Back in '83, Metallica was on tour with Raven for the Kill 'Em All album and passed through Arkansas, playing the massive cities of Bald Knob (yes, there's a place called Bald Knob), Russellville, Texarkana and Pine Bluff. Rolling Stone interviewed Metallica's James Hetfield in this month's issue and he dropped this fun little Arkansas bit (and for the record, no I wasn't at the famous show at what was called "the Bald Knob Amphitheater", which was actually a cow pasture, but I remember it being advertised and I believe it was called "Strawberry Jam"):
What single piece of Metallica memorabilia do you cherish the most?
You mean one piece that Lars doesn't have?
He's hoarded everything?
Lars has enough to open up four Metallica museums. One with his stuff, one with my stuff, one with Kirk's stuff. . . . I would say the best thing I have is a poster from the tour we did with Raven, from a gig in Bald Knob, Arkansas [in the Eighties]. The show was basically on a slab of cement in the middle of a field filled with insects. There was a guy on the side selling catfish sandwiches.
It reminds you how far you've come?
Yeah. The poster itself says, "Raven: Number One Metal Band in Europe." Which was not exactly true. Then below, it says, "Metallica: Potential to Become U.S. Metal Gods."
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