Finally caught this special. It was fantastic. Rikki Rachtman and our favorite band came across really cool (once again it is amazing how much better Anthrax look at near 40 than in thier 20's. Did they groom back then???) For anyone who doubts the impact that show had on the industry, just look at sales for any metal band and the last album they did with the ball and the one immediately following the ball, or released at right about that same time as far as units sold go. Anthrax went from gold to 100,000. Testament went from near platinum to 300,000. Biohazard went from gold to nothing. Slayer went from gold to the just a couple hundred 1000. Even the mighty Pantera suffered a blow, going from double platinum to gold. I think a modern day HBB would rule.. People bitch that we would have to wade thru nu metal crap to see real metal, but that was how it was then, only we waded thru hair metal. I'll take nu metal (korn, disturbed, slipknot, deftones, mudvayne, static x) or whatever metal you call it over hair metal ANY DAY. I think a metal type show is coming back. They can throw it on at 3 am on Saturday for all I care. I was literally one of those people who planned my weekends around the ball. I was sooooooo bummed when it got cancelled. 
