LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES AUGUST 31, 2019-BILL GRAHAM’S ‘DAY ON THE GREEN’ CONCERTS WERE EPIC CONCERTS THAT REALLY WERE THE PROTOTYPES FOR TODAY’S BIG FESTIVAL SHOWS. STAGED ON THE LAWN OF THE OAKLAND COLISEUM, THE DAY ON THE GREEN CONCERTS WERE A SUMMER SERIES OF CONCERTS THAT GRAHAM STARTED IN 1973 AND THEY CONTINUED UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH AS A RESULT OF A HELICOPTER CRASH IN 1991. THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO THE BAY AREA WAS TREATED TO ONE OF THESE MEGA CONCERTS. IT WAS 1985 AND METALLICA PERFORMED AT THE ‘DAY ON THE GREEN’ IN OAKLAND. IT WAS THE FIRST ‘DAY ON THE GREEN’ EVENT OF 1985. THE LINE UP FEATURED YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN, Y&T, VICTORY, SCORPIONS, RATT, AND METALLICA.
THIS IS METALLICA’S SETLIST:
ECSTASY OF GOLD(TAPED INTRO)
CREEPING DEATH
RIDE THE LIGHTNING
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
THE FOUR HORSEMEN
FADE TO BLACK
SEEK AND DESTROY
WHIPLASH
ENCORE
AM I EVIL?
MOTORBREATH
THIS MAY BE THE GREATEST METALLICA SONG INTRO EVER
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