Thrash Metal (Heavy Metal) band from Los Angeles, California (USA).
Metallica formed in 1981 by vocalist/guitarist and drummer . The duo first met through an ad in a Los Angeles-based music newspaper. At the time, Ulrich had little musical experience and no band but managed to secure a slot on an upcoming compilation record called . Metallicas contribution, Hit The Lights, featured Hetfield, Ulrich and lead guitarist . Afterwards, became the band's bassist and joined the band as lead guitarist. This line-up would re-record "Hit The Lights" for subsequent re-pressings of "Metal Massacre" and would also issue several demos. In 1983, McGovney quit the group and was replaced by , which also saw the band relocate to San Francisco. Metallica then traveled to New York after signing a deal with . However, once in New York, the band fired Mustaine. It would mark the beginning of a long feud between Mustaine and Metallica, mostly fueled by remarks Mustaine would make to the press. Mustaine was replaced by Kirk Hammett of .
Metallica's debut LP, "Kill 'Em All
Name Vars
- Metalica
- MetalliKiss
- Metallica-97
- Metallika
- Metalmilitia
- Mettallica
- Металика
- Металлика
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- ǍǑ౬
- ǍǑ౬ਂڊ
- Ǒ๐؟
- Ǒ౬ࣽӁЈԱܘ
Aliases
- The Lemmy's
- Four Horsemen
- Dehaan
Members
- Kirk Hammett
- Lars Ulrich
- Dave Mustaine
- James Hetfield
- Cliff Burton
- Jason Newsted
- Robert Trujillo
- Ron McGovney