1) How
did Lars and James first meet?
Lars had taken out
an ad in a newspaper called the Recycler, saying he was looking for people
to jam with. James answered the ad, and was unimpressed with Lars' playing,
partly due to the fact that Lars' cymbals fell over everytime he hit them.
Shortly after, Lars went to England to follow his favorite band, Diamond
Head on tour, and after returning to the States got a spot on Brian Slagel's
"Metal Massacre" album. Using this as bait, he talked James into recording
a song for the album, and the rest is history.
2) What
is "Creeping Death" about?
About the tale of the
plagues bestowed upon the Egyptians, inspired by the second half of the
movie 'The Ten Commandments'
3) What
is Spastic Children?
Spastic Children
was a "joke band" created originally by James, Cliff and Fred Cotton and
James (Flunky) McDaniel. SC never practiced and played rather ludicrous
songs, Cliff played bass and Jaymz drummed, when Cliff died Kirk took over
the bass duties. Kirk says "Spastic Children was a good excuse to drink
and be silly on stage." Spastic has not been seen around lately.
4) Metallica
moved from LA to SF, why?
Cliff lived in
SF and refused to move to LA. In order to get Cliff as the bass player
the band had to relocate.
5) What
movie are the clips from "One" from?
"Johnny Got His
Gun", which was made from the book by Dalton Trumbo. who also directed
the movie.
6) Lars,
where is he from?
Gentofte (North of
Copenhagen), Denmark.
7) Who
designed the new Metallica logo?
James is responsible
for it.
8) Who
is John Marshall? Why did he play guitar for James?
John Marshall
was Kirks' long time friend and guitar tech (or roadie) at the time of
James' "accident" during the Ozzy tour. John was the natural choice to
fill in for James' rhythm playing because he was familiar with the songs.
John subsequently joined Metal Church, but was called to fill in for James
when James got burned on the Met/G'n'R tour in 1992.
9) Where
did the name Metallica come from?
Lars stole it.
"Mr. Metal" of San Francisco, Ron Quintana, was getting ready to launch
a metal fanzine and he had a few names. He asked his friend Lars for help..
after hearing the name "Metallica", Lars quickly suggested a different
name and kept "Metallica" for himself!
10) Where
is Cliff buried?
Cliff's ashes
were spread at various points around the bay area, including the Maxwell
Ranch House area.
11) Why
was Dave Mustaine kicked out of Metallica?
Because
he regularly over-abused alcohol and proved to be a major pain in the ass
towards the band and their potential friends, on the band's trip to New
Jersey to sign with Megaforce Records.
12) What
happened to Cliff Burton, the former bass player?
Cliff was killed
in a bus accident en route from Stockholm, Sweden to their next show in
the early morning hours of September 27,1986.
13) What
was Jason's first show with Metallica?
Jason's first
gig with Metallica was opening for Metal Church at The Country Club in
Reseda in the first week of November 1986. His second gig was the very
next night at Jezabelle's in Anaheim.
14) In
what show did Jaymz get burned by the pyrotechnics?
Montreal, August
9,1992
15)
What was Cliffs last show?
Stockholm,
Sweden. Sept. 26, 1986.
16) When
was Jason's last gig with Flotsam and Jetsam?
Oct.31(Halloween
night),1986.
17) What's
Lady Justices' nickname?
Doris
18) What
is Alcoholica?
A nickname for
Metallica,given to them somewhere in Europe in 1985, because of their love
of drinking., A fan was spotted wearing a t-shirt he had made of the cover
of "Kill 'Em All", only instead of a hammer and blood, the t-shirt showed
a bottle spilling Vodka. The band members liked it so much, they adopted
it for their own use.
19) Why
did they stop selling "Garage Days Re-revisited?
It was
something done for fun to get a "vibe' going with Jason back in 1987, it
was never intended to be around forever.
20) Who
were Metallica's main influences?
James Hetfield:
Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Ted Nugent.
Lars Ulrich:
DiamondHead, Motorhead, Deep Purple
Kirk Hammett:
Jimi Hendrix, UFO, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Kiss,
Jason Newsted:
Kiss, Rush, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent
21) Why
did Jason cut his hair?
It was fried
from concert lighting and smoke etc.
22) What
is the Snake Pit?
The Snake Pit
was a large pit in the middle of Metallica's diamond shaped Wherever I
May Roam stage, set aside for a few lucky fans to stand in the middle of
the action on stage. It is also an OnLine meeting place for Metallica fans
on AOL.
23) Who
does Metallica's artwork?
Pushead
(Brian Schroeder) and Mark Devito do a majority of the artwork for T shirts
and merchandise, and Jaymz came up with the scary guy logo and each album
cover is a different and unique situation.
24) When
was Cliff's first gig?
March 5, 1983,
The Stone in San Francisco.
25) When
and where was the first Metallica show?
Featuring
Ron McGovney on bass and Dave Mustaine on guitar, Metallica's first show
was at Radio City in Anaheim, CA. The date is said to be March 14,1982.
26) Where
did recorded Metallica first appear?
On
"Metal Massacre I", the very first Metallica song called "Hit The Lights"
appeared. That song featured James on vocals, rhythm guitar and bass! Lars
on drums, Mustaine on lead guitar, and another guitar player named Lloyd
Grant added the 2nd guitar solo. Later issuing's of "Metal Massacre" included
a different version of the song with McGovney on bass and without Grant.
27) Where
is the "Snake" from the black album from?
The "Snake"
is from the Culpepper Minute Men flag from which the motto "Don't Tread
On Me" also originates.
28) Why
did Lars thank Jethro Tull when they won the Grammy in 1992?
Jethro Tull won the award that many think Metallica deserved in
1989. The "thanks to Jethro Tull for NOT putting out an album this year,"
was an underhanded salute to the Industry for not recognizing Metallica
in 1989.
29) What
band was Cliff Burton in before Metallica, and how did Metallica meet him?
Lars feeling
unhappy with Ron McGovney's role with the band, heard about a bassist in
San Francisco from Brian Slagel. They went up to the Whisky a GoGo in Los
Angeles and saw Cliff playing in the band, Trauma. They were so impressed
that Lars took it upon himself to get Cliff to join the band. |