The backstory is this: basically, while touring in promotion for "And Justice For All", Metallica REALLY grew to hate the album and it's songs, which were long and extremely complicated in terms of playing. When the tour ended/they made plans to go on tour to promote the Black album a decision was made as to how to handle the AJFA songs and whether or not they would ever play them again live. The decision ended up being that the only song from the album they would ever EVER play live...
The backstory is this: basically, while touring in promotion for "And Justice For All", Metallica REALLY grew to hate the album and it's songs, which were long and extremely complicated in terms of playing. When the tour ended/they made plans to go on tour to promote the Black album a decision was made as to how to handle the AJFA songs and whether or not they would ever play them again live. The decision ended up being that the only song from the album they would ever EVER play live again, in full, would be "One". Eye of beholder, Blackened, The Frayed Ends of Sanity, ...And Justice for All, and Blackened were then reworked into a medley that would the only way they would be played live again.
For about twenty years, that rule was in place until around the 20th anniversary of the album, when the songs slowly started seeping back into the playlist in their original full form.
I've never heard this song. Isn't it like a bonus track from Kill Them All?
It's from the live box set "Live Shit".
It's from the live box set "Live Shit".
The backstory is this: basically, while touring in promotion for "And Justice For All", Metallica REALLY grew to hate the album and it's songs, which were long and extremely complicated in terms of playing. When the tour ended/they made plans to go on tour to promote the Black album a decision was made as to how to handle the AJFA songs and whether or not they would ever play them again live. The decision ended up being that the only song from the album they would ever EVER play live...
The backstory is this: basically, while touring in promotion for "And Justice For All", Metallica REALLY grew to hate the album and it's songs, which were long and extremely complicated in terms of playing. When the tour ended/they made plans to go on tour to promote the Black album a decision was made as to how to handle the AJFA songs and whether or not they would ever play them again live. The decision ended up being that the only song from the album they would ever EVER play live again, in full, would be "One". Eye of beholder, Blackened, The Frayed Ends of Sanity, ...And Justice for All, and Blackened were then reworked into a medley that would the only way they would be played live again.
For about twenty years, that rule was in place until around the 20th anniversary of the album, when the songs slowly started seeping back into the playlist in their original full form.