Welcome to hell!!!

Yo! Finished up my killer weekend, and am already a day into the work week. On Monday Steve came over and we watched RAW. Ran into Kevin at the Mini-Mart that day and told him to come over whenever he felt like it, and he came over yesterday we played a round of NBA 2K3 which I demolished him in. First time I saw Kevin in a good 3 months or so. Anyways, back on track, Steve and I played a round of Madden 2005 on the PS2, with his elite collector's edition. The extra stuff is nice, but grows old after awhile, and you really start to question yourself to see if the extra $10 was worth it. RAW was decent, a good follow up to the mediocre Summerslam. Gonna be interesting to see how the WWE will play out Randy Orton as a face. Speaking of wrestling, they just released the roster of Smackdown vs. RAW on PS2....only 41 active wrestlers!!?!? That's almost as worse as Day of Reckoning on GCN for crying out loud. Hopefully the 9 legends will make up for the slack.

Tuesday was the big day of the concert. Corey and Carlos came by to pick me up around 2pm and we picked up some liquor, then made our hour long trek to Fargo. Got into town and checked into our hotel, then went to the Outback Steakhouse that Corey and Carlos both talked up a lot, and man was that steak great, one of the best I've had. After the steakhouse went to the Fargodome to catch one of my most anticipated concerts ever. Got there, and paid $30 for an overpriced tour t-shirt, but hell I had to get one.

After finding our seats and waiting for 40 minutes Godsmack started up as the opening act. I'm not that big of a Godsmack fan, great music, but some of their music just doesn't live up to the live tour atmosphere, especially Voodoo. They sang about 8 songs, and there were 3 things I liked from them......the songs "Straight Out of Line" and "I Stand Alone" and the lead singer getting the crowd motivated and saying how we shouldn't be sitting down and watching MTV and to stand up cuz this is a mothafuckin rock concert!! Overall, not too terribly impressed, but they set the tone for Metalllica.

After about a 30 minute intermission for setup and whatnot, Metallica took the stage and rocked the fucking house off. They opened with "Blackened" then proceeded with "Fuel" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls." They did 11 songs in their first set, and I was very into "Battery" "Sanitarium" "St. Anger" and "Frantic." Screw you guys, St. Anger album fucking kicks ass! Once u give it a few run-thrus the album grows on you! It's how Metallica shoulda been in the 90's! Anyhoo, back on track, during the first set I unfortunately got this random tired high, and I was out of it for about a good 2 or 3 songs, but once Frantic came into effect I was back into the swing of things. Ya, I get these random tired highs for some damn reason when I alter my sleep schedule where I'm awake one instance, and within seconds im dead tired, which lasts for about a 30-45 minutes on the average before I'm back in the swing of things. Here are some actual live pics from the Fargo event that I found on the 'net just hours ago.



Back onto the show report, they closed there first set after 11 songs with "Battery," but then came back for a 5 song encore with an awesome Full Metal Jacket setup for "One" complete with one helluva pyro sequence that actually made it feel like you're down there on the battlefield. They also did "Enter Sandman" and the crowd was totally into it, as was I. I forgot how much I loved that song and it was just a blast to hear and participate in it live.

That song finished the 2nd set, then Metallica walked around the stage tossing guitar picks and I thought they were finished and they came back for two more songs. First they did Leper Messiah, and then Heyfield egged the crowd on if they wanted one more song, Heyfield's response: Heyfield: "Fargo, you guys deserve one more!" Fuck yeah we do! And what a way to finish with Seek and Destroy. Man do I love that song, and participating in it was flat-out awesome! After that Metallica tossed out some picks, then walked around the stage for awhile posing around and then got on the mic. Layfied said we rocked and said that Metallica will be back very soon, then their main guitar guy said "Fargo, you guys fucking kick ass!" and then and Lars said, "you know what's fucked up? that it's been 7 years since we were here at Fargo, we're not going to let that happen again!" Here's the set list from their site:

Blackened
Fuel
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Frantic
King Nothing
I Disappear
St. Anger
Sad But True
Creeping Death
Battery
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No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
Master of Puppets
One
Enter Sandman
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Leper Messiah
Seek And Destroy

Overall, a damn great show in the end, and hands down the best concert I've ever been to. I had a fucking blast, I didn't give a damn about Godsmack when it was all said and done, and Metallica playing 18 songs for 2 and a half hours just blew me away as I was in friggin Metal heaven. I still find it hard to believe that Metallica can still put on this great of a show after 20+ years. I think this will probably be the only time I find myself saying that I got my money's worth for the $74 I paid for my ticket. Thank you Metallica!