#metallica 1983

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

HAVING NAILED THE AUDITION -- THAT HAMMETT KID WAS REALLY GOING PLACES IN '83.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a photo-series titled "Kirk Hammett's First Shows," documenting the then newly-recruited guitarist earliest gigs with American thrash metal band METALLICA, c. 1983. All photos from the collection of Lars Ulrich.

JOINING THE BAND: ""I had a week to learn all the songs; and back then, learning eight or 10 songs in a week would have been pretty difficult. I could probably learn eight or 10 songs in like four days now because I’m just better at it. But back then it was a lot.”

“And I remember sitting down with that Metallica demo tape and just learning as much as I could, and then flying out. And I remember when I arrived in New York City, and I arrived at the rehearsal spot in Jamaica, Queens.”

“It was like 20 degrees outside, and it was snowing. That was a bit of a shock for me because I’d never left California at that point. I remember getting there, and it was like early evening, and those guys were just getting up. And I thought, ‘Who the gets up at six or seven o’clock at night?!’

“I remember saying hello to them and then 15 minutes later, they’re saying to me, ‘Come on, let’s just play some tunes! Well, what do you want to play?’ And I instantly went for the easiest song to play, which is ‘Seek and Destroy.’ And I remember playing ‘Seek and Destroy’ with them, and I couldn’t understand why Lars and James kept on looking at each other and smiling.”

“And I thought, "Wow, they must really enjoy this song… Or maybe there’s something else going on that I don’t know about." I later found out that it was because they were just so happy that it sounded so good right from the start.

"I just started playing shows with them. And then the next thing, I’m in the studio with them and recording [the 1983 METALLICA debut] "Kill ‘Em All." So I thought, "Well, I must be in the band if I’m recording an album with 'em now." Because they never sat me down and said, "You’re officially in the band" – they never did that!""

--- ROCK AND ROLL GARAGE, "Guitarist Kirk Hammett recalls his audition to join Metallica," published by Rafael Polcaro, c. June 2021

Sources: https://metallicablackbox.com/products/kirk-hammetts-first-shows & https://rockandrollgarage.com/guitarist-kirk-hammett-recalls-his-audition-to-join-metallica/amp.

[loozypoo]

[duffsmckagan]

March 5th, 1983. Kirk was still in his band Exodus.

[latest-bloody-latest]

James Hetfield performs "HIT THE LIGHTS" "The Metro" - Chicago, IL August 12th, 1983

[jarofalicesgrunge]

Metallica at Chicago December 15th 1983.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔐𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔞, յգՑՅ.

📸 : 𝔊𝔞𝔯𝔶 𝔏. ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔡

[cosmonautroger]

Metallica, Whiplash, 1983

[aimbuddylist]

wrote kind of a klars fic for the first time ever. To Live Deliberately (on ao3)

[the-young-metal-attack]

Cliff Burton with his Turquoise Metallic 1972 Volkswagen 411 Stationwagon dubbed “The Grasshopper” (photo Harald Oimoen).As Dave Donato recalls, the steering wheel was in very bad shape because Cliff used to drum on it constantly while listening to his cassettes, so he had clipped a pair of vice grips to the nut in order to steer. He would often headbang while driving, occasionally looking up to the windshield, slamming on the brakes, speeding up again, braking again according to what he could glimpse of the traffic through his hair. Trash was accumulating in the Grasshopper, blowing all around as Cliff usually drove with windows opened. The original side chrome strips were long gone, but the roof rack and the radio antenna were still there.The back of the Grasshopper was once smashed in pretty badly by a bunch of kids in a Buick, while Cliff and Dave Dotano were on their way to one of Metallica's most famous Burton-era gigs, their concert at the Day on the Green Festival, on 31 August 1985. “Oh, shit, we’re sorry.” said the kids who were all wearing Metallica t-shirts. To which Cliff answered in a typical, Burton-like way, “I don’t care. Do you?”

[dreamofyouandi]

pov you ask cliff burton what he thinks of glam metal and he gives you the most aggressive eye roll ever displayed by a human specimen

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

AMERICAN LEATHER -- FLYING V -- BULLET BELT -- IT'S THRASHBACK THURSDAY.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on shots of Kirk Hammett from one of his earliest gigs with METALLICA, "Kill 'em all" era, c. April 1983.

The "metal punk" influence is still prevalent, too, as can be deduced by Kirk's fashion decisions in these shots. Never seen these before, either, and I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say they're from the same gig.

Sources: http://r.adres.pl/1209143.html & Reddit.

[popculturebaby]

Happy New Year everyone! 🥳

[duffsmckagan]

I wonder if this was the show where Lars stripped in front of Kirk.

[latest-bloody-latest]

METALLICA, BEFORE THE SHOW "The Metro" - Chicago, IL August 12th, 1983

[jarofalicesgrunge]

Happy Birthday James 🎈

At Kill E’m All tour in Chicago, Illinois, 1983.

📸: Gene Ambo

[imgonnabesic]

Metallica, Kill ‘Em All

disclaimer: don’t bring this album up around me unless you wanna hear me go on a long rant about my favorite tracks, their meanings and why i like each one individually, and witness me pulling out a comically large photo album from a tiny pocket in my shirt full of all my favorite pictures of the members from that specific era/time period (i always keep one handy, you never know).

i think you get my point

definitely in my top 5 albums EVER

i would put my favorite songs off the record below, but that would mean putting down every. single. one.

CALL ME A MEATRIDER I DONT CARE!!!