James Hetfield
James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles.
In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time.
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In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time.
This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Known For
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Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu
Metallica: Live from The House of Vans
Metallica: This Monster Lives
Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022
Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012
Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre
Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets
Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004
Metallica: Live at Sonisphere
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit
Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017
Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015
Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
Metallica: Nagoya, Japan
Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets
Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen
Flying V
Metallica: Live at San Diego
Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
Metallica: Detroit, Michigan
Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
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