Metal band

essential information

Member introduction

Current members

James Hetfield - rhythm guitar, lead singer (1981 - present)

Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar (1983 - present)

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-Beth (2003 - present)

Lars Ulrich drummer (1981 present)

Former members

Jason newsted bass (1986-2001)

Cliff Burton bass (1982-1986)

Dave mustaine, founder and soul of Megadeth

Ron mcgovney Bess (1982)

Lloyd grant - Lead Guitar (1981)

Acting experience

Early times

Metallica was founded in California in 1981 by lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. Later, it advertised in the recycler magazine to recruit bassist and lead guitar. Later, it recruited bassist Ron mcgovney, and many guitarists came to audition, such as Lloyd grant, Brad Parker and Jeff Warner, but they didn't enter the band. The band lacked a strong lead guitarist in the early stage. The name of the band Metallica was obtained by Lars. Before, Ron quintana, a friend of Lars, wanted to start a rock magazine. He took out a list of alternative magazines and asked Lars to suggest one, including one named Metallica. Lars suggested metalmania or Hesse, and later Lars used Metallica as the band's name.

Metallica's early creative inspiration comes from Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, diamondhead, Saxon, thinlizzy, mercyfate and other bands, and is also influenced by some punk bands, such as the misfits, zeroption and the rams, as well as the British hardcore band discharge

In early 1982, in order to make hitthelights include metalblade's Brian slagel's first album, metalmascre, Lars Ulrich searched around for a suitable lead guitar. Soon after, Lars Ulrich contacted Dave mustaine from Huntington Beach, California, through a local newspaper. Dave mustaine became Metallica's lead guitarist

From March to April 1982, Metallica, composed of lead singer and rhythm guitar James Hetfield, lead guitar Dave mustaine, bassist Ron mcgovney and drummer Lars Ulrich, recorded several samples in Ron's garage of Ron mcgovney, including hit the lights and power metal. A few months later, the band recorded a complete album nolife's til leather and was shaken underground Soon the band finished a live demo called metalup your ass

After a few years, Ron mcgovney left the band. Metallica hoped that trauma's bassist cliff Burton could join Metallica. Cliff said that if the band could move to his hometown Castro Valley, he would join Metallica. James and Lars agreed to the condition, so cliff Burton became a member of Metallica. After cliff joined, the band recorded Megaforce

In 1983, Metallica came to New York and signed a contract with Megaforce records, which was founded by Marshall zazula. At that time, Dave mustaine was expelled from the band due to drug and alcohol abuse. Kirk Hammett, a guitarist from Exodus, replaced him as the lead guitarist of Metallica. After being removed by the band, he set up his own band Megadeth

Whipping metal pioneers

Kill'EmAll

In the spring of 1983, the band came to Rochester, New York, to record its first official album, metalup your ass. later, the album's name was changed to kill'emall, Metalmilitia and the classic "the four horseman" (also known as the Mechanix in some previous demo albums), including the classic "seek & destroy" in this album. In the 1989 reissue version, they cover amievil? Of diamondhead and Blitzkrieg of Blitzkrieg

RidetheLightning

A year later, Metallica released her second album, ride the lightning, in which the call of Ktulu and ride the lightning are still composed by Dave mustaine

MasterofPuppets

Metallica signed up with Elektra records and released the milestone album master of patches, which ranked 29th on billboard top album charts and sold 6 million copies, making Metallica a great success.

Cliff Burton died in an accident

On September 27, 1986, during the European tour of damage Inc., on the way to Ljungby, Sweden, the band bus had a car accident. The band's young and talented bassist cliff Burton died in the car accident. The death of cliff confused Metallica's future, but Metallica decided to find a replacement for cliff

Glorious times

Bassistauditions

Cliffburton's sudden death left Metallica's bassist vacant. Therefore, Metallica began to search for a new bassist. First, she found Les Claypool (Primus bassist, Kirk Hammett's best friend in the same year). But Les Claypool's bassist played too funky. Later, in vh1behindthemusic, Hetfield explained that LES Claypool played too well to suit Metallica's style, so Les Claypool was born Jason newsted, the bassist of flotsam and jetsam, hoped to join Metallica. Three weeks after cliff Burton's funeral, Jason newsted officially became the bassist of Metallica on October 28, 1986. After the tour ended, the band began recording the $5.98e.p.: garage days re reviewed in July 1987. This EP is considered to be used to test Jason Nnewsted's

...AndJusticeforAll

... and justice for all is a new album recorded after cliff Burton's death. It was released in 1988. It was a great achievement and ranked sixth on the billboard 200. It was Metallica's first top ten album. In 1989, it was nominated by Grammy best hard rock / metal performance vocalor instrument, but it was finally won by crestofa knave of Jethro Tull Later, in 1990, the band won the third place with one