NEW ALBUM: DAYS LEFT

JAMES HETFIELD


INSTRUMENT: Vocals, guitar

SPECIALTY: Angst-ridden, soul-rending, growling, loud-ass vocals

BIRTHDAY: August 3, 1963

FROM: Los Angeles, California

VITALS: 6'1" & 180 lbs (1.85 meters & 81.65 kilos); blond hair & blue eyes

EATS: Coors Light, Pacifico, Bombay Gin Martinis, Caffney's Irish Ale

FOOD: Mexican, meat-n-potatoes, beer

SPORTS TEAMS: Oakland Raiders, San Jose Sharks, San Jose Clash

BEFORE METALLICA: Played in Obsession, Leather Charm

PRE-METALLICA CAREER: Worked in sticker printing factory

LIKES: Hunting, fishing, anonymity, snowboarding, street hockey, water skiing, cigars

LISTENS TO: Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Skynyrd, Thin Lizzy

HEROES: Clint Eastwood, Pops Hetfield

FIRST CONCERT: Aerosmith & AC/DC, 1978, Long Beach, California

DESCRIBES SELF AS: Rugged, honest, stubborn

KIRK HAMMETT


INSTRUMENT: Guitar

SPECIALTY: Kick-ass, full-blown lead guitar vocals

BIRTHDAY: November 18, 1962

FROM: San Francisco, California

VITALS: 5'8" & 134 lbs (1.7 meters & 60.78 kilos); brown hair & brown eyes

DRINKS: Martinis, Sky Vodka, green tea

EATS: Sushi, Mexican food, pasta, Indian food

SPORTS TEAMS: None ("I hate sports!")

BEFORE METALLICA: Played in Exodus, drank a lot

LIKES: Mountain biking, tattoos, piercing, collecting old horror-movie stuff, cigars, philosophy, H.P. Lovecraft

LISTENS TO: Jimi Hendrix, UFO, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Led Zeppelin, Kiss, John Coltrane, Goul, Mule, Chet Baker, Prez Prado, AIC, David Bowie, U2, King Crimson, Robert Johnson

HEROES: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Jimi Hendrix, Chet Baker, Diane Arbus, John Coltrane, Charles Bukowski, Edward Munch, Joel Peter Whitkin

FIRST CONCERT: Day on the Green with the Eagles, Steve Miller, Heart, and Foreigner

DESCRIBES SELF AS: Smelly, ugly, happy, obsessive, progressive, curious

LARS ULRICH


INSTRUMENT: Drums

SPECIALTY: Pounding, driving rhythms

BIRTHDAY: December 26, 1963

FROM: Gentofte, Denmark

VITALS: 5'7" & 130 lbs (1.7meters & 58.97 kg); blond/brown hair & green eyes

DRIVES: Porsche, Chevy Blazer, Range Rover, Saab

DRINKS: Dry white wine, Evian, tea

EATS: French Food, tuna, sushi, frozen yogurt

SPORTS TEAM: San Jose Sharks, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

BEFORE METALLICA: None

PRE-METALLICA CAREER: Paper boy, gas station attendant

LIKES: Hanging with my wife, running, scuba diving, skiing, movies, fashion, art

LISTENS TO: Oasis, AIC, Black Grape, my wife

HEROES: Guillermo Vilas, Ritchie Blackmore, Ace Frehley

FIRST CONCERT: Deep Purple, 1973, Copenhagen

DESCRIBES SELF AS: Anticipating, stubborn, spontaneous, sarcastic, talkative, silly, squeaky

JASON NEWSTED


BORN: March 4, 1963, Battle Creek, Michigan

HOME TOWN: Kalamazoo, Michigan

VITALS: Height: 5' 9" Weight: 150 lbs Brown/Red hair --- Blue eyes

DESCRIBES SELF AS: Energetic, caring, goofy

HEROES: Gene Simmons, Al Pacino, B.B. King, my father, Zach Harmen

PREVIOUS JOBS: Burger flipper, a pizza maker and a truck driver

DRIVES: 1967 Ford Mustang and a 1994 Land Cruiser

FAVORITE FOOD: Anything that's BBQed

FAVORITE DRINK: Bordeaux, Barolo, Barbaresco wines; Evian

PREVIOUS BANDS: Flotsam & Jetsam, 1984-1986. His last gig was October 31, 1986--Halloween night. Diamond, 1977. Gangster, 1980. Paradox, 1982. DOGZ, 1983. DOGZ was formed in Phoenix, Arizona and later became known as Flotsam & Jetsam

FIRST CONCERT: Ted Nugent, 1975, South Bend, Indiana

LISTENS TO: Kiss, Black Sabbath, Tom Waits, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Machine Head, Fugees, Sly and the Family Stone, Sepultura, Wes Montgomery

FAVORITE MOVIE: Scarface, Apocalypse Now, Good Fellas, and The Jerk

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS: NBA: Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls; NFL: Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders

LIKES: Mountain biking, shootin' hoops, playing and listening to music










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