Metallica Pre-Party & Haunted Lasers Club Story

Описание: Max tells one of those stories that could only happen in the early ’90s.
Right after Metallica released The Black Album, the band was coming through Oklahoma — and a pre-party was in the works.
The venue?
A strange spot near 25th & I-35 called Lasers.
Before Lasers, the building had been an ’80s honky-tonk and a racquetball court — laid out awkwardly, full of weird energy, and rumored to be haunted. At the time, nobody really talked about ghosts… but everyone felt something in that building.
With help from promoter Larry Shaffer, Max and the crew put together a Metallica pre-party blowout on January 17, 1992:
🎟️ $5 at the door
🎸 Bands like Judge and Jury
🔥 Official Metallica passes and tickets given away
📍 A packed room buzzing with Black Album-era hype
The wild part?
Metallica believed in themselves so much that their tour model flipped the script — the band took 80%, promoters kept 20%, paid the bills, and still made it work. No safety net. No guarantees. Just confidence.
It was a rare no-risk show for promoters — and a front-row look at a band that already knew exactly how big they were about to become.
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