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Metallica is a pioneering thrash metal band, one of the longest lived and most influential metal bands in history. The band was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by drummer and former tennis prodigy Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield.
The band was part of the wave of American metal bands which combined the sounds of the NWOBHM with hardcore punk influence, and together with bands like Testament, Metal Church, Anthrax, Exodus, Overkill, Slayer, Megadeth and others, formed the genre which is known as thrash metal. Their big commercial breakthrough came with their fifth album “Metallica”, also known as the Black Album.
The two recorded their first track on a cheap recorder with James singing and playing rhythm and bass guitar. Lars pounded the drums, helped with musical arrangements and acted as manager. Hetfield’s friend and housemate Ron McGovney was eventually talked into taking up bass and Dave Mustaine took lead guitar.
The band adopted the name Metallica after a suggestion from Bay Area friend Ron Quintana, and they quickly began gigging in the Los Angeles area opening for bands like Saxon. Eventually they recorded a fully-fledged demo called No Life Til Leather; Metallica quickly saw the tape whistle around the metal tape-trading underground and become a hot commodity, with San Francisco and New York particularly receptive.
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 future bass player: Cliff Burton.
The band was part of the wave of American metal bands which combined the sounds of the NWOBHM with hardcore punk influence, and together with bands like Testament, Metal Church, Anthrax, Exodus, Overkill, Slayer, Megadeth and others, formed the genre which is known as thrash metal. Their big commercial breakthrough came with their fifth album “Metallica”, also known as the Black Album.
The two recorded their first track on a cheap recorder with James singing and playing rhythm and bass guitar. Lars pounded the drums, helped with musical arrangements and acted as manager. Hetfield’s friend and housemate Ron McGovney was eventually talked into taking up bass and Dave Mustaine took lead guitar.
The band adopted the name Metallica after a suggestion from Bay Area friend Ron Quintana, and they quickly began gigging in the Los Angeles area opening for bands like Saxon. Eventually they recorded a fully-fledged demo called No Life Til Leather; Metallica quickly saw the tape whistle around the metal tape-trading underground and become a hot commodity, with San Francisco and New York particularly receptive.
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 future bass player: Cliff Burton.
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Katie Couric interviews GRAMMY® Awards nominee Metallica
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All Nightmare Long
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The Day That Never Comes
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I Disappear
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kool_ambo wrote:
dea latest album is awsome..!!
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ThrillKillWilly wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+love+to+shout+SLAYER+in+public
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razdis wrote:
Metallica headlining brand new metal festival at Knebworth!!! http://tinyurl.com/dljydy
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AmberBazaar wrote:
Ride the Lightning
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Roferax wrote:
very good
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ObituaryOfDeath wrote:
top albums=wrong
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sangreec wrote:
death magnetic= return to form.
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sh_5t0rM wrote:
join this site www.metaltome.com Gateway to Shred - Heavy Metal community
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nm8732 wrote:
@andysoft - The group should be called "Programmers who listen to metal and never get laid"
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METALEROARG wrote:
Chernobyl themed
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FiloVanMewa wrote:
What the hell is that picture? O_o
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frank_sv222 wrote:
THAT WAS JUST YOUR LIFE!!! lol Figure33 Sucks xD
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andysoft wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/group/Programmers%2Bwho%2Blisten%2Bto%2Bmetal
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METALEROARG wrote:
people are like Figure33 when you don't spend sufficient time with women
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gokche90 wrote:
As a Metallica fan, I don't think that preferring Korn to Metallica is idiocity. It's taste, you know. But writing "korn is better than shit" on Metallica's page is, yeah, it is idiocity. Why don't you get a life instead of being a troll!
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In_Flames91 wrote:
Their first five albums are unbeatable!
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Ishy_san wrote:
Battery. BA-TER-RY.
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Ceb10n wrote:
figure33: lol
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patjoswe wrote:
I never really liked Metallica, but just recently i just listened to All Nightmare Long and I'm really starting to like it.
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Metallimaster wrote:
Figure 33 is an idiot
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Trent FM Arena Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Metallica
Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
32 shouts
| 104 attendees
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Feb
28
Metallica
Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom
15 shouts
| 67 attendees
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FESTIVALS ANYONE?
21 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/metallica
Greetings from Northern California. As you probably noticed, there are a few open dates on the calendar this summer and we'll be filling them by visiting some of our favorite spots in Europe and hitti. …
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