James Hetfield's(METALLICA) History

James Hetfield is best known for his fast paced rhythm guitar riffs, his varied vocal range and his great live performances. He is in one of the worlds most recognized bands, Metallica. It all started when Lars Ulrich, the drummer, wanted to start a band and got James involved. They later recruited Dave Mustaine, lead guitar, and Ron McGovney, bass guitar. Ron soon quit the band and Dave was kicked out due to his alcoholic tendencies. James and Lars then got former Exodus lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett, and bassist Cliff Burton to join the band. In 1983 their first album Kill 'Em All came out. From there, their success went way up with the writing of their other most famous albums, Ride the Lightning (1984), Master of Puppets (1986) (which during on tour for Master of Puppets bassit Cliff Burton was tragically killed in a bus accident and replaced with Jason Newsted). Then with Jason they wrote And Justice For All (1988), and possibly their most famous album of all time The Black Album also known just as Metallica (1991). But sadly from there on they didnt have too much success with their next four albums Load (1996), ReLoad (1997), S&M (1999) and St. Anger (2003). During the making of St. Anger Jason Newsted left the band to work on side projects and was replaced with Rob Trujillo. With Rob in 2008, they released "the best since the Black Album" Death Magnetic. They are still touring and rocking out just as good as ever with hopes of a few more albums in the near future.