Having already gone behind the scenes of the production, etc. aspects of Metallica‘s ongoing North American summer tour, Rollingstone.com also gathered the members of the band together to discuss the general setlists of the tour as well—in particular the opening date in Baltimore of the trek this past May. The group candidly discuss numerous songs from their catalog. Some excerpts include:
“Now That We’re Dead“:
Metallica bring out giant Taiko drums for a jam in the middle. “The drum-corps thing is my favorite moment in the show lately,” Hetfield says with a laugh. “I don’t know if it works or not, but I love it, and it’s fun, and I’ve dreamt about doing something like that for a long time. It’s been on my list of ‘Things to do live’ for a long time, and it’s finally, finally come to fruition.”“Fuel“:
When the band plays this track, off 1997’s ReLoad, spires of flame shoot up from either side of the stage. “Our stage set is not small, so you’ve gotta have 40-foot flames to make it look right in scale,” Hetfield says. “I’m a boy in a man’s body, so if you could have 40-foot flames instead of 10-foot flames, why wouldn’t you?” He laughs. “It’s just cool to feel the heat of it. It makes you feel more alive.”
You can check out the rest over at Rollingstone.com.
