| METALLIFUKINA!!!! |
| It was a warm day in Melbourne on this April morning, when myself and my mate Anthony were on a quest. A quest to find the international Rock band Metallica. See now, I know some people that work at hotels so it was pretty easy to find where they were staying. Even after 3 attempts at hotels including a 30minute scout at a wrong hotel, we got the tip. The hotel Windsor in the city. So we high tail it there and see 3 fans waiting out the front. This was at about 10:30am, it was a long day with many a yarn told throughout it. The hotel staff tried to get rid of us on many occasions, yet to no avail, we were staying. It was getting quite late by this point, so at about 4:00pm, we were greeted by a weird lookin Aussie dude who claimed to be the cousin of Kirk Hammett, Metallica�s guitarist. He said to us that the band was running really late and would be going straight to the venue to do Sound check and the gig, so unsure we stuck around for a while longer. The while longer turned into darkness, darkness preceding the concert, it was time for me to go. For Anthony wasn�t going to the gig, I ran with all my might to the concert and enjoyed myself a lot. The band were loud and I couldn�t help but think, why oh why didn�t they come earlier. So as the final encore finished I was crouched ready to sprint back to the hotel and I sear would�ve given that Carl Lewis a run for his money. I�m back at the Hotel, there are only about 15 fans waiting, so obviously the word hadn�t gotten out yet where they were. Then the first Tarago arrives, its none other than James Hetfield, front man for this phenomenal band. JAYMZ: I wait for an opportune moment and approach with caution. I shake his hand and say what an awesome show, he thanx me and I then ask him if he could sign my Cigar. A cigar you say, yes I have a Metallica cigar that they released as a promo item for Reload. So he looks at it and says �Where did you get this? We didn�t make many of these at all!!!!� �I got it from the internet� I say, �How much �About $8 I got it for�, �Man you got yourself a bargain there� So he starts to sign it in sliver, the silver pen started to dig into the Cigar. He stops. �Who�s got a black one?� he yells, someone gives him a black marker and he signs it perfectly. That was cool, I thank him again and he goes. KIRK: Kirk and Lars arived in the same van, but I go to see Kirk first. �Hey man� I say, �Hi� he says in the weedist American voice I�ve ever heard. �Would you mind signing my Metallica cigar?� He looks at me like �Huh?� I gave it to him, he look at it and starts freaking out. �Where�d you get this?� �Wow that�s awesome� He signs it in his usual KH and as he�s signing asked me how much it was �I got it for $8� I say slowly walking away towards Lars, as I walk off I hear an echo, �$8, you got it for $8, that�s so cool, $8.� I�m like �yeah�.� LARS: Now Lars wasn�t too happy this tour, his Mum had just passed away, but was still cool. I walk up, shake his hand and say how good the gig was etc etc. I say, �Hey Man, would you mind signing my Cigar?� He looks at me like I�m a freak with a hell puzzled look on his face. I say �It�s a Metallica Cigar.� �PROVE IT!� he says, so I twist it and show him the label which says Metallica ReLoad, he says �ooh� and signs it, quite impressed actually. JASON: Waiting, waiting, waiting, man, could he have taken any longer to get back?! He arrived 45 minutes after the other guys and was pissed as a fart! Blind as a bat and just plain drunk! But what a dude! He gets there and is so funny. He was signing somebody�s album in Black marker and then gave us a 5 minute lecture on why Blue is better than Black, as you see in 10 years Black will be Yellow but in 10 years, Blue will be Blue. So he hoisted the Blue texta into the air and shouted �Blue!!� He was so cool, they lined us up for autographs and he got to me. Shake hands, blah blah, sign my cigar blah blah, he looks at it, looks at me and instead of his usual scibble he does for his signaure, he writes in big capital letters JASON!!.. How cool, everyone is like No way! He gives it back, with a nod of the head a shake of the hand and he�s gone. They were awesome guys! Hopefully they�ll be back soon, minus Jason of course, and I can say G�day again! Go boys, I�d send pictures of the cigar but they never work out! You�ll just have to believe me! |
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