Diamond Head Guitarist Brian Tatler Talks Metallica’s Damaged Justice Tour 88/89 – And Justice For All
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I saw Metallica several times on the 1988/89 seventeen-month โDamaged Justiceโ tour, I went to Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, and London. I even got my own personal tour laminate with my photo on it. In London, I stayed with Lars in his hotel room where he showed me a large bagful of bootleg Metallica albums he had collected. He must have had forty or so but thereโs always room for more albums so next morning we went record shopping at the legendary Shades, which was down a set of stairs in a Soho alley amongst the sex shops (this shop was selling Metallica tapes before they were signed). Whilst leafing through the racks we noticed we were being observed by some Spanish metal dudes. They had spotted Lars and one guy exclaimed loudly โYouโre great!โ in broken English. He then shifted his gaze to me, obviously an unknown to him, and said โHe is great!โ Since then I have stopped hanging out with famous people, itโs really bad for my ego. So if any no-hopers fancy a pint Iโm usually free on a Wednesday. ๐บ
