Metallica Fight Fire With Fire Metal Hammer Festival 1985

[@JockJab]

If you're technically a 2 year old band and The crowd is humming the intro of your song in a Foreign country ,Its safe to assume that You have arrived and will stay there.

[@VulcanJedi2006]

yes--I'm amazed they were so huge in other countries so--early--but I had Norwegian exchange student friend in 1989 who helped me get into Metallica--most of my peers and classmates didn't even know how to pronounce the name---Metal--licker? The guy could even play the stuff in the band room--I was impressed--so my early exp with Metallica was through a foreign exchange student from Norway.

[@petejt]

They were actually a 4 year old band in 1985. But I get what you mean.

[@ktgmaiden70]

well said my friend!!!!!

[@melissaharley5524]

Why isnt the spotlight on cliff 🙏

[@sam8404]

It must be the best feeling in the world, to hear a crowd humming/singing something you wrote

[@Boki9]

Love how James starts at a decent tempo then Lars goes “nah brotha, we’ll pick that shit up to a 1000”. Everyone just follows

[@Goabnb94]

Lars at this time was quite nervous apparently, and sped up the tempo like most nervous musicians do. Which in this genre, is actually a good thing.

[@coldacre]

back when Lars could play a million miles an hour

[@Karol-bg9jh]

@@Goabnb94 nervous? He was full of cocaine haha

[@bluecomet1109]

@@Goabnb94 it's called coke bro

[@d68st90]

@@bluecomet1109 LMFAO!!!

[@kratos6211]

The song is literally already almost at 200bpm in the studio version and these guys literally sped it up to 125%. Endurance.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

This was the opening track i think

[@joshuaperrin3910]

Yes. Fight Fire With Fire was the opener of Ride The Lightning.

[@Drummer_Jeff83]

​@@Nissardpertugiu definitely not the opening track of the show though. This was the encore which makes it crazy that they're still playing at that speed

[@martinberthiaume4971]

@@Drummer_Jeff83 No sir , this was the opening track , I was at that tour and I even still have the bootleg .

[@Frontbuner]

Coors Light and Heineken.

[@BIGD-gj1vb]

Cliff never changed clothes! His still chilling 6 feet under in his levi's and misfit shirt.

[@mattgiguere5638]

AMEN 🙏

[@lapinus]

I bought a levi's jacket just for cliff xd

[@clinicallydiagnosed]

Cliff didn't die. He just went to chill with Hendrix and Randy Rhodes.

[@clinicallydiagnosed]

@@orangehearing4682 I'm aware of that. What's your point?

[@gkdunch]

@@orangehearing4682 so?

[@kurzackd]

holy fuck that's faster than the studio version...

[@dillionfarwell2999]

For some reason all bands do this i dont get it

[@asundur]

Its all about what energy level youre experiencing before/while performing a live jam, which you could imagine is hype af. Especially with intoxicants pulsing through your veins, and at the beginning and end of your set. Youre trying to make an impression and satisfy yourself, but sometimes you feel so charged that the normal tempo wont cut it. Also depends on who might start the tempo first and others just follow. If a band is tight, they can adjust tempo while playing. Everyone kinda relys on each other to stay in check, but its such a energetic atmosphere sometimes you cant help it.

[@cmorrow132]

It's the energy of playing live. Happens naturally

[@LightningJackFlash]

I played in a heavy metal band, I must say after few beers it was rather calming me, personally, my nerves etc., but today if I were to play live again, I wouldn't "intoxicate" myself anymore. Music would do :)

[@LordNothing]

At the time, playing faster was cool!

[@andrewlabarre769]

Lars ripping on the double bass! Considering how long ago this was, his drumming was quite extreme. Sure, Slayer had Hell Awaits, and new bands like Possessed and Dark Angel were starting to push the envelope, but Lars’ drumming was still very, very impressive for 1985. I love this clip!!

[@Dervin9612]

Actually they used to play this song in 1983. By 1983 standards this drumming was insane

[@MikaelLV]

People often criticize Lars based on his playing from the 90s up until today, and forget that in the 80s he was a total fucking beast, and at that time he was considered a elite metal drummer. Maybe not because of his technical ability, but easily because of his aggression and extreme energy on stage.

[@johndoe-gp1fx]

Cocaine and amphetamines 😂

[@matmanplays3613]

and yet i still hear people out there giving him crap for it. he is an insande drummer that does what needs to be done. also trapped under ice is a good example.

[@johnnybgood774]

Dude it's Lars

[@KumongaStrikes]

Cliff’s backing vocals..... Holy shit....

[@sweeet_1235]

cant hear them, he should have called jason for help

[@james4life905]

Listen In the choruses when they say FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE. Albeit not quite audible, Cliff is using some deep growls.

[@someonewhatever611]

@@james4life905 Not really hard to do. Any guy that plays metal the deserves to have a mic in front of him can do a 4 word quick growl. Not like have to do recreate morbid angel or something.

[@leomessi7058]

@@someonewhatever611 He's not talking about the difficulty... He talking about Cliff's INTENTISITY.

[@janfarkas8953]

@@someonewhatever611 have you ever tried to play and sing at the same time?

[@themadmattster9647]

THIS is the Metallica I fell in love with...

[@nelsonvaldez1720]

Hell yeah!

[@drumsguitbassvox6096]

me too

[@bimse8013]

That's exactly what I was thinking man!!!! Like 30 years ago. I must say that I have never heard Lars play more tight and angry... Shit this is so fucked and good. They are hungry here, striking for more👍🤟🍺🤟🤟🍺🍺♥️

[@Mr.FixIt1979]

Hell yeah

[@Benjawin6671]

GAYYYYY

[@mutilasijelangkungmelodeat2286]

Cliff's "fight fire" is one of most brutal things in the world

[@liamsmith2340]

Get a LIFE.

[@deathnthrashingmadness1971]

bro you can barely hear it

[@asbestosdeath]

@@deathnthrashingmadness1971 3:54

[@urskrik6353]

No bruh, there are 1000 things more brutal

[@mdozaphotography]

@@urskrik6353 3:54

[@benjr4057]

James not wearing shirt Kirk wear a shirt Cliff wear a jacket Can anybody tell wts the real temperature on that stage??

[@nico.ch029]

James is pure alcohol here so thats why he is shirtless

[@StealthyAssassin007]

nicocho06 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sjb7183]

FIRE HOT

[@hollischeblume6393]

I think I need a picture of shirtless James playing guitar

[@MentosProductions]

Layer Em All

[@anthbobo2783]

Cliff was such a sick backup vocalist.

[@henrikhyrup3995]

Especially during the ending "FIGHT FIRE!" part. That voice has an early death metal thing to it. \m/

[@bjorksarmpits148]

Anth bobo Now, I'm usually the guy to worship Cliff because he is one of the greatest bassists, technically, ever, but I honestly prefer Jason's vocals

[@anthbobo2783]

it sounded death metalish which waa really cool for metallica

[@Thothings]

Jason had the best backing vocals in the history of the band. Cliff may have been more talented and had a lot more to do with the success of Metallica, and overall has an untouchable legacy, but Jason is honestly my favorite Metallica bass player.

[@jediwookie6607]

Sounded badass on creeping death

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Kirk was so psyched he forgot to end the song.

[@Mr_Egg04]

Hilarious. Also, ITS YOU?

[@A_Final_Hit]

From '83 to '90, no one could touch Metallica. If you weren't there, you really missed out. Thank goodness for KZbin though.

[@daviddougher1753]

Jason M I grew up listening to them my teenager days were the 80s great time for music not the garbage out now

[@luckydominguez2654]

92

[@SPENCERH30]

Jason M '81-'93.

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

2001. Period.

[@luckydominguez2654]

Fuck it, still untouchable, True story.

[@-ff958-4]

3:15 Lars is Thrashing those drums

[@eldiablo3794]

Looking like Animal from the Muppets bouncing around back there behind the kit.

[@gregorydavis9691]

@@eldiablo3794 in the 80s Lars was a good drummer.

[@eldiablo3794]

@@gregorydavis9691 yes, he's one of my favorite drummers. I taught myself how to play drums back in the 90s drumming along to the black album, justice, and s&m. Even though his playing drives me nuts now.😒

[@Peter_1986]

lol James' expression on 3:01, he is like "oh this is so good, this is so good, this is so good".

[@Smotheranus27]

The crowd chanting to the intro is fucking amazing!

[@henrikhyrup3995]

Gave me goosebumps.

[@alium9438]

what are the saying?

[@H3r0KinG]

nothing, just following the rythm

[@darkmotherboard272]

chanting ur stupidity

[@ingridmorenorivas7050]

H3r0KinG

[@carchis]

3:57 Cliff... I will always wonder. If Master of puppets was a master piece. what would have been of the fourth, fifth and sixth album if you were still alive. I will always admire you.

[@donaldrocks101103]

I wonder too but Metallica would of had another drummer lol Cliff and James both agreed that by the end of the Damage Inc. tour in 86 Lars was gonna get the boot. But since Cliff died, they settled with Lars. 2 years later they came out with ...And Justice For All, some of Lars's best drumming and Metallica's heaviest album. But I also love Jason, so I'm inbewteen a rock and a hard place because of course I wish Cliff was still here but they had some great moments after. I just wish Metallica would have broken up in 95, Load and Reload basically ruined Metallica's legacy for everyone and only 10 years after Cliff left. But honestly, Death Magnetic and Hardwired present some fine moments that easily resembles Metallica's 80s heyday. Unlike Load and Reload which just sounds like a completely different band.

[@toocurmudgeon8994]

What's your source for this you nutter?

[@rgordon4848]

+donaldrocks101103 yeah Lars is the one who started the band and gave it it's name.... he's the one who put the add in the newspaper that James seen. Lars wasn't going anywhere or he would have sued the shit out of em.

[@spacecadet8843]

CARCHIS i'll give you a new idol, Roger Patterson of Atheist who also died at the same age as Cliff.

[@dmc5465]

they were going down the path of increasing complexity as they grew as musicians. they would have invented progressive thrash..

[@orangenblue6981]

I love the way Lars was positioned and backlit in these old days. He had a great stage presence despite the fact that you couldn’t really see him. And he was a proper drummer too.

[@eq1373]

He looked like Animal from The Muppetts

[@stuartewoldt1513]

Probably wasn't playing

[@davidmurphy8364]

We miss you 80's Lars :(

[@leofelix3019]

McGannahan Skjellyfetti he try to meant the way lars use to play drums and rip cliff

[@devastation5936]

_Clang clang, clang_

[@christianwhitmore4753]

If you watch the 2009 live version of this he kills it!! The double bass is amazing!

[@ninoo5897]

Christian Whitmore yeah,that was in mexico😍😈

[@jrjejzbejebej4146]

Best lars: 1983-1992/93

[@BilltheButcher1855]

This was the song that amplified the aggression and the angst that I felt my entire youth. If it wasn’t for Metallica my life would never be the same. Thank you

[@mm0962]

80s metallica. They were untouchable

[@itkojecockot]

seeing Metallica during the 80's....... yeah, must've been something

[@theadjuster151]

It was bro!! 86 fucking rocked in Hampton, VA!!

[@gagd233]

Yep back when James could sing

[@SJ-ty5rw]

@@gagd233 And before he was covered in Tattoo's

[@TheAgentAssassin]

YES! THIS is why we liked them. The energy was off the charts. People hate on Lars today , but I remember this.

[@itkojecockot]

@@TheAgentAssassin people always talk about late 80's Metallica, when they were already selling out arenas...... but I would love to see them with Mustaine and Cliff...... people who witnessed that, already knew, these guys are going places

[@derekmok]

Now this was amazing. James Hetfield is playing one of the fastest riffs in metal, yet his singing is excellent.

[@mustangspitfire6835]

Right?! He is without a doubt the best IMO. Song writing, riffs, lyrics. He does it all.

[@jeeptoe]

@@mustangspitfire6835 his lyrics are really good

[@thunkjunk]

He still hits every note too.

[@P1983sche]

Metallica plays scary fast live. One of the best shows I’ve ever been too.

[@puigi]

You saw them at this show?

[@christianstojgtr]

what was better than this?

[@Liviopedata]

What shows did you went in the 80's?

[@riffhero]

2:40 it’s like out of the exorcist.

[@christianwhitmore4753]

Riff_Hero lol

[@Tepekegoat68]

Lmao love james! 🔥😂

[@thalamusDecimation]

FelixVlogt More like alcohol, James didn't did cocaine, Kirk and Lars did.

[@_yy_003]

Hes high on metal

[@fedora997]

James never did drugs actually, only alcohol

[@MegaThrasher95]

Cliff's backing vocals starting at 3:56. Holy shit!

[@MasterofLightning]

His backing vocals were evil and fit Metallica so well. On Ride parts like this and the Die chant in Creeping Death were done by the whole band, but you can clearly hear this style from Cliff. I much prefer his backing vocals to Jason who is just all throat.

[@Kuldjar]

2024 and METALLICA is still there and the fu*`**g best Metal out there !

[@jameslr1800]

3:16 Mr Lars Ulrich insaneeee!!!!!!!!!!!

[@leomessi7058]

Coke was a strong steroid.

[@coffeecrona1099]

James: YEAHHHHHH Cliff: Oh, I love this song so damn much. Lars: *FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER FASTER* Kirk: oh no i slipped up at that one note

[@bandolierboy1908]

crona cronup Nowadays James: *FASTER* *FASTER* *FASTER* *FASTER* Robert: I wonder which song I’ll do my crab walk on Kirk: I just flubbed a note, fuckit! Lars: Can we play a different song?

[@bandolierboy1908]

I came back and saw my previous comment. I make myself laugh a lot

[@pinodaniele9637]

Isaac White Noice 😂

[@alexsaucedo8032]

@@bandolierboy1908 . Now this is the Metallica i know and love. So bad ass. Old school thrash. The good ole days

[@TheHeadown]

Hahaha.. Lars - faster, faster, faster..

[@aleksandrpetrov9329]

I just love how James's face impressions during the solo stays the same for all these years. 3:00 - 3:03

[@TheSaintberzerker]

Ahhh...the 80's. When all you had to worry about was getting nuked (and acid rain). Those were the good days.

[@gsoltis29]

Totally agree....

[@fordstrokers]

Loved the 80s. I would go back in a second if I could. Maybe one day

[@gsoltis29]

+John - don't forget AIDS! No one knew how the hell you could get it back then. I wasn't sure if just normal guy/girl sex was even safe. There was a few times I decided against it because I wasn't sure where the chick had been. :)

[@mrzog12]

When you held up lighters not cell phones.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

+PhantomZO9 That would be considered way too dangerous nowadays.

[@ramperales7303]

lars was a fkn monster in those days I'm just glad they are still here today making music

[@KnightIndustries572]

Their sound, lyrics and vibe was something well beyond their years back in 1985.

[@bretarmstrong6303]

Cliff made them so much heavier back then, his backup vocals sound very death metal inspiring.

[@rodneylee4026]

In my opinion, he was Metallica. I stopped listing the day he died.

[@bretarmstrong6303]

I said death metal inspiring, not death metal

[@qqLucaqq]

Bret Armstrong u can barely hear him

[@pranav3848]

Have you heard of Jason Newsted dude? Hands down the best backing vocals

[@teamatfort444]

Fuggler a la mode rob sucks tho

[@mikegorgonzola8391]

This is when Metallica was scary...

[@MrParkerman6]

Metallica were never scary.

[@alexsaucedo8032]

And Metallica of TODAY. Hahaha. Dont even ask

[@TheRealEricMitchell]

Mike Gorgonzola not even scary! I would give anything to go back in time to see them in those times!!

[@alexsaucedo8032]

I love this SONG. My favorite SONG off this album. When Metallica played balls out fast and hard. Good times. Good memories

[@VulcanJedi2006]

It is scary---for someone raised on Bach Etudes, Judy Collins and Chuck Mangione LPs--ScArY! These long haired beasts--are frantically throbbing their electric guitars and the lead guy is screaming like a banshee--and when you consider what was normally on TV and radio at the time--think Ann Murrary, Tiffany, Belinda Carlisle, and Steve Miller band--this was insane. And--it wasn't just rock drums and guitars as usual--the compositions matched the scary style and look--finally----a band that actually sounded like the album cover. Example: Molly Hatchet has a badass cover (Frank Frazetta death rider) but sounded like a Nascar race mixed with Good Ole Boys. And other bands also were just cliche rock chords---Metallica--Cliff mostly--wrote on a higher level---and the sound matched the scary artwork. Unlike---um, Dokken or I don't even want to say--other bands always sounded like BS blues cliche jams.

[@dudeman3929]

This is insane! Best performance I’ve ever see from them. The speed and attitude is crazy

[@SovereignKing]

Holy fuck Kirk's solo was on fire!

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

Maybe... If we could hear it...

[@MorbidMindedManiac]

It's called fight fire with fire for a reason

[@ronalen7126]

You can thank Dave Mustaine

[@juanjo55lol]

Ron Alen He just contributed in RTL and TCOK...

[@christianwhitmore4753]

Ron Alen what???

[@FOFF1914]

Ladies and Gentleman: Fastertallica

[@leomessi7058]

Back when Metallica had real METAL in their name.

[@basty8258]

Cocalica

[@juresaiyan]

@@basty8258 ROFLMAO

[@Alidonius6721]

Yeah!!! FASTER!!!!!

[@scotty193]

Read reply all but one or two people who obviously take this as a reason to hate on Metallica. Why can't these guys be as bad and fast a s before they say. Well different members and they getting older..........Do you still like the music? I fuckin do 40 years in and I still say early and new Metallica will pretty much cover your needs.

[@docnasty74]

Magical stage presence from Mister Cliff Burton. Rest in peace, brother

[@etekeker8581]

They were young, they were angry, they were hungry. See 2:40. This is what made them grow so much and this is why they can't produce at the same level anymore. They are older, balanced and rich now. I can't blame them, at least they are humans. But still the gods of metal imo.

[@mojopin70]

What a load of bollocks. It's called being young and full of energy.

[@Nico89Cani]

Totally, they "lost" that angry at the middle of 90', when they fully convert to rich and fathers. And they never lies to us, their music was always true to what their feel, young angry at 80', mature rock at 90/00, and pure enjoy right now. Is life and is perfect. I dont want a band that make "angry music" when they are totally happy. I miss this acttitude and rage, but now we are all different. After see this video, im waiting to see a Andre Rieu with the autor of "Mambo No 5" video...

[@gerryvillemaire1635]

i agree somewhat, imo megadeth never ever lost it's edge like new metallica did. this is awesome footage and i love it

[@yuampi5707]

Gerry Villemaire Go listen to risk. Megadeth lost their edge too.

[@thecchrist777cc6]

What a LOAD of bullcrap, jk still love Metallica ❤️❤️❤️

[@alexisthrashtilldeath844]

at that time I was in my father's Testicles...

[@MrSuperboter]

My father was in my grandpa's testicles at that time

[@SergeBlake1973]

At that time I could be your 12 years old brother

[@AnastasiaKay1993]

I was 30 yrs old then. Still listen to metal and go to any good metal concerts around Detroit. Rock and roll will never die.

[@SJoriis]

how

[@SJoriis]

***** but your grandfathers balls at that time? Lel

[@hetfield144]

Fight fire with fire was needed on the Seattle '89 setlist soooo much.

[@russkate88]

Actually, Dyers Eve was.

[@aidencareyy]

@@russkate88 so real

[@MatthewHoag77]

How the hell did Cliff play so fast with two fingers?

[@elbythedanial5151]

Matthew Hoag cuz he is Cliff Burton dude

[@rodneylee4026]

He was a classical pianist that learned Bach music from a young age. That helps.

[@flobwad]

It’s a skill that takes a lot to achieve.

[@antoniocenteno1483]

He wasn´t the most accurate live bass player, big difference between him and Jason.

[@rodneylee4026]

No, but he was instrumental in creating the good songs. That says more about musicianship than accurate technique. Metallica had a feel, the feel wasn't supposed to be perfect, but it was Metallica. Their new music took a dive after Cliff died because he was a main force behind what they did up to Master of Puppets. You can go watch a cover band with 'accurate' players but it doesn't mean much because they are playing something someone else made.

[@thesgtgideon]

2:40 is a man on a mission to conquer the world.

[@cristhianzapata6543]

And he did it broh.... He fucking did it

[@summonliiva5673]

He busted a nut

[@n_o_n_t_u]

They already did.

[@valentin2991]

He looks like ozzy when he's high on that interview

[@d0risthesheep]

@@valentin2991 Was about to say the same thing. He probably has similar chemicals in his bloodstream at that moment.

[@BernardDixon-qc3bn]

Excellent song Metallica fight fire with fire 1980s Metallica

[@bobsilver3983]

I bought "KILL EM ALL" when it was released...I was like...what the hell is this...it was almost shocking. After I listened to it for a few times...it grew on me big time, and then everyone started listening to these guys.

[@aatefnazar6185]

This is from ride the lightning

[@jonathanteles4865]

How was your first impression hearing Ride The Lightning in that time ?

[@martibear793]

Я тоже в 1988м купил кассету, с альбомом Kill em All, где бонусом было несколько треков из другого альбома, Creeping death и несколько песен Diamond Head

[@beirch]

@@aatefnazar6185 He didn't say this wasn't from RTL

[@shonrjimenez]

The greatest band in the world. What could have been if Cliff had still been around. This was the 1st metal song I had ever heard back in 84. Still remember that night...

[@russkate88]

Shon Jimenez you'd be able to hear the bass on the Justice album.

[@crashburn3292]

This was before the summer of 86, when it seemed every other car on the road was blasting Puppets. Metallica was still this blistering unknown band that nobody knew about. Our little secret. In 1985 the only pics I had of them was on the back of my Kill Em All record. So when U saw them for the first time in 85 (Day on the Green Oakland, CA) I was like, "They've got acne like me!!" It was just beyond awesome to seem them live them.

[@kevinb7126]

I was sad when the secret got out but it was exciting to see them in an arena opening for Ozzie on the Puppets tour after that we had to share them with everyone .

[@MrCamel2humps]

1:41 “ending is near AHHHHH!!”🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@shadowalk]

that scream was classic hetfield

[@mr.gevanni5121]

It will forever be printed in my heart ❤️

[@murphyjones100]

that scared the shit out of me when james stared at the camera at 2:41!!

[@vannacee26]

Lol Yes! I felt like I was busted for staring at him. I may have even looked away. 😁

[@ingridmorenorivas7050]

Tallyca Hamulhetru

[@ingridmorenorivas7050]

murphyjones100

[@ElBrunno12]

it seems possessed

[@JerryAsbury1985]

Bruno Luciano López Alegre Are you serious? He is possessed, possessed by HEAVY FUCKING METAL lol.

[@marksalgado3901]

This is the very first song I ever heard from Metallica Needless to say, I fell in love with them after hearing this

[@abstractheory1]

james' voice. miss it.

[@ingridmorenorivas7050]

abstractheory1

[@ingridmorenorivas7050]

b

[@insertname8889]

abstractheory1 Cliff's backing vocals...

[@drakonolus7922]

Ankit Yadav No. Not even close

[@Veliooon]

On here he sounds like a 15 year old

[@jesserothbeind950]

DAMN this might be one of the single greatest early Metallica clips I have ever seen!!! The good ol' days of early thrash!!

[@YanFrancoeur]

It's great to see Cliff Burton at the bass.

[@heavynlouder]

the double bass is fast like dyers eve

[@calebbartlett367]

imagine if Dyers Eve was on RTL lol

[@ingridmorenorivas7050]

Mateus Cesário

[@ilkeguneysahin4589]

it would suck due to the awful drum sound and mixing lol

[@johndrews206]

double bass is fast like fight fire with fire.

[@obangga]

hell no man! this is the fastest, fastest, of the fastest tallica's songs

[@ecatalan98]

A great reminder of why Metallica is SO great!!!

[@Doyledeth]

WAS

[@sergeanthetfield3001]

@doyledeth Dude, just give up. It´s getting tired, it´s the same band today as it was in 85. Except Cliff, of course.

[@Doyledeth]

sergeanthetfield I never take fanboys seriously. Besides, I never said they sucked either.

[@44icehouse]

Yessir

[@nimaakhtarkhavari8766]

Ernesto Catalan Just to remind you that Megadeth is still better... 😃😃😃😃😃

[@billkana3008]

One of their best tracks...hands down!

[@scottieb677]

All the shit that Lars gets is unfair I reckon. He fucken Slays on the drums on this

[@emokiller907]

scottie balfour cocaine is a helluva drug

[@scottieb677]

Jimmy Fucken Hopkins.... How are you doing bro? Hows life treating you after leaving Bullworth? Still going around beating the shit out of cunts?

[@emokiller907]

scottie balfour hey man, life is good, I'm still at Bullworth, I'm the boss.

[@emokiller907]

scottie balfour Russell is my homie, algie is dead, Gary killed him and I killed Gary, it's all good.

[@scottieb677]

SUCH IS LIFE

[@clintonmccutcheon3509]

Lars gets some stick off a lot of people, but he was an absolute beast.

[@531ff]

Clinton McCutcheon he was

[@RandyRhoadsRules3]

key word is "was". He wouldn't get shit if he could still play like this.

[@23xboxman]

"Was"

[@mojopin70]

He was incredible...

[@BillyN31]

Clinton McCutcheon was....

[@martinberthiaume4971]

You have Slayer , you have Exodus , You have Anthrax but THIS TRACK , nothing can get close to it. METALLICA

[@hms2407]

Black magic, Raining blood, Metal thrashing mad, Caught in a mosh ? ? ?

[@martinberthiaume4971]

@@hms2407 are we about to have a fight "my opinion versus your opinion?"

[@hms2407]

@@martinberthiaume4971 why not?

[@martinberthiaume4971]

@@hms2407 I guess that's the venue for it. So if you want to challenge I would go with Chemical warfare.

[@hms2407]

@@martinberthiaume4971 I'd say Necrophobic, the reign in blood version. But chemical warfare is great too.

[@deamantas32]

Yes, the 80's. I wish them back every second of my life. Because i was a member of the front rows at this gig😉.

[@MrWeAllAreOne]

I would give up all tech to be back in the 80's.

[@Liviopedata]

Best gig with cliff?

[@eddieduell5883]

OMG how did they do this faster than the studio version and just when I thought it could not be faster boy was I was wrong

[@vonkusbe]

3:36 "The gods are laughing" *Cliff laughing to the mic*

[@user-iq2oq8ol6z]

always a good day when i find footage of metallica with cliff i haven't seen before

[@saturnus2112]

Cliff is Metallica bro! 😅

[@eduardorobles7261]

I just bought my first V. It’ll get here in a few days and I’m super excited for it. This video is one of the main reasons why I’ve wanted one. I’ve been a guitarist for almost 4 years now and I can’t wait to play that iconic guitar

[@ttig4044]

RIP, front rows ears

[@wackmack9371]

RadiationRacoon exactly, Rock In Peice :3

[@rafildes5]

Metallica of today would be afraid of these guys

[@SunCityGamer]

Rafael Rios- Rafinha! Lol

[@davidgarcia6796]

No

[@ShastaMC]

80s metallica open for modern metallica haha

[@antoniocenteno1483]

Probably today´s Metallica would school them though

[@allenbass5131]

They still playing this to date. Sounds just as good if not better.

[@toms4806]

My first concert in Pennsylvania with Ozzy The Ultimate Sin tour!!!! Awesome times!!!! I was I think 16.

[@semperfi2014mn]

I still remember hearing this song when I was 7 years old, my poor virgin ears couldn't take the pure metal!

[@CorpseGrinder1967]

Now thats how you blow any other band off the stage for eternity.

[@romanligotjr.8844]

Corpse Grinder

[@alexsaucedo8032]

Back in the day when Metallica played balls out and fast. Pure fuckin thrash. The good ole days

[@VulcanJedi2006]

El Debarge could give them a run --kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXK0hI2elt-MoZo

[@Sir_Catnip]

Corpse grinder... I guess these days people are just taking a random picture off of Google as their profile pic lol

[@bandolero489]

:*

[@jaeson05]

Goddamn, they played with so much intensity, speed, presence and power. They were the real deal, the total package. I was 11 when I first discovered them back in 1984. I was a HUGE fan. Used to call my local radio stations every week and beg them to play Whiplash. These dudes had a punk mentality with metal edge. I ate that shit up with a spoon. Loved every single thing they put out. Cliff died, I was devastated. Never thought they would bounce back. When And Justice For All came out, their attitude shifted a bit, but still heavy. I absolutely loved it. Then the Black album happened. Of course it was a great album. Nobody's denying that they were still insanely great. But they had made it bigger than any metal band, getting played on Top 40 stations. Their mystique forever gone. This video transported me and brought back the excitable kid in me who absolutely idolized these guys. Nostalgia just sucker punched the fuck out of me. 😂

[@ramperales7303]

best part if being born in 1979 was growing up in the metallica era the 80s 90s up until this present time to watch them evolve and see them in their 50s still going strong.

[@samprakos]

That was ridiculous when James and Kirk played that guitar harmony after the solo...effing perfect!!

[@erikl1447]

Burton's headbanging is hypnotic

[@klbj94fm]

Witnessed this in Austin Texas 1985 at the old City Coliseum. The only thing missing here is the stage-divers. We had shit-loads of punks at the show and no stage barrier. Cliff even helped a few up onstage it was mayhem and looking back one of the best shows I've been to. Cliff was a special dude hee made the crowd go nuts!

[@blakeoshag1559]

klbj94fm nice lie you bitch

[@mattroberts86]

Shows were general admission then. About $15 to 18 for a ticket. No chairs on the floor. No assigned seating anywhere. If you were front row you were touching the stage. A year after this they toured with Ozzy, the crowd would sway when he walked to the far side of the stage and very quickly you would be 20 or 30 feet away from where you were just standing. During Metallica a mosh pit took up a nice circular chunk of the floor. The "security" and yes sometimes people onstage would help worn out people get out of the crushed front rows during the show. Back half of the floor quite a bit calmer. Still felt like a free country back then, instead of rules for 4 year olds. Like piling people in the open bed of a pick up truck and driving to the lake was still perfectly normal and ok.

[@adriangarcia3584]

2:30 Most thrashy headbang ever

[@mydayis5]

This is the REAL Metallica!

[@YLS8763]

This is my favorite era of Metallica \m/

[@coolfool2100]

James Hetfield nice performance bro

[@ubt8580]

me too

[@FarzinR666]

The sound of the drums !!

[@Peter_1986]

This must have been one of their very best shows - every single track was brilliantly performed at this location.

[@QuickStix26]

Lars was playing out of his mind! Love it!

[@MetalHeadAZ]

So lucky to have seen Metallica live back then!! 👍🏻

[@HomerSimpson-wv3ew]

That was the first time I've seen this, The most beautiful thing I have heard or seen and I will continue to find more. Whoever is putting out this footage of CLIFF! GOD BLESS YOU! MAY CLIFF LIVE FOREVER! MUSIC NEEDS HIM!

[@TheMatheuscouto]

Young and hungry, man! I can only imagine what was like being in a concert like this.

[@ll7868]

I was 15 when this happened...I wasn't at this show but I saw them on this tour, classic metal show. The 80s metal scene ruled ass!! RIP Cliff

[@wickedsickfunkyfreshroller2037]

If you’ve never heard it, look up Cliff’s isolated bass track for this song… and then imagine that being play at this tempo.

[@leocremon]

Holy Shit The Best concert EVER!!!

[@ajwasp]

+Invision Software. No! This concert is better.

[@leocremon]

+ajwasp yes, this concert is insane and brutal. The voice of James is better of all times in this tour.

[@alvaroresendiz7004]

hahaha Seattle 89 overrated. Listen to Stoned Balloon '89 the setlist is 1000 times better that Seattle

[@alvaroresendiz7004]

Yes it is overrated, everybody talks about it as the ''best metallica's concert''. You better listen to Quebec 86', Zwolle 90' or as I said (Stoned balloon 89 they played HIT THE LIGHTS, PHANTOM LORD, MOTORBREATH and DAMAGE INC.)

[@FlechFisher]

wtf are u saying? james voice is at its best during the justice tour we all know that

[@gandalfgrey91]

That abrupt transition to James staring straight into the camera startled me

[@HestJaveln]

This makes even 80's Slayer to look like glam rock.

[@captnstarliller6566]

What?

[@yktv_rob8767]

you definitely dont know who slayer is lol thats just blashphemy and stupidity kirk hammett said himself that slayer was more extreme than them look at ritz 86, dynamo 1985, studio 45 1985 and the WHOLE reign in blood or hell awaits album and come back with that bullshit slayer was possessed in the 80s no one like em in terms of intensity and furiousity as much as i like metallica slayer make em look like lil ass boys

[@tonym3281]

How I wish it was '85 all over again. This is you what you call a metal concert, kids - no posing twats with I-Phones, all just there to enjoy the band. Nothing else. \m/ \m/ \m/

[@skillabeast28]

Moscow monsters of rock in 91

[@YLS8763]

As an iPhone twat I wish it were still like that.

[@theadjuster151]

I first saw Metallica in 86. Then 93. Then 2019 a couple of months ago!!! YEAHHHHHH!!

[@GeosNotHere]

smells like boomer in here

[@fusedemotion333]

Nothing Else Matters.

[@saraivatoledo1842]

This band never truly recovered from Cliff´s untimely passing .

[@vasvas8914]

Saraiva Toledo except releasing AJFA, best album ever

[@Arska777999]

They just moved on.

[@VulcanJedi2006]

Cliff studies the Bach---that level of composition seemed to spill over into Justice IMO--but then was noticably absent with Black album--though fun and sounded great--HQ tones for sure---but the compositions were not inspired like Orion and Puppets--and Fade to Black and For Whom The Bell Tolls--just watching Cliff jam solos--live--you can hear he was channeling Bach and Jimmy Page mixed with MC5 or something. That magic was def lost. BUT---it seems his influence was so powerful--Justice still has some inspiration on it--those songs are very epic--melodic--roving stunners and interesting--as if some were already written by Cliff. Idk

[@UnchainedEruption]

Emotionally? Not for a while Musically? Most definitely did

[@asimpleman2779]

Na fuck that, they made arguably one of the best albums in metal not only of theirs when they made AJFA

[@uuu098]

This is by far the heaviest song they ever wrote. They still write fast songs but not with intensity or aggression.

[@vasvas8914]

Disposable heroes

[@tommy_14]

@@vasvas8914disposable heroes is overrated as shit. sure the riffs are amazing but the song is 8 fucking minutes long. it should have been like 5. that way it would have been better

[@vasvas8914]

@@tommy_14 its still heavy as fuck

[@Alexis368]

@@tommy_14 I respectfully disagree with you.

[@tinyky2598]

This and dyers Eve.

[@Anthony43993]

For some reason seeing Kirk play a fender stray brings me joy

[@Angryprometheus]

It's a fender copy of some type with humbuckers and a floyd rose. I forget the name of the maker.

[@heavynlouder]

probably is a fernades stratocaster

[@dustinfoster1917]

I wanna say it's an ESP I'm not too sure, I read an interview with Kirk about how he started using ESPs around the Ride the Lighting/Master Of Puppets era, I remember reading he had an ESP model that was shaped like a fender, if I remember correctly

[@stephenfentiman4552]

at the time he played a San Dimas model strat.

[@andresdiaz2737]

Oh yes, most definetly a Charvel or Jackson strat replica.

[@bigjared8946]

Lars doesn't even remember this

[@MrParkerman6]

Pepperidge Farm Remembuhs!

[@jamesmcivor340]

@@MrParkerman6 😂

[@kevinrodriguez9701]

Cocaine is a hella of a drug is what Lars would say

[@The_Undead_Werewolf]

big jared I bet lars doesnt even remeber what he had for breakfast this morning

[@nannen2973]

@@The_Undead_Werewolf i bet lars forgot how to play drums

[@Doin]

I miss the Metallica of this era. For about two years in the late 80s I pretty much listened to nothing but Metallica. It was Ride The Lightning through which I discovered them. Still seeing them later this year.

[@Oldforcethrash]

metronome = cocaine

[@MusickopatH]

The amount of Ambition these guys Had To spread metal and music from garages so real and oure Im so happy I shared my youth with them and gotta mention how much Lars sure developed as a drummer and fast Love how In these old videoa his head just A dark shape etc I always inspire by metallica honesty The most punk band To me with Glenn danzig stuff. Just pure and not faking and boy have they aged Well and matured Thank you Metallica just Thank you. Greetings from Finland Turku

[@MrBluesyrocker]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 I miss the 80's

[@joaolucasbraga4642]

0:55 holy shit look at those fingers!

[@kingsalami142]

Back in the day when Metallica was ferocious! Good times!

[@Tremonti4ever]

Yeah, hard to understand why kids in the late teens/early 20’s had more energy then when those same guys are ALMOST 60!!! SMFH