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Metallica

Greatest. Band. Ever.

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Just The Facts

  1. Metallica comes out on stage to the song "Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good The Bad and the Ugly.
  2. Metallica is the only band to have had 5 consecutive albums (every album since 1991) debut at no 1.
  3. Metallica is the 4th highest selling artist in the world.
  4. Metallica took heavy metal mainstream.

The Band

James Hetfield:

So hardcore that he once caught himself on fire on stage and got 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his body and didn't cancel the tour. Also writes most of the songs with Lars, the other original member of Metallica.

Lars Ulrich:

The drummer. Best known for his war against Napster and being the most badass drummer ever to come from Denmark. Original member of the band.

Kirk Hammett:

Kirk Hammett is the lead guitarist.

Jason Newsted:

Jason was the bassist until 2001 when he left the band to work on a side project band called Echobrain. He also supplied backup vocals to James.

Robert Trujillo (February 2003):

Robert Trujillo (pictured above in sunglasses and black leather jacket) became the new bassist in 2003 during the recording of St. Anger. he was formerly with Jane's Addiction and Ozzy Osbourne.

Dave Mustane (Megadeth):

Dave Mustane was kicked out of hte band early on for his excessive drinking. He went on to form his own popular band, Megadeth.

Cliff Burton:

Cliff Burton was killed in a car accident in 1986. He plated the bass guitar and was replaced by Jason Newsted.

The Music

Note: numbers of albums sold are in the U.S. only.

Kill 'Em All:

Chart position: 120

Albums sold: 3 million

Ride The Lightning:

Chart position: 100

Albums sold: 5 million

Master of Puppets:

Chart position: 29

Albums sold: 6 million

Garage Days:

Chart position: 28

Albums sold: 1 million (limited release)

And Justice For All:

Chart position: 6

Albums sold: 8 million

Metallica:

Chart position: 1

Albums sold: 15 million

Load:

Chart position: 1

Albums sold: 5 million

Reload:

Chart position: 1

Albums sold: 4 million

St. Anger:

Chart position: 1

Albums sold: 2 million

Death Magnetic:

Chart position: 1

Albums sold: 3 million

The Legacy

Metallica has become one of thte most popular bands in the world. People of all ages have been buying guitars just so they can learn to play Metallica songs.

Guitar Hero also released Guitar Hero: Metallica

And speaking of boners, here is a Russian classic painist playing Fade to Black on the piano. She has several more Metallica songs on her YouTube channel.

Required Viewing

For Whom the Bell Tolls:

Creeping Death:

Master of Puppets:

Metallica Articles

James Sings at 200 frames per second   Submitted by: ninja   |   Aug 23, 2009
Metallica homepage   Submitted by: ninja   |   Jun 15, 2009




Cracked Talk on | Metallica

Okay,buddy. Epic fail on the lack of explaining how amazing Cliff Burton was, how epically he died, and how Metallica lost their metal after he died. Due to his death we were forced to endure 9 minute thrashes in And Justice For All, which, when compared to Master of Puppets, is totally obvious that metallica completely lost their shit without him.

0 Replies | Reply | Posted on 2/8/2010 6:57 PM
Arkham8

This would be a great wikipedia article I guess, but this is a humor site man. Make a funny.

1 Replies | Hide Replies | Reply | Posted on 12/2/2009 11:31 AM
khargrove623

Agree, it's very wikipedia-like

Posted on 1/1/2010 6:07 PM
linoleum_jc

It was at least informal, even though the only people reading this probably already know alot about Metallica

0 Replies | Reply | Posted on 11/26/2009 4:26 PM
AceofKnaves

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