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Metallica added to their
collection of Grammy Awards tonight when they won for
Best Metal Perfomance with the song "Better than
You." They lost out on Best Hard Rock Performance to
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page's "Most High."
Tonight's Grammy is Metallica's fourth in their career.
They have been nominated seven times. IS
CO-CH WEDS The Inter Sandman staff sends best wishes and congratulations to Co-Chapter Head and Web Master, Jeff McNeil. Jeff and his fiance Julie were married Monday in Niagra Falls. In the years we've worked with Jeff, we know him to be one of the finest, most dedicated persons around and we're very happy for him. We wish the couple nothing but many, many, many happy years together! We'd also like to pass Mrs. McNeil a pair of earplugs for all the guitar picking and Metallica playing in their house! OSLO
OPENER Monster Magnet will be supporting Metallica for their gig on May 29 in Oslo, Norway, at the Spektrum. UPDATE: Monster Magnet will also be opening the show in Sweden. Thanks to trond.odegaard@ol.telia.no LARS
IN NY PROMOTING DDT Lars appeared briefly on New York City's WXRK 92.3 K-Rock around 4:30 yesterday. Lars was at the station to promote DDT, a band on his record label. DJ Will Pendarvis found Lars chatting with station managment and brought Lars on air for a few moments. The two premeired one song off of the upcoming album while (which was still on the original DAT). Pendarvis who settled into his new position recently in New York surprised the audience and himself in disbelief that Ulrich was there to say hello and chat. DDT's debut album is expected to be out in April. Source: IS Staff Member "A" MILTON
KEYNES UPDATE It has been announced that MARILYN MANSON and PLACEBO will join the bill for Metallica's summer stadium gig at the Milton Keynes National Bowl on July 10. Named 'The Big Day Out', the concert will boast two stages, with seven bands appearing on the main stage and six on the second stage, and will be sponsored by UK rock magazine Kerrang. Both Marilyn Manson and Placebo will perform on the main stage. Thanks to ccsu8995@earthlink.net WHISKEY
SINGLES
* Recorded live on November 24, 1998 at The Roseland Ballroom, New York. Thanks to Polygram Australia
New Garage Inc. items have finally worked their way into the market place! At least two different style t-shirts (respectively featuring front and back covers of the album) are out now. Also hitting stores is the Garage Inc. Music book from Cherry Lane. A little harder to find is the Japanese version of the compact disc featuring full lyrics. GUITAR
WORLD POLL The April 1999 edition of Guitar World announces the winners of 1999 Reader Poll. Most Valuable Player and Best Rock Guitarist goes to Kirk Hammett. Although James plays the actual solo, Kirk wins for Best Solo for Turn The Page (he is repsonsible for the lead/slide playing). Garage Inc. wins Best Hard Rock and Best Rock album, and comes in second for Biggest Disappointment. James placed third for Most Valuable Player. AXE
BASS UPDATE We would just like to make a clarification of a previously published story on our site regarding the purchase of THE ORIGINAL GENE SIMMONS AXE BASS by Jason. Upon further investigation, the story turns out to have no truth to it, which we have confirmed by a highly reliable source. We apologize for any inconveniences.
Kirk Hammett has written to a death row inmate who is battling to overturn a triple murder conviction. Damien Echols was found guilty of the murder of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, in May 1993 and Echols - 17 at the time of his arrest - was sentenced to death by lethal injection following a trial which has been blasted by many legal experts who claim that Echols, a Metallica fan, was singled out for attention just because he wore black, listened to heavy metal and read books about the occult. Two other teenagers, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, both received life sentences. According to a spokesman for Metallica, Hammett first became aware of the case when filmmakers approached the band for permission to use music from …And Justice for All on the soundtrack of a film about the case. The resulting documentary, Paradise Lost - The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills featured three Metallica songs (IS Note: Call of Ktulu, Orion and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) were eventually heard in the movie) and won an award. A spokesman for Q prime, Metallica's management companies, said: "This is a cause that is very close to the bands heart-Kirk's in particular. Its not surprising to that he would have written to Echols." In his letter, Hammett offered moral support, urging Echols to "hang in there", adding, "we're all behind you". Filmmakers Joel Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky are assembling a sequel to the original movie in hope to once again include Metallica tracks. It's slated for release in late 1999. Thanks to MetLoad
Jon Crosby, the man behind the band VAST is gaining airtime with his song "Touched" mentions Metallica in an interview with the Boston Globe. Crosby says "When you have a surge of bad times ... I know with Metallica, I used to listen to their records over and over again. It was not just a song on the radio or a record I liked - it was something that meant something to me.' Check the story out here. UPDATE: Lars says
of VAST: "one of the best debut albums I've heard in
a long, long time." (quote source: Guitar World
April 1999) TOUR
DATES!
The Metallica Club announced 1999 Tour Dates: April
May
21 - Nurnburg, GERMANY
(Rock Im Park) June
25 - St. Gallen,
SWITZERLAND (Open Air) July
Thanks to: MetOnTour and AOL Keyword: Metallica BATTLE
OF THE BANDS
Rolling Stone magazine (AOL) presents "Battle of the Bands" featuring Metallica vs. Led Zeppelin amongst others! Vote early and vote often by clicking here. Thanks to Phil for the heads up! OPENING
ACTS
Opening for Metallica on the South American leg of their upcoming world tour will be Sepultura and Rob Zombie. It is unknown at this time if these acts will continue to Europe and the rest of the world. NEW
SINGLE
According to Rockline, 'It's Electric' will be the next single off of Garage Inc. Thanks to sdwyer@mail.utexas.edu
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Here are the
covers for Whiskey In The Jar singles. The singles are
now due out February 22nd outside of the US. It is
believed that there will indeed be US version with The
Wait as a b-side. The hot versions of the single will be
the three Australian versions featuring: