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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Featured On New K'NAAN Album

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett makes a guest appearance on the second album from the Somali-Canadian poet and musician K'naan (born Kanaan Warsame). Due on February 24, "Troubadour" was recorded at the legendary Tuff Gong Studio in Jamaica. Other guest musicians appearing on the CD include MAROON...

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Excerpts From 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' Book Posted Online

Two excerpts from Joel McIver's twelfth book, "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists", have been placed online at the U.K.-based author's web site. Chosen at random from the 100 entries, the excerpts discuss the guitar genius of the late Chuck Schuldiner of DEATH and Kirk Windstein of DOWN. "The 100 Gre...

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METALLICA's HETFIELD Says 'Death Magnetic' Sounds 'Better' With Compression

Guitar Player associate editor Matt Blackett went to Kansas City on October 25, 2008 to interview James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett for the magazine's February 2009 issue and catch a sold-out show on the "Death Magnetic" tour. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Guitar Player: There's a big brouha...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Says 'Death Magnetic' Sound Debate Is 'Truly About Tastes'

Shay Quillen of MercuryNews.com conducted an interview with METALLICA's Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich backstage in Fresno on Saturday. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Kirk Hammett on file-sharing: "Our thinking hasn't changed at all. I mean, I think that intellectual property should...

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METALLICA: 'All Nightmare Long' Video Director Speaks

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine spoke to Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober) who created the new METALLICA video, "All Nightmare Long". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Hammer: What was the band's first reaction? Roboshob: Very positive: emails from James [Hetfield] and Kirk [Hammett] were p...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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METALLICA's ULRICH, HAMMETT Talk 'Guitar Hero'

Mike Snider of USA Today conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett, as well as Activision lead designer Alan Flores, about the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game, due early in 2009. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: How did this game com...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'We've Always Had An Open Mind Toward The Internet'

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett recently spoke to FresnoBee.com about the fact that his band, which took on Napster in an online battle for music copyrights, has now become a multiheaded behemoth on the Web. On the LiveMetallica.com web site where fans can download audio from any of the band's conc...

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METALLICA: 'Jump In The Fire' Creature Available Now

Japan-based Medicom Toys is one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world. As METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett said, "It's important to use a company like Medicom who knows toys, quality toys, inside and out." They bring to life many of our action heroes from Batman, Spiderman, "Star Wars", Disn...

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DOWN/KINGDOM OF SORROW Guitarist KIRK WINDSTEIN Tackling 'Personal Demons'

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR, DOWN, KINGDOM OF SORROW) will not be rejoining his KINGDOM OF SORROW bandmates for the remaining dates on the group's current tour with GWAR. Commented Kirk: "I have been busting ass for nearly two years straight now...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Talks 'Old-School Russian Film Footage'

A six-minute video clip of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett talking about "cool, old-school Russian film footage" has been posted on Metallica TV, METALLICA's official YouTube channel. Watch it below. METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich hinted to RollingStone.com that the band's next album could well come...

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METALLICA's TRUJILLO Holding His Own With Rock Royalty

Alan Sculley of The Vancouver Province reports: Prior to joining METALLICA, bassist Robert Trujillo played with one of the most colorful figures in all of rock history, Ozzy Osbourne, serving as his bassist for seven years. "I've learned how to cater to personalities, I think, pretty well, even when...

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ROBERT TRUJILLO: 'With METALLICA, There's No Shortage Of Creative Energy Or Ideas'

Keith Spera of The Times-Picayune recently conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Times-Picayune: One of my favorite scenes in "Some Kind of Monster" is when you're offered the METALLICA job and drummer Lars Ulrich casually...

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KINGDOM OF SORROW Featuring KENNY HICKEY: Sayreville Footage Available

Video footage of KINGDOM OF SORROW performing the song "Buried In Black" on October 14, 2008 at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey can be viewed below (courtesy of Tgod Television). KINGDOM OF SORROW is utilizing the services of TYPE O NEGATIVE guitarist Kenny Hickey for a portion of it...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Celebrates 46th Birthday; Video Available

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett celebrated his 46th birthday by performing with the band on November 18, 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Official Metallica.com footage of the onstage festivities can be viewed below. METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was recently interviewed by Linda Mariano of Australia's Tri...