The St. Anger-era started on April 30th/May 1st with the
tiny concern of a video clip shoot at San Quentin jail for the same-titled
track, as well as proceeded in earnest with an MTV: Icon homage reveal a week
later on, where peers such as Korn and also Limp Bizkit aligned to commemorate
the lads. The men likewise executed real-time, marking the initial 'main'
real-time look of Robert Trujillo in addition to James Hetfield's very first
massive public efficiency considering that his job in rehabilitation (the band
had actually played a couple of shock jobs in the previous months, most
significantly in the car park of Network Coliseum just before an Oakland
Raiders AFC national championship).
Came the little issue of wedding rehearsals ... which
Metallica decided on to do in front of their faithful follower club
participants over 4 evenings at the historical Fillmore Theatre in San
Francisco ... and also then it was off to Europe in June for the beginning of
exactly what would certainly conclusion up being 19 months of touring, with the
celebration circuit taking the very early force, Metallica effectively playing
to a number of 60,000-plus groups. St. Anger viewed its launch on June 5th, a
raw, savage, uncontrollable piece of molten Metallica packed with scrape,
hostility and also the overspill of 4 years exhilaration, rage, stress as well
as best fulfillment.
In the United States, a brand-new Summer Sanitarium trip
complied with, with Linkin Park and also Limp Bizkit among the assistance acts
upon an additional collection of arena sell-outs. Meantime, the eagerness was
gradually constructing for Some Kind Of Monster, the documentary by Joe
Berlinger and also Bruce Sinofsky regarding the globe of Metallica in between
2001 and also 2003. Seemingly slated to be regarding the production of a cd,
the filmmakers discovered an entire brand-new task establishing when James
entered rehabilitation, as well as hence having actually been predicted as an
advertising device, completion item wound up being an extremely unveiling 2 hr
twenty min docudrama.
As the Mighty Metallica proceeded raking on via the globe
(returning to Europe, Japan and after that onto Australia in January), SKOM
debuted to massive essential praise at the 2004 Sundance Independent Film
Festival in Utah in January.
And the year continued in the way that you 'd imagine a
Metalli-year does, with the band deciding to play (seemingly) every single town
capable of hosting a major arena gig in North America (some 80-plus dates) with
Godsmack in support on the 'Madly in Anger With The World' tour. Oh well, the
usual sell-outs you 'd expect for this 'in-the-round' two hour thirty minute
set which saw no song off limits and many a fan favorite raised from retirement
for a gleeful airing.
As well as still the trip proceeded, marketing out places
right via to its last day in San Jose, California on November 29, 2004 .
July viewed the across the country staged launching of Some
Kind Of Monster which available to huge essential praise as well as took place
to hold its very own in North American movie theaters for 3 months prior to
experiencing Europe. And also August likewise viewed the launch of the very
first authorities Metallica publication, So What! The Good, the Mad, and also
the Ugly, a modified collection of the band's follower club publication
covering 10 years from 1994 to 2004.
A busy spellHectic By Metallica's?
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