OK so this is pretty much the perfect Idolator item: Former Met catcher Mike Piazza visits VH1 Classic’s The Metal Show and recalls his time at Guns N’ Roses 2002 concert in New York, a show that was marked by Axl Rose, during his show-long tour through the local team’s sports jerseys, not wearing one of his jerseys but wore one in honor of Derek Jeter. So he confronts Axl! While drunk! And… then the next day the band’s show in Philadelphia got canceled. Coincidence???? (Unfortunately, because VH1’s embed policies are annoying, you have to skip over the pointless “sizzle reel,” then fast-forward to the 4:52 mark of the clip that follows, to get to Piazza’s appearance. I guess whatever pumps up your stream-counts in these tough times, right, Viacom?) [VH1]
Mike Piazza Still Can’t Understand Why Axl Rose Kept Snubbing The Mets Back In The Day
12:00 PM on Wed Dec 17 2008
By Maura
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I saw this interview over the weekend and it was pretty damn entertaining. I would like to have a drink, and a rock-out session, with Mike Piazza one day.
It’s too bad that he did that thing with Creed at the All Star Game a few years back though.
He’s a true metal fan that Piazza. Props for that, and that story is hilarious. Especially the part when Eddie Trunk says he saw Axl wandering around NYC while I was sitting on the second level in Philly watching Mix Master Mike getting shit thrown at him while he played half of the new Rob Zombie for impatient inmates at the Wachovia Center.
Piazza is hilarious! Maybe he should try checking out some other musicians I’ve seen in concert wearing Mets jerseys — MF Doom (Darryl Strawberry) and The Game (David Wright).