On the morning of Aug 31st, 1985, I was 15 years old and that morning my older stepbrother who was going to the concert with 3 friends told me one of them backed out and asked if I wanted to buy his ticket. I was a *huge* Metallica fan, but I knew I couldn't miss my mom's annual birthday brunch with the family, so I declined. My mother somehow found out, bought the ticket for me and told me to have a good time. Up until then I'd only seen Eddie Money and The Little River Band in concert, so this concert just blew my freaking mind. - Thanks mom!
I miss thrash Metallica so much, long hair, no fucks given....but we all grow up, even our hero's..sucks but I can say Im so happy there still playing and james kirk and lars are all alive and healthy, RIP Cliff!
0:00 Intro (The Ecstasy of Gold) 1:32 Creeping Death (Audio only portion) 2:42 Creeping Death (w/Video) 7:25 Ride the Lightning 13:50 James' Moment 1 14:25 For Whom the Bell Tolls 19:16 The Four Horsemen (w/video) 19:27 The Four Horsemen (Audio only) 24:55 Fade to Black (Audio only) 31:42 James' Moment 2 (Audio only) 32:19 Seek and Destroy (Audio only) 39:45 Whiplash (Audio only) Encore: 44:41 Am I Evil (Audio only) 48:43 Motorbreath (Audio only)
I try to imagine telling a club owner in their early 1981 days, "Please play this song when we come out, The Ecstasy of Gold". The owner's like "There are four people here at Greasy Tony's Pizza Palace and two are bartenders."
Saw them in 86 long island coliseum the blew ozzy off the stage. Nobody wanted them to stop playing. Fans tearing seat cushions off chairs, it was insane. They were fast kicked ass!! Lars was a double bass beast then. Damage inc fast as hell! All songs were twice normal speed
Same here! Saw my first Metallica concert back in ‘83 when Mustaine was still their lead. Me and my mates biked down to the venue last minute and bought tickets for only 10 bucks. They were cheap in the glory days. Went to this concert too in ‘85, definitely my favourite concert yet.
I wish I would have seen this show! My first experience with Metallica was the following year in 86 on the Master of Puppets-Damage Inc Tour in Long Beach June 13,14,and 15. They opened for OZZY on his Ultimate Sin tour. Absolutely fucking amazing! RIP CLIFF ❤️🎸😎🙏🏻✝️
I got to see them in April of ‘86 at The Spectrum in Philly. Went to see Oz, but left a dedicated Metallica fan for life. I remember when they came on and just took over. The velocity of their live performance was nothing I’ve ever seen before. I remember after they finished, I went to the merch stand and bought my first Metallica t-shirt. Don’t get me wrong, Oz was phenomenal, but Metallica absolutely stole the show. I remember that weekend I bought “Master of Puppets”, “Ride the Lightning”, “Kill ‘Em All” and if memory serves me correctly, the “Jump In the Fire” picture disc. A revelation for a young 12 year old.
I was at this Day on the Green. Victory, Yngwie Malsteen, Metallica, Y&T, Ratt and the Scorpions. We were there to see Metallica. After the show we drove down to Santa Cruz and partied on the beach. Crashed in the back of my buddy's truck only to be woken up by the park rangers telling us we couldn't camp there. Not sure where we slept, but the next day we ended up at a college frat BBQ on the beach. They were pretty cool considering we were all long hair metal heads.
I’m from Santa Cruz but missed this concert. I’ve seen hundreds of concerts growing up in Santa Cruz Y&T in particular love Santa Cruz I’ve seen them more times than I can count here. I’m 63 now and still rockin to metal!❤😊
Dude.. they're not only the kings of thrash no matter era, MetallicA is one of the greatest bands that EVER walked on freaking Earth regardless music's genre. They're bigger than any rock movement or Metal scene... Not even Rolling Stones, The Beatles or Led Zeppelin's stood active for as long on the road as them till nowdays including just to give you an idea
I was at this concert! Day on the Green concerts were awesome! Autograph, Yngwie, Metallica, Y&T, Ratt, Scorpions! That was the line-up. It took a minute for Metallica to lock in as a unit. I remember Kirk was out of tune for a song. The red ice chest has Heineken in it! Thanks for the upload! Good times as a 20 year old!
I don't remember Autograph, just some band name Victory. But for sure Metallica was still green and out of tune.....but always in time. Haha. I saw them twice on the Lightn' tour. 19 years old. Glad I was alive to see it.
This concert was EPIC, no doubt! 🙄 Watching Cliff Burton playin'bass so furiously is gratifying for any METALHEAD and the rest of the band were full force driven... And I truly miss that ''crazy bashing head Alcoholica J.Hetfield'' ripping the pillage apart on stage just like that... Holy shit... Time is cruel fellas!! Anyway, THANKS Metallica🤘🤘💯
Oh dont break our metal hearts dear poster, its really the full? You know, some say the real full of Day on the Green is hidden and not shared to public including the Yngwie's performance. All the best🤘
Cliff was a unique bassist but if he had lived I’m sure Lars and James would’ve fired him! Cliff was a killer guitar player and song writer as well, which is why they would’ve fired him
In opinion, I believe Cliff wrote at least 80% of ride the lightning & master of puppets. Cliff passed in '86, And Justice For All released in '88. So there is also a possibility AJFA was Cliff's "left-overs". The reason why I believe this is because the Black Album is garbage (no early metallica sounds).
Fuckin Cliff👍🏻 !!! Fuckin Metal Bass 🎸Player 👍🏻!!! No Cliff No Metallica !!! ……More & more , want him play fuckin fast & aggressive bass🎸 . Too Early To Die 😢. Also bout me , the same to Cliff , 1962 born .……Fuckin thanx for this fuckin movie !!!………Metallica of this time , Fuckin Rules👍🏻 !!! Metallica of now , Fuckin Sucks 👎🏻!!! Coz, left from Metal . ☝
Cliff was a good bass player and all and don’t get me wrong I know what he contributed to the band , but Jason was such a fkn force on stage it’s a shame he left the day Metallica died is when Jason left
