METALLICABiography :
Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981 by drummer and former tennis protege Lars Ulrich, and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, who met after each had separately placed classified advertisements in the American publication The Recycler. The band got their name when drummer Lars Ulrich was helping a friend to pick out a name for the magazine he was planning to use to promote Thrash metal and the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) bands. Ulrich's friend came up with a suggestion: "Metallica." Lars quickly suggested another and decided to use that name for the band he and James Hetfield had just started.
The band's first demo, "No Life Till Leather", featured Lloyd Grant on guitar; Grant was soon replaced by Dave Mustaine, the guitarist and singer who later went on to form Megadeth. Guitarist Jef Warner and Bassist Ron McGovney were brief members, and Mustaine soon departed due to personal tensions with the other members. Bassist Cliff Burton was the next to join, and would remain a member until his untimely death in 1986. Mustaine was replaced by guitarist Kirk Hammett, who first performed in concert with Metallica in 1983.
The group relocated to San Francisco and eventually built a healthy local following via word-of-mouth and live performance bootlegs which, somewhat ironically in light of later events, were encouraged by the band. After traveling to New York in 1983 at the urging of local promoters Jon and Marsha Zazula, the band signed with the Zazula's brand new label, MegaForce Records, and who would release their first two albums. The first album, Kill Em All set the template that they would follow throughout the 1980s, strongly featuring the heavy vocals and rhythm guitar of James Hetfield. The next, Ride The Lightning expanded and improved their form with longer songs featuring both instrumental pyrotechnics and lyrics which rose above some of the more puerile songs on Kill 'Em All. Perhaps the most significant feature of Ride the Lightning was the inclusion of "Fade to Black," a slower, more interior song that mused on the thoughts of someone contemplating suicide. Indeed "Fade to Black" is the first such song in a tradition of these kinds of songs that would come to include "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and the band's first single to receive a video, "One." The inclusion of these songs distinguished Metallica from other speed metal bands such as Anthrax, Slayer, and Megadeth.
Metallica's formation was seen by some fans as a direct reaction to the prevalent rock and roll music of the early 1980s. Inspired by bands such as Diamond Head and Saxon, the so-called New Wave of British Heavy Metal, as well as hardcore punk like the Misfits and Discharge, Metallica were single-minded in their desire to break the grip of soft metal on heavy metal fans.
Line-Up
Band Members
* Lars Ulrich, drums (all time)
* Robert Trujillo, bass (joined 2003)
* Kirk Hammett, lead guitar (joined 1983)
* James Hetfield, vocals, rhythm guitar (all time)
Former Band Members
* Jason Newsted, bass (1986 - 2001)
* Cliff Burton, bass (1983 - 1986)
* Dave Mustaine, guitars (1981 - 1983)
* Ron McGovney, bass (1981 - 1983)
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1. Hit the Lights - 4:17
2. The Four Horsemen - 7:13
3. Motorbreath - 3:08
4. Jump in the Fire - 4:42
5. (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth - 4:15
6. Whiplash - 4:10
7. Phantom Lord - 5:02
8. No Remorse - 6:26
9. Seek & Destroy - 6:55
10. Metal Militia - 5:10
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1. Fight Fire with Fire - 4:45
2. Ride the Lightning - 6:37
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls - 5:10
4. Fade to Black - 6:57
5. Trapped Under Ice - 4:04
6. Escape - 4:24
7. Creeping Death - 6:36
8. The Call of Ktulu - 8:54
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1. Battery James - 5:13
2. Master of Puppets - 8:36
3. The Thing That Should Not Be - 6:37
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - 6:28
5. Disposable Heroes - 8:17
6. Leper Messiah - 5:41
7. Orion - 8:28
8. Damage, Inc. - 5:30
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1. Blackened - 6:41
2. …And Justice for All - 9:47
3. Eye of the Beholder - 6:30
4. One - 7:27
5. The Shortest Straw - 6:36
6. Harvester of Sorrow - 5:46
7. The Frayed Ends of Sanity - - 7:44
8. To Live Is to Die - 9:49
9. Dyers Eve - 5:13
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1. Enter Sandman - 5:31
2. Sad but True - 5:23
3. Holier Than Thou - 3:48
4. The Unforgiven - 6:26
5. Wherever I May Roam - 6:45
6. Don't Tread on Me - 4:01
7. Through the Never - 4:03
8. Nothing Else Matters - 6:29
9. Of Wolf and Man - 4:17
10. The God That Failed - 5:05
11. My Friend of Misery - 6:51
12. The Struggle Within - 3:53
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1. Ain't My ~censored~ - 5:04
2. 2 x 4 - 5:28
3. The House Jack Built - 6:38
4. Until It Sleeps - 4:28
5. King Nothing - 5:29
6. Hero of the Day - 4:21
7. Bleeding Me - 8:18
8. Cure - 4:54
9. Poor Twisted Me - 4:00
10. Wasting My Hate - 3:57
11. Mama Said - 5:20
12. Thorn Within - 5:51
13. Ronnie - 5:17
14. The Outlaw Torn - 9:48
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1. Fuel - 4:30
2. The Memory Remains - 4:39
3. Devil's Dance - 5:19
4. The Unforgiven II - 6:37
5. Better than You - 5:22
6. Slither - 5:13
7. Carpe Diem Baby - 6:12
8. Bad Seed - 4:05
9. Where the Wild Things Are - 6:54
10. Prince Charming - 6:05
11. Low Man's Lyric - 7:37
12. Attitude - 5:16
13. Fixxxer - 8:15
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1. Frantic - 5:50
2. St. Anger - 7:21
3. Some Kind of Monster - 8:25
4. Dirty Window - 5:26
5. Invisible Kid - 8:30
6. My World - 5:46
7. Shoot Me Again - 7:10
8. Sweet Amber - 5:27
9. The Unnamed Feeling - 7:09
10. Purify - 5:13
11. All Within My Hands - 8:48
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1. That Was Just Your Life - 7:08
2. The End of the Line - 7:52
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred - 6:25
4. The Day That Never Comes - 7:56
5. All Nightmare Long - 7:58
6. Cyanide - 6:39
7. The Unforgiven III - 7:47
8. The Judas Kiss - 8:01
9. Suicide & Redemption - 9:58
10. My Apocalypse - 5:01
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