From The Attic: Metallica / Tank December 3rd, 1984 Mannheim, Germany Poster

Here is a poster that requires very few words.  It is a very rare poster from Metallica's short tour in Europe where they headlined for the first time.  This poster is from their stop in Mannheim 28 years ago today.  Tank were the opener and I can't think of many better bands to support Metallica on the Ride The Lightning tour.  If anyone out there has never heard Tank do yourself a favour and track some of their early stuff down.

Beginning to creep across the land...

This is a beautiful piece and one of the most desirable posters by collectors and fans alike.  They are very hard to find in any condition, mine is pretty good, but very fragile.  I will restore it in the future, but for now it is safely resting in a frame.

Worth noting, I should mention that a few years ago I purchased Tank's Don't Walk Away 45 on ebay a  from a seller that had it listed for a very good price with a few other 45's.  The seller turned out to be none other than Metallica's former fanclub head and Northwest Metal founder KJ Doughton.  Turned out he was selling a lot of nice and rare items so I grabbed as many as I could and he was nice enough to throw some stuff in since I bought so much.  A great guy and a pleasure to deal with.

As shown by this 7" record, Tank have one of the coolest names and logos 

in the history of metal