Metallica

It has been their 'Black Album' tour, so it's not unfair to say that it was one (if not the) peak of their career. Probably it has been the main metal act then, and these times were metal times for sure.

I always adored the 3D-Metallica logo, but persistently failed to properly put it on paper :-)

Video is from this tour, but very likely not Vienna




Buddies: Flyingsheep, Pez, Herb, Action, Han - (Rob and Rainer were also there)

Score: 5 our of five stars

Another gig? Rather not, it was too good then.

Faith No More & L7, Bank Austria Zelt, Vienna

The brilliant "Angel Dust" release just arrived, and this is the tour for the new album. It's probably the band at it's peak. Still, I don't remember that much of this gig, but I was there and absolutely sober. *ggg*


 

 

Buddies: Flyingsheep, Harald (who else?)

Score: I guess 4 out of 5

Another Gig: FNM is no more...

 

Just like the bank, Bank Austria Zelt no longer exists. It had been a place for the harder gigs, though still think that I was just once there - for this gig.

 

I remember L7, a tough girls-only band in Rob Zombie outfit. They rocked hard and loud, and everybody liked it to see girls rocking that hard ;-). Their act was way too short.

 

The more I think back, the more I remember (and Flyingsheep helped out a bit). Yes, it has been a very good gig, FNM played the entire Angle Dust album, including the rather strange songs "Jizzlober" and "Crack Hitler". And now I definitely remember Mike Patton already having turned to a rather arrogant frontman (now I believe to remember why I didn't like the gig that much). But it's good musical performance, for sure. Maybe some more things will come back to my memory...

 

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Faith No More & L7, Bank Austria Zelt, Vienna

The brilliant "Angel Dust" just arrived, and this is the tour for the new album. It's probably the band at it's peak. Still, for unknown reasons, I don't remember that much of this gig, but I was there and absolutely sober. *ggg*

Buddies: Flyingsheep, Harald (who else?)

Score: don't remember 'nuff

Another Gig: Why Not?

I remember L7, a very tough girls-only band in the style of Rob Zombie. They rocked hard and loud, and everybody liked it. As far as I remember, their act was too short.

The more I think back, the more I remember (and Flyingsheep helped out a bit). Yes, it has been a very good gig, FNM played the entire Angle Dust album, including the rather strange songs "Jizzlober" and "Crack Hitler". And now I definitely remember Mike Patton already having turned to a rather arrogant frontman (now I believe to remember why I didn't like the gig that much). But it's been still a very good gig, for sure. Maybe some more things come back to my memory...

Guns N'Roses, Faith No More, Soundgarden

Probably the primary reason for my persistent dislike of xl-gigs.

Buddies: quite a few, I remember Flyingsheep, Pez, Action, Han (Rainer was also there)

Score: 2 out of 5 stars

Another Gig: No

It has been one of these gigs that you would not want to miss in those days. Guns N'Roses just released their double 'Use Your Illusion' and are too big to fail. Faith No More are also highly successful, still the 'Angel Dust' release followed just a few days thereafter. And Soundgarden, still in their beginnings, showed the way to grunge rock.

Everything was too big here, the crowd, the lines before the beer and the toilets, the distance to the stage. The only thing that was too small was space, far too small. High temperatures added to my overall unease in this concert. Waiting times before each gig were quite a nightmare.

So finally Soundgarden, in retrospect the most enjoyable gig. Although the sound was far from perfect, the potential of the band was quite evident. Chris Cornell, still with long hair, still has much potential for improving his live vocal performance. It has been quite enjoyable.

With Faith No More on stage with much delay, the trouble already started. To many people on too little space. It might sound a bit grumpy, but it was no real joy to survive this crowd. The band's performance was very good, apparently I only remembered the songs from the first two albums, but whether the Angel Dust songs were well played, no idea.

Then another endless break, the main act with much fanfare. It's show time, not gig time. The crowd cheers up, probably because you must cheer up for such ticket price. Slash is good in any band, also Guns N'Roses. Certainly, this is a perfect mega-show of a mega-band, but not my show. I am wondering how anybody else feels. Time-wise, it's value for money, as far as I am concerned it took too long. End of rant, don't crucify me for this. It hasn't been my day, not at all.

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