Metallica is a heavy metal band from Los Angeles U.S., CA, founded in 1981.
Since its inception, Metallica has produced nine studio albums, four live albums, five extended plays, 37 singles and 25vidéoclips. The band has won nine Grammy Awards and has ranked five consecutive albums directly to the one on the Billboard 200. Eponymous album, Metallica, has sold 16 million copies in the United States and 35 million in the world making it the best selling album during the Nielsen Sound Scan era. The Group ranks as one of the most profitable of all time groups, with over 200 million copies sold worldwide.
Metallica performed two shows in San Francisco and found the crowds friendlier and more honest than LA's "there to be seen" mob. They also caught up-and-coming band Trauma, and most importantly their bass player, Cliff Burton. Cliff refused to move to Southern California: it was enough to convince Metallica to relocate to the Bay Area, and Cliff subsequently joined Metallica.
The Band :
JAMES HETFIELD : Born: August 3, 1963, From Los Angeles he's Married and he has 3 Children
Instrument: Vocals, Guitar
"When it comes to defining Metallica, most people use James Hetfield as their guide. There's never any bullshit with James and there's never any shirking of duties. Example? When he threw his back out on the Summer Sanitarium 2000 tour, James ploughed his way through three weeks of intense physical therapy in four days, according to his physical therapist. And when the going got really tough, and James needed help in 2001, he sought it out, took it on and came back stronger than ever. It is precisely this sort of fierce, unbending dedication, devotion and spirit which has made James such an inspirational focal point through the years for millions of fans."
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LARS ULRICH : Born: December 26, 1963, From Gentofte, Denmark he has 3 Children
Instrument: Drum
"The oft-seen and heard dynamo of Metallica, when it comes to arranging all matters from songs to staging, Lars is always at the epicenter. Indeed, constant activity has been a hallmark of Ulrich's life. As a child he saw his father Torben run a small jazz club in Copenhagen (sax player Dexter Gordon is Lars' Godfather) before following the family on the professional tennis circuit where Torben became an established figure."
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KIRK HAMMETT : Born: November 18, 1962, From San Francisco he's married, has 2 children
Instrument: Guitar, background vocals
"Kirk Hammett, never without a grin or a curious thought, is the true Bay Area band-member. Born in San Francisco, and raised in the East Bay town of El Sobrante, he gained an interest in music from his brother Rick's extensive record collection, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and UFO. It all led to him properly picking up the guitar when he was 15, his first being a wholly unglamorous Montgomery Ward catalog special accompanied by a shoe box with 4 inch speaker for an amp."
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ROBERT TRUJILLO : Born: October 23, 1964, From Santa Monica, California he's marrien, has 2 children
Instrument: Bass, Background Vocals
"He's got rhythm, and he's most certainly got music. Now Robert Trujillo's also got the job of being Metallica's new bassist and family member...one that will doubtless fit this most righteous and cheerful of Southern Californians like a glove."
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Some of Metallica Songs Titles:
Battery, Master of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Ride the Lightning, The Unforgiven, Lords of Summer, Wherever I May Roam, Sad But True, Fade to Black, ...And Justice for All, One, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Whiskey in the Jar, Nothing Else Matters, Enter Sandman, St. Anger, Blackened and Seek & Destroy
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TOP 5 METALLICA SONGS:
1.For Whom The Bell Tolls
2.Ride The Lightning
3.Creeping Death
4.Enter SandMan
5.Seek&Destroy
