SinceThe70s

I was gonna go with Detective Luger or Levitt.

Awesome! I listened to some of those bands but your taste was just a bit more hardcore than mine. Our go-to was Kerrang! magazine and a local record shop (The Wax Museum) that catered exclusively to metal. I first read about Metallica in a free 'publication' that I picked up there. It was black and white, maybe 5-10 pages long and I think it was written and printed by Jon Zazula - probably in his basement. In his write up he said something to the effect that he had seen Metallica before, wasn't planning on watching the band up close but then they hit the stage and he realized 'this is not a band that you turn your back on'. That quote stuck with me and was the main reason me and my friend went (they were opening for Raven on the Kill Em All For One tour) - the other reason was we got kicked out of a campsite (and nearly arrested) the night before. I honestly don't remember what I did with most of my record collection, but I think I downsized during a move too. I kept a milk crate's worth either because I loved the cover (i.e Y&T's Mean Streak), it had sentimental value or it was Zappa/Mothers album (probably 15-20). But I haven't had anything to play them on for years. One of my other cool stories is that my father used to be a bit of an audiophile. He'd take me to stereo shows in NYC when I was young and made sure I had a decent setup. He was big on JBL and my first set of speakers were JBL 4311's. I have a Zappa album where the liner notes say that the album was intended to be played on 4311's. Good times. Anyway, I appreciate your and others contributions here. I get to discover new bands or in this case re-discover music I drifted away from. I'll end by noting that one band I've been diving into lately based on your recommendation is Kyuss!

This is a blast from the past!

I heard a great pre-game question to Boone today wrt 4th of July baseball memories. He talked about watching a game his dad played on the 4th where Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinsky went back to back HRs and his dad hit a double. He was watching in the stands with Greg L's son and someone else who's name I didnt catch. Cool story.

I'm probably repeating myself - and not trying to one up you - but I saw Metallica at a small local bar/club a week before Kill Em All came out. They were the opener and played the upcoming album from front to back. It was jaw dropping. In a full circle moment my younger son just finished his freshman year at Virginia Tech. The football team enters the stadium to Enter Sandman and the crowd goes nuts. It's a big thing at the school to the point that they play Sandman at commencement. Even better, Metallica played at VT along with Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies this spring and it was my sons first concert. Good times.

Metallica before anyone knew of them.

I never took a deep dive into Nine Inch Nails, but liked what I heard. One lyric that always stuck with me was "Gray would be the color if I had a heart"

Rob Halford is a Metal God! Metal was my fave genre in the 80's and I still love it, but I love other genres too and drifted away from metal. Last year Judas Priest put out an album that took me back in time and put a big smile on my face. This kicks @ss, Halford is 72 and still bringing it

BTW, Santa Clara 49ers anyone?

Or the guy that hired him and sticks with him? I'm not defending Boone by saying this but over the past few years I question how much sway a manager has versus the front office and analytics crews.

Disclaimer: I have no clue who (if either) is the righteous party in this case. But how many times has Hairston been sued similarly by over 20 women? If and when that becomes the case (or as other info is made public) my thoughts on this suit will differ - as they did with Watson. "Because he plays for another team" is completely irrelevant to me, not sure why you made that point.

The first band I ever saw live was local boys BOC (Twisted Sister was the warm up and on the cusp of MTV stardom!). . That's a nice polished version of ETI, but the band lost their mojo around the time I first saw them and this version is better imo. And even better from the same album:

Never would have heard of this band if not for @muppy. "If life is easy than what is this?"

Flashback to my freshman year of college! I was all in on the metal bands at the time, but MTV was becoming a musical force in its own way and this was one I liked.

Red Dye #2?