Metallica-Verdict

9lives · 27-06-2004 09:15PM

I too thought it was better than last year. I enjoyed hearing 'King Nothing' which is one of the few decent songs on "Load". Also got a kick out of "Whiskey..." and the whole anticipation that built leading up to it.

Didn't think much of the sound, and I didn't think Kirk was mixed high enough at all.

Sell outs they may be, and indeed bar "Metallica", I don't rate any of their albums since "MoP" above average. But they're a cracking live band and I'd probably go see them again. I'd prefer to see a more intimate gig though - The Ambassador would be great!

Missed Lostprophets - didn't have the same appeal for me as The Darkness last year - and caught most of Slipknot's set. Not my type of thing but a bit of fun.

Bad part? Morons moshing around us as far back as the sound towers and pretty much ruining our enjoyment of 'Creeping Death' and 'Battery'. My mate through a pint of beer in one guys face and I thought there was going to be a melée for a second!

- 9L

derrylahan · 27-06-2004 09:34PM

well evad
my memory is coming back
i dont remember them playing the blister exist but i couldnt hear what they played after sic(which they def did play) so that could of been it,

i think it was:

742617000027
sic
the blister exist?
eyeless
disasterpiece
the heretic anthem
spit it out
duality
wait and bleed
(515)
surfacing

i know they didnt play people = sh!t cause thats my fav song
i think thats the set list
the heretic anthem could have been after spit it out
actually now that i remember, i seen chris and shawn playing those snare? drums on there body so it probably was the blister exist
can anyone confirm that my setlist

SouperComputer · 27-06-2004 10:28PM

i wasnt impressed by Metallica at all. regardless of sellout accusations etc, they played without conviction. Its just a job for them now it seems. Kirk has turned to $hit and Rob the bassist has a constant look on his face like he is taking a dump! Despite that, i still managed to loose a shoe in a mosh and subequently begged y way into the seating area. Worked a treat!

I thought fade to black & blackened were good, great opening with the good, bad and the ugly. but it just seemed like they were going through the motions, felt very fake. Im gona grab a copy of cliff em all to remind myself of teh good auld days!

Having said all that, id stiil go and see them again! The pyro, as always, was excellent.

Slipknot played a hefty set, not my favourite band, but nice to see the aggression getting out! Missed LP's would have liked to see them, I think they are alright, probably put more effort in to their gig than Metallica!

its amazing though how metallica just get bigger. Last time I saw them was 97 I think at the point, great gig and you could actually see the band. Even got to grab jason newstead.

Dr. Dodger · 27-06-2004 11:35PM

metallica are fookin awesome live and put on a great show,i personally would've paid double the price for them alone without the other two (who were mediocre but i think support acts sound always leaves alot to be desired), imo i think St. Anger is an alrite album and i enjoyed the two songs live, fast heavy and loud,isn't that what metallica is all about.

I don't give a shiot how old they are and how old they will be when i see them next because they are still the one of the greatest bands especially live.

any fan just has to look at the set list to start drooling uncontrollably and wish they could go back and do it all again

think about in years to come when they decide to stop touring how younger fans will be gutted to never get the chance to see metallica live!!

will it compare to how i feel now not gettin to see nirvana live

answers on a postcard

Lemming · 27-06-2004 11:47PM

/me crawls out of the shadows painfully, sticks thumb up and speaks in hoarse voice

Great gig. Got my pit pass. Got fried. Got f*cking crippled. 4th time good!

Beëlzebooze · 28-06-2004 09:50AM

it was special to hear Fade to Black and Master of Puppets, live, from the hands of the masters themselves.

Heh, every time a tune started, the GF thought it was Enter Sandman, and started wailing "EEEEXXIITTTT LIGHT....etc". She is no Metallica fan, but I think she enjoyed it more than I did.

Praetorian · 28-06-2004 10:02AM

Lost Prophets were okay. Slip****e were better than I thought they would be. Metallica performed well on the night, although I didn't love the setlist.

Metallica proved their class by learning Whiskey again for us. I've never seen a crowd so delighted!

empirix · 28-06-2004 01:26PM

I thought last year was miles better.....still was a good show - but too much new stuff (by new i mean anything after "Justice").

preferred last years set by miles

still a good day out though

gqma0 · 28-06-2004 01:41PM

Seen them twice in concert in France years around 16 years ago and a couple of times in Ireland. The best memory was 4, 5 years ago when they used to play at the point.

Although this was the 1st time I see them play outdoor at the RDS, I thought this was a good concert, even considering they play the same thing on tour but what do you expect. The sound wasn't too great because of the wind, I presume. Have seen trujillo in concert years ago when he was playing with Infectious grooves.

Didn't think much of the support bands, so stayed in the back.

One kid had a T-shirt "Napster rulez, Metallica sucks" and he was headbanging mad.

in overall, I was satisfied with the concert.

evad_lhorg · 28-06-2004 02:10PM

Originally posted by derrylahan
well evad
my memory is coming back
i dont remember them playing the blister exist but i couldnt hear what they played after sic(which they def did play) so that could of been it,

i think it was:

742617000027
sic
the blister exist?
eyeless
disasterpiece
the heretic anthem
spit it out
duality
wait and bleed
(515)
surfacing

i know they didnt play people = sh!t cause thats my fav song
i think thats the set list
the heretic anthem could have been after spit it out
actually now that i remember, i seen chris and shawn playing those snare? drums on there body so it probably was the blister exist
can anyone confirm that my setlist

i cant remember the order unfortunately but they definitely played the bllster exists. i know that for a fact cause thats the only slipknot album i know properly.

Atomic Pineapple · 28-06-2004 05:26PM

I think lost prophets are a decent band but i thought they played **** on friday, dunno why just didnt get a good feeling off them, i dont know much of slipknots stuff but decided to watch them anyway, didnt enjoy them at all, not my thing and wouldnt rate them very highly in my eyes.

tis true metallica are sell outs, i never bought load or reload and never listen to st anger anymore but tis great to hear the old stuff live and jump around a bit for the craic

thought it was a good gig, good atmosphere, good crowd were i was, a little to the left of the middle and right up at the barrier before the pit. all in all a very enjoyable day.

Kold · 28-06-2004 07:52PM

Originally posted by Deadwing
did metallica ritually sacrifice 'the crab' bassist of thiers? Then all die horribly when lars' ego swelled to gargantuan proportions causing his drum riser to topple over and crush the remaining memebers to death? Cause thats what id call a good metallica gig. At least id pay to see that.
Im sorry im just annoyed with seeing all these fucking clones walking around town all day in thier metallica T's, not realising that metallica are now the ultimate symbol of corporate cock suckage, and by supporting such a band, are themselves being fished in, paying 60 euro a ticket so lars can buy his diamond shoes and produce more horrible, godawful, piss poor, fuck bollocks albums like stanger, all the while pissing on the memory of metallica when they were a good band and roping in more wee little kiddie winkies by getting hip new cool support bands like lostprophets, cause yeah man! Theyre so hip and with it and by comparison make metallica look hip and with it. WAKE UP. METALLICA ARE THE ULTIMATE IN CORPORATE COCK SUCKING SELL OUT SOULLESS FUCKSTICKS. Its a fuccking shame they all werent killed in that bus crash, at least then they wouldve went out before they could sell out.

AMENNNNNN

projectmayhem · 28-06-2004 09:57PM

lostprophets are a good band but didn't fit that bill in any way shape or form. to boot, their performance was ****. they just kinda stood around and played for 30minutes. uninspired to the extreme. also, almost all but one of the songs they played were from their second album, which sounds far too mtv-friendly.

slipknot were awesome. if they weren't on the bill i wouldn't have showed up. joey's drumkit was mad looking with the white symbols and what not. the performance was great, but i did think it was too short.

metallica were metallica. great show. nice pyro, good professional performance. the "solo" bits where rob and kirk had to entertain for 5 minutes each seemed a bit strange... because they were ****e.

evad_lhorg · 28-06-2004 10:59PM

ah I wouldnt agree there. kirks was ****e yea but i thought robs was really good.

feylya · 28-06-2004 11:05PM

I liked Kirk's doodle. It wasn't really a solo but it was a nice little intro to NEM and his tone was a bit nice.

Rob's bass solo was fooking great.

Placebo · 28-06-2004 11:31PM

you guys are right about LP, performance wasnt great, infact i`m trying really hard to remember how they played... i actually dint enjoy it, too much **** going on in pit , distracting me and erm could not hear vocals inside the pit !!!!! should have stayed outside,

slippy looked great from far.

Hal1 · 29-06-2004 06:48PM

wow, I'm suprised this thread is still going just goes to show how many die hards there still are. amazing gig! and I still got brusies on meh from the mosh that I helped to start

Ronan|Raven · 29-06-2004 08:41PM

You werent up near the top and slightly to the left?!

Atomic Pineapple · 29-06-2004 09:38PM

couple of pictures from the pictur phone.

loved the build up to one, was brilliant with the stuff from full metal jacket and the usual pyrotechnics, deadly show

Hal1 · 29-06-2004 10:29PM

Originally posted by Ronan|Raven
You werent up near the top and slightly to the left?!

Lol thats exactly where I was heh ;O

Ronan|Raven · 30-06-2004 02:10PM

I think I was more or less beside ya then. I remember some guy getting something moving and before ya knew it 40 or so people were going nuts for the rest of the gig

One of the most enjoyable bouts of moshing ive partaken of in a long long time

Fozzy · 30-06-2004 03:44PM

Originally posted by Placebo
slippy looked great from far.

You mean far from great?

Bazz · 30-06-2004 06:26PM

I'm not the biggest Metallica fan but they did give their moneys worth. they played for 2 hours and 30 mins which was worth the admission alone. Slipknot were turned all the way down so it was difficult to hear them and they only played for 30 mons and it was thir debut Irish gig.

Corey Taylor waffleing on about his oiishness was ****

snickerpuss · 30-06-2004 09:20PM

Whether or not they're sell outs doesnt bother me cos i just wanted to hear them.
I thought they were really good and i dont really care about their morals and whatnot.
Slipknot werent as god awful as i had assumed.
All in all I enjoyed myself so i guess thats all that matters.

Placebo · 01-07-2004 03:55PM

good pics, ne one have poics of lostprophets or ne other pics from gigs ?

Smellyirishman · 05-07-2004 07:14PM

Ye I went last year and this year,

Only reason I turned up this year was for the knot! (and the GF cause its an easy anniversary present(although not a cheap one) and she likes metallica)

Lost prophets: Just a band to sit down to and talk amongst your friends and maybe nod your head, MAYBE!! Hate the bottle throwers but it was good that the LP took it as a joke cause they have just taken €60 from the throwers!

Slipknot: what it was ALL about!!!

. Sadly didnt get enough time or freedom
. They were held back SO much by not being the headliner and for only getting 30 or so mins. If they had of gotten the 2hours the gig would have been so much the better, I could gareentee that even people that dislike the knot would come out with a lot of respect for them as there live show is second to none.
. There sound was off cause metallica wanted to sound like the "best" they imediate "seem" better because the sound was much crisper and louder so I was very disappointed by that as it took from slipknot
. Wish I hadent moshed so much as I didnt really get to look at them on stage but still had a blast and have the throat and brusis to prove it!!
. AM pRAYING that they will at least be at download next year and maybe headline the point or something next year so I can see their "proper" show.

All in all the Knot rocked and I guess It was worth giving the money to the "man" just to see them as it was excellent!

if you have pictures of the knot that would be great or know where I can find some of the irish gig to refresh my memory

PS. Coreys mam is irish(limerick) so has the right to oirrishness or however you put it

Metallica: simply, if you saw it last year you saw it this year, wasnt really much better at all, played whiskey which was nice but other than that it was all the same more or less, bass solo was quite bad but Kirk has some serious skills WAH or no WAH that kid can ROCK!!

Maybe im a slipknot "fanboi", but I just think there are what the industy needs and has not seen in a long time so im glad they finally got over here and rocked us, even if it was only for 30mins . Wait till joey gets his revolving solo and Sid can mix in amongst the crowd and they get proper sound and pyro!!

Thanks for listening! ; )

Ph3n0m · 07-07-2004 11:23AM

so does my gut feeling tell me that overall it wasnt worth the 65 euros most people paid for their tickets

- especially when you compare the price to their 96 concert of 30 euro for 3 hrs+ non stop Metallica-ness - no support just Metallica playing from 9:00 til a little after 12:00

and before anyone asks, no I didnt go - 65 for 3 bands in no way, shape or form could ever be justified in my eyes

Devilman · 07-07-2004 10:20PM

Smellyirishman... theres a rumour.. that Slipknot will be back in Ireland pretty soon on a co-headlining tour with Slayer. As for their sound, a mate of mine was working security at the sound tent and Slipknots EQ board blew about 10 mins before the gig and they had to adjust everything manually which meant Corey got totally lost in the mix

.. I wasnt a huge fan (had a mere curiosity in the band before the gig) but afterwards I can safely say I'd love to see them again with a real show.

Ph3n0m... in 96 COC played support

I think your talking the 92 gig,which was spectacular but there were times when it got boring (the solos?)...God I'm getting old

Blisterman · 07-07-2004 11:11PM

Slayer are pretty good, but I don't like slipknot. Duality's pretty good though. More singing than shouting, which is good because Corey Taylor's a good singer.

Smellyirishman · 12-07-2004 02:18PM

theres a rumour.. that Slipknot will be back in Ireland pretty soon on a co-headlining tour with Slayer. As for their sound, a mate of mine was working security at the sound tent and Slipknots EQ board blew about 10 mins before the gig and they had to adjust everything manually which meant Corey got totally lost in the mix

Nice one the man of devil

Wow that would be really cool! im dubious as to whether it would happen but I like that rumour!!

Shame about the board but he still sounded pretty good when you werent surrounded by 30 screaming maggots! ( according to GF and a friend that didnt want to go up the front!, I of course was one of those screaming idiots! )

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