What’s Metallica been up to lately? Here’s some fun from their show down in Mexico City a couple of weeks ago, which also happened to be James Hetfield’s birthday…

And joins Aerosmith on an encore of Train Kept A-Rollin’ last night at the Hollywood Bowl show…

Thunderstorms screwed with much of the schedule at Chicago’s Lollapalooza Festival this weekend, but it looks like Black Sabbath ripped it up pretty well in their only U.S. show…

Since we’re probably not going to be at Lollapalooza in Chicago this weekend (if you are, congratulations for making me jealous!), we will not be catching Black Sabbath in their only U.S. performance. Ozzy, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler took the stage together for the first time in seven years back in May at the Download Festival (drummer Bill Ward has decided not to participate in the reunion), and it rocked…

Men Throwing Rocks With The Other Hand from Juan Etchegaray on Vimeo.

Guys, let this be a reminder to teach your sons to throw with both hands when they’re young.

Me? I had just graduated high school. And Randy Roades had just passed away in the tragic plane/bus accident during Ozzy’s tour. The new Speak Of The Devil DVD is coming out this week, and here’s Ozzy jamming on Crazy Train at Irvine Meadows that summer, with Brad Gillis from Nightranger filling in on guitar. Maybe you were at the show? If not, someone you know probably was…

Green Day is diving into an ambitious time in their career…releasing three full albums over the next 6 months. They’re called “Uno”. which will be released in September, “Dos”, coming out in November, and “Tre” (named after their drummer, Tre Cool), which will hit the stores just after the first of the year. The lyric video above is the first song from Uno, “Oh Love”…

The Big Bay Boom was supposed to be San Diego’s premiere fireworks show this year, 18 minutes of choreographed explosions and music to celebrate the 4th of July…until a malfunction sent all of the pyro into the air at once. As the video shows, the whole thing lasted 15 seconds! The fireworks show then mumbled something about that never happening before, said it had to work early the next morning, and quickly slipped out the door saying it would call sometime…

Here’s another angle, a video taken by someone in the crowd:

And, just for fun, here’s one more:

Atlantic City was the place to be this past weekend to see Metallica headlining the two day Orion Festival that they organized. Not only did they book and plan the whole thing, but it looks like they spent the weekend cruising around the festival introducing bands on stage as well. Then they wrapped up the first night with their closing set, including a performance of the Ride The Lightning album in it’s entirety, all of which you can watch in the video above. Enjoy!

I’d like to invite you to join me for some fun, bbq, and awesome classic cars in Riverside this Saturday. I’ll be out at Law’s Restaurant at 9640 Indiana Ave (right by Van Buren) from Noon to 2pm to help support Donate Life. Donate Life promotes organ anf tissue donation, a great cause that has the ability to change the lives of so many people…