Pinoy 'Metallicouple' jams with Metallica
By Adrian Arcega | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom – 12 hours ago
A musician's greatest dream is to jam with his or her musical heroes. For U.S.-based musicians Dennis Diaz and his wife Annette Ortiz-Diaz, the dream just came true. Annette, for those who might not know, used to play drums for local indie darlings Fatal Posporos.
On Dec. 10, the couple was invited to play onstage with the kings of metal themselves, Metallica, as part of the band's 30th anniversary concert series at The Fillmore in California.
Right before singer James Hetfield called them up onstage, a video of the Diazes' wedding reception - which went viral months ago - was played where the couple's band Trapped Under Rice did an almost spot-on rendition of the Metallica classic “Master of Puppets,” with Annette still wearing her wedding gown.
On Dec. 10, the couple was invited to play onstage with the kings of metal themselves, Metallica, as part of the band's 30th anniversary concert series at The Fillmore in California.
Right before singer James Hetfield called them up onstage, a video of the Diazes' wedding reception - which went viral months ago - was played where the couple's band Trapped Under Rice did an almost spot-on rendition of the Metallica classic “Master of Puppets,” with Annette still wearing her wedding gown.
The couple submitted a performance video as part of a Metallica fan club contest, the winner of which gets to play with the band onstage.
Ulrich excited about bride doing ‘Master of Puppets’
In between concert nights, Dennis organized a “Metallijam” with other fan club members. Word ofAnnette's playing eventually reached drummer Lars Ulrich. Ulrich was apparently very excited about their “Metallicouple” viral video that the husband-and-wife rockers were told to “brush up on (the Metallica song) 'Blackened' and return on the last night of the shows.”
And so the Diazes did. What happened afterwards “changed [their] lives forever,” Annette said in an email interview with Yahoo! Philippines OMG!
Ulrich excited about bride doing ‘Master of Puppets’
In between concert nights, Dennis organized a “Metallijam” with other fan club members. Word ofAnnette's playing eventually reached drummer Lars Ulrich. Ulrich was apparently very excited about their “Metallicouple” viral video that the husband-and-wife rockers were told to “brush up on (the Metallica song) 'Blackened' and return on the last night of the shows.”
And so the Diazes did. What happened afterwards “changed [their] lives forever,” Annette said in an email interview with Yahoo! Philippines OMG!
“I had to tell myself over and over that it was really happening,” confided Ortiz-Diaz. “I also thought: 'Sana huwag ako sumabit.' When we got on stage and saw the kit set-up for me, sayang because I had no toms and only had a single pedal. Bahala na, RAKENROL!”
“And we got to hug them TWICE!”
More Metallica covers coming up
“And we got to hug them TWICE!”
More Metallica covers coming up