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Cirith Ungol| 📅 Date | Sat 18 Sep 1982 |
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| 📣 Active | cancel_band |
| 🏟️ Venue | The Stone |
| 📍 Address | 412 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA ❓ |
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The initial lineup was the band Bitch, Cirith Umgoo [!] and Pandemonium. However, soon after, before the show has started, Metallica replaced Cirith Ungol, and Hans Naughty replaced Pandemonium.
- Before and after in 1982
- Bitch (setlist)
Cirith Ungol→ Metallica (setlist)Pandemonium→ Hans Naughty
On this date in 1982: A showcase by a new independent Metal label called @metalbladerecords was booked at The Stone in San Francisco. “Cirith Umgoo” (the club misspelled @cirithungolband) cancelled the week before and another Los Angeles band called @metallica replaced them and made their first visit to San Francisco. The rest is history. Photo by Brian Lew from the pages of Murder In The Front Row.
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- Misspelled Cirith Umgoo.
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- Misspelled Cirith Unool. From Metallica Unbound: The Unofficial Biography By K.J. Doughton. Promotion was Metal Massacre 1
THE BAY AREA CLUB DAYS REVISITED
By Brian Lew
IN THE EARLY 1980s, the main Bay Area concert clubs were The Old Waldorf and the three Keystone clubs in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Palo Alto. The Waldorf was the premier venue for years until it closed in July 1983. The Keystone circuit sometimes made it possible to see a band three times, because the performers were usually booked at all three clubs. The Keystone Berkeley closed in 1985; the Palo Alto club shut its doors in 1986.
Early in 1982, the magazine Kerrang! showed up at a local record store. I began buying it religiously, along with the weekly English hard rock paper Sounds. Through the pen pals and letters section in Kerrang!, I became friends with K.J. Doughton, Ron Quintana, and other Heavy Metal tape traders in the U.S., Canada, England, and Holland. In September 1982, a Metal Blade Records show was scheduled for The Stone in San Francisco, to coincide with the release of their first Metal Massacre compilation. The bill included Bitch and Cirith Ungol, but four days before the show Cirith Ungol cancelled and Metallica replaced them. K.J. had sent me their “No Life ‘til Leather” demo over the summer, and it immediately became a fixture in my tape player. When K.J. called to tell me Metallica had replaced Cirith Ungol I was very psyched, and dragged as many friends with me to The Stone as I could. A couple of days before the show I called Dave Mustaine in L.A. to make arrangements to meet the band once they got to San Francisco. We met in front of the club, where Lars’s green Pacer (with white interior!) hitched to a U-haul trailer was parked. I reviewed the evening’s performance in Northwest Metal #2.
METALLICA The Stone, San Francisco September 18, 1982
This was the night! The heaviest band in the U.S. of A., Metallica, rampaged into the City By The Bay and spread more havoc than the 1906 earthquake!
Due to poor publicity, The Stone was only half full. However, a small contingent of Metallica fans were on hand to do some serious headbanging to the tune of “The Young Metal Attack.” We weren’t disappointed.
Despite being stopped earlier in the evening by the S.F.P.D. for carrying open cans of brew on the street, Metallica took the stage at 10:30 sharp and immediately slammed into “Hit the Lights,” and the headbanging commenced! Next came the spine-cracker “The Mechanix,” and the dark onslaught of “Phantom Lord.”
Their sheer intensity was incredible! Fusing the pile driving madness of Motorhead and Venom with their own insanity, the band devastated their audience with a non-stop, fast, and ultra-furious set of Heavy Metal. The superb rhythm section of Lars Ulrich (drums) and Ron McGovney (bass) set the neck-breaking pace, while the searing leads of Dave Mustaine and the rhythm work and outrageous vocals of James Hetfield set the mood.
Following a chorus of requests, the group ripped into the fiery inferno of “Jump in the Fire,” and slowed things down to Mach 10, for the love song, “Motorbreath.” Next, they showcased a new song “No Remorse,” that shook the dust from the rafters. Following came the firestorm “Seek and Destroy,” and closing the regular set was the ode to rivetheads everywhere, “Metal Militia.”
The already hoarse headbangers down front demanded more and were rewarded with fantastic versions of two Diamond Head songs, “Am I Evil” and “The Prince.” At that point, unfortunately, Metallica had to relinquish the stage.
From Metallica Unbound: The Unofficial Biography By K.J. Doughton
See the Metallica – The Stone / 18 Sep 1982.
Today Is the 31st Anniversary of Metallica’s First Show in the Bay Area
What is the exactly address? Were there other bands there? What is the setlist for all of the bands? What are the members then? Do you have photos, music or video that we can see or hear? Any more fun facts at that time?
