It's a cliche, but these guys always give 100%........
Melodic Rock: The show was a high-priced ticket ($200 to $500 USA) benefit concert to raise money for "
Silverlake Conservatory of Music", a Los Angeles area music school founded by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. It was somewhat of a surprise show, with the announcement that
Metallica would be the featured performers taking place only a few days before the show.Flea joined all four guys of
Metallica onstage to play bass on "Fight Fire With Fire", so that song had two basses going together, taking the massive sound that the band already had and pushing it to a new insane level.This nearly two hour set was purely about the music: no stage set/backdrops and no visual effects.Some thoughts on the band's performance: Kirk was burning up his fretboard so perfectly, you would have thought he had been on the road for months instead of it being their first show of the year. James was keeping pace with his guitar playing, including some twin leads and solos of his own, as well as his amazing rhythm foundations. All the work that James has spent improving his vocals over the past years have paid off: his singing was amazing- strong, confident, and spot-on perfect, yet still Metal to it's core. I have never heard him this good before- he has taken his singing to a whole new level. Lars was rock solid on his
drumkit, and kept the hard groove rocking. And Robert has finally totally moved away from the funk bass sound that he came into the band with, and now has a more traditional (and appropriate) bass sound that once again anchors the mighty
Metallica into a tank that will crush you.
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