Metallica April 11, 1999 Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI, United States The Garage Remains The Same Tour
The Ecstacy Of Gold Breadfan Master Of Puppets Of Wolf And Man The Thing That Should Not Be Fuel The Memory Remains Bleeding Me Bass / Guitar Solos Turn The Page For Whom The Bell Tolls King Nothing Wherever I May Roam One Fight Fire With Fire The Call Of Ktulu Sad But True Creeping Death Nothing Else Matters Enter Sandman
Taper comments: MetClub screwed me out of Anchorage club tix for the April 99 Sullivan Arena show (had been a member for 7 years, $40+ a year, which was crazy then) This meant that the show in Anchorage was announced....tix went on sale, GA floor, sold out in days. but MetClub didn't let me know until TEN DAYS after the onsale date. so I whined, cried, pouted, bitched, threatened...I didn't want "GA floor", I wanted the best seats, closest to the stage, where I always taped from. you know, the WHY behind the "why do you pay money to a fan club each year?" oh well....no Anchorage tix for Steve, yet nearly if not over $300 spent in fan club fees. then I dropped a hint (this was all done via fax, mind you) that I ***might be*** in Hawaii right before the Anchorage show.... was the floor for that seated, and could they get me tickets for that?
(translation: had to shell out an extra $2K, or I wasn't planning on going to fucking Hawaii, but I got screwed out of Anchorage (***), but had some extra cash, so why the fuck not?) they (Metclub) said if I made it to Hawaii, and sent money for a pair each night, they'd take care of me.
***(((classic manipulation on balls' part)))
---had my ear to the ground for this one, was in line (first) at midnight, got 10 (the max) front row on Kirk's side or the stage 2nd section back (back section of 100 level, about 10 off the floor). why? closest to the PA speaker, with the security rail/walkway and being raised 6-8 feet up and back from the people in front of me...or, I DID have 10 tix in hand when whining to MetClub about their dropping the ball
April 11:
so, after a 350 mile drive to Anchorage one day, and getting on the plane at 8am April 10, we were on our way to the islands of paradise. Sheryl Crow was playing the day we arrived, but we bowed out of that to take in the place. Hanuma Bay (sp?), Pearl Harbor, it was a quick trip, but we (a friend of mine Joe, his wife Angel, and my girlfriend at the time). the day of the show we rode our mopeds to get the tickets from the box office. I was just hoping for good seats when I strode up to the window...gave her my ID and card and whatnot, and she handed me an envelope back. I open it in beautiful 80 degree skies, and.....
FRONT row dead fucking CENTER the rest after that was just a blur....it was like Metallica in IMAX, the flashpots singed my face every time they went off, the setlist was BRUTAL (for '99), they actually played Ktulu in its entirety for the first time in I don't know when. there were maybe 5500 people here for this one (the next night was sold out at 8K+); and the one other thing that really sticks out in my mind is the pile of Blaisdell Arena *chairs* that were behind us at the end of the show. when I say "pile", I really mean MOUNTAIN, as I crap you not this pile of chairs was 15 feet high (or, WAY taller than a basketball rim at 10 feet). have always wanted to hunt online for a photo of this night, the pit behind us must have been out of control. and we got to do it all again the next night!!!
so this show, from me to you Metallica fans, is a belated THANK YOU to MetClub for MAKING IT RIGHT, even if I had to shell out 2K to get my good seats, the entire experience was worth 10 times that amount. THIS SHOW HAS NEVER BEEN SHARED UNTIL NOW
---balls OUT
2 CDs Ballsdeep Audience Steve "Ballsdeep" Hagar Sonic Studios DSM-6P w/ 3-way lo-cut filter, position unknown (most likely @ 80hz, middle setting) > Sony WM-D6 Denon 790R > Kenwood A-522 amplifier > Kenwood GE-622 Equalizer > DAT out > line in on Tascam DR-2D >WAV>Flashdrive>AUDACITY>WAV (16bit)>TLH>FLAC (8) FLAC 131:38 min. A-
