Live in New York, NY Roseland Ballroom (11/24/1998)
This was the final (of five) small club shows that Metallica played in November 1998 to promote the 2-disc covers album, 'Garage, Inc'. It was broadcast live by MTV. Now I'm a big fan of Metallica but I'll be the first to admit that opinion of this album is polar- it is either loved or hated. One reason why this performance might have such a low rating is because the camera 'tricks' & edits used by MTV are annoying and pointless... it is filmed like an episode of 'Cribs' with cutaways and the camera only focuses on the stage for a couple of seconds before crowd then band/crowd/band/crowd. So the actual filming of the performance is very poor. The second (and more likely reason) for the low score will be due to people bashing Metallica for 'selling-out' or not playing a proper gig... fair enough, it is not Metallica in their heyday after all.
SETLIST & original artists:
Die Die My Darling * (Misfits) Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg) The Small Hours (Holocaust) The Prince (Diamond Head) Sabbra Cadabra (Black Sabbath) Whiskey In The Jar (Thin Lizzy) Stone Cold Crazy (Queen) Mercyful Fate (Medley of 5 Mercyful Fate songs) Turn The Page (Bob Seger) Am I Evil? (Full version of the Diamond Head classic) So What (Anti-nowhere League) Killing Time (Sweet Savage) The Wait (Killing Joke) Last Caress/Green Hell (Misfits) Breadfan (Budgie) Overkill (Motorhead)
* This footage was used as the promo video for the 'Die Die My Darling' CD Single, which was released in Europe only to promote the Summer '99 tour dates there.