For a band that had already dealt with tragedy in the ’80s, when Metallica watched their frontman catch fire on August 8, 1992, they must have thought they were cursed.
Guns N’ Roses and Metallica were on a co-headlining tour through North America that had made its way to Montreal, Canada. During the thrash metal band’s set, when recently-rearranged pyrotechnics exploded in a larger way than singer James Hetfield had seen before and when he didn’t know which way to move, he accidentally found himself on fire, protected solely by his double neck guitar.
That, and the fact he didn’t make one more false move saved his life.
Metallica were riding the wave of the so-called “black album,” the self-titled LP that was firmly positioned on radio, MTV, and stereos around the world thanks to the hit single “Enter Sandman.”
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