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Los Angeles, California, United States (1981 – present)
Metallica is an American metal band formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, United States when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in The Recycler. Metallica’s line-up originally consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Dave Mustaine. Mustaine was later fired due to problems with alcoholism and drug addiction - he went on to form the band Megadeth. Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett took his place. Metallica has been through several bassists, including Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton (who died in a bus crash while the band was on tour), and Jason Newsted.
The current bassist is Robert Trujillo, who joined in 2003.
Metallica’s early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the “big four” of the thrash metal sub-genre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and “heavy” metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.
In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band’s copyright-protected material for free without the band members’ consent. A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service.
Metallica’s early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the “big four” of the thrash metal sub-genre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with the 1986 release Master of Puppets described as one of the most influential and “heavy” metal albums. The band achieved substantial commercial success with Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience.
In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band’s copyright-protected material for free without the band members’ consent. A settlement was reached, and Napster became a pay-to-use service.
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sithlord1992 wrote:
It's my world you can't have it!!!
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super-ratel wrote:
shit band. mortuary drape is 100000000x better than this shit band.
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KeIemvor wrote:
"Cliff Burton, the greatest metal bass player" Not really.
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HafizzCoffee wrote:
alles Gute zum Geburtstag
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Pedrorockeiro wrote:
Happy Birthday Cliff!!!!! [2]
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PatrickDrakkar wrote:
Happy Birthday Cliff!!!!!
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Antonio-Jr wrote:
Happy Birthday, master!
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Hail Cliff!
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Re-Kramer wrote:
Happy Birthday Cliff Burton!
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Cloud3 wrote:
Rock in peace, Cliff. Happy Birthday
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super-ratel wrote:
still with the birthday wishes? man o man you guys are getting me mad. so mad. < stop it
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Marta9666 wrote:
Hey Cliff! Happy Birthday \m/
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Happy Birthday Cliff !!! R.I.P
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Happy B-Day Cliff !! : ))
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super-ratel wrote:
this band. why. why this band. just no. megadeth yes. simples.
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DasLehrling wrote:
Metal up your ass! :)
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sawfuck wrote:
God of metal bass. ♥
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sawfuck wrote:
Cliff Burton, the greatest metal bass player. RIP We will miss you forever!
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super-ratel wrote:
fenris_wolf_ why don't you tell us? since you're in no position to chose one or the other please believe we're both deaf and retarded
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wakaflokjoydvsn wrote:
Lol these guys r clowns
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Sonisphere Festival 2012
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News
The Big 4 to Sweden!
2 Mar 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/metallica
The final announcement in our recent series
of European adventures finds us in Gothenburg, Sweden on July
3, 2011.
Of course Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer will all be there for
our first
Big 4 show...
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The Big 4 to Sweden!
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22 Feb 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/metallica
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