Metalica - Calling Lummy!

During the Fall 1984 semester, I was an 8th grader at Presidio Middle School. We knew that Robin Williams lived nearby, in ritzy Sea Cliff. But we had no idea, which house was his.

It was around this time that, via word of mouth from older teens, a "local band" was heavier and harder than the Bay Area's Jefferson Airplane, Journey, Night Ranger, Romeo Void, and Y&T. It turned out that this so-called "local band" was Metallica.

One Friday after school, a few of my friends went to China Beach. There, some older teens had a boombox, which was playing music unfamiliar to us. We would later learn that that music was Metallica's Ride The Lightning.

During the Spring 1986 semester, while I was a high school freshman, Metallica came out with Master Of Puppets. Because my high school drew from all of San Francisco's neighborhoods, various schoolmates swore that they had seen members of Metallica.

Kinda interesting that, all these years, Lars Ulrich has used Tama drums. In 1987 or so, one of my friends went to a bank on the NE corner of California & Polk. He said that Lars was with a woman, perhaps his mom, opening a bank account for her.

RE: Aw, no Lars?, posted on July 24, 2024 at 20:22:17
6bq5 Audiophile Posts: 4693 Location: SF Bay Joined: August 16, 2001	Great Memories Lummy- My Son loves China Beach - and goes there quite often w/ his friends- Happy Listening

Have you gone during low tide?, posted on July 24, 2024 at 23:31:36
Luminator Audiophile Posts: 8213 Location: Bay Area Joined: December 11, 2000	If you go to China Beach during low tide, face the Bay. You can then check out the creatures clinging to the rocks to your left. And, during the lower low tide, you can time it, avoid the waves, and walk around those rocks, to make it to Baker Beach.

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Metalica - Calling Lummy!

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