Los Angeles is a tough town for some rock bands.
Ask Alice Cooper; the Angelenos of the late 60s preferred The Doors over his music leading the Detroit native back to Michigan…and the success that followed Billion Dollar Babies.
The same can be said for Metallica.
In the early 80s when they first formed, the band hailed from LA as well.
Amidst the neon lights, make-up, and hairspray that turned men into Barbies on the Sunset Strip; Metallica found themselves in the shadows of success.
Decades later after leaving the Southland for San Francisco, the biggest band in metal celebrated the third-annual “Metallica Day” at AT&T Park earlier this month where those Giants play.
Band guitarists James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett performed The Star-Spangled Banner with drummer Lars Ulrich throwing out the first pick followed by bassist Robert Trujillo announcing the start of the game.
