Alcoholica

A nickname for Metallica, given to them somewhere in Europe 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.

Apocalyptica

Apocalyptica is a Finish band that released their tribute to Metallica album in May 96. They are a quartet that consists of four guys playing

cellos. The songs on this album where chosen because they could be arranged for the cellos, something songs with fast guitar solos can not.

They even did a video for Enter Sandman

Billboard

"Kill 'Em All" at #120 in February of 1988, 5 years after being released.

"Ride The Lightning" at #100 in the spring on 1985.

"Master of Puppets" at #29 shortly after its release.

"Garage Days Re-revisited" at #28 about a month after release.

"...And Justice For All" at #6, four weeks after release.

"Metallica" debuted at #1 and stayed there for 4 weeks.

"Load" debuted at #1

Blitzer

When Lars and Jayms tried to find a suitable name for the band, all they could come up with as first was "Blitzer", "Grinder" and "Red

vette", but as you probably know, they ended up with "Metallica".

Devils Dance

A track ment to be on the Load album, but were pulled out in the last minute. The song were performed live a few times prior to that album.

"Devils dance" will probably appear on the 7th album.

Die Krupps

This is a German band that released a nine song tribute CD to Metallica. Their interpretation of the songs is considerably different than that

of the originals. There is some guitar, but mostly keyboards, electronic drums and a strong accent from the vocalist.

Ecstasy of Gold

metallicas intro tape on their shows. Ecstasy of Gold is composed by Ennio Morricone, and are from the Clint Eastwood flick "The Good, The

Bad and the Ugly."

influences

- James Hetfield: Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Ted Nugent.

- Lars Ulrich: Diamond Head, Motorhead, Deep Purple

- Kirk Hammett: Jimi Hendrix, UFO, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Joe Satriani

- Jason Newsted: Kiss, Rush, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent

Johnny Got His Gun

The movie clips on "One" is from the film "Johnny Got His Gun", which was made from the book by Dalton Trumbo. who also directed the

movie.

Ktulu

From the song "The call of ktulu". Ktulu comes from the author H.P.Lovecraft. He writes really good books and Metallica was influenced a

bit by him after Cliff Burton had introduced his writings to the rest of the band. Ktulu is in a book that H.P. Lovecraft wrote. They are great

books that explore the macabre to it's fullest. They changed it to make it different.

The logo

James is responsible for it.

Make-A-Wish foundation

Make-A-Wish foundation is an organisation that attempts to make the wishes of seriously ill youngsters come true. Metallica actively

support and assist as often as possible.

Metal Massacre I

A compilation album including bands like Ratt, Bitch, Malice etc. The Metallica song "Hit The Lights" appeared on this album, which was the

first vinyl release featuring the four M's.

Mechanix

Dave Mustaine wrote a few tunes with Lars and Jayms when he was a member of the band. Mechanix is one of these, which later was

changed a bit and given a new name "The four horsemen". The original version can be heard on some old demos, as well as on the first

Megadeth album

The Name

Lars stole the name Metallica from "Mr. Metal" of San Francisco, Ron Quintana. He was getting ready to launch a metal fanzine and had a

few names. He asked his friend Lars for help, and after hearing the name "Metallica", Lars quickly suggested a different name and kept

"Metallica" for himself!

Paradise Lost

"Paradise lost", the movie - not the band. It is about three kids from Tennesse (or some south-eastern state) who listened to Metallica and

other metal. They ended up murdering somebody and the people blamed the music they listened to. The tracks "Sanitarium", "Orion" and

"Ktulu" are on it.

Q-Prime

The bands management company. Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch are two of the guys employed here, and they work with Metallica.

Recycler

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.

Scary guy

Jaymz came up with the Scary Guy logo which first saw the light of day on the 3 track limited edition CD-single "Live at

wembley". You will also find the scull design on the "Live, shit..." box, as well as on T-shirts and merchandise.

Scrap Metal

At the 1987 Aardshok Festival in Zwolle, Holland a group of Metallica roadies under the name SCRAP METAL opened

the nine hour festival that Metallica headlined playing a set of covers!

The Snake

The "Snake" that you can see on the cover of the black album is from the Culpepper Minute Men flag from which the motto "Don't Tread

On Me" also originates. The flag is actually from the Revolutionary War. There are a couple of different versions of it. There is a yellow one,

a white one and one with red and white stripes, which was the first American Flag ! The white one at the top reads "The Culpepper

Minutemen", and the yellow one just has the snake and Don't Tread on me at the bottom.

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 on-line meeting place for Metallica fans on AOL.

'The Ten Commandments'

The lyrics for "Creeping Death" is about the tale of the plagues bestowed upon the Egyptians, inspired by the second half of the movie 'The

Ten Commandments'

Tommy's Joint

Tommy's Joint is a Hoffbrau (meat, potatoes and BEER!!!) located in San Francisco and was a hangout of Metallica's, it is also the place

where JASON was asked to join the band!