Dear DNA Networks, Metallica Band Members and the Crew,
As I lie in bed and watch NDTV newsanchors blame the “rowdy” Gurgaon crowd for “vandalising” the Metallica concert stage and creating “chaos”, I’m only filled with more anger.
I strongly feel that what you got tonight, is less when compared to what you actually deserved. The concert you organized in Gurgaon was a mess from the start to the finish. It started with the open consumption of alcohol, hash and what not at the entrance of the venue. With absence of any real security, it was a free-for-all. The seeds were sown the moment the crowd tried to push itself inside the venue and you made them wait for hours together. A woman could be seen weeping, lying on the floor with a bruised foot.
Once you actually opened the gates, you started frisking people for cigarttes and other banned items. The irony of this whole drama is the fact that while the staff frisking at the gates confiscated the cigarettes, Marlboro had stalls put up inside the concert venue selling overpriced cigarette boxes.
Now, when the 20000+ crowd stormed inside the venue, you suddenly realised the barricades were way too close to the stage. Either you failed to count the number of tickets sold or you really didn’t care about anyone’s security. So, now, you ask one half of the intoxicated to sit on the floor. The other half, is asked to move back. By this time, due to the wait outside the venue, the enthusiasm all combined with intoxicants, the crowds refuse to budge. There isn’t any security staff equipped to handle the situation. Whatever security staff is present, is busy talking to the ladies in the crowd and handing them soda cans and water bottles.
This is the time when a firang guy, I’m presuming a member of the Metallica crew, dressed in a grey t-shirt snatches the microphone and starts to speak – “You guys better fuckin’ listen to me! Move back you buttheads! Move back!”
Alright. This was unexpected. And as expected, the crowd is furious. Repeated attempts by the firang crew members now go in vain. The Indian organizers, now took the stage and addressed the crowd as “Bhai log, piche ho jao. Show nahin shuru karenge varna”. Another guy jumps in from behind and shouts, “Jai Bajrang Bali!”. The crowd claps, hoots and mocks the organizers. A serious situation turned into a joke.
Finally, after an hour, the crowd did show support and moved back. The organizers quickly got to “fixing” their barricades. All this while, the crowd just sits on the floor. I believe we were there to listen to heavy metal and not attend a satsang.
So, let me sum up the things till this point – the crew has insulted the Indian fans, probably because of some “third-world” bias which makes them feel that Indians don’t understand what metal is and you can treat them like shit and get away with it.
The wait continues. Again, I presume, this was allowed so that Fast Trax could sell shitty burgers for Rs. 80 and small cold drinks for Rs. 50. During this time, young Indian guys conveniently move guitars and drums away from the stage. The crowd still doesn’t know shit.
Another big concern is the fact that mobile networks simply ceased to operate. Once again, I’m assuming this was a targeted move to contain the negative PR (I know, I’m getting too much into conspiracies here).
Some people randomly walk on the stage, gesture towards the crowd and then walk off. It’s now around 6.30PM. I move out from the group of people next to the stage towards the far end of the venue. There are literally hundreds like me, lying on the floor, frustrated with the experience and still hoping for Metallica to come perform on stage. Suddenly, the guy in the grey t-shirt is back. “I have an important announcement to make. Metallica is at the hotel, holding a press conference with the national television channels. Due to technical difficulties, the concert will now be held tomorrow”. He quickly hands over the mic to an Indian guy while the crowd went hysterical. All that could be seen was a sea of middle fingers. The crowds start shouting. Someone throws a bottle on stage. The firangs run. The Indian guy threatens that “we’ve waited 30 years for Metallica to come to India, if you continue this behaviour, they will not perform tomorrow as well”. This final threat was the trigger. It set off the bomb which Metallica, the organizers and the crew themselves very carefully built due to their own lack of respect for the audience and shoddy management skills.
There are now literally dozens of bottles flying on the stage. Someone, even more frustrated, throws a 20 litre water dispenser, prompting many others to do the same. All this while, an organizer is still trying to pacify the crowd. Too little, too late. The barricades, which never really existed, are brought down and a dozen men are now on stage. The gathering on the stage swells and all hell breaks loose. Equipment is thrown around, speakers are tossed and the stage is torn apart. The security guys run away. The police, present in small numbers outside the venue do nothing. Its a mini riot. There are no emergency exits and its at that point my friends and I decide to leave before it got too ugly.
There are females, children, old fans, young fans, anyone and everyone. All of them disappointed.
You on the other hand, dear band members, were sitting in your hotel room, comfortably. You did not have the courtesy to apologise to your fans. Your crew treated the audience like dogs by hurling abuses at them and insulting them. After all of this, you expect the situation to go down well?
Had this been USA, UK or any other nation for that matter, you’d have not dare messed with the audience by way of insults. You would not have organized and participated in a concert that so blatantly compromised on security of everyone and possibly endangered so many lives. If there would’ve been a mistake, you would not have taken the audience for a ride, by making them wait for the entire day and very conveniently shooing them off in the end. You thought, well, this is India, a country filled with stupid, illiterate and downmarket people who really don’t get what were doing. So, let us just do our shit, because in the end, we’ll get away with it. You dissed the crowd, pissed them off with your arrogance and then sat on a time bomb waiting to explode.
The people waited for you for 30 years. You just never had the courtesy to show up. Fuck you.
At the end of the day, I lost 3 grands, lost an entire day to your nonsense and landed myself in a riot.
I’m not even a hardcore heavy metal or Metallica fan. Imagine the level of disappointment to those who are.
I wish someone sues all of you into oblivion.
Yours truly.
Excuse me for faulty grammar, if any. This rant has been written in one single shot without revision.
A follow-up that answers some points of discussion – The Reason Why I’m Angry with Metallica
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You said “You thought, well, this is India, a country filled with stupid, illiterate and downmarket people who really don’t get what were doing. So, let us just do our shit, because in the end, we’ll get away with it.”
Do you really think people are not getting away with anything they do here: Look at Bhopal gas tragedy(Warren Anderson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster), Mumbai 26/11 terror attack(David Headley), 2G scam. Dude they have always got away with things. Thts because there are lots and lots of betrayer’s (Sadly) and more than that lots of unhappy, angered, betrayed people here
What a bunch of jerks.. and I agree.. here in the land of the biggest chemical disaster, anything goes. I hope so too, Rahul that someone sues these buggers big time.. but of course that will never happen because they probably like Warren Anderson and Carbide have no liability.. we Indian take shit from all sides and carry on.
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“This rant has been written in one single shot without revision. ” – I like that… great…
As for Metallica… they should get out of here…
Don’t we have any sense of pride. People still buying tickets for Metallica concert in Bangalore arranged by same DNA guys. what a sad shameful lot
I agree. There was mismanagement and there was complete lack of communication. DNA fucked up majorly this time. Having said that, I feel it is ludicrous to attempt to justify such uncouth, unruly behaviour. NOTHING gives you the right to resort to such acts of vandalism no matter what. You can’t get away with shit just because you’re highly intoxicated and caught up in a frenzy. You don’t go destroy just about anything in sight because you don’t know where to direct your anger. I have never witnessed something more disgraceful.
Very fair comment. Whats the use of breaking the stage etc. Mettlica never came back. Instead the DNA guys should be sued.
DNA should be sued — yes and most important–METALLICA should be boycotted by all
My perception on the issue.
http://aparajitasaxena.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/metallica-vs-delhigurgaon/
please do read
Well written!
Dont you think you are blaming the fans a bit too much. I think the whole onus of blame goes to the organisors. I think fans were not to blame at all.
There may be a lot of bhangra lover in the crowd no doubt, but bands and promotors are trying to convert these wannebes into metal heads so that they buy there songs.
Getting in the stage was a bit too much. But absence of cops or security made it wore with no deterrent affect on the few guys who vandalised.
Keep your self-righteousness to yourself.
Before you go about telling the crowd that they were a bunch of stupid inbred fucks who were unruly and rowdy, know this- There was no violence or aggressive behaviour before the cancellation, and as for after the cancellation, only a very very VERY small minority of the crowd actually resorted to vandalism , the rest of us were trying to peacefully leave the grounds without killing each other or hurting ourselves because DNA never thought about adding emergency exits or hiring experienced personnel.
Also, backing up is not so simple with a 40000+ crowd that lacks any training in coordination. It wasn’t that the crowd didn’t WANT to step back, we couldn’t because DNA gave away more tickets than what the grounds could handle. Stepping back just resulted in the people behind getting crushed.
Anyway, since you seem to be so well versed in Metal concert etiquette, you probably know that the barricades are meant to be leaned on, right? If simply leaning on them causes them to collapse, then the barricades are at fault, not the audience. BTW, the audience did back up enough to enable them to fix the barricade.
You must be going to crappy concerts if you think delays happen all the time, they don’t, and if they do, they last like.. what.. 1 or 2 hours at most? Also, the management is generally nice enough to tell people what the hell is going on except for making excuses (You DO know that there was NO technical glitch, right? Metallica backed off because DNA provided inadequate security and organization).
Also, stop using ‘vandalising the way YOU did’, like I said earlier, it was not US.
Yes, they postponed the concert (without any apology and even going as far as to say “you can see them tomorrow, whats da problem guyzzz? Lolz”), they told the crowd that the concert would happen on Saturday, except that it wouldn’t, and everyone knew that (there is NO WAY you can get permission of a concert of this scale on such short notice in Gurgaon, most people came from other states and were leaving on sat, not to mention people needed to get back to their regular jobs and life).
For the next part of the blog, again, WE DID BACK UP AND THEY DID START FIXING THE BARRICADE. What does respect have anything to do with it? We pay money, we get a concert. Simple, isn’t it?
“I’m ashamed. The very concept of a metal concert has not been realised in Delhi. ”
Except that it has, many famous bands have come to Delhi and performed without incident. Tell me, did you just start listing to metal a few days ago and now consider yourself a scene-guru. If so, then it will take a little longer for you to ‘get it’.
The last two paragraphs are you just complaining about bitching by.. uhh… bitching, and then you complain about racism by being.. uhh… racist. O_o
Again, you go on about how experienced of a concert-goer you are which you are evidently not, especially from what you say later- “You can’t blame the band, it’s fucking “METAL” band for shit’s sake! They abuse, curse and yell. They write music that has explicitness and full of it at that. If you did not come to listen to satsang, you did not come to listen to ghazals by metallica either.”
” You make me seethe you bunch of scumbags with the utterly stupid shitty accent and thought process, not to mention sexually deprived assholes. ”
My asshole may be sexually deprived, but that’s just ’cause I’m not into anal.
Rahul is bang on. Aparajita’s column sucks/is amateurish and petty. It is not about Delhi versus Mumbai. The Metallica concert was just badly arranged/managed – parking was messy, inadequate barricades/police (who left seconds after the concert was cancelled), there was no clarity on timing of the show and people were left guessing, there was no system of frisking or even ensuring a queue and yes, crowd do tank up (this happens in Mumbai too including a joints which find their way through we all know how). I am from Mumbai and after having attended rock concerts in Mumbai/abroad, this in my opinion was a worst ever managed concert. If this was anyplace else in the world (even Abu Dhabi where Metallica played on 26th), the event organizers and the band would have issued an instant apology. Metallica has let us down. Reminds me of shameless Led Zep, who lip synched on a Channel V concert in Mumbai once and got away with it. This happens only in India. Then we have Aparajita which brings a whole new divisive agenda through her column.
Awesome man – spoken with true emotions and feelings – I too detest these self righteous pricks with no perspective ….
Hahaha! This Aparajita Saxena’s blog – so eager to jump into the fray and get a few hits on it that she has actually COPY-PASTED entire bits of what dissenting people said in the comments section of the main blog post where this chick’s busy plugging her own blog. (http://rahulsarin.com/music/the-day-that-shouldve-never-come-489/comment-page-3/#comments)
Sample these comments made by TWO different commenters, that have entirely lifted and pasted here verbatim.
“mac wrote:
October 29, 2011 at 11:16 am
Grow up you loser! Typical delhi-ite.Arogant, brain dead and scum of the country. This could only happen in Delhi”
Yurup wrote:
October 29, 2011 at 10:49 am
(….)
Crying injustice like this makes you seem like a troubled girl in puberty. There is no bias, if they play a disorganized event in the USA, they’ll cancel as well.
“I’ve seen concerts getting canceled over someone knocking a microphone stand over during crowdsurfing.”
Hahahaaa, and you’re calling anyone else ‘brain dead’ and ‘bags of scum’? You filthy little plagiarist, yourself.
PS: If her defence now going to be that she herself wrote all these comments under 3-4 different identities… well that just makes you all the more pathetic if you’re so OUT to defend your own comment that you log in from other accounts just to agree with yourself!
the appy gals is studying in symby, an inst. where seats are bought with money…what else would u expect from such wannabe s!!
@Aparajita: What the hell is this? how can you write such utter bullshit about Delhi publicly??
I’m so annoyed because you managed to put into words every bit of what I feel about that shitty city! This is the best piece of work I’ve read in a long time! I totally agree with every word you wrote! I absolutely abhor and hate Delhi and its people!…be it their shitty asshole like accent, their dressing sense, their language, their sexually deprived rapist mentalities, their tendency to pick fights as if it were an urge to masturbate! You could’ve have put it in better words! I am a big fan of yours now! I’m a huge huge metalhead…and you’re right…these guys will never understand these things! and delhi should never have been the venue for metallica! They’re perfect for bally sagoo and punjabi MC! I went for the Big 4 gig in New York last month…abt a 100k people…and after it got over I felt I’d gone to a movie theater…no pushing…no rush…everything superbly organized and managed…it was a fantastic experience! Tht can never happen in Delhi! Delhi never fails to embarrass India…be it commonwealth, crime, scams, and now Metallica! Way to go you Fuckin rapist dickweeds! I am a big fan of yours now! I wish I could buy you a drink (although I’m 10,000 miles away from bombay)….but WELL DONE! BRAVO! …(oops I mean…changa! kya vadhia likha hai…aisa aur likhiyo…main padhiyo aur sabko sunaiyo…delhi ki gaand maariyo! please itna kaam kar diyo! jaanti nahi mera baap kaun hai…sab ki maa chod dunga!)…ROFL! assholes! …fuck knows why tht piece of shit is India’s capital!
A true metal head can never be so biaseed – what is it they say about kuyen ka medhak …
Wow you are one pathetic soul aren’t you, as is Aparajita? Tell you want next time goons in Bombay thrash ‘outsiders’, cause communal mayhem, vandalize property on Valentine’s day, and what not, I’ll put up a post on how Bombay and Bombayiites are shallow, narrow minded, bigoted pricks. Sound okay to you> I thought not! But you and your blogger fried go a long way in showing up Bombay in exactly that light. Ironically, both of you would fit right in to the Delhi you paint of ignorant, uneducated scumbags.
And seriously you would hold people’s accents, their clothes, and language against them. What kind of pathetic creature are you exactly?
Captured very well… it was very very disappointing… am a die hard fan, came from Mumbai, booked my concert, flight ticket, office leave ALL 3 months in advance so there’s no fuck up in the end and what da you know, they aren’t even showing up!
People should boycott Bangaluru to show support!
absoloutely agree.
Hey,
well written. I don’t know why i had an instinct of not choosing to go to Delhi. I have already booked my ticket for Banglore- i am thoroughly disgusted after reading this article and i hope they learn from their mistakes in banglore otherwise they’ll be screwed big time. I can totally imagine the disappointment of fans like us who have actually put metallica on their WISHLISTs . Your article must be published in a NATIONAL DAILY. It’s a slap on western culture as well as indian management.
hey man that was well written. I didn’t really get a sense of the event being dangerous though I noticed idiots puking near the stage and the whole set up was just very unconvincing. Still…I am sure metal bands have played in tougher conditions and I agree that they would never treat fans in a western country this way.
I’d also written an open letter to Metalllica and I am or was a hard core fan. I’ve been really bummed out since yesterday and my feet hurt from standing for two hours near the damn nonexistent barricade waiting to be told “no tension. please not to panic. tomorrow show at 4:00 pm.” I’d love your feedback. cheers. Tara
http://inkinn.com/blog/?p=112
Open letter is fine but giving a warning to Mettalica that “ötherwise” I wont listen to any of your songs is a bit too childish I guess.
Dont blame the band! they are only here for the music! The DNA guys are the ones who should be blamed! Metallica was in their hotel because they were told the stage aint ready! If it were up to them, they would perform! But the fucking arseholes at DNA fucked up bigtime causing these riots.
Barnini! Still depressed are we? And yes I completely agree. I can’t believe people want to boycott the Bangalore gig. Absolutely ridiculous.
you are messed up at so many different levels.
a) so you think it is ok for people to dope/ smoke/ drink in public, and appear at a social event under its effects. the risk of fires, injury to women would ahve been so much higher, not to mention that drugged out people would have been so much more difficult to move out of the venue in case of an unfortunate event.
b) so what about the malls, the food courts etc that you eat at. they are as unfairly overpriced. mvie halls dont allow you to take in your own bottle of water, let alone your lighter/ cigarette
c) sounded to me they were follwoing the same security measures/ checks as airports, malls, offices, etc etc etc.
i dont know which stone age you have just emerged from, but do wake up to the norms of urban civil and social behaviour.
Jai bajrang bali, of course, is a normal and totally justified indian thing to do. please. just reading this was a waste of time, let alone even atempting to write this out.
Jai Bajrang Bali might be a normal and totally justified Indian thing to do…only for dickheads like you and at those roadside satsangs…not at a Metallica show dude…and whoever asked you to read this piece and even take the trouble of commenting crap??
o goaawd. i was at my sarcastic best when i about the bajrang bali comment. i am, in a nut shell, to put it plainly…. totally against this entire write up, and could so give the person whos penned this a thorough shaking.
you obviously aren’t a metallica fan. Or for that matter, out of the “stone-age” yourself.
Sajani,
My comments:
1) Dope/Alocohol are normal things for metal heads (and i am a one) and is normal in any concert in any part of the world…So lets not make a big deal about that
2) Talk of pricing and the comparison is unjustied. Food at concerts is usually better than what was available at this venue.
3) Maybe you are a homely person. Airport security in India is fairly stringent nowadays and is also improving (i think the CISF does a good job given their salary levels and are failry honest bunch). So again you need to get your facts right..
Nothing wrong with Jai Bajrang Bali (better than BC and MC which is the usual anthem at most concerts).
a) It happens everywhere in the world unfortunately – cant single out one event just because you are getting to write about this.
b) And you are ok with overpriced stuff? I think you are quite messed up too
c) Yeah and whats the big deal here?
Stone age? – Grow up girl, you think your opinion’s are in line with urban and social behavior? whilst others are from stone age – Amazing “want everything my way” attitude. Dunno how your spouse or anyone else close to you tolerates you?
Fuckin westerners and their whores!
I am waiting for their economies to collapse so that they dont have money even to buy beer and bread leave alone fuck drunms and base!
ummm. you mean drums and BASS.
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harami sala 
Well written brother ! I am sorry for this to have happened ! Yes when u r a heavy Metal band , u do get a lot of attention , they played in Mexico for 200,000 ppl . Ofcourse we r peanuts !still they shud hav had the courtesy to show up, but all the firangi’s think our nation is terrorist ridden , and freak out bro ! That’s there too . All in all , very sad ! I just hope this doesn’t happen to my countryman again! I love my nation ! High time we made a world class Heavy Metal band ! And kicked ass ! God I am waiting for that for soo long !
In all honesty, Metallica wouldn’t blink about doing the same thing to us in the US either. They really don’t give a shit about anyone as far as I can tell. I love their music, and individually some of them are nice, but as a collective, or maybe it is their management, they’re some of the biggest jerks in the world. They have no sense of professionalism when it comes to concerts, it is all about the dollars to them.
I’ve wanted to seem them in concert for 20 years, but I’ve been afraid to buy a ticket for this very reason.
this is all SHit … and we guys are responsible for this…
Nice blog dude.
i love your article. Very well written.
It is all one big racket. The conspiracies of the market and the plight of the so called ‘third world’.
Love the post. Crazy stuff.
its unfair to blame the band. havent we seen this before from DNA? firstly this whole rock n india thing is bullshit..backstreet boys in rock n india???? bryan adams was cancelled in delhi last time…they dont know how to organize stuff. but one thing is for sure. delhi crowd does NOT know how to behave. i have been to the iron maiden gig in bangalore 4 years back and there too people were rolling joints n having booze yet the concert went smooth. there werent even metal barricades…they were bamboo barricades. yet everything went perfectly n the concert was a success. so was the bombay iron maiden gig and the other gigs in bangalore and shillong. why delhi only? because whether u accept it or not it is in some way the crowd’s fault also. those guys who ransacked the stage, i hardly think they were there for metallica. n delhi has its notoreity that people just want to do something because they think it’s cool. i agree there r lot of disappointed fans there but nothing justifies those acts of vandalism. why would metallica not want to play after getting 36 tonnes of sound equipment to delhi? dint they lose out too? its primarily the organisers’ fault n fuelled by the uncouth crowd. and for the author of this post, dude u urself admit ur not a metal or metallica fan, so please dont talk about this. u cannot judge this. all the metal fans i know peacefully left from there albeit frustrated but nonetheless. we waited for 4-5hrs for iron maiden to get on stage why cant delhi wait a bit too? all this boycotting the bangalore gig is crap. we are there for the music, not for DNA. i personally wish that some one bans DNA from organizing these events and that this job be given to those who have the knowledge about rock and the passion to do it. not just some chair warming corporate guy. in the event that the bangalore gig also faces some problem, we shud just leave from there and get a refund. i will watch metallica wherever i have to go to do it but i will. and lets everyone hope that bangalore rocks!
p.s – the talk about the firang guy shouting abuses is not authentic. i asked from many who were attending.
what do you mean not authentic …. he used the words ” you buttheads ” … dosent that sound an abuse to you ..?
well i had been hearing different versions but even if i suppose its true then i cant see why the concert happened in bangalore and not in delhi…the same firang wa on stage in bangalore and he was very polite and the people LISTENED…unlike delhi…am not saying its PURELY the audience’s fault…DNA is the chief culprit n the audience just made it worse…metallica dint come to india just to cancel a show…they came to play…DNA and delhi simply dint let that happen.
Kaustabh d**k head… just one question.. do you or have you at any time during your entire waste of a life ever stayed in delhi?? If answer to above question is in the negative, would you care telling people where you stay currently.I can give a fitting reply to your post based on your answer to the above question..
asshole, i have lived in delhi for a year and a half. so dont talk bullshit to me…i have seen delhi inside out and apart from those one and a half years i have been regularly visiting delhi. i like delhi but there are certain things i do not like about it too and the people are one of the,m. and as for ur information i have lived in too many places..call me a nomad or whatever so i know more about places than u shithead…and currently i am in tamil nadu…u people mite call it pathetic as a place but atleast the people here do not have the arrogance of north india and i am saying this despite being a north indian…so fuck you!
Good one Bro
I chose to attend the concert with my friends at Delhi …. and my God … look at the way DNA organized it … lol ….i have been waiting for the concert for the past 1 month …its not just the concert getting cancelled … all the emotions, energy, enthusiasm, expectations went down the drain …. what is infuriating me at the moment is the manner in which DNA and the media( i presume) are trying to manipulate the issue and turn the blame on to the fans … this is disgusting … i heard 2 firangs outside say ..”..this is India anything can happen here..”…may be they are right …. and i completely second Rahul…
Nothing to blame on Metallica.. Blames is fully on the shity crowd!!! its the same respect what u give that u receive back!!
Shitty Arun Dude,
You didnt wait there for 3 hours to be told, yes the concert will start now and then to be told, guys go home (since you waited for 30 years anyway) and come back tomorrow…..THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN ANY CONCERT…..and dna/metallica does not even issue an apology. who the fuck cares for 3 grand? we all spent much more on that on reaching there…all we needed was some freaking RESPECT…and if less than 0.1% of crowd vandalises stuff, why blame other 99.99% which went back peacefully (i am amazed at the number of people here blaming the crowd for what clearly a mismanaged event from the start). SO GO FUCK YOURSELF…..
Thankyou for all the crazy, some nasty, some nice comments
I love getting new perspectives to my opinion and as much as i’d like to discuss this in depth, here are two things i’d like to request of you:
And tell me how it went 
1. Please post the comments on my blog so I could keep myself updated with the comments! Alot of new things have popped up due to which, I am getting to see the other dimension of this.
2. Let’s keep the discussion clean and not say personal, verbally sexual things like how badly i’m fucked? I won’t bother reading it and probably just trash it. So let’s make valid points, valid rebuttles and try not to validate someone being right or wrong.
Also, to all those going for the concert in B’glore, have fun y’all
To all those who don’t know what the hell i’m talking about, here’s the link:
http://aparajitasaxena.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/metallica-vs-delhigurgaon/
Aha! you want more views for your blog…
someone’s pain is another’s gain
You are a hypocrite.
THAT is lame now.
Haha – Now you grovel – should have thought of it before you raved – only goes to show how immature you are. Like I said GROW UP!
“nasty comments” shouldn’t be so judgmental… have an open mind at least!
open mind means also means not blocking out reasonable critiques on ur blog… criticism only helps
Hahaha! After posting such a shallow, narrow minded, laden with pre-existing biases, agenda driven blog, AT LEAST have the courtesy of entertaing comments which take you up on the very core of drivel your post passes off as an opinion. Engaging in plagiarism, and sensoring posts which take you on doesn’t do much credit to you, your opinions, or your blog. Irony or ironies, your whole post and demeanor shows you up as the intolerant, uneducated, unethical person you claim all Delhiiites, and all those who were at the venue, to be.
You claim on your blog to aspiring to be a journalist. Boy would you really fit in with the filth that passes for journalism in India today. No subtlety, no facts, no objectivity, just vile opinions driven by pre-existing biases. Kid, grow the fuck up!
Oh and ps: If I were you, I wouldn’t be acknowlding my love for Bryan Adams in a post about a Metal band/concert. Sheesh!
The delhites have a strnge pseudo v.i.p fixation…!
For dose standing behind …..simply couldnt tolerate d fact dat dey were behind…!evry1..
i repeat EVRY1 thot dey desrved to b in d frst row….!
nd hnce d pushing…jostlng..nd alas d makeshift barricade..!
kudos to d assholes..!
What bullshit!
Why bash Metallica?!?! Of all the emotional, utterly irrational and unbelievably stupid responses that anyone could come up with, this one takes top spot. Metallica is a professional band. If they don’t want to perform at a concert its only because they feel that they’re not well-equipped to give it their best and not because they they were disappointed with the crowd. True professionals care more about the product they deliver and if they can’t do a good job then they won’t compromise on quality at any cost.
Finally a voice of reason. Thank fucking you.
Your welcome!
no surprise’s. indians cant do anything right and thats a fact. its like the whole country is mentally retarded. lol. bad for the rest of the world sadly. cancer.
fuck off. want a list of d concerts we’ve held successfully in bangalore??
Aerosmith
Iron Maiden (twice)
Backstreet Boys
Elton John
Megadeth
Deep Purple
Amon Amarth
Lamb Of God
Mark Knopfler
Akon
The Black Eyed Peas
The Rolling Stones
The Prodigy
No Doubt
The Scorpions,
Enrique Iglesias
Machine Head
Cradle of filth.
n talks abt being mentally retarded from a nation wid 51.2 million retards is kinda weird…tht is if u r frm d US. else m just assumin, in which case tell me ur country so i’ll find d demographics for u
u forgot Mr.Big & Joe Sat!!
i was there at abudhabi (Y)
I simply can’t put it behind me.
DRINK all night(mare) long and listen to some SEPULTURA, SLAYER, TOOL & PANTERA
http://newsthatmattersnot.com/2011/10/heavy-metal-band-resorts-to-vandalism-after-audience-fails-to-turn-up-at-concert-for-4-hours.html
http://newsthatmattersnot.com/2011/10/heavy-metal-band-resorts-to-vandalism-after-audience-fails-to-turn-up-at-concert-for-4-hours.html
What if *this* had happened? What if the sufferers were they and not us? Would the baton be passed onto them the same way as us?
honestly…u r going to read a spoof article like that n assume that a band like metallica would start rioting because no one turned up at their concert? n use that as a ‘what if they did the same argument’?
Clearly you havent heard St. Anger – Metallica’s 8th studio album, Tanmay
anti metal heads bring out some kind of monster in me AD
@Tanmoy: I think it is about why people cannot really be blamed for getting heated up; it’s just a comparison, anyone in their place and those conditions would have reacted pretty much the same way. And that’s not an argument, that’s just a thought. Chill.
i never said anythin in a heated up manner. n it’s a band like metallica…those conditions wouldn’t apply as they wouldn’t lug all that equipment and fly here if there was no assurance that enough tickets were sold. i agree it’s just a thought, but think about it yourself before postin it. there are enough dicks on this page who’d grab ur line of thought n twist it into somethin monumentally stupid
It’s a spoof for god sake. And I only shared it after I read it. Still better than similar other articles around spoofing on the ‘crowd and its vandalism’ neglecting their plight, I thought. But okay if you say. Still, chill.
And for Rahul…it would have been a good article had it not been bordering on bullshit at some portions..i mean blaming metallica for what happened?? Grow up…i agree the organisers sucked ass big time, but blaming the band is just childish, just cuz some firang came and said some shit on a mic.
and the people who are talking about boycotting the bangalore concert, there have been successful concerts there before by megadeth, maiden, lamb of god, deep purple.etc, so miss it at your own risk.
and those who say boycott metallica’s songs…..go and listen to beiber if you are so sensitive to something such as this. it’d be a laugh if some local politician jumps up with a morcha against metallica, join that if you want. you’ve made yourself enough of a joke here anyway
Dude? Why the soft corner for Metallica, I don’t understand. 30,000 of their fans were meted out this kind of a treatment and it barely affected them; even though the concert din’t happen, the scheduled “post-concert” party still did. How much sense does that make to you?
i don’t have a soft corner for metallica. but this sort of a fuck up is more to be blamed on the organisers rather than d band. what’s the band supposed to do? say they will perform no matter how the crowd is behaving?? my friends went to the concert, told me all d shit tht happened, and all m sayin is tht all this talk abt suing d band n boycotting their songs is dumb. n almost everyone was skeptical about a delhi concert anyway.
I don’t understand why we are so easily affected by things. The guy in the grey t-shirt referred to you as ‘butthead’ so he is obviously racist. Get your heads out of your asses. The world is not out to harass you because believe it or not, everything does not revolve around you. We are a sensitive lot with some really deep seated insecurities..which inevitably leads to this frenzied sort of chauvinism, which I simply abhor.
This fiasco could have been prevented if the organisers had gotten their shit together. Since we have already established how mature (and highly strung) we are by blindly throwing around accusations I’m guessing there’s not much left to do?
Yes, I agree that a public apology by the band members would have been appreciated. Wanting to boycott the band’s performance in Bangalore is a bit extreme and, if I may add, juvenile.
As for the handful that got up on stage, you’re a fucking disgrace.
@Tanmoy I don’t know what the band is ‘supposed to do’; but at least a little more than “nothing”, I feel. But to each his own. Suit yourself.
i agree. but read this TOI article
“Concert organisers DNA Networks and Metallica’s drummer Lars Ulrich sent a joint statement at 1am saying, “Metallica arrived in Delhi on Friday very excited and ready to play their first show ever in India at the F1 Rocks concert. However, immediately at the end of their afternoon press conference at a hotel near the venue, the band was notified that there was a serious question as to whether the show could proceed with regard to the safety of the concert audience. Metallica’s first and foremost concern is always for the safety of their concert fans. Once the promoters of the show, DNA Networks, and Metallica determined that there was a failure of a security barricade in front of the stage that could not be adequately repaired, they reluctantly announced the postponement of the show until Saturday. Unfortunately, on such short notice the promoters were unable to secure a permit for a show on Saturday, therefore DNA announced that Metallica would not be able to play in Delhi.”
sounds crappy? i knw. but i still believe the band is not to blame for it. my point isn’t whether they should apologise or nt. it’s just tht how stupid can someone be to insinuate shit like suing d band n wht not for this
Dude. You just sound like a die-heard Metallica fan. Fanaticism like this works much the same way as “blind love”. Sigh.
Who built those crappy security barrier anyway (makeshift fence made from bamboo….?) Such barriers have been broken before (in the middle or after the concert if not at the start). Not to mention some only 70 policemen in and around (got this number from someone in the print media)!!
I HATE DNA!!
effing awesome blog dude..
Yaar what is this fixation about Delhihites? Why are they alone getting lamaneted for the fiasco? Can’t you guys see that almost 50% of those on stage or front row throwing bottles etc. were from North East? I am also from North East (but not part of the group creating the ruckus). So do not blame Delhi alone.
In hindisght, given that the concert on saturday would not have anyways happened.. atleast the friend got immediate redemption..”SEEK and DESTROY” for the organizers are “UNFORGIVEM”
I totally agree wit few ppl wat is Metallica’s mistake in al of this the organizers are at fault. They having experience of doing so many such shows were at fault of dng a shoddy job. I agree tat the white guy sud have not abused or even acted the way he did. N pls Delhi has always had security issues even Bryan Adams n akin shows were cancelled before hand. Coz known the temper n hooliganism people exhibit. N Metallica are a professional band I dun understand y sud they apologize for smthin which does not concern them at al. N Rahul for ur kind info pls do google such cases or even worse has happened in us n uk during event of larger scales. Tags why the organisers put the force majeuer in terms n conditions.
kinda agree wid u on most points. but stuff abt d ‘white guy’ abusing n all is somethin tht really doesn’t matter…n people getting high and having a temper during thrash metal is kinda normal…if only d concert is organised well enough, it’ll still go on smoothly
Yes, i absolutely agree with you. i am disheartened with all these acts of nuisance.
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@badass: i am a die-hard metallica fan. but wht i say here has nothin to do wid tht. i’m tellin u, if u want d band to apologise or somethin for not playing in delhi, i agree. tht is somethin they could do. but all i’m slamming here is d weird n immature shit tht ppl r dishing out on this so called good blog.
Can’t blame the band here, I’m sorry, although I do understand the anguish of the fans. But equally I don’t think the crowd can be blamed either, apart from the few hooligans there. To then paint an entire city and its people as uncultured hooligans is just ridiculous. The organizers treated them like shit, set up a logistical nightmare, and it looks like they clearly strong the crowd along even as they had known for a while that the event was a no go, and definitely could not be rescheduled for the next day. This handful of hooligans exist pretty much in all concerts, everywhere in the world, and if only the organizers could have done there job, there was no way the bunch of louts would have been able to do any damage. Its pretty disgusting though how people are coming on here and collectively labelling an entire city, and blaming them for the fracas. Remember, out of the 25k or so there, 99% or more of the people left peacefully, despite being put through that farce yesterday. There are plenty of incident from around the world where fans have rioted after cancelletions – and I mean real rioting which spills out on to the streets, with cop cars being torched and people dying. That barring 15-20 people this entire crowd at Gurgaon left peacefull is incredibly admirable, but instead of applauding them for that we have people on here abusing them for the mere fact that they MIGHT belong to Delhi. Stunning how some people will jump at the chance of pulling the rug from under an entire city, without having considered all that went down.
I don’t understand why we are so easily affected by things. The guy in the grey t-shirt referred to you as ‘butthead’ so he is obviously racist. Get your heads out of your asses. The world is not out to harass you because believe it or not, everything doesn’t revolve around you. We are a sensitive lot with some really deep seated insecurities..which inevitably leads to this frenzied sort of chauvinism, which I simply abhor.
This fiasco could have been prevented if the organisers had gotten their shit together. Since we have already established how mature (and highly strung) we are by blindly throwing around accusations I’m guessing there’s not much left to do?
Yes, I agree that a public apology by the band members would have been appreciated. Wanting to boycott the band’s performance in Bangalore is a bit too extreme and, if I may add, juvenile.
As for the handful that got up on stage, you’re a fucking disgrace.
whoa whoa, easy!! m sure ppl got wht u wanted to say even before d acid speech u just made. chill
p.s: m on ur side, read my earlier comments if u don’t believe me, so at least spare me d lashing
Hehe.. I think it’s my turn to be highgly strung
sorry sagnik
. especially if u r a satriani fan
Good one! Thanks for having the sense to write this article. I was tired of seeing these second-hand experience gathered writers spew out filthy scum in the name of writing.
I would’ve loved to have seen the stage burn to the ground….although then they would’ve received insurance money probably 4 times the worth of the stage. Metallica is OLD and their LAZY group of people playing in that band. Their washed up has-beens. You guys should hire the Foo Fighters to play for you…they rock. Iron Maiden is AWESOME TOO! They love to play just for the love it playing music. Metallica is all about greed and money….they suck…we learned this 15 years ago. They need to disappear for good.
Seriously?!
Violence is not justified most contexts other than self-defence. But then, I guess we shouldn’t really expect much better from fans of Metallica!
I am sure the pseudo cool guys have learnt a lesson. Is there a dearth of music in India? Why follow Metallica when you have enough good music dished out by our music directors who respect their fans? I always had Indian music around, never felt the need to go to Engliish. I am out of India but still listen only to Rahman, Vishal-Shekhar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, HR.
Now up to Bangaloreans to show unity. Don’t attend Metallica concert in Bangalore.
GET this anti-metalhead out from here..
I assume you are attending your role-model Metallica’s concert in Bangalore. Booked your tickets mate?
Go fuck your dog. Love from Bangalore.
Pity on you Banglorean that you ran out of words and only thing that you could blurt out is what you hear around you.
Amit, dude, the appeal to boycott the Bangalore gig is still fine, but what you’re saying is L.A.M.E, to say the least. You say ‘what’s the need to go to English music’, music ain’t English or Hindi, it’s just music. And believe it or not, most of our music directors today are lifting from the west OUTRIGHT. I am a diehard Yanni fan and have sensed his music being used in songs today, ‘coz it’s instrumental, so easy. The recent “Teri Meri” from Bodyguard is a DIRECT copy of a 9-year old’s song in some other language.
You either need to expand your domain and learn to appreciate music irrespective of its language — ‘coz it bears none — or not hope and ask for your personal preferences to be aped by all. But it’d definitely be a lesson if the B’lore gig got boycotted; but that ain’t happening.
Sincerely,
a classical, semi-classical, occasional Bollywood, rock, soft rock/pop, hard rock, instrumental, psychedelic, metal (and etc) fan.
Well I agree with you mate. Music knows no boundaries. My only contention was – why to get crazy after a band that does not respect their fans.
u make me wanna cry…what beautiful words…pity they had to be so lame…my pseudo coolness won’t let me accept them!
Nice write man-I was in the front row and I too have blogged about it-do check it out:
http://upyourstwice.blogspot.com/2011/10/metallica-delhi-disaster-true-story_29.html