James Hetfield picks his favourite Elton John track: “One of the best songs ever written”
Masters of melody.
James Hetfield
“It was what music needed”: James Hetfield picks his favourite Nirvana song
Endeared to the disruptors.
“This ain’t your band”: the bands James Hetfield called his musical nemesis
The opposite of their strengths.
“Not amazing”: the Metallica member James Hetfield was never impressed with
When passion outweighs ability.
“Challenged me”: The artist James Hetfield said challenged him to play better
Dreaming bigger than metal.
“Painting a picture in one sentence”: The songwriter James Hetfield called a master craftsman
The true musical wordsmiths.
“As dry as could be”: The Metallica album James Hetfield felt was trying to be too perfect
“I think the ‘anal-ness’ peaked.”
“Every song is good”: The Metallica album James Hetfield said had no bad songs
Played to a pure metallic sheen.