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Our Music Year No. 28: Metallica, ‘December 10, 2011, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA’
Artist: Metallica
Title: “December 10, 2011, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA”
Year: 2011
Format: Digital
Grade: B+
The fourth and final show in Metallica’s 2011 30th anniversary stretch is the best of the bunch.
For the passing fan, it includes a midset guest appearance from Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne, playing a smattering of Black Sabbath songs. The Fillmore erupts when Osbourne takes the stage.
The crowd is fired up throughout the night, chanting even in the first song, “Orion.”
For “Blackened,” fan-club members Dennis and Annette Diaz (of the “Master of Puppets” wedding video) join the group.
The remainder of the guests mine the band’s past – Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, first-ever guitarist and bassist Ron McGovney and Lloyd Grant, former bassist Jason Newsted. The last seven songs of the set are from “Kill ‘Em All,” bringing the festivities back to where the group started.
For a band celebrating its 30th anniversary with a slew of guests including every living former member, a line from the opening track on the band’s debut album seems apropos: “When we start to rock, we never stop again.”
Our Music Year is Daily Republic popular culture writer Nick DeCicco’s yearlong online review in 2012 of albums he had previously not listened to. The reviews will appear in print on their corresponding days during 2013. Reach him at 427-6966 or ndecicco@dailyrepublic.net. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ndeciccodr.
Nick DeCicco
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