Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 21-03-2009
(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)Metallica's Kirk Hammell, left, and James Hetfield perform at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas on Friday. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Invading South By Southwest, Metallica attempted to pose as one of the hundreds of smaller bands...
Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 10-03-2009
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The wheels temporarily came off Metallica’s bandwagon this week as it cranks its way around the globe. Frontman James Hetfield was taken to hospital with a stomach bug, forcing the cancellation of a Stockholm gig.
Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 26-10-2008
Anton CorbijnUpon learning that they had won The Plain Dealer's Rock Hall readers' poll, the veteran headbangers of Metallica -- from left, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich -- could barely contain their excitement. ONLINE AUDIO: A...
Filed Under (Main Content) by Content Keyword RSS on 15-09-2008
Pop Metallica hasn't truly done riff-racing thrash metal since 1988. In its place, guitarists Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, and several bassists traded Metallica's patented molding of volume and speed for something less operatically dynamic and less gloriously morose. They found pop hooks and structures, garage slop and therapy-laden lyrics.
