MY STORY
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IT ALL STARTED ON THE DAY OF CHRISTMAS, 1996, WHEN SANTA CLAUS (HEHE) BOUGHT ME A MEMBERSHIP TO THE METALLICA CLUB.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, A SHIRT, A MEMBERSHIP CARD, SO WHAT!!! MAGAZINES, IT JUST GOT BETTER AS IT WENT ALONG, AND THAT IT DID.
READING THROUGH MY SO WHAT!!! MAGAZINES, I NOTICED THAT THEY HAD CHANGED THE BACKSTAGE SYSTEM, AND IT WENT IN ORDER OF HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE CLUB.
THEN THE NEWS I HAD BEEN WAITING 7 YEARS TO HEAR... I WAS STOKED, I WAS RUNNING AROUND EVERYWHERE AND MAKING A COMPLETE DICK OF MYSELF, BUT I DIDN'T CARE, I WAS GOING TO SEE METALLICA!!!
I GOT THERE ON THE DAY OF THE SHOW, MEMBERSHIP CARD IN HAND, READY TO GET IN AND SEE THE BOYZ, AND SEE THE BOYZ I DID.
I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION, GET FRONT ROW AND RISK NOT MEETING METALLICA, OR HOPE TO MEET METALLICA, AND MISS OUT ON FRONT ROW...
I CHOSE THE SECOND ONE, AND THAT'S RIGHT, I DEFINATLY MISSED FRONT ROW.
SO, ME AND ABOUT 20 OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALL WAITING AROUND WHILE HORSEHEAD PLAYED (THEY ARE A KILLER AUSSIE BAND WHOM I SAW SUPPORT LIVE AT THEIR ADELAIDE SHOW).
I REALLY WANTED TO SEE HORSEHEAD, BUT I WAITED, HOPING THAT METALLICA WOULD SHOW.
THEN, ME AND THE OTHER TALLIKA FANS WERE ESCORTED THROUGH SOME DOORS, WHICH WERE GUARDED BY SOMEONE, AND FROM THERE, WE WAITED.
WE WAITED FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES UNTIL FINALLY... CAME OUT FROM AN ELEVATOR BEHIND ME.
I WAS IN THE SAME ROOM AS JASON FROM METALLICA.  THIS GUY IS A GOD TO ME, AND I WAS IN THE SAME ROOM AS HIM, IT WAS A REALLY WEIRD FEELING.
WE ALL STOOD IN A LINE AND JASON MADE HIS WAY DOWN THE LINE.
ONE RULE WITH JASON, DON'T USE FLASHES ON YOUR CAMERA, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO ARGUE WITH JASON, HE IS A GOD!!!
HE FINALLY GOT TO ME, HE WAS SHORTER THAN ME WHICH WAS A REALLY WEIRD FEELING.  YOU KNOW LIKE YOU SEE THEM ON STAGE AND YOU THINK THEY ARE GODS, AND ARE HUGE, WELL HE WAS SHORTER THAN ME WHICH MADE ME FEEL CRUEL STANDING ABOVE HIM.
I SHOOK HIS HAND, LOOKED HIM DIRECTLY IN THE EYE AND HE SAYS
"G'DAY MAN, HOW ARE YA???"
"YEAH, KEWL MAN, COULD YOU SIGN MY SHIRT???"
"YEAH SURE, WHERE ABOUTS???"
"ON MY BACK"
"PEN'S NOT WORKING, I'LL DO IT ON THE FRONT WITH MY PEN"
"SURE"
HE SIGNS MY SHIRT RIGHT ABOVE JAYMZ' FACE.
"CHEERS MAN"
"THAT'S KEWL"
"HAVE A GOOD SHOW"
"CHEERS"
AND THAT WAS IT, BUT IT WAS THE MOST KEWLEST FEELING EVER.
I WAS TALKING TO A GOD...  THE GOD TALKED BACK
IT WAS REAL, CONVERSATION WITH A REAL GOD.
SO I THOUGHT KEWL, THEY METCLUB DUDE BEFOREHAND TOLD US THAT SOMETIMES NONE COME OUT, IF YOU'RE LUCKY MORE THAN ONE WILL COME OUT, BUT USUALLY IT'S JUST ONE.
I THOUGHT, SPEWIN, BUT I UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS PREPERATION THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFOREHAND, SO IT DIDN'T REALLY BOTHER ME NOT MEETING ANYONE ELSE, I MEAN, I HAD JUST MET JASON, WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR, MAYBE... THAT'S RIGHT, KIRK THEN CAME OUT OF THE LIFT............
THE DOTS LEAD TO THE MAN I MET AND THE MAN WHO SPOKE TO ME AND SIGNED MY SHIRT.
KIRK DIDN'T SHAKE HANDS WITH ANYONE IN ADELAIDE, AND I THINK IT'S CAUSE HE'S THE GUITARIST AND DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF HURTING HIS HAND ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING ON STAGE.
WELL, THE GUYS HAD TO BE ON IN ABOUT 10, SO NO MORE WERE GONNA COME UP.
I MISSED MEETING MY HERO, LARZ, BUT I STILL GOT TO MEET TWO OF THE FOUR MEMBERS OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE BAND EVER.
IT WAS ON APRIL 9th THIS WHOLE EVENT TOOK PLACE, 2 DAYS BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY, SO I CLASS THE WHOLE THING AS MY BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T ON THE 11th.
SO THAT IS THE MAIN REASON I WOULD RECOMMEND JOINING THE METCLUB.
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