Report: James Hetfield Talks About 'The Oyster That Took Down METALLICA'; Video Available
March 25, 2009, 15 years ago
MTV News has issued the following report from James Montgomery:
Earlier this month, METALLICA were forced to cancel a show in Stockholm, Sweden, when frontman James Hetfield was hospitalized with a stomach bug and dehydration.
A few days after the cancellation, Hetfield posted an apologetic message on Metallica's website, explaining that he was taken down by - of all things - "a bad oyster."
It all seemed rather humorous (especially since he's fully recovered), so when MTV News sat down with Hetfield last week at South by Southwest - hours before Metallica stomped through Stubb's for a not-so-secret "secret" show - we had to ask about that oyster. Because, wow, that must've been one monstrous mollusk.
"The oyster that took down Metallica," Hetfield laughed. "Well, yeah, it was at the very last show of the very last leg [of Metallica's European tour], and there's a few places where we're able to do doubles, which is awesome, and this last one was in Sweden, in Stockholm."We had done the first show, and there's not many times where all the support acts - we've got Machine Head, we've got the Sword out with us - there's not many places where we're all in the same town, at the same day off, together," he continued. "So there was a night where we went out and had a celebration between shows, and there was a bunch of food that was laid out that was maybe laid out a bit too long, I don't know."
Het said he downed a few oysters and continued celebrating. He felt fine all night, but when he woke up the next morning, something was different.
Read the full report at MTV News
