Episode 427 - Polar Beach Party (pt. 1)

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

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

On September 3rd, 1995 Metallica played an intimate show in Tuktoyatuk, Canada at a small venue accessible only by air. Approximately 500 contest winners and locals were in attendance. For years the only footage we have seen was a short documentary that was included in Fan Can, Volume II. Now, as part of the Load boxset, we can see the entire soundcheck and concert. In this episode Clint watches the soundcheck and first half of the show with running commentary. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal! on our bird
0:26.1	you are listening
0:29.6	to metal up your podcast
0:31.8	with your host
0:34.6	Clint well
0:36.1	all things all things With your host, Clint Well.
0:38.6	Welcome. All things in the top of the end of the line.
0:48.8	Welcome back to Metal Up Your Podcast.
0:50.7	I'm your host Clint Wells.
0:51.7	Episode 426, going to be diving into at least the first half of the Molson Ice polar beach party at the Big Igloo into Toyutuck Northwest Territories, Canada.
1:06.4	Which, I mean, this is September 3rd of 95, almost 30 years to the day.
1:11.8	Very interesting gig.
1:13.4	It was, I believe the only way you could access to this place was by air, around 500 people,
1:20.7	which were contest winners and just local folk were in attendance.
1:27.3	Varuka Salt was there,
1:28.3	a hole was there.
1:29.2	I've seen bits and pieces of this float around on YouTube,
1:32.6	but this is the actual official load box set release of the,
1:40.0	they just call it simply the polar beach party.
1:43.5	And the DVD case cover looks like a silhouetted picture of one Jason, new kid.
1:52.0	And the disc also does have a year and a half in the Life of Metallica Part 3 called Tuck.
1:58.1	For the purposes of this podcast, we're going to be doing.
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