Stereogum — Guns N’ Roses headlined the first show I ever saw. This was July 1992 at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, the first night of their massive co-headlining tour with Metallica. A couple of weeks later, a Montreal show would end in a riot when both bands... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin The concert, or the tour, or the notion, is called the Big Four, and it needs an asterisk. Long ago one of the four became much bigger than the rest. In alphabetical order, Anthrax, Megadeth,... more info

Gigwise — Lars Ulrich admits... more info

NME — Drummer says metal's 'Big 4' have 'grown up and got out of the sandbox' more info

Totally Fuzzy — Today's Live performance, once again living up to our Totally Fuzzy name and policy - in case you hadn't figured out what that means exactly: something like "anything goes around here" would be close enough, anything from Tony Bennett and Me... more info

Stereogum — Last night, the so called “Big Four” of the ’80s thrash-metal boom — that’d be Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax — came together at Yankee Stadium to play only their second-ever U.S. show together, following the one they played in ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Metallica @ Yankee Stadium (photo by patrickecassidy) As Blabbermouth points out:The "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal -- METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX -- played their second-ever U.S. show earlier tonight (Wednesday, September 14) at ... more info

Metalsucks — Remember a couple of years back, when we saw that video of Machine Head’s Robb Flynn rocking out at a Metallica concert while watching from the floor and not the VIP section or the side of the stage or wherever? Well, if the below footage of Dave... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Live Shit: Binge & Purge is a live DVD by Metallica, originally released as a VHS tape with their first live album in 1993. This video here is the full concert in Seattle on the Damaged Justice Tour. Read more » more info

Metal Injection — Look at Axl Rosenberg's sexy photoshop skills! As the banner says, we will be live-snarking the entire Big 4 show tomorrow from the comfort of the Yankee Stadium press box. You know the deal. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax are going to ... more info