a new job today and am bitterly disappointed I didn't show up in a suit like tobias forge's red number... It was a work of art

Riddle101 · 10-06-2019 04:27PM

As far as Metallica's set list goes. It's pretty standard stuff really. They always play the best hits and then maybe add some songs from their newest album along with two random ones.

I actually appreciated the fact that played Frantic at Slane. It was something different but I can get behind it.

gerrybbadd · 10-06-2019 04:47PM

I seen Hetfield did the solos for Whiskey - strange, no?

KH25 · 10-06-2019 04:48PM

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I seen Hetfield did the solos for Whiskey - strange, no?

He’s always played them.

nyarlothothep · 10-06-2019 06:28PM

Pyr0 wrote: »

Personally, the set list was pretty poor and felt very casual. I was hoping for a few more tracks from Justice and Kill 'em All. The band seemed in great form musically but it felt like something was missing from the performance. I left right before the encore and i didn't feel like i was missing anything, i was glad to be on a bus and away early!

I would have much preferred to see them at a smaller venue, the RDS or even a 2 night 3 Arena set up, Slane is too much hassle to get in and out of and i think the size takes away from the experience too much.

All in all I was pretty disappointed and won't be spending 140+ euro to see them again any time soon.

I totally agree here. They were playing with energy but there was something missing and I can't put my finger on it other than that it didn't feel real and that's reaching a bit, but there was something absent. In retrospect I enjoyed it more than when I was there, being dehydrated, cold and hungry as there was no time to get food/drinks with the queues. Also possibly some of the fan-aticism was a bit off putting because there's always the possibility you might be seen not to be devoted enough and will face the inquisition (this happened at a Stone Roses gig with some dude asking why I wasn't enjoying myself). That being said any gig I go to I find it hard to share in the live experience and prefer to just chill out to the music instead of jumping around and showing my appreciation.

Diarmuid · 10-06-2019 06:52PM

greenspurs wrote: »

Yee will be missed. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Maybe just buy dvds of the gigs then...… :cool:

You don't have to take it personally that some didn't think it was the greatest gig of all time.

funnyname · 10-06-2019 07:07PM

They just spent the day in North Clare

snoopy84 · 10-06-2019 07:15PM

didn't fancy carrying the poster around all day so thought I'd buy online instead. SOLD OUT! do you think they'll come available again when they get back unsold ones from the gig or do you think that's already happened?

Lithium93_ · 10-06-2019 07:39PM

This turned up in my YouTube recommendations.

lord lucan · 10-06-2019 07:43PM

Thoroughly enjoyed the show. Having only seen them a month ago I was hoping for at least a couple of changes in the set list and was happy enough with Whiskey and delighted with SOTB. As I was on a freebie/corporate gig getting in and out was a doddle and for the first time in many years I decided to not go barrelling to the front but stayed midway up the hill and really appreciated some of the production that you miss when you're up front like the pyro and lasers.

Solid performance from the lads and everyone in my vicinity seemed to be into it,headbanging and singing and enjoying the day. Never thought I'd see Metallica play Slane let alone pull a crowd that size,on a couple of occasions I found myself getting a little lump in my throat at the size of the crowd for them.

D.Q · 11-06-2019 02:35PM

lord lucan wrote: »

Solid performance from the lads and everyone in my vicinity seemed to be into it,headbanging and singing and enjoying the day. Never thought I'd see Metallica play Slane let alone pull a crowd that size,on a couple of occasions I found myself getting a little lump in my throat at the size of the crowd for them.

Yep same here. Was delighted at the size of the crowd after all the negative speak about possible relocation etc

dexter647 · 11-06-2019 10:31PM

Kicked ass and sounded great:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNdOCQYOL8

Okon · 11-06-2019 11:04PM

D.Q wrote: »

Was delighted at the size of the crowd after all the negative speak about possible relocation etc

I don't believe that was ever going to happen... it was probably just a 'some guy on the internet' sort of thing. There's always negativity where Metallica are concerned, after all, Metallica could never fill Slane could they?!

Church on Tuesday · 12-06-2019 12:38AM

Okon wrote: »

I don't believe that was ever going to happen... it was probably just a 'some guy on the internet' sort of thing. There's always negativity where Metallica are concerned, after all, Metallica could never fill Slane could they?!

They filled it because it's Slane, loads of people would have went regardless of who was playing lets be honest here.

As a huge fan, I'm glad they pulled it off and it's good to see a metal band playing such a venue.

greenspurs · 12-06-2019 08:18AM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

They filled it because it's Slane, loads of people would have went regardless of who was playing lets be honest here.

As a huge fan, I'm glad they pulled it off and it's good to see a metal band playing such a venue.

Who ?

All the people on here bitchin about Slane as a venue? About the traffic? About the queues ? About the price ? About the sound? About the buses ? About the lighting ? About the mud ? About the food ?

Personally I wouldn't just go 'regardless of who was playing' No way.
I went cos I love Metallica for over 30 years.

ps. Has anyone seen Nal ??

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