Metallica checks in from Cleveland

METALLICA have checked in with the following update in the wake of their induction to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on April 4th:

"It's been special...

...a weekend of uniqueness. Proper uniqueness. The sort that can NEVER be repeated.

We got our invitations to the family reunion a while ago now, and leading up to last night's festivities and tonight's induction ceremony, there was a lot of excitement and the odd ripple of trepidation.

Managers, tour managers, record labels, A&R men, promoters, old OLD skool metalheads from the underground fanzines and media, close friend and family, the relationships between everyone stretched well over two decades in most cases, and it was most certainly emotional. A tremendous thing. Old faces suddenly became new ones again, long lost friends found each other making contact again and vowing to stay in touch, some people had teenage children since the last time they saw their fellow Metallifamily members, and others had just lived through different lives and arrived at a new one. There'd certainly been no need for it. The unifying factor amongst the roughly 150 people who congregated at the House Of Blues on friday night? Metallica. And who else would actually have the magnitude to bring so many members of their family together like this? No-one. It's what this band has always been about, doing the right thing as THEY know it and not as someone tells them it should be.

Metallica.

A unifying force.

An expression.

A family.

A lifestyle.

For us all."

Below is video of Metallica performing "Master of Puppets" with both Jason Newsted and Rob Trujillo on bass.


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Tags:  Metallica, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Jason Newsted, Rob Trujillo, Master of Puppets

jason    April 05, 2009