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*Hetfield catching-. My bad
Jan 27, 2026 12:41 AM
IliveIdyeIliveagain
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*Hetfield catching-. My bad
Thizicis
FIRE BAD! FIRE BAD!BEER GOOD!
Nanoxt
James Hetfieldcatching
Silver420Surfer
Still rocking out to all the Metallica music I downloaded from Napster!!
MungChomper69420
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MechKelly
That's the beginning of the show. He's working out the nerves. Amazing how he's been performing live for over 40 years and still gets the jitters.
lovetogetblottoOtto
That’s not a break, it’s the opening/first song for every Metallica show.
rpound4030350
Yup. We saw both shows in Tampa in June. Good times...
Dannyalcatraz
I’ve only gotten to see Metallica once- the AJFA tour, with Queensrÿche opening (playing Mindcrime).
InitHello
Gotta get some fresh air before the concert starts.
therandombagofmeat
stumblinforward
Ok that's funny.
TheFastpaws
I never had the money to see a concert. My dream was to see Weird Al but ya, not happening.
Nykidemus
I finally got to see Weird Al in concert this year for the first time. He's still absolutely worth the investment. Once in a lifetime exp
TheFastpaws
Ya, it isn't about the investment my life just blows. Cool you got to see him though!
Nykidemus
I hope you get the chance friend.
zaph2o
The hammer of justice crushes all on this blistered earth, as the US is trapped under ice. All by order of their Leper Messiah.
ruhardwick
I didn't realize the Cowardly Lion was so metal.
conklin5
He is looking more like Bert Lahr all the time.
NepLeet
flagbasher
The fact that they are over 60 and are still out there pounding out all those old thrash bangers is absolutely astounding. They're not 24 anymore, but fucking hell, it really is impressive to see them still at it.
sevro77
Ecstasy of Old
aguacatedeldiablo
Why doesn't James, the largest Metallica, simply eat the others?
ChadMaxxington
He'll look way different a few seconds later
majorhty
That's what I call a silver fox.😚
baldbear
Farmer Jim going to the market...
maverickdomme
Saw them for the first time in 93, at their first time in Lisboa. Feels like another life.
57rescraft9
Where's the whiskey in the jar ohhh..........?
waznewz
Not during, prior to, you can hear 'ecstasy of gold' they use that as intro music.
H13a
Ecstacy of Gold is playing. This is before he goes on stage to start the show.
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Also, I can listen to approximately 4 seconds of Ecstacy Of Gold before there's a giant adrenaline dump into my system.
CeterumCenseo
Kathy, Tamallaca is coming!
solrev
A true musician and outstanding song
Bibbies217
The best part is when he said, “IT’S METALLICA TIME!!!” and then proceeded to Metallica all over the place
EmilioLizardo
I gather his voice still sounds OK, but holy hannah, huffing on a Cohiba mid-concert sure seems like a shitty thing to do to your vocal cords.
battery1979
Considering it's Extacy of Gold, this is the beginning of the concert.
Drew442
Thats actually the start of the show
Untothesun
You don't inhale a cigar, at least any sane person doesn't. You just pull the smoke into the palate for flavor and sometimes through the sinuses.
GangOfNahr19
You can tell he inhales a bit, at the end he blows smoke out of his nostrils, more than one could do without inhaling from my experience
Eidodk
Not true at all. Anyone having undergone a laryngoscopy knows, that the nose is connected to the mouth with ZERO membranes or filters. A laryngoscopy is in fact a long tube with a light and a camera in the tip, entered into the nose, and guided into your throat to make very distinct imaging of your larynx and your esophagus.
epochfail
Yup, so you get jaw cancer instead of lung cancer!
tzahtman
Correct, you aren't supposed to inhale but that just keeps it out of you lungs. Your throat is still getting some contact with the smoke rolling around in your mouth.
EmilioLizardo
Yes, I've smoked cigars — not many, but enough. Even if Het's not inhaling lung-deep, still seems a really bad call when you're about to use their voice at high volume for 2+ hours. That shit's still getting in your throat/larynx and sinuses (as you, @tzahtman and @GangOfNahr19 said). Exactly where I feel it the next day after a stogie; I wouldn't dream of trying to sing well in that condition.
The long-term effects are a whole other kettle of (bad) fish.
Fuckimgurcunts
As metal vocalist and previous smoker tho that shit def hits your folds but like. Everyone is different. Alcohol too is a diuretic but a 24 ish oz black tea with a drop of honey and finger of whiskey is the best lube I've found.
Rogerwilco1974
This is like an answer to one of those "What is something that sounds classy and sophisticated but is really fucking stupid" questions.
angpanange365
Looking good
FeloniousMonk13
Hell yeah its good to see the old fucker. Goddamn i grew up w them. Justice was my first cassette tape. I was 11 maybe. Black Album pissed me off, i seldom listen to them anymore (first 4 only lol) but I still got love for em. Except Lars he's a bitchass lol.
TexMexHex
All Metallica is good Metallica.
FeloniousMonk13
Hey I've listened to all of thier new stuff up til today. The new album fuckin rocks dude, no shit. The first 4 albums were just something really special in metal, and music in general. Pure fuckin perfection, especially for the time. The first 4 stand alone. Imho.
iggylights
I'm a few years older but I feel the same on every point. I saw them live on the And Justice For All tour with Queensryche opening in '91. It was fantastic.
Roqinn
The Black album was good for me. It was after that that I turned away from Metallica. They didnt sound like the first 4 albums and I didnt like that.
I got to see them at Buckeye Lake once right after the Black album released. Good concert.
Invisibleman1921
I'm not in the know.. What's happening with Lars?
FeloniousMonk13
Maaaan this was a LONG time ago but here's why I say that ... Lars was the impetus behind this Metallica v. Napster, Inc. - Wikipedia https://share.google/cgFTbqTZ4Tyu9xqDB
thrael
first 4 only. amen.
bigboneded
I may have written this post, but you did, but I could've...
dogmatix
Given their last few albums I wasn't expecting much out of seeing them live, but I was recently lucky enough to score a free ticket and they were Fucking Amazing.
ChallengerDeep
Black album was released August 12, 1991, 34 years ago.
Nikki1236969
My 1st cd!
ivvarish
Shut your mouth
ChallengerDeep
vicvalour
St Anger is 23 years old
silvimancer
God he's old. Fuck me I'm old. What the hell happened. It was 1992 yesterday.
HuskyPirate
WHAT?
avenlanzer
Nah, that was the day before yesterday. Yesterday was....oh shit im old too
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
I began listening to Judas Priest in 2004. https://imgur.com/uDM6sWz.jpeg
ThisOldCPU
All I wanted was a Pepsi
Just one Pepsi
And she wouldn't give it to me
Just a Pepsi
yuugian
Yesterday, Love was such an easy game to play
TerryCrews
Now I need a place to hide away
SlightChungus
62 Jesus we got old.
ShereeAnderson
He’s still hot tho
erinaceus
1972 for me.
BadBunnyLadyOfRocksTreesAndDirt
lol I totally had a fangirl crush on him when I was in high school. To him I'll say thanks for a pleasant distraction from school years... then I moved on.
0570
Bibbies217
To be fair he already kinda looked old even when they first came out? Lol
SwiftyGuy
Only if you were a little kid at the time lol
I0VE525P00GE
The 90’s were the best. I went to so many Festivals and concerts. RHCP, Beck, Pearl Jam, Cypress Hill, Alice in Chains, NOFX, Pennywise, Beastie Boys, Sex Pistols, Fishbone, The Damned, RATM, Tool, The Jesus Lizard, Soundgarden, The Reverend Horton Heat, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Moby, The Cure, The Offspring, China Drum, Snuff…oh my god what happened to the world?
archmarv
... Radiohead, Weezer, Greenday, Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, Dog Eat Dog, Oasis, Blur, Cranberries, Korn, Pantera...
Some will say the Archmarv wasn't there or do not remember. But the Archmarv was and do.
joeyecho101
I saw Suicidal Tendencies open for Danzig open for Metallica in like 1993. I crowdsurfed to hit the lights. Now everything hurts.
misterCT
Coincidence? I think not.
joeyecho101
It's not a coincidence. There's a direct correlation between quantity, duration, and frequency of how hard one parties and the decrepitude of their miserable body in the future.
beerlady
Saw Queensryche, opened, followed by Soundgarden, and them Metallica in 91.
ILikeFood2000
🤘😈🤘
BenderRodriguz1010
joeyecho101
It was Newsted. Cliff was already gone. But hell yeah.
DedWexMyth
Metal as fuck!
MatureNotFound
I will hit the 50 in May and in February in am gonna watch Agnostic Front. Last year i visited Napalm Death.
Never Stop rocking 🤘
besttom
Not the same genre, I know, but I saw Pink Floyd at the Nassau Coliseum, NY, in 1988. I was 15. Fuck I’m old.
timmargh
You are the same age as me, so you can’t be old! Wait, why does my back hurt?
MasterCatfish
Same here! Great show. I was 16 tho. So at least you’re one year younger
Poopoopeepeevagina
All I wanted as a Pepsi
joeyecho101
Just one Pepsi