I left before the heaven’s cried all over that pathetic GNR showing. It had already rained once but we were able to stay dry until we reached the ramp.
Long guitar solos and ……. remember all the cover tunes? It was like “Axel does Mick Jagger”…. then “Slash does Keith Richards”….. and “Hey, our drummer’s from MN! I’ll bet you’d like to see why we hired him!”….. (drum solo…………..more drum solo….. chic passes out on conrete floor……. more drum solo….. isles filling with people choking on force-fed “lame-chops”……… still more drum solo…… we go for beers…….. solo stops………….. drummer gets a beer, and Slash comes out to finish his “interupted?” solo! We left….. we could be bored in more entertaining places!
You know, you only need to look as far as their career results to clearly show who the headliner SHOULD have been EVERY NIGHT instead of swapping events to satisfy the egos.
That was weird watching Hetfield do a show without his guitar! Remember? His arm was all wrapped up from the pyro-accident they had a couple weeks earlier. Remember how lit up the crowd got when he promised he’d play the guitar again after he heals, but for now, “We’re just gonna turn rock your face off!”? Not only were we there for that moment, I got to hear it reported again the next day on MTV!
Fun reminiscing……….