Summer Sanitarium
featuring
Metallica
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Deftones
Mudvayne

Venue:

Giants Stadium
July 8, 2003

The Deftones said "Cheers to Metallica." Linkin Park called them "The greatest band on Earth." Limp Bizkit posted "Metallica is the shit," on their screen. And when Metallica took to the stage, they were able to back up the claims made by the other bands. Unfortunately, I was unable to catch Mudvayne's set, but somehow, I don't think they would have given Metallica too much competition.

Deftones frontman, Chino Moreno wailed to get the crowd into a frenzy. For him, "7 words" equals 5 pits. Linkin Park's dual attack of Bennington's screams and Shinoda raps got the crowd at Giant's Stadium to come alive. Fred Durst's antics during Limp Bizkit's set won favorable approval, despite the not so great rendition of "Sanitarium." Durst probably could have fit in more songs during his set if he didn't spend several minutes talking in between them.

An hour after Limp Bizkit's set may have caused the momentum to die down, but all it took was the opening chords of "Battery" for Metallica to have the crowd in the palm of their hands. As all the bands had new albums to promote, only Linkin Park chose to give us a generous portion of their new material. Limp Bizkit chose to give us one song which could either be called "Ode to Angela Jolie" or "Fire," but is actually called "Stick Em." The two new songs that Metallica gave us fit in perfectly with their pre Justice set. At the end of the show, Metallica promised us that they would be back in March, can any of us wait that long?
Band Members:
(Mudvayne) C. Gray, G. Tribbett, R. Martinie, M. McDonough
Set List:
(Deftones) Teething-Headup-My Own Summer (Shove it)-Hexagram-Change (In the House of Flies)-Bloody Cape-Nosebleed-Minerva-7 Words
Band Members:
Chino Moreno, Chi Cheng, Stephen Carpenter, Frank Delgado, Abe Cunningham
Set List:
(Linkin Park) Don't Stay-Somewhere I Belong-Lying From You-Papercut-Points of Authority-Runaway-Faint-From the Inside-Numb-With You-By Myself-Pushing Me Away-Figure .09-Crawling-In the End-A Place for my Head-One Step Closer
Band Members:
Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourden, Brad Delson, Joseph Hahn
Set List:
(Limp Bizkit) Hot Dog-My Generation-Break Stuff-Welcome Home (Sanitarium)-Rollin-My Way-Theives-Nookie-Behind Blue Eyes-Take a Look Around-Eat You Alive-Faith
Band Members:
Fred Durst, Sam Rivers, DJ Lethal, John Otto, Mike Smith
Set List:
(Metallica) The Ecstasy of Gold-Battery-Master of Puppets-Harvester of Sorrow-Welcome Home (Sanitarium)-Bass solo-For Whom the Bell Tolls-Frantic-Sad But True-St. Anger-No Remorse-Seek and Destroy-Blackened-Fuel-Nothing Else Matters-Creeping Death-One-Enter Sandman
Band Members:
Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo