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@jayrogers754 if you want to see Master of Puppets, then I highly recommend checking out Derek’s master class cut of that song. ua-cam.com/video/03X24j92fZQ/v-deo.html
@jayrogers754 yes, Derek makes similar style videos. we respectfully don’t do the same songs. there are so many great songs to do and these videos are very time consuming, so we try to give the viewers more options to watch. hence the reason I highly suggest checking out his video.
I remember my Special Forces A Team being sent over there to provide private security for all the bands. I was backstage standing beside a Russian soldier and he was crying. I asked if he was okay and he said " yes comrade, yes my brother. I may call you brother yes?". I said da it would be my honor. He then said " You will never be able to understand the joy in my heart seeing my people so happy and having so much fun.". Then he wiped his tears and stood rigid and tall. We have kept in touch ever since. Hello Mikhail Dolvetchkov I hope you see this.
@@user-yy7tw9hv9n not really we talk on the phone by using a schedule. I will stay up late if I know he's gonna call and then we switch. Although right now he is under orders that we can't com?unicate in any way
Hetfield stood on that stage like he owned the whole goddamn world. Astonishing. Not one quiver in his voice, nothin. And only 28 years old. Damn dude. A truly historic moment on so many levels. ☮️❤️🎶
From the history of the biggest live crowds this event is on 5th or 6 position, Rod Stewart concert was the biggest live event so far with 4.2 million in Brazil on first spot then electronic musician Jean Michele Jare on 2-3 spots [one in France (Paris) and the other concert elsewhere] but as heavy rock-metal live event yeah this was the biggest festival live but Metallica was not the single band (like record holder Rod Stewart) because on same event with them was also AC/DC, Pantera & Black Crows and people were not just Russians at this event were also a lot of people from other countries from Europe too but yeah.. hell of atmosphere, just imagine if one is right in the middle and needs to use the toilet.. what it will do ?!!! crazy..
@@poplaurentiu4148 It's the largest crowd for a concert. There have been larger crowds for events that included music such as several New Year's Eve concerts in Rio.
@@Andrew-is7rs How did Queen play to a larger crowd than the one in this video? It's said to have been 1.5-1.6 million people there. Queen played massive stadiums by themselves, sure, but I think stuff like Rock in Rio with maybe half the crowd were their biggest ones and those were also festivals, as was this concert. 😅
I'm thinking from the history of the biggest live crowds this event is on 5th or 6 position, Rod Stewart concert was the biggest live event with 4.2 million in Brazil on first spot then electronic musician Jean Michele Jare on 2-3 spots [one in France (Paris) and the other concert elsewhere] but as heavy rock-metal live event yeah this was the biggest festival live but Metallica was not the single band (like record holder Rod Stewart) because on same event with them was also AC/DC, Pantera & Black Crows and people were not just Russians at this event were also a lot of people from other countries from Europe too but yeah.. hell of atmosphere, just imagine if one is right in the middle and needs to use the toilet.. what it will do ?!!!
It's hard to imagine growing up under that iron curtain where American music especially rock had been outlawed all them yrs...and then to see this live it must have been life changing for so many!!!
@Armando Problemas i find it hilarious that u right wing crazy Trump fans take ANYTHING to try and bring up your bullshit!!! So stop being a fucktard Armando ty!
@@katievandaveer7624 real freedom in russia...? you don't know much about russia or...? not one minute the past thousand years were there real freedom...
@@seelenwinter6662 Seems like the Iron curtain is still not lifted in the western side. Tell me what makes you think that you and your countrymen live better or have greater freedoms than Russians do? You clearly have no idea - must be that privately owned free media and independent journalism in the west 😏
I remember this. The communist government had just collapsed. Freedom in any way for decades was being experienced for the first time in Russia. The record labels asked if they could send some bands to play. It was approved. Metallica announced a FREE concert near Moscow. They expected a couple hundred thousand maybe. 1.6 million came to rock out. Absolutely legendary concert. The largest in human history. Probably still to this day.
This concert was called the Monsters of Rock tour in 91 Moscow Russia this was the first concert ever in Russia if u remember Russia was a communist country and didn't allow it before but several of the biggest bands in the world were there and they played to 1.6 million fans, that had to be a logistical nightmare for the promoter and security staff but they pulled it off with only 4 arrests that day its amazing
The year my son was born. W&o would have thought. 23 years later I would lose him to an IED in Afghanistan 3 weeks after I retired from a 35 year Army career.
I’m thinking zero, it certainly seemed like zero. I’m reading a few comments about how having this kind of music was illegal and knowing it’s barely two years after the wall came down, they’re experiencing real freedom like this… I’m in freaking tears.
I can't even imagine what it must feel like to look out and see that vast ocean of people there for one thing, to hear you perform. That must be a high like no other.
I think I like seeing the reaction from people to that particular crowd. That Moscow show by now is so iconic. There is no CGI. That is real. The same show that also had Pantera.
I wasn’t at this concert in Moscow but I was at the Monsters Of Rock concert in Germany which was a Ac/Dc Metallica, Mötley Crue, Queensrich and The Black Crows. This was in Maintz Finthen army Airfield in Germany in 1991
How many people knew who Metallica was before the concert? Since they sung in English, how many understood what they were singing. I saw Metallica when they were an opening band with a crowd of less than 300.
This is when concerts didn’t have a bunch of phones out, they just took in the moment and you see how big concerts used to be? They still are today. I was both October 29th 1991 I’m 30 right now.
@@slayercfv I didn’t mean that you were actually from the boomer generation, but your outlook on artists is extremely one sided and unfair. Older generations disregard new music because they don’t understand it.
When I was 15 in 1988, my first brother took me and some of his friends to SF Candle Stick to attend Monsters of Rock and it was WILD! A week later my older brother took me to see Def Leppard at CalExpo.... Same time I watched SF and Oakland baseball.. What a fricken awesome Summer! :D
I have performed on stage in Theater productions & speaking competitions to audiences of 100-150 people. The audience's reaction to those small groups is like a living thing. I am hard pressed to try to imagine a million & more.
This was the first concert by bands outside of Russia & it was free. 8 months later Yngwie Malmsteen produced his Live in Leningrad album & it shocked the world that he would do a live album in Russia.
Lex from Brad and Lex is probably my favourite reactor. She's like me, she feels the music before listening to lyrics whereas Brad tries to understand the meaning of the lyrics. They're the perfect combination but 90% of their subs are only interested in Lex's Rock/Metal journey
I was there and it was incredible! This would NEVER happen today, which is due to the self absorbed, entitled, and completely insecure people of today. It is a true shame what we’ve become.
I stand in agreement nursenola4 ! I Rock & Roll back in those days true words EVER spoken ; Never to be seen again . So many have gone the way of cowards and non-talented buffoons. yes, it is a shame.
Yikes, what a bunch of cringe washed up losers crying about how much better things were back in the day because you stopped trying 20 years ago. This WAS a magical moment, appreciate it and quit being a miserable fuck about it. You clearly missed the entire point of this concert if this is how you're acting in 2022. Quit being part of the problem.
I can’t imagine the rush it had to have been for Metallica ! You’re playing in front of the ultimate rock concert crowd. These are people who’ve never been to a rock concert. They’re from a society that had to smuggle tapes into their homes to even hear rock. To say they were thirsty is a huge understatement. Then BOOM! Metallica comes out and absolutely nails it live in front of 1.6 million people ! Those people have never been to a rock concert period and Metallica had never played to an audience even remotely like it. A one time moment in history.
I watched this concert on MTV in 1991 it was called the Moscow music peace festival there were many many many metal bands there cause metal music was not played in Russia so all these American metal bands went over to give all the fans a show, that's why u see so many Russian cops all over to keep fans inline. It was a huge deal in 91 to have peace with Russia and 30yrs later we're still trying.
@@jimleinonen7096 yeah, at Copacabana beach. that is the same place Rod Stewart set the all time record with an estimated 3.5 million. those are all crazy numbers.
Thing is that on those years, when black album came out, this frenetic around Metallica, was all around the Globe. Them and Guns were on top of the world. Everywhere they go, they would be treated like kings.
1991 the us just defeated the country of iraq in a week, freed kuwait, in liberated moscow from socialism in 1989 this was the freedom tour est 1.6 million people attended, moscow told the band not to use explosions on stage, they did anyways! this was the first time russians experienced freedom since 1906
Wouldn't be surprised if this came near to shutting down Moscow's power grid, those towers in the distance are speakers. Those Helicopters are rescue, this was performed at an Airbase.
I know Metallica members have said Blue Oyster Cult was a band they "grew up on". They even covered "Astronomy". And since the 70s, Blue Oyster Cult also had that type of intro music before taking the stage. I wonder if Metallica got the idea from their....mentors.
Gen X here! We had a lot of aggression in the 80's & 90's ... this helped us break free from our parents generations (you know, the 50's, 60's and the 70's). Exercise without cardio!!!
Para los que vivimos ese concierto morimos y fuimos al cielo del metal y del rock todas las grabaciones y fotografías que se realizaron las tenemos como un tesoro familiar algo que no tiene precio
This is a great compilation video and great for the small channels featured. I'm subscribed to Kabir Considers, but I'm going to check out these other channels, including yours. Good on ya.
I saw them 15 years ago and it was the greatest show that I have ever been to. These guys have been doing this for about 4 decades and are still kicking ass
few understand the true significance of this. These people had been under the control of Communism their entire lives. When the Wall fell and Soviet Communism fell this is one of the first times these people could be completely free, a feeling the current woke generation takes for granted. The entire world let out a sigh of relief and the people most silenced let themselves celebrate. It was truly epic
Metallica and other groups were the support acts for the headliners, ACDC from Australia. I watched the whole concert but the quality of the filming was not good. The Soviets didn't have any real experience of filming rock concerts so didn't have the cameras positioned correctly. Plus, the organisers had originally only planned for around 500,000 so when 1.6 million turned up... they were shocked. It was a free concert put on by the Russian Government to try to please the people. Three months later, the USSR officially collapsed and imploded. An historical time.
I'M A 40+ YEAR FAMILY MEMBER OF MetallicA. IV BEEN IN DOZENS OF SHOWS AND TILL THIS DAY I BLAST IT IN MY CAR AND PHONE. I LOVE TO SEE THE NEW GENN REALIZING THAT METAL/MetallicA WILL BE WITH US FOREVER. BUT I ALSO WISH THAT EVERY CONCERT/SHOW CAN BE WITH HEART AND SOUL. IN A METAL SHOW ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS BAND, WITH OVER 100,000,000 FANS? NO DEATHS NO FIGHTS NO VIOLANCE. JUST PURE CRAZY FUN. I WISH I CAN SEE THAT WITH THE RAP CRAP WORLD ALWAYS HEARING HOW SOMEONE GOT KILLED,SHOT STABED. YOU CAN WATCH AND ENJOY ANY METAL VIDEO LIKE THIS AND LOOK CARFULLY HOW THE FAMILY OUT THERE GOBING CRAZY AND ENJOYING THE SHOW. YES WE ARE CRAZY BUT NOT STUPID AND WISH IT CAN BE THAT WAY IN ALL SHOWS. 1 MILLION+ FANS AND NOT ONE DEATH. I KNOW NO ONE IN THE RAP WORLD WILL EVER HAVE THIS KIND OF FAN BASE NUMBERS IN A SHOW BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS SHOULD TEACH THAT A SHOW CAN DO WITH OUT THE FAKING IT TILL YOU MAKE IT VIOLANCE. AND YES IM TALKING ABOUT THE RAP WORLD. ONE DAY YOU'LL KNOW WHAT "UP THE IRONS" MEAN IN THIS METAL WORLD. ENJOY BE SAFE AND ALWAYS "UP THE IRONS" !!
Imagine that 6 yrs earlier Metallica was an opening band for Ozzy. In 1989 the Berlin wall came down. In 1991, the USSR was falling apart, the Iron curtain was coming down. Metallica, Pantera, AC/DC and the Black Crowes was the first Western music some of these guys had ever heard, even bootleg tapes was worth gold behind the Iron curtain. The military helicopters were real, keeping order but misting water for the tightly packed crowd. It was still pretty warm in September . Especially with 1.6 million people there.
This concert was so special because it was the very band from the US to play after the fall of the USSR. Footnote: Metallica has played on every continent on Earth.
Seen both Metallica and Led Zeppelin, hands down Zeppelin was a better, but not bigger concert at the fabulous forum in Inglewood smoked a lot of bud at the concert. All my friends gave me weed to take, about 20 joints a few were oilers, and a thi stick joint
1.6 million people were present at the time metallica played in this show , which is the biggest audiemce attendance in all of music history and that's a fact not an assumption.
first ever concert rock concert with stars from abroad in the Soviet Union... so insane.. and just months later it would collapse... historical moment there. I have watched the whole documentary about it. And too bad I was young back then to attend it.
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@jayrogers754 if you want to see Master of Puppets, then I highly recommend checking out Derek’s master class cut of that song.
ua-cam.com/video/03X24j92fZQ/v-deo.html
@jayrogers754 yes, Derek makes similar style videos. we respectfully don’t do the same songs. there are so many great songs to do and these videos are very time consuming, so we try to give the viewers more options to watch. hence the reason I highly suggest checking out his video.
Or getting out of jail?
Legend has it 31 years later people are still leaving this concert!
I just got back last week! By the way, what's the "internet"? (Lol!)
My tired old backside just made it to the house. 😎
😂😂😂
@@kaychristensen4394: What's a ''house''?
@@wonkothesane8691 GIMME SHELTER!!! 😜😻😝
I remember my Special Forces A Team being sent over there to provide private security for all the bands. I was backstage standing beside a Russian soldier and he was crying. I asked if he was okay and he said " yes comrade, yes my brother. I may call you brother yes?". I said da it would be my honor. He then said " You will never be able to understand the joy in my heart seeing my people so happy and having so much fun.". Then he wiped his tears and stood rigid and tall. We have kept in touch ever since. Hello Mikhail Dolvetchkov I hope you see this.
that’s great. thank you for your services.
Must be hard with the time difference and all that.
@@user-yy7tw9hv9n not really we talk on the phone by using a schedule. I will stay up late if I know he's gonna call and then we switch. Although right now he is under orders that we can't com?unicate in any way
@@chrismadden132 Ah cause of the unprovoked russia ukraine sutuation
@@user-yy7tw9hv9n well I don't talk politics but you're more than welcome to your opinion. I respect everyone's right to free speech
I was there in 1991. Was in the crowd about 30 meters from the stage. Feelings like you have now, only multiplied by 10 times.
Wow 👍
How long did it take to leave?😂😂
@@dillytheguy130 He's probably still there.
Glad to know you finally made it back to your car man! haha
cool so cool #
Hetfield stood on that stage like he owned the whole goddamn world. Astonishing. Not one quiver in his voice, nothin. And only 28 years old. Damn dude.
A truly historic moment on so many levels.
☮️❤️🎶
One of the best frontman ever ❤
James looked like a true alpha
I tell people this was the single best visual example of freedom over tyranny ever.
Justin Bieber: hey everyone I sold out a stadium
Metallica: hey everyone we sold out a country
Damn Straight! !
AC/DC played also Pantera umong others!
😂😂😂
LMAO!!
Hahaha.......we are God's people 🙏 🙌 ❤
That's what 1.6 million people standing together looks like. Mind blown.
From the history of the biggest live crowds this event is on 5th or 6 position, Rod Stewart concert was the biggest live event so far with 4.2 million in Brazil on first spot then electronic musician Jean Michele Jare on 2-3 spots [one in France (Paris) and the other concert elsewhere] but as heavy rock-metal live event yeah this was the biggest festival live but Metallica was not the single band (like record holder Rod Stewart) because on same event with them was also AC/DC, Pantera & Black Crows and people were not just Russians at this event were also a lot of people from other countries from Europe too but yeah.. hell of atmosphere, just imagine if one is right in the middle and needs to use the toilet.. what it will do ?!!! crazy..
@@poplaurentiu4148not only people from all of europe, but a lot of people from Brazil went to this
@@poplaurentiu4148 It's the largest crowd for a concert. There have been larger crowds for events that included music such as several New Year's Eve concerts in Rio.
You will never see a crowd this big ever again. This is ridiculous I love it
I was in the crowd in T.O. and GnR was better.
Queen got bigger ones
@@Andrew-is7rs How did Queen play to a larger crowd than the one in this video? It's said to have been 1.5-1.6 million people there. Queen played massive stadiums by themselves, sure, but I think stuff like Rock in Rio with maybe half the crowd were their biggest ones and those were also festivals, as was this concert. 😅
@@rich7447lmao😂😂😂😂
I'm thinking from the history of the biggest live crowds this event is on 5th or 6 position, Rod Stewart concert was the biggest live event with 4.2 million in Brazil on first spot then electronic musician Jean Michele Jare on 2-3 spots [one in France (Paris) and the other concert elsewhere] but as heavy rock-metal live event yeah this was the biggest festival live but Metallica was not the single band (like record holder Rod Stewart) because on same event with them was also AC/DC, Pantera & Black Crows and people were not just Russians at this event were also a lot of people from other countries from Europe too but yeah.. hell of atmosphere, just imagine if one is right in the middle and needs to use the toilet.. what it will do ?!!!
And that my friends is how the Cold War ended. It wasn't Regan it was MetallicA 🤘🤘🤘
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Papa Het looked better than Ronnie anyway 😅
Don't kid yourself. Without Reagan, Metallica would never had a chance of playing there.
It wasn't just Metallica. There were plenty of other bands at that show Metallica wasn't even the headliner
Just got back from the concert
I can confirm that it was insane!
🤣🤣🤣
😂😅😂
It's hard to imagine growing up under that iron curtain where American music especially rock had been outlawed all them yrs...and then to see this live it must have been life changing for so many!!!
@Armando Problemas i find it hilarious that u right wing crazy Trump fans take ANYTHING to try and bring up your bullshit!!! So stop being a fucktard Armando ty!
Right.. the wall only came down in 1989. A taste of freedom they had never felt before
@@katievandaveer7624 real freedom in russia...? you don't know much about russia or...? not one minute the past thousand years were there real freedom...
@@seelenwinter6662learn to read 'a taste'
@@seelenwinter6662 Seems like the Iron curtain is still not lifted in the western side. Tell me what makes you think that you and your countrymen live better or have greater freedoms than Russians do?
You clearly have no idea - must be that privately owned free media and independent journalism in the west 😏
I remember this. The communist government had just collapsed. Freedom in any way for decades was being experienced for the first time in Russia. The record labels asked if they could send some bands to play. It was approved. Metallica announced a FREE concert near Moscow. They expected a couple hundred thousand maybe. 1.6 million came to rock out. Absolutely legendary concert. The largest in human history. Probably still to this day.
Learn history in Russia there was no communism, there was socialism. Communism could not be built
У нас могли в тюрьму посадить за Американский рок, люди тайно записывали кассеты друг у друга, прятали как могли, слушали в подвалах.
@@КлюквенныйСок могла и бабушка глухая через 2 квартиры услышать английскую речь. Не иначе "Голос Америки слушают"
@@user-fu8gq5xg5u1Прямо о нас Джордж Оруэлл писал.
@@КлюквенныйСок прямо о любом времени
This concert was called the Monsters of Rock tour in 91 Moscow Russia this was the first concert ever in Russia if u remember Russia was a communist country and didn't allow it before but several of the biggest bands in the world were there and they played to 1.6 million fans, that had to be a logistical nightmare for the promoter and security staff but they pulled it off with only 4 arrests that day its amazing
the crowd was sectioned off into square's with the Russian military acting as barriers in the hopes of the people not crushing each other.
The year my son was born. W&o would have thought. 23 years later I would lose him to an IED in Afghanistan 3 weeks after I retired from a 35 year Army career.
@@chrismadden132 I'm so sorry to hear that wish I could have thanked him for his service
@@santacruz7771 ur absolutely right
Did anybody die in that monstrous crowd? How in the hell do go to the bathroom? There had to be a way.. A cup???
I wonder how many of them understand the importance of this moment and why it was such a big crowd.
I’m thinking zero, it certainly seemed like zero. I’m reading a few comments about how having this kind of music was illegal and knowing it’s barely two years after the wall came down, they’re experiencing real freedom like this… I’m in freaking tears.
@@Beckaj5446 real freedom in russia...? you don't know much about russia or...? not one minute the past thousand years were there real freedom...
The biggest f you to communism ever. An American heavy metal band playing in Moscow for a crowd roughly the size of the population of Philadelphia
No wonder why metal is still one of the most popular genre over there. All I can say is they have good taste of music 🤘
I can't even imagine what it must feel like to look out and see that vast ocean of people there for one thing, to hear you perform. That must be a high like no other.
Respect to the sound engineer pull this of without power outages
I think I like seeing the reaction from people to that particular crowd. That Moscow show by now is so iconic. There is no CGI. That is real. The same show that also had Pantera.
One of the most epic concerts of all time.
And it was in Moscow... This concert should be banned on yt right.. why not?
@@srbija.1389. Because it is too epic
@@australiantruckspotting8883 good one 😀.. but you know what I meant
@@srbija.1389. Of course 👍
Yeah, too bad about all the shit going on in the crowd..
Takes nothing away from the perfomances though, all were awesome I'd say
This is the 6th or 7th largest festival in the history of modern music. In sociopolitical terms it is almost certainly the most important.
Отличный концерт в Москве Монстры рока , больше полтора миллиона людей , круто отдохнули 💐🇷🇺🌍!
That crowd is an introvert’s worst nightmare
🤣🤣
Estimated 1.6 million in attendance. Long way from garage days. I can't imagine the rush jamming for a crowd like that.
I wasn’t at this concert in Moscow but I was at the Monsters Of Rock concert in Germany which was a Ac/Dc Metallica, Mötley Crue, Queensrich and The Black Crows. This was in Maintz Finthen army Airfield in Germany in 1991
Damn! How did I miss that? We were in Pirmasens!
"How do you go to the bathroom?" - My favorite reaction by far
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Первый год свободы! Свободы выбора музыки! И самый крутой фестиваль на обломках империи это было круто! Спасибо парни
How many people knew who Metallica was before the concert? Since they sung in English, how many understood what they were singing. I saw Metallica when they were an opening band with a crowd of less than 300.
@@dustikelly-fleming6408 russia is known to have big ass metal concerts etc where they dont really know the texts 😅 they just vibe to the songs
Ruins of the empire goes so unbelievably hard bro
This is when concerts didn’t have a bunch of phones out, they just took in the moment and you see how big concerts used to be? They still are today. I was both October 29th 1991 I’m 30 right now.
They sound so good live. Very different from many of today’s “artists”.
I like how you've put artists in quotes !!
Boomer
@@jchevysaunders boomer nope this is Gen X totally, the boomers born in 1940 til 1965
@@slayercfv I didn’t mean that you were actually from the boomer generation, but your outlook on artists is extremely one sided and unfair. Older generations disregard new music because they don’t understand it.
@@jchevysaunders To be fair, today's technology and laziness allows for more autotune or lip syncing. I think he was referring to such shenanigans.
Music is the key to uniting us all. Prove me wrong. I love this!
6mil people, WITHOUT social media. no band will ever touch Metallica.
Also. Pantera played that day too... metallica and pantera on the same day on the same stage, holy fuck..
1.6 million
I got the tape back in '91 when I was 17 and thrashed it on my Sony Walkman... still love it today... a classic 😉👍
Master of puppets best album !
That’s what 1.6 million people in one place together and getting along looks like but we can’t get two dudes in the same city to be nice to each other
2 mins into the song and they are all headbanging I love how music brings us together!
When I was 15 in 1988, my first brother took me and some of his friends to SF Candle Stick to attend Monsters of Rock and it was WILD! A week later my older brother took me to see Def Leppard at CalExpo.... Same time I watched SF and Oakland baseball.. What a fricken awesome Summer! :D
I have performed on stage in Theater productions & speaking competitions to audiences of 100-150 people. The audience's reaction to those small groups is like a living thing. I am hard pressed to try to imagine a million & more.
The air drumming is classic. The smiles on their faces is classic
Can you imagine that adrenaline rush playing in front of that many people🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻💜💜
You know it's a damn good concert when the guys you hired to help security out start partying!!!!!!!
This was the first concert by bands outside of Russia & it was free. 8 months later Yngwie Malmsteen produced his Live in Leningrad album & it shocked the world that he would do a live album in Russia.
the closest estimate that been conducted by attendance professionals is there was an estimated 1.7 million people attending this
When no cellphone...
All about emjoying music..
Head bangin...
That's what 1.7M people looks like. That's the Monsters of Rock concert shortly after the Berlin Wall came down I do believe
Lex from Brad and Lex is probably my favourite reactor. She's like me, she feels the music before listening to lyrics whereas Brad tries to understand the meaning of the lyrics. They're the perfect combination but 90% of their subs are only interested in Lex's Rock/Metal journey
he does ask the best question though
“where do they go to the bathroom?” 🥴😆
The MOST EPIC CONCERT EVER!
I was there and it was incredible! This would NEVER happen today, which is due to the self absorbed, entitled, and completely insecure people of today. It is a true shame what we’ve become.
I stand in agreement nursenola4 ! I Rock & Roll back in those days true words EVER spoken ; Never to be seen again . So many have gone the way of cowards and non-talented buffoons. yes, it is a shame.
Are you Russian? If so, how you doing?
Yikes, what a bunch of cringe washed up losers crying about how much better things were back in the day because you stopped trying 20 years ago. This WAS a magical moment, appreciate it and quit being a miserable fuck about it. You clearly missed the entire point of this concert if this is how you're acting in 2022. Quit being part of the problem.
@@MoistTowelette125 I'm American born.
@@MoistTowelette125 Good! And you?
And nobody shot or stabbed anyone! All those people....together united, love of fans
I'm 51 and the 80's was the BEST for metal concerts!! The BEST!!! I do wish I could have experienced the 70's metal/rock concerts.
Ah the good old days without phones no one recording just enjoying the moment.
It has been reported to be 1.6 million people, but some folks think it was even more.
The Tallica Boys NEVER disappoint!!!!!!! Greatest rock band of All Time!!!!!
They said it was 1.6 million people but it was way more people than that they just stopped counting then
I've been a fan from the very beginning. Even watching the Moscow concert blows my mind.
I can’t imagine the rush it had to have been for Metallica ! You’re playing in front of the ultimate rock concert crowd. These are people who’ve never been to a rock concert. They’re from a society that had to smuggle tapes into their homes to even hear rock. To say they were thirsty is a huge understatement. Then BOOM! Metallica comes out and absolutely nails it live in front of 1.6 million people ! Those people have never been to a rock concert period and Metallica had never played to an audience even remotely like it. A one time moment in history.
Still my all time favorite live band to see.....they always rock!!
Prodigy live concerts were crazy as well.. < RIP - Flint >..
i remember this concert. i was in america sleeping and it shook me out of bed
I was minus 6 when this happened, it must’ve been a hell of an experience
I watched this concert on MTV in 1991 it was called the Moscow music peace festival there were many many many metal bands there cause metal music was not played in Russia so all these American metal bands went over to give all the fans a show, that's why u see so many Russian cops all over to keep fans inline. It was a huge deal in 91 to have peace with Russia and 30yrs later we're still trying.
Moscow music peace festival was two years prior, before the wall came down. This was monsters of rock..
Just imagine how they felt walking out to see that amount of people, i bet no matter how drunk or high non of them forgets that! 😂
They felt that crowd before they ever layed eyes on them
Madonna just had 1.6 million in Rio on the beach. Rare concerts with that many people. Unreal.
@@jimleinonen7096 yeah, at Copacabana beach. that is the same place Rod Stewart set the all time record with an estimated 3.5 million. those are all crazy numbers.
YO!!!! This is freaking EPIC brother!!!! Keep us rockin and stay AWESOME 🤙😎
thank you, I appreciate it
you kids have no idea how it felt to have a free world at those times.....
Thing is that on those years, when black album came out, this frenetic around Metallica, was all around the Globe. Them and Guns were on top of the world. Everywhere they go, they would be treated like kings.
During my years in the Navy visited a lot of small clubs in Europe they absolutely love rock ‘n’ roll
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Love how they go from hip-hop style chin popping to full head banging
What is brilliant about this video, they stopped counting who got in at 500,000 and even the army rocked out. Incredible
1991 the us just defeated the country of iraq in a week, freed kuwait, in liberated moscow from socialism in 1989 this was the freedom tour est 1.6 million people attended, moscow told the band not to use explosions on stage, they did anyways! this was the first time russians experienced freedom since 1906
Lex doing "we're off to never never land" is the way this song is meant to be felt!
From 1989 - 1991 Metallica were Kings of the rock world. Biggest band on the Planet.
Wouldn't be surprised if this came near to shutting down Moscow's power grid, those towers in the distance are speakers.
Those Helicopters are rescue, this was performed at an Airbase.
I know Metallica members have said Blue Oyster Cult was a band they "grew up on". They even covered "Astronomy". And since the 70s, Blue Oyster Cult also had that type of intro music before taking the stage. I wonder if Metallica got the idea from their....mentors.
Gen X here! We had a lot of aggression in the 80's & 90's ... this helped us break free from our parents generations (you know, the 50's, 60's and the 70's). Exercise without cardio!!!
Para los que vivimos ese concierto morimos y fuimos al cielo del metal y del rock todas las grabaciones y fotografías que se realizaron las tenemos como un tesoro familiar algo que no tiene precio
I saw metallica in 1988 and I didn't know much about them but they blew my mind. Best most energetic concert I ever saw.
The entire Black album by Mettalica is awesome, there is a reason it's the best seeling metal album of all time..
This was great! Really liked the group of friends watching the performance.
This is a great compilation video and great for the small channels featured.
I'm subscribed to Kabir Considers, but I'm going to check out these other channels, including yours.
Good on ya.
thank you very much
I saw them 15 years ago and it was the greatest show that I have ever been to. These guys have been doing this for about 4 decades and are still kicking ass
few understand the true significance of this. These people had been under the control of Communism their entire lives. When the Wall fell and Soviet Communism fell this is one of the first times these people could be completely free, a feeling the current woke generation takes for granted. The entire world let out a sigh of relief and the people most silenced let themselves celebrate. It was truly epic
That's insane 1.6 million people but , if it was going to happen METALLICA would be the most likely
"How do you go to the bathroom"?
You pee where you stand.... It's rock and roll.
so long as you’re not crowd surfing! lol
@@speakyourmind8621 Crowd surf pee is not good.. Never do that.. Ha!
Not a single one called out the intro song from the good the bad and the ugly. real music people here.
The greatest music performance in history no matter what music you are into.. this is the supernova of music history
I saw this same show stateside 7 times, it was F'KING AMAZING to be alive and 19 years old
Metallica and other groups were the support acts for the headliners, ACDC from Australia. I watched the whole concert but the quality of the filming was not good. The Soviets didn't have any real experience of filming rock concerts so didn't have the cameras positioned correctly. Plus, the organisers had originally only planned for around 500,000 so when 1.6 million turned up... they were shocked. It was a free concert put on by the Russian Government to try to please the people. Three months later, the USSR officially collapsed and imploded. An historical time.
I'M A 40+ YEAR FAMILY MEMBER OF MetallicA. IV BEEN IN DOZENS OF SHOWS AND TILL THIS DAY I BLAST IT IN MY CAR AND PHONE. I LOVE TO SEE THE NEW GENN REALIZING THAT METAL/MetallicA WILL BE WITH US FOREVER. BUT I ALSO WISH THAT EVERY CONCERT/SHOW CAN BE WITH HEART AND SOUL. IN A METAL SHOW ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS BAND, WITH OVER 100,000,000 FANS? NO DEATHS NO FIGHTS NO VIOLANCE. JUST PURE CRAZY FUN. I WISH I CAN SEE THAT WITH THE RAP CRAP WORLD ALWAYS HEARING HOW SOMEONE GOT KILLED,SHOT STABED. YOU CAN WATCH AND ENJOY ANY METAL VIDEO LIKE THIS AND LOOK CARFULLY HOW THE FAMILY OUT THERE GOBING CRAZY AND ENJOYING THE SHOW. YES WE ARE CRAZY BUT NOT STUPID AND WISH IT CAN BE THAT WAY IN ALL SHOWS.
1 MILLION+ FANS AND NOT ONE DEATH. I KNOW NO ONE IN THE RAP WORLD WILL EVER HAVE THIS KIND OF FAN BASE NUMBERS IN A SHOW BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS SHOULD TEACH THAT A SHOW CAN DO WITH OUT THE FAKING IT TILL YOU MAKE IT VIOLANCE. AND YES IM TALKING ABOUT THE RAP WORLD. ONE DAY YOU'LL KNOW WHAT "UP THE IRONS" MEAN IN THIS METAL WORLD.
ENJOY BE SAFE AND
ALWAYS
"UP THE IRONS" !!
Damn fine job on my favourite kind of reaction vid. Subbed!
ditto...
thank you very much, I appreciate it
Imagine that 6 yrs earlier Metallica was an opening band for Ozzy. In 1989 the Berlin wall came down. In 1991, the USSR was falling apart, the Iron curtain was coming down. Metallica, Pantera, AC/DC and the Black Crowes was the first Western music some of these guys had ever heard, even bootleg tapes was worth gold behind the Iron curtain. The military helicopters were real, keeping order but misting water for the tightly packed crowd. It was still pretty warm in September . Especially with 1.6 million people there.
This concert was so special because it was the very band from the US to play after the fall of the USSR.
Footnote: Metallica has played on every continent on Earth.
Antarctica? Really I don't think so
@@mikeboyer1735look it up 😁
@@mikeboyer1735 they did, he did not place that footnote for no reason. Just look it up.
this is 90's way of fun, when the only way you can meet and greet your favorite singer is to go to his concert you will feel 😇.
When the greatest live band ever sets the stage 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘
Seen both Metallica and Led Zeppelin, hands down Zeppelin was a better, but not bigger concert at the fabulous forum in Inglewood smoked a lot of bud at the concert. All my friends gave me weed to take, about 20 joints a few were oilers, and a thi stick joint
AC/DC's iconic Live in Donington concert video was shot at the same festival. Would have loved to be there.
When that many people show up you are a Rock Star ⭐️
Nah. You're the Rock Star Super Nova!
1.6 million people were present at the time metallica played in this show , which is the biggest audiemce attendance in all of music history and that's a fact not an assumption.
The people at the back need telescopes to see the stage
Russian soldiers: We are seriously outnumbered, comrade. So fuck it, we dance for freedom!🤟🏾
You totally read that in a Russian accent 😂
1.8 million in attendance produced a legendary music moment
300k
James Hatfield is one of the only Frontmen alive who can stand in front of a crowd of 1.6 Million people and absolutely OWN the stage.
This concert was a 'gift' from the Russian government to the people because someone tried to take over the gov but the people didnt except it!
first ever concert rock concert with stars from abroad in the Soviet Union... so insane.. and just months later it would collapse... historical moment there. I have watched the whole documentary about it. And too bad I was young back then to attend it.
О, Тушино, Москва. Тут реально отожгли. Звук супер.