Click on a head to go to the infos James Hetfield Birthdate : August 3, 1963 Birthplace : Los Angeles, California Vitals : 1.85 meters & 81.65 kilos; blond hair & blue eyes Married & children : yes and one child Residence : Los Angeles, California Instruments played : Vocals, guitar Hobbies : Hunting, hot-rods, anonymity, snowboarding, street hockey, wave boarding, cigars, choppers, guns Some of his influences on becoming a master of learics for Metallica were, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, and Motorhead. His jobs before his singing career were, a janitor, and a sticker factory worker. James had a band before Metallica, and it was called "Obsession". James is the quiet person in the band; usually in interviews he doesn't talk as much, he hates interviews. But, when it comes to concerts, he is the call of the Devil!!! James' parents were Christian Scientists, the "big" jobs. But James, he liked to lie low, a quiet kid into sports. His older step-brother played the drums in a local band. This made James turn to rock in general; Black Sabbath. In his junior years, James and his family all moved to Brea, California. This is where James started out with his guitar playing. He played in the "high school party band" called Obsession, playing mostly Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Around this time, he got hooked up with Ron McGovney, who was soon to be metallica's first bass player. Then after, James got to meet Lars Ulrich through a newspaper called the "Recycler". This is when Metallica was truely first formed. James found himself playing the guitar instead of singing so that he could concentrate on guitar. They started to look for a frontman, but it never worked out. James continued to do both singing and rhythm guitar playing. With that, Metallica were on their way to popularity! Lars Ulrich Birthdate : December 26, 1963 Birthplace : Gentofte, Denmark Vitals : 1.7 meters & 58.97 kilos; blond/brown hair & green eyes Married & children : Yes Residence : Los Angeles, California Instruments played : Drums Hobbies : running, scuba diving, skiing, movies Some of his influences on becoming what he is are, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, Motorhead, and Status Quo. His former jobs before he became drummer for Metallica was that he had his own paper route, and he worked at a near by gas station as a cahier. Born and raised in Copenhagen, Lars spent most of the day following in his father's footsteps and playing tennis. Lars' father was a tennis pro. Lars wanted to be just like him so he started to play tennis and became very serious in it. Until he moved to Los Angeles. He gave up the sport, and wanted to start drumming. He got this idea because he was good at air drumming and he was hitting cardboard boxes. So he convinced his grandmother to buy him a drum set in 1977. He met a guy named James Hetfield to start jaming with him. Soon, they would start their own garage band called Metallica. METALLICA IS BORN!!! Kirk Hammett Birthdate : November 18, 1962 Birthplace : San Fransisco Vitals : 1.7 meters & 60.78 kilos; brown hair & brown eyes Married & children : Yes Residence : San Fransisco Instruments played : guitar and a little anything else Hobbies : Mountain bike, collect all about 'horror' First record session : "Kill'em All First band : Exodus First live performance : At Old Waldorf in 1982 with Exodus His influences for becoming a guitarist was, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Schenker, Steve Vai, The Doors, and David Bowie. His former jobs before becoming a wicked guitarist was that he worked in a near by Burger King, and also worked at a warehouse. He had a band before Metallica, it was called "Exodus". Kirk's older brother was a big hippie and introduced Kirk to the popular music at the time. When his brother went away for school, Kirk would pick up his brother's guitar and just started fooling around with it. He liked the instrument. In 1981, by the time he was 20, Kirk started guitar lessons, and about "two weeks later", he formed a band called "Exodus". He jamed with his band and played in clubs. After leaving the band, Kirk met up with James, Lars and Cliff after Dave Mustaine got kicked out of the band. Soon, Kirk and the rest of Metallica would record the album "Kill 'Em All". Jason Newsted Birthdate : March 4, 1963 Birthplace : Battle Creek (Milwaukee) Vitals : 1.75 meters & 68.04 kilos; brown/red hair & blue eyes Married & children : No Residence : San Fransisco Instruments played : Bass, guitar(slide),battery (?) Hobbies : Music, music and music First record session : In 1983 in Phoenix (Arizona) with the Dogz First band : Diamond in 1977 First live performance : At Kalamazoo (Milwaukee) in 1979 His influenses for music and performing are all of the bass players in the bands, Kiss, Rush, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Yes. His first jobs before becoming a great bass player for Metallica was that he was a busboy and a dishwasher. Just like Kirk, Jason had a band before he came to Metallica, it was called "Flotsan & Jetson". Jason got his first bass at age 13, played with it, then got bored of it. After 5 years, he took took it out again, liked it better, then started to play seriously. He quit school to join his first band "Flotsam & Jetsam" (His parents accepted his forgiveness now). He played in clubs and concerts and released a record with the band. Then along came James , Lars and Kirk feeling sad that they lost their bassist, Cliff Burton, in a bus accident. They were looking for a replacement. They asked Jason to try out, mainly jam and spend time with them. Then the big news came, James asked Jason if he would join Metallica. Jason was so happy that in responce to James' offer, he screamed at the top of his lungs right in the middle of a restaurant. Now, the true Metallica is born!!!