So I'd gone up afterwards to say hi to the band, ...

[Vladv1]

"But they did, at that time, the best version of “Phantom of the Opera” by Iron Maiden I’d ever heard. I was blown away. And I was like, wow, these guys are really good. So I’d gone up afterwards to say hi to the band, and they had a manager guy that was kind of helping them. And I said, “Hey look, I do these compilations; if you guys can deliver me a song…” Because again, I had no money, so the bands had to record it and give it to me because I couldn’t pay anything. I said, “If you guys can get a track together, I’d love to put you on one of these compilations.”

Caught In A Mosh, by Martin Popoff.

Explain please the use of past perfect, would the meaning be the same if one used past simple, like
"I went afterwards"? What is the nuance in using past perfect here?

 

[jutfrank]

The past perfect is for sequencing an action prior to another, especially as a narrative device to create background context.

No, using the past simple wouldn't be the same, of course. The past simple doesn't do what the past perfect does.