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Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) [1] is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed the thrash metal band Exodus in 1979.
In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, [4] as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. [5] Rolling Stone placed him along with bandmate Kirk Hammett as the 23rd greatest guitarist of all time. [6]
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin playing double-necked guitar onstage in 1973. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, The Firm) Clive Painter (Broken Dog, The 99 Call, Tram, The Real Tuesday Weld) Brad Paisley; Orianthi Panagaris; Joe Pass; Les Paul; Michal Pavlíček; Axel Rudi Pell; Tony Peluso (The Carpenters) Carl Perkins; Luther Perkins ...
Gojira lead guitarist Christian Andreu said it was while listening to Ride the Lightning that he started making music; saying "we find on the album 'Fade to Black', 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', emblematic pieces". [263] Trivium guitarists Corey Beaulieu and Matt Heafy said that when they heard Metallica they wanted to start playing guitar.
John Marshall (born January 4, 1962) is an American musician, best known as a former guitarist for the heavy metal band Metal Church (1986–1996, 1998–2001). He was the guitar tech for Metallica's lead guitarist Kirk Hammett. [1] Marshall also became the fill-in rhythm guitarist for Metallica's James Hetfield on two occasions when Hetfield ...
It was then put on sale by Winfield for $2 million, after which it was owned by several private collectors. [4] In 2014, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett purchased Greeny from guitar dealer Richard Henry for "less than $2 million". Henry was selling the guitar on behalf of the then owner Melvyn Franks, and Franks had consigned the guitar to ...
David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and for his time as the lead guitarist of Metallica. [1]
The rhythm guitar player is part of the rhythm section of the band, along with the bass guitarist and the drummer. The lead guitarist plays guitar solos, instrumental melody lines and melodic fill passages. In power trios, which consist of a guitarist, bassist and drummer, with one or more members singing lead vocals, the single guitarist will ...