The one Metallica song James Hetfield calls his favourite: “Wow, we’re professional now”
Artist’s pick.
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When Lou Reed forbid Kirk Hammett from playing guitar solos: “No belly dancing music”
It takes gravitas to shut down a guitar god.
The Metallica album Kirk Hammett regrets playing on: “Bad notes all over”
“…there’s like bad notes all over that album…”
“Completely awe inspiring”: Kirk Hammett on the band Metallica wouldn’t exist without
The originators of doom.
‘The Unforgiven’: The Metallica solo Kirk Hammett said “everyone hated”
The bottom-of-the-barrel licks.
“There’s no coming back”: the Fleetwood Mac song Mick Fleetwood thought they couldn’t top
“He played his ass off.”
“The sound of a band really gelling”: The Metallica album Kirk Hammett considers their “peak”
The guitarist reflects on Metallica’s golden era of metal domination.