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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Phil Weller

“We kind of dug it, but a lot of places didn’t like Metallica. They were like, ‘What the hell is this?’” When Metallica hit the road for their first national tour, crowds weren’t convinced by their music

Raven and Metallica.

Every aspiring band needs their big break, and for Metallica, one of their most important early milestones occurred in the early 1980s when they were invited to go on their first national tour supporting British heavy metal band, Raven.

In a new interview with Guitar World, Raven recalls how Metallica went down while on the road – and it turns out the reception they received from some of the crowds was less than ideal.

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