Our special holiday together...

I'm not a huge fan of the drum solo / guitar solo but it gives the people not doing the solo a chance to rest for a few minutes. I'd love to see a Lemmy solo because I really love his unconventional way of playing, but I'm pretty sure that's unlikely to happen. I was wondering if Lemmy ever did a bass solo segment during the live shows. I don't recall ever hearing one even on the bootlegs.

With their new found popularity, I think they are more famous now than most of the bands they are opening for. I don't want to put them down but at this moment I don't think that Slayer is as popular as Motorhead. Most of those bands wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for Motorhead.

Motörhead is both more infamous and more famous than Slayer... but half the people who wear their t-shirts can't name 10 songs they do. They are, and never were all that popular hear in the states. Lemmy (as a cartoon character), the logo, and the god joke, are why they are known here... not for their body of work.

Slayer is way more popular than Motörhead are on this side of the pond. The reaction to Motörhead at the show was respectful and curious.... the reaction to Slayer (and Slipknot) was rabid.

I own quite a few "Metal shirts" of bands I listen to all the time and I STILL wouldn't be able to name 10 songs. That's just due to the number of bands I like, especially when they are "younger" bands.
It's an entirely different story for the bands I grew up with, some decades ago.

"Knowing the name of their songs" is not an indicator whether someone likes the music or not. But you're certainly right that everything with the Motörhead writing on it became some kind of "fashion item". Fine, hope the band makes some money out of it...

I once bought a Slayer live CD but I couldn't get into them.

Congrats on the first show. I'm glad you've liked it. I'll catch them live for the third time this December in Slovenia. Hopefully everything will go well and as planned because I'll need to run away from the workplace to see the show (it's Monday).