Episode 411 - Metallica Without James Hetfield

METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Clint Wells

Clint Wells, Ethan Luck, Heavy Metal, Arts, Nashville, Metal Up Your Podcast, Metal, Music, Society & Culture, Thrash Metal, Metallica

4.9 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

This week guest host Angelo Gonzalez joins the show to talk about the three rare shows James Hatfield missed in the summer of 2000. They listen to Clint's first Metallica show in Atlanta and listen back with running commentary as members of Korn, System of a Down and Kid Rock scramble to perform one of the most interesting shows in the band's history. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal! on our bird
0:26.0	you are listening
0:29.3	to know up your podcast
0:31.5	with your host
0:34.4	Clint well
0:35.8	all things and top top With your host, Clint Well, Well, Welcome.
0:40.4	All things in Top Town. You reach the end of the line.
0:48.2	Welcome to Metal of your podcast, episode 409.
0:51.2	I am here with another esteemed guest.
0:56.5	Who's it going to be, none other than Angelo Gonzalez. Welcome back, Angelo. Hey, thank you for having me, Clint. Happy to be back.
1:01.4	Well, I thought it would be good to have you on because you and I shared unique experience.
1:04.9	We're going to be talking about the first time I saw Metallica, July 7th, Georgia Dome in the year
1:09.3	2000. One of only three shows that the band has
1:13.5	ever played without James Hetfield, who hurt his bladder rollerblading. And they did the three shows.
1:22.8	Atlanta was the first one. We were the guinea pigs. Then they did Kentucky and then they did
1:26.1	Dallas. So, you know, me and you and I guess, you know, 200,000 other people sort of share this unique
1:32.8	time. Yes. And I don't know about the Dallas show. I haven't looked that far, but the Atlanta show
1:39.1	is on YouTube. I've never watched it. My only memory is from 25 years ago. So we're going to burn this down
1:48.2	together with commentary. What do you remember about your show? Now, I know we've done in Metal
1:52.0	Tales and we've talked about this before. I think that's where the great, the infamous jorts
1:55.9	come from. But that is correct. Yeah. Fill us in on your experience real quick before we dive into it.
2:04.8	What was it like for you?
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