Probably a stretch.

First off, I’m assuming this writer actually saw Queensryche in 1990? If not he should retract his statement as blasphemy and just another proverbial shot in the ribs to the Tallica boys. Not that they aren’t used to it. Seriously, are you writing a blurb in a review for affect based on a video you saw when you were in seventh grade?! Whose running this organization?!! Anyone needing to know whether or not the lasers were awesome needs to check out “You Tube”. Great opening and the crowd was loving it, which once again this paper failed to mention. The crowd was going nuts. Mosh pits, crowd surfin, and head banging at its best. Blew the doors off of Machine Head and the Sword who are clearly not ready for arena rock.

It’s obvious you don’t like the new stuff. AND THAT’S FINE. But you make an inference that they just mailed in the performance and nothing can be more from the truth. That’s the main point I want to get out there. Every night Metallica shows up and DELIVERS. Plays a lot of old stuff and the album that they are touring on. The guy who first posted, hit it right on the head. They have never been a nostalgia band. They are still evolving, making music, and touring on it. Sure, they are not loaded up on booze, have many kids (present that night who wanted to see them do what they do) and are seeing, just like so many great bands before them, the aging of their audience. But to say that certain songs were “mired in slop”, or that he was “hamming it up” on “One “and “Nothing Else Matters”, and playing “Sad but true” and “Enter Sandman” out of pure ‘rote professionalism’ is a disgrace to you and your professionalism IE.

You make it sound as if they showed up, did a half ass concert, through up some cheap lazers and lit some fire crackers, smiled at the crowd, shook Mickey and Goofy’s hand, and called it a day. The entire time unhappy to play those songs that you inference “sated” the “diehard” Metallica fans.

THEY TOTALLY ROCKED THE ALLSTATE OUT! Gave it there all and and there fans new and old loved it.

When James was talking about family that night I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean you IE.

You mentioned that Metallica is only concerned about their image. What about yours IE?

Kirk’s “solo” was definitely odd to say the least. Also wish Lars would play the songs a little more true-to-form instead of adding as many fills as he can – is he that bored with the tunes?

On big overall disappointment was the Allstate’s sound and parking situation. For $70+ a ticket and $20 to park, do you think they could fix the acoustics and hire someone to get us out of the parking lot in under one hour? And what was with the beer sales stopping at 9:00?

Overall, you gotta give ‘Tally credit for still doing things the way they used to – - – you put out an album, your tour on that album and you play the new songs plus the classics. They are not a nostalgia band and you can’t say that for most older bands still out there nowadays (look at Kiss or the Stones).

Rock on.