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James Hetfield

James Hetfield

Acting • 1963-08-03 • Downey, California, USA

James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles. In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

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The Big Four: Live in Sofia8.3

The Big Four: Live in Sofia

2010

Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 19898.6

Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989

1993

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile7.0

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019

Skylanders Academy6.7

Skylanders Academy

2016

Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City7.9

Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City

2009

Metallica: Quebec Magnetic8.1

Metallica: Quebec Magnetic

2012

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