For Those About to Rock

For Those About To Rock is the name of a video containing live performances by AC/DC, The Black Crowes, Metallica and Pantera. AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes, Pantera and E.S.T. made history when they performed at the very first open-air rock festival to be held in the former Soviet Union. Captured on film, For Those About To Rock... We Salute You: Monsters in Moscow presents a concert feature signalling the arrival of a new political order, ... more

For Those About To Rock is the name of a video containing live performances by AC/DC, The Black Crowes, Metallica and Pantera. AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes, Pantera and E.S.T. made history when they performed at the very first open-air rock festival to be held in the former Soviet Union. Captured on film, For Those About To Rock... We Salute You: Monsters in Moscow presents a concert feature signalling the arrival of a new political order, demanded by the people and heralded in by the sounds of some of the biggest names in rock music. In September 1991, only a few days after the August Putsch failed , 500,000 rock music fans converged in Moscow to enjoy the very first open-air rock concert. The evening kicked off with Pantera taking to the stage. Phil Anselmo did his very best to get the crowd going, but it seemed that the fans required little encouragement and obviously years of living in rock denial sent some into overdrive. Russian band E.S.T was next up, but the evening... less