NEWS
2020/01/23
A particular grievance many rock fans had with The Power Hour – a weekly music show on ITV presented by Nikki Groocock in the late ’80s – was the sheer lack of Metallica videos. This wasn’t the fault of the show, it was that Metallica simply didn’t make them. Sure, we’d occasionally be treated to that grainy live performance of For Whom The Bell Tolls from their home video Cliff ’Em All, but you’d have more chance of having an hour-long special dedicated to Evesham glam metallers Wrathchild than seeing anything approaching a shiny promo featuring James Hetfield’s scowl. All that changed in January 1989, and you know what? I really wish it hadn’t. As The Power Hour was shown in the middle of the night, I’d set the video recorder and run downstairs in the morning to get my fix of ...
