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If they can do it, why can't GN'R? Sorry, but I ALWAYS think about their missed opportunities when I see Metallica do good shit.
Metallica just go from strength to strength. For how HUGE they are in popularity, there's no egos or rockstar bullshit, and that I think is fucking awesome. And to put out stuff like this with such ease, it really goes to show how drama free it really can all be.
GN'R (ie. Axl) could definitely follow the way they go about their business.
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ESP Unveils METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD And KIRK HAMMETT Signature Guitars - Jan. 4, 2011
ESP has announced two brand new guitar models from METALLICA's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett.
The James Hetfield Snakebyte is a brand new body style for ESP and LTD in 2011. It has a set-neck construction at 24.75" scale, with a mahogany body and neck, and an ebony fingerboard with 22 XJ frets.
The Snakebyte comes with a bunch of high-end components, including Sperzel locking tuners, Schaller straplocks, a Tonepros locking bridge/tailpiece, and EMG 81 (bridge) / EMG 60 (neck) active pickups.
You can get the James Hetfield Snakebyte both in ESP and LTD versions, and both are available in two finishes: Black and Snow White, featuring a pearloid snake inlay on the fingerboard.
Another limited edition Kirk Hammett Signature Series model is also being introduced in 2011. The ESP KH-2 SE and LTD KH-SE are special edition guitars that will be limited to just 100 and 300 pieces worldwide respectively.
Highlighted by a brilliant Metallic Greenburst finish, the ESP KH-2 SE offers neck-thru-body construction, a 25.5" scale, an alder body, and maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 24 XJ frets (with frets 17-24 scalloped), and green pearloid skull inlays.
Other high-performance features include Gotoh tuners, EMG 81 (bridge) / EMG 60 (neck) active pickups, and an original Floyd Rose bridge. The LTD KH-SE has a bolt-on maple neck, a basswood body, ESP tuners and pickups, and a Floyd Rose Special bridge.
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METALLICA: 'Fade To Black' Photo Exhibition To Be Held In London - Jan. 4, 2011
According to Classic Rock magazine, a special METALLICA 30th anniversary photo exhibition will take place at Proud Camden in London, England starting next month.
Titled "Fade To Black: Metallica By Bill Hale", it chronicles the band in their early years, photographed by Hale between 1982 and 1984. This includes the lineup featuring Dave Mustaine and Ron McGovney, the first gig with Cliff Burton, the last show in the Bay Area with Mustaine and Kirk Hammett's live debut in San Francisco.
The exhibition runs from February 3 to April 3.
For more information, visit Proud.co.uk.
"Metallica: The Club Dayz", a collection of photographs of METALLICA that were shot by Bill Hale during the band's formative years in the San Francisco Bay Area club circuit between 1982 and 1984, was released in April 2009 via ECW Press.
As chief photographer of Metal Rendezvous, a groundbreaking heavy rock magazine that was published throughout the '80s, Bill Hale was given unlimited access to hang out with and photograph this then-fledgling metal band. His job at the time was to capture the band onstage and offstage and provide the magazine with unique photographs of the band showcasing their brazen live energy in concert to unveiling some of their crazy and unpredictable backstage antics.
Bill Hale was right there from the very beginning, capturing the band before, during and after their performances. He was at every one of their early Bay Area shows, without the safety of a photo pit, crushed among the savage crowd as they head-banged fearlessly to the music of their local heroes. Here, for the first time, Bill Hale opens up his photo vault. Witness one of the greatest rock bands of all time during their embryonic stage.
Influenced musically by the new breed of British metal yet epitomizing the punk rock attitude, METALLICA's loud, snotty and don't-five-a-fuck attitude is very evident in these photographs. Most of the photos in this book have never been published and many of the images have never before been revealed to the public. "Metallica: The Club Dayz" is a long lost chapter of this band's visual history.
For more infromation, visit Amazon.com.
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METALLICA Part Of ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME's 'Legends Of Rock' Exhibit - Jan. 19, 2011
METALLICA's web site has been updated with the following message:
"We were genuinely honored and humbled to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame back in April of 2009 and now our friends in Cleveland are continuing to share the METALLICA love with additional MET-artifacts on display in the Rock Hall's Main Exhibit Hall as part of the Legends Of Rock exhibit.
"If you're going to be in the Cleveland area, stop by and check it out!"
For more information, visit RockHall.com.
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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Surfing In Hawaii; New Photos Posted Online http://bit.ly/gmpkQC
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METALLICA Drummer Sued By Former Personal Assistant http://bit.ly/idPID5
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Exclusive: Kirk Hammett Says Secret Metallica Project In the Works
'We want to record it in two weeks. It's not really 100 percent a Metallica record,' says band's lead guitarist
Andy Greene
February 10, 2011 3:30 PM ET
Metallica just wrapped up a grueling two-year tour behind 2008's Death Magnetic, but in May they'll head back into the studio to begin a new project. "We want to record it in two weeks," guitarist Kirk Hammett tells Rolling Stone. "We had planned on doing it in March, but we pushed it back to May. I don't want to give too much away, but it's not really 100 percent a Metallica record. It's a recording project, let's put it that way. Without getting too deep into it, it's more a recording project than a bona fide Metallica album. Whether or not we can pull it off in just two weeks remains to be seen."
Metallica's Kirk Hammett Remembers Gary Moore
Whatever that means, Hammett is also looking forward to playing the Big 4 Festival April 23rd with Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax. "It's like a big class reunion," he says. "It's super cool because I'm really tight with the guys in Anthrax and I love the guys in Slayer and, you know, I'm never really bothered by the Megadeth guys."
Metallica Photos: Three Decades of Metal Mayhem
Much has been made of Metallica's rivalry with their former guitarist Dave Mustaine's band Megadeth, but Hammett says it's all ancient history. "It's not that big of a deal," he says. "At least it never was for me... With all these bands, the opportunity for all of us to just hang out and look at each and grin and say to each other, 'Look, we're still here.' That's just an amazing thing."
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METALLICA's 'Garage Inc.' To Be Reissued On Vinyl http://bit.ly/fRXpep 5 minutes ago via twitterfeed
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LARS ULRICH: METALLICA Has 'No Plans' To Resurrect 'Lost' Recordings http://bit.ly/gH1oK5 about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
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METALLICA's ULRICH: Touring Behind 'Death Magnetic' Has Made Me Appreciate It Even More http://bit.ly/gNbmXj about 14 hours ago via twitterfeed
