![]() This was one of two times they played with Cliff Burton in the Albany area before his death – this gig, and Glens Falls opening for Ozzy the next year. Even though they headlined, the set was shorter than you’d want – maybe an hour, only 1 encore, the then-new “Creeping Death” and no “Metal Militia”, “Motorbreath” or “Am I Evil?”, but there were few (if any) better bands on earth. Metallica, of course, were the gods of all gods in 1985. Not my thing, but many loved them, and still do. They dressed in leather costumes, and the stage show featured Blackie Lawless throwing out raw meat. But they were pretty popular back then, a lot of the crowd was there for WASP and thought Metallica to be noisy underground crap. Sounded like typical LA-Motley Crue metal. Around Xmas ’84 I got their self-titled debut and … meh. It was ok, not bad, but I’d expected something more Venom-like. WASP was sort of the odd men out on this tour – I’d gotten a Kerrang! Magazine the year before that had Blackie Lawless covered in blood on the cover, which looked cool, so I bought their debut 12” single on Music For Nations records on import: Fuck Like A Beast b/w Show No Mercy. They played many more times in the Albany area after this, at JB’s Theater in ‘86 and (mostly) Saratoga Winners in the years after. They opened with the new LP title-track – still a classic decades later – and did all stuff from the first LP and a couple from their ep debut as well. ![]() WASP was originally intended to play last, but Ulrich’s lateness meant Metallica headlined.Īrmored Saint was still actually wearing armor onstage back in these days, and were touring their great debut album, ‘ March of the Saint’. But Lars made it to Scotia, and Metallica played this gig. ![]() For Metallica, this was the first US date of the ‘ Ride the Lightning’ tour – this tour started the night before in Boston, but Lars Ulrich had some sort of passport problem and was sent back to Denmark, and legend has it that Cliff, James and Kirk just hung out in the Boston crowd and drank beers while WASP and Armored Saint played. ![]() This was the first time Metallica (all 3 bands, actually) played the Albany area. ![]()
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