James Alan Hetfield Born August 3rd, 1963 went on to be the Lead Singer of Metallica
History of James Hetfield With Metallica
James Hetfield (singer/rhythm guitar) founded the band Metallica along with Lars Ulrich (drums). The two later teamed up with bassist Ron McGovney (bass) and Dave Mustaine (lead guitar) to record their demo tape, "No Life Til Leather". Their fame started to grow after the release of the demo and soon found themselves playing many shows in the LA area. They soon relocated to San Francisco and found bass player, Cliff Burton, who took the spot of Ron McGovney. Soon the band made their way to play shows on the east coast when Dave Mustaine was kicked out of the band do to obsessive alcoholism. A phone call later Kirk Hammet of Exodus took his spot. Now the line-up for the bands first 3 albums was set. Soon after the release of Master of Puppets the band came down from the top of the world when their tour bus crashed, killing Cliff Burton. The band moved on afterwards, signing on Jason Newstead of Flotsam and Jetsame to take Cliff Burton's place. The band released 6 albums (7 including Garage Days Re-visited) over 11 years before Jason Newstead left the band. After the band completed the St. Anger album they filled the vacant bass player spot with Rob Trujillo. This is now the current line-up. The band released their first album with Rob in 2003 with St. Anger.
Currently Written:
Kill 'Em All
Ride The Lightning
Master Of Puppets
...And Justice For All
Metallica (Black Album)
Load
ReLoad
S&M
Garage Inc.
St. Anger
Death Magnetic
Heatfield's Custom ESP guitar's (also ESP is the same brand as Kirk Hammet):
- JH-1 (Flying V with red/orange hot-rod flames) - 200 Made
- JH-2 (Black Diamond Plate Explorer) - 200 Made
- JH-3 (Black ESP Eclipse with Pinstripe design) - 100 Made
- Grynch (Baritone Viper with green hot-rod flames) - 260 Made
- Truckster (ESP Eclipse with primer grey finish, sanded to show wear and other layers of paint underneath)
His latest work is called Death magnetic , this album is one of his best efforts that satisfied many fans over the world . On July 16, 2008, James Hetfield commented on the album's title:
Death Magnetic, at least the title, to me started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like Layne Staley and a lot of the people that have died, basically — rock and roll martyrs of sorts. And then it kind of grew from there, thinking about death… some people are drawn towards it, and just like a magnet, and other people are afraid of it and push away. And the concept that we're all gonna die sometimes is over-talked about and then a lot of times never talked about — no one wants to bring it up; it's the big white elephant in the living room. But we all have to deal with it at some point
His last Album is one of the best selling DLC for the game Guitar hero III. James Hetfield is a gamer himself ! He owns a PS2,Gamecube and Xbox 360while Guitar Hero III is his favorite game of all time (Hetfield also claims he is really good at that game). He commented on his Blog that Death Magnetic sounds best in Guitar hero III.
Other Projects:
- - Hetfield as well as lead guitarist Kirk Hammett did voices for characters in several episodes of the Adult Swim cartoon Metalocalypse.
- - He and bandmate Lars Ulrich appeared on Disney cartoon Dave the Barbarian as teenage dragons.
- - He also appeared as a guest in an episode of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast titled "Jacksonville" alongside bandmate Kirk Hammett.
Quotes
On Ted Nugent - Ted's pretty intense, put it that way. I love hunting; I love getting away and the quiet part of it all. I think he's a little opposite of that. Whack 'em and stack 'em, ya know.
-Megadeth's whole album could fit onto one of our sides.
-I'm married to Metallica.
-I wanted to make noise, not study theory.
-I remember the first time we ever got an encore. It was a Monday night at two in the morning at the Troubadour and there was about ten people there but they were clapping and we came back for the encore. We were deciding on what song we were going to play and Lars starts up a different song! He just decided he wanted to play. And we hadn't practiced that song for like three months. I had forgot all the lyrics, but I went through the motions. And after the gig, I just turned right around and punched him out onstage! "You fucker!" I shouted. Got him in the gut.
-People were throwing shoes at us in SF and LA. I don't know why. It's like 'You guys are great. Here's my shoe.' People must have been walking around with one shoe.
-When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening.
| Name | Platforms | Developer | ||
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Guitar Hero: Metallica released on March 29, 2009 |
PS2, WII, X360, PS3 | Neversoft Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Budcat Creations |
| Character Name: | James Hetfield |
| Real Name: | James Alan Hetfield |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | Aug. 3, 1963 |
| Appears in: | 1 games |
| First appearance: | Guitar Hero: Metallica |
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