Riding the Lightning: GN'R & Metallica's Summer tour of 1992

The two biggest names in Hard Rock and Metal in the early 1990's deciding to share a tour in the Summer of 1992 would lead to some of the darkest and most controversial events in both bands histories. A tour of two bands at the height of their fame brought chaotic performances, riots, excessive backstage parties and a splintering of relations for a while between both bands. We look at the good the bad and the ugly of the GN'R/ Metallica tour of 1992 and also the nature of the relationship of both bands since their early days.