Metallica The Shortest Straw Premier Live 1990 London United Kingdom Secret gig

[@IVAN3DX]

The mic was a potato

[@Ewrickert]

Actually they were under the name Vertigo. I was there. Thanks for posting this. It brings back some good memories.

[@edwarddorville309]

I can hear Jason's Bass.

[@ork_oz]

Nope Thats James' palm muting :/

[@omadomadomadomad]

I doubt one person went home that night thinking about Metal Church's set.

[@Workin2anEarlyGrave]

Thanks Reallystoned1420 This is some rare shit. As far as I know, James' vocals are not fucked up by singing So What on this date of 1990. So this is "that" kind of Shortest Straw.

[@therevz14]

The one time Lars plays it correct and you can't even hear it, damn shame:(

[@muchotexto92]

at least i can see that hammett played perfectly the solo, not like nowadays

[@calebbartlett367]

Holy shit Kirk nailed that solo!!

[@MetaITurtle]

You can tell they were drunk lol

[@Ewrickert]

Yes. It is incorrect. I don't remember them saying a name on stage. I remember seeing the marquee and wondering who Vertigo was and hoping that they were good. They were good. Ha.

[@Scarecrow545]

Subscribed to you. All these rare uploads and gigs are awesome.

[@LuchoCastle_11]

I swear they placed a fan in front of the mic so nothing could be heard.

[@T6M6661]

Kirk just ripped through that solo, nice

[@Reallystoned1420]

i got lot more shows on the way..and im uploading the rest of the show today thanks for watching mbd303030, and ab1cdefghijklmnop the next live show will be with cliff

[@wahmeister666]

If they sound like this please no!

[@Reallystoned1420]

yea they opened for metal church john marshalls band

[@dd64954]

Reallystoned1420 - you are awesome man! Great stuff... I hope to see more rare stuff like this! /cheers p.s. if you have any rare 2002, 1995, 1987, 1985 stuff please share... haha ;-)

[@Nutamago]

if this track was released on Ride album. this will be the best song ever. for whom the bell toll is too weak.

[@jaymann5180]

You're talking about Escape.

[@THEMISSING76]

@metaldudefromhell that's what happens when people film with home cameras in 1990. it's still amazing to see.

[@Enorme81]

thank you for the explanation :-))

[@fleamarketfloppydisk]

What a fucking awesome show!

[@robinhansen292]

Someone needs to clean the sound up, so we can actually hear the song properly, but still awesome !

[@Metalfier]

Metallica rulz!!!

[@Reallystoned1420]

good idea

[@MetaITurtle]

I bet some people were like "these guys sound like metallica" high as fuuck

[@LandoMan09]

Who recorded this with an iPhone?

[@MrShangtsung]

This was recorded with a Nokia 3390 ! lol At least the crowd sounds very well at the end of the song! XD Good Old Days :/

[@luiz_gumachado]

Either Jason's bass was too damn loud that night or the mic is complete shit... I guess we know what happened

[@H.E.M.]

😂

[@gera123avl]

Fucking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[@Ewrickert]

They were opening for Metal Church.

[@ogorkiszony_]

If I'm not wrong John Marshall who was a guitarist when James couldn't play was in this band

[@zephead26]

I know this was a secret gig obviously, but I see a drumset behind lars, does anyone know who they were opening for this gig?

[@ab1cdefghijklmnop]

did they support another band there? because there's another drumkit behind lars' one

[@Rubenmontilla]

YEAH A FUCKING OLD SCHOOL STAGE lmL

[@ThomasMarkus]

0:51 Lars: "...two tree four!!"

[@suhijo]

for who they were the opening act??

[@soulsofblakk]

Metal Church:)

[@H.E.M.]

When Kirk Hammett was a monster.

[@killyou45]

Imagine going to some shitty little show like this, and fucking METALLICA shows up and plays? Unrealll

[@thomson125]

@ChokingHazardsBand Nope, ESP MX-220 :)

[@TheMixedbreedChannel]

Mixedbreed was here

[@MichaelJT_]

Holy shit man where did you find this at I thought I've seen every boot leg.

[@THEBESTNFS]

2 set drums on a small stage

[@robaquarian]

this performance is from 1988 not 1990

[@THEBESTNFS]

why the setlist is so short??

[@DamienThornes]

Shit man, Metallica before they got abducted by Cylons! Give us back our Lion of Oz James and his team of metal brutes!

[@dansharkito]

OMG JUST LOOK AT LARS................

[@Enorme81]

so "The Frayed Ends" is incorrect?

[@wisesatyr72]

very decent footage but I wish it was less bassy

[@ilikepizza625]

because its just an opening gig

[@TheManwithafan]

More like a live performance of the demo.

[@MaTtMeTaLLICAFAN]

i wonder what would happen if metalllica at this time broke out on stage at a justin bieber concert and played this song lol

[@orestodomundo6652]

11 years later STILL TRUE 😂

[@sbc5123]

How they can live at that small stage in 90'? so weird.

[@jaymz]

SCOOPED MIDS

[@bollweevil1976]

Should have stayed a secret

[@mortemdrummer]

lars loks lke a small child

[@mikemalibu1]

Jesus christ! Although this sounds like total crap,they look awesome! Having hair sure makes a difference,getting old sucks ass!

[@MrNipplesMcgee]

Sounds like it was recorded with a steaming turd.

[@sebese]

wow, lars is really having trouble keeping the beat

[@Soso4332]

shameful sound...