yuuup, still best show ever was Slayer. but seen a bunch of others also. Still nothing like classic 80's metal either. Way to hard to pick top 10's in most things I love, cannabis, Music, and hot hollywood actresses....
I agree. Top 10ing the best Metal bands is impossible. But I went by how often I listen to and how much I enjoy the actual music and artist. I've met most of my top ten picks.
Maiden, Halford, Tom-Kerry, Dave, Kirk, Chuck-Eric, Peter, Mille and Blackie. And I have a great story for each one but I'll mention Blackie because WASP is kind of the one that sticks out most on my list when compared to the others. WASP is more a hair metal band although through the years they have become very political and progressed well.
I met Blackie at a Minnesota show where Metal Church was opening up for them. Blackie rolled into the parking lot hours before the show, me and my friend just happened to be there as the place was opening up. I was fairly surprised seeing him roll up driving a bigrig with a clan following him in trucks and motorcycles. I instinctively just stuck my fist in the air and as he drove by he stuck his head out and yelled "FUCK! lol We went up to him and he came over and we talked for a good 30 minutes. He had some guys go in and when they came out they told him it was a no go. He got all fired up and walked in. We stayed out by the rig and road crew because we were heavy in conversation with a few of those guys to. About 5 minutes later Blackie came out and said they weren't going to play because his crazy mic setup which breaths fire and weighs a ton could not be setup on the venue's stage because of safety regulations, they also couldn't do certain types of pyrotechnics which he said the venue didn't inform him of before hand. So they were out of there. We were like NO FUCKING WAY. Just disappointed. He apologized and we talked another 30 minutes or so. He asked if we wanted to ride Elvis, which is the name of his mic stand setup. They opened up the rig and we got in and checked it out, it was a very cool moment. We got some signed shirts and photos, said our farewells and some dude jumped into the rig and Blackie got a some awesome hog and rode off to the next venue. As he rode off he actually made an effort to slow down, look back and give us the fist up. One of the coolest artists I've ever met.
