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Band guitarist Kirk Hammett says that toxic masculinity has “fueled” Metallica’s career. Click on this story to learn more details. […]
The rivalry between Metallica and Megadeth is carved out heavy metal legend. As for his old band though, Kirk joining was just practical. […]
Guitarist Kirk Hammett says that the work of horror author Stephen King played a big role in inspiring a particular Metallica album. […]
The Metallica guitarist says that he flubbed part of the solo in Master of Puppets when recording it, but thought it sounded cool enough that he kept it at the time. He’s been trying for decades since then to figure out how to reproduce the sound live, but can’t. […]
Both members of Metallica think their debut album didn’t live up to their standards, regretting that they had to sacrifice quality due to time. Here’s the story. […]
Upon being kicked out of Metallica and being replaced by guitarist Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine sought revenge. […]
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is a special guest on the newest episode of Piggy D’s Metal and Monsters! […]
Some pretty iconic parts and riffs from Metallica’s Ride the Lightning album were actually “borrowed” from Kirk’s prior days in fellow thrash gods, Exodus. Here’s the story. […]
As a high school friend of Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Les Claypool was asked to audition for Metallica after Cliff Burton died. It didn’t go well. […]
Kirk Hammett’s ‘The Unforgiven’ guitar solo is iconic. But Metallica hated the first solo he wrote for it and some tough love was required to fix it. […]
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