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Kirk Hammett – Biography
Guitarist Kirk Hammett first crossed paths with Metallica in the early 1980s with a little band he co-founded known as Exodus. Opening up for Metallica a few times no doubt put Hammett on the band's radar. In 1983, on the heels of the firing of original guitarist Dave Mustaine, Metallica asked Hammett to audition for his spot. After scrounging up some cash to fly from California to New York City—the first time Hammett left his home state in his life—it didn't take long for Hammett to become an official member of the rock band.
Hammett was born on Nov. 18, 1962, in San Francisco, making him a true Bay Area man. Growing up in El Sobrante, he was influenced musically by his brother Rick's huge record collection that included Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and UFO.
Building His Chops
The first time he picked up a guitar to explore his newfound interest was when he was 15 years old. According to Metallica.com, his first guitar was a Montgomery Ward catalog special, and he jammed out through a shoe box with a four-inch speaker
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And the #1 Badass in the music industry today??
KIRK HAMMETT
Kirk is by far hands down my favorite musician. For those of you who know nothing about him heres a bio:) I take no credit for writing this bio as I found it somewhere on the internet and shamelessly copied it to my page : ). (hey at least im honest about it)
Kirk Lee Hammett was born on November 18th 1962 in San Francisco, California. He got his first own guitar at the age of 15, when he would buy a Montgomery Ward Strat copy from a friend for ten dollars and a Kiss album ("Dressed To Kill"). But he only started really playing it after about six months later.
During his adolescence, Kirk was very introverted, as he had moved from San Francisco to a suburb, the East Bay. He suffered a lot from the culture shock, and the music he would listen to -Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix or Cream- set him apart from the other kids even more. But playing his favorite songs like "Purple Haze", "Wild Thing" and "Communication Br
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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
Marital status: Happily married to Lani
Drives: Land Cruiser, mountain bike, '55 Dodge Coronet
Drinks: Martinis, Sky Vodka, green tea
Eats: Sushi, Mexican food, pasta, Indian food, Thai 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, Taxidermy, Pinball
Listens to: Jimi Hendrix, UFO, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Led Zeppelin, Kiss, John Coltrane, Gout, Mule, Chet Baker, Perez Prado, AIC, David Bowie, U2, King Crimson, Robert Johnson, Radiohead
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 Foreigne
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