![]() ![]() Obviously, with success, you were able to hire pro guitar techs and tour managers. ![]() Hetfield: Actually, at our show in Shanghai a couple of nights ago, there was a leak in the arena’s roof, and it was dripping right onto my dry T-shirts for stage! Since those days, we have evolved into a worldwide band that is still going after 35 years-which is still unbelievable to think about. When I finally had a band and gigged at Ruthie’s a few years later, it was a rainy night, and there were buckets everywhere inside the club-even on the stage-to catch water coming through the ceiling. Nowadays, it’s the same basic ingredients, but the glaring difference is that we have better equipment, and a higher level of quality that we need to hit. We were always having sound problems, but it didn’t matter, because we were only concerned with getting up there and being as heavy, aggressive, confrontational, and visceral as possible. Hammett: We didn’t require much-just a few amps, a drum kit, and some guitars, and we were good to go. No matter who was playing, we’d be there. When I started at Berkeley High School in the mid ’80s, I often noticed flyers on nearby telephone polls advertising Metallica gigs at a local club called Ruthie’s Inn-sometimes with Exodus or Megadeth on the bill. ![]() But whether Metallica is playing arenas or stadiums, the band’s worldwide success is all the more astonishing if you remember where they used to play ….
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