Tue Nov 04, 2008
Metallica!Last night was Metallica! Right after work I ran to pick up Ryan, then we drove up to Eric's work to meet up with Eric and Steven. We all piled into Steven's car and drove to downtown. Found a sweet free parking spot just a half block from the arena. We hadn't eaten yet so we walked over to the the Gateway and grabbed some chow. Next into the arena. We ended up having awesome lower bowl seats, about half way up. Pretty good view! The first band was already playing... they sucked. The second band came out... guy was bragging that two of them used to be in Pantera... fine, but you suck now! The first two bands really were just noise. Both really sucked. Finally Metallica came out. The show started off with lasers going all over the arena. The mix was a little off, but Metallica played great! Even with the mix just off, and the sucky acoustics of the arena, the sound coming from everyone was fantastic. I was also VERY impressed by their stage lighting. Great color combinations, and they were always very easy to see clearly. For their final song they had the house lights up which always is a cool sight. After they mingled with the fans from the stage for a few minutes. Very impressed with the crowd interaction. Crappy camera phone pics (And even crappier camera phone video clips!) in the gallery. No feedback yet |