The Vans team found itself hanging out with Metallica at their brand new concert festival,Orion Fest.
As you well know 2012 marks the 20-year anniversary of Steve Caballero’s Half Cab and each month we’re rolling out a limited edition Half Cab to celebrate. In preparing for this year a number of artists and bands names were batted around to do collaborations with. At one meeting Cab said, “It would be pretty awesome if we could get Metallica to do a Half Cab.” It doesn’t hurt to ask and turns out they were down. In October the all black to the floor Metallica Half Cab with the Kill Em All album cover on the soles will be released.
Since those initial meetings a real friendship has blossomed. Cab and Trujillo have been jamming with the band and Tony Trujillo has even been having late night sessions at his house with Metallica bassist, Rob Trujillo, and with Tony’s wife, Trixie, have started a side project called The Trujillo Trio. So when it was announced that Metallica was going to host a two-day music festival with dozens of bands from a mix of genres it only made sense for us to build a Vans ramp and fly out some of the team to shred for the concert-goers. Tony Alva, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Omar Hassan, Johnny Layton,Keegan Sauder, Josh Borden and Tony Trujillo did not disappoint. With Sepultura playing live right behind them and tens of thousands of people taking in the shredding on the ramp and the stage the dudes put on a performance that will not be soon forgotten by anyone in attendance.
Here are just some of the photos from this past weekend. Look for an Adventures With Chris episode with all the footage from the demos when the Metallica Half Cab drops in October. http://www.vans.com/intl/