METALLICA
Date: 1981 - Present
ORGIGINAL MEMBERS
James Hetfield
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Lead Guitarist/Singer
Member since 1981-present day.
2009
1985
Kirk Hammett
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Lead Guitarist
Member since 1981-present day.
2006
1986
Lars Ulrich
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Drummer
Member since 1981-present day
2007
1985
Cliff Burton
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Bassist
Member since 1981-1986
1981
METALLICA 1981
• Metallica was the creator
of the “Metal” genre.
(along with SLAYER,
Anthrax, and Megadeth) in
1981.
• Metallica and another
band named Slayer, can be
considered the 2 most
popular metal bands in the
‘80s. They can be
considered rivals.
SLAYER 1983
The start of it all
• Metallica started when one the
guitarists/lead singer posted an
“Band wanted” add in a local
newspaper. His name was James
Hetfield. The first person the
respond to add was the
drummer, Lars Ulrich. They met
together and recorded a song.
That song was named “Hit the
Lights”. One day, they were
offered to put that song in on a
record called “Metal
Massacure” with many different
artists on it. They agreed.
• Slayer’s “Aggressive Perfector”
was also on that album.
That started both of the band’s
career.
Kill ‘em all
• Metallica released their
first album “Kill ‘em All” in
1982. “Hit the Lights” was
the opening track on that
album.
The track listing:
1. Hit the Lights
2. The Four Horsemen
3. Motorbreath
4. Jump in the Fire
5. Pulling Teeth
6. Whiplash
7. Phantom Lord
8. No Remorse
9. Seek & Destroy
10. Metal Militia
Ride the Lightning
• Metallica put out their
second album called
“Ride the Lightning” in
1984. It featured their
first “ballad” type song
called “Fade to Black”
The track listing:
1. Fight Fire With Fire
2. Ride The Lightning
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls
4. Fade to Black
5. Trapped Under Ice
6. Escape
7. Creeping Death
8. The Call of Ktulu
Master of Puppets
• Metallica put our their third
album “Master of Puppets” in
1986. The song “Master of
Puppets” is still known today
as one of their most famous
songs.
The track listing:
1. Battery
2. Master of Puppets
3. The Thing That Should Not Be
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
5. Disposable Heroes
6. Leper Messiah
7. Orion
8. Damage Inc.
Tragedy
• Metallica was going to a
city in Europe for a tour.
Out of nowhere, the bus
skidded out of control.
The bassist Cliff Burton
flew out the bus window.
Then the bus tipped over
and landed on the bassist.
Cliff Burton was dead.
• 1962 - 1986
Jason Newsted
• Jason Newsted Joined the band at
the end of 1986. He replaced Cliff
Burton as bassist. He had no respect
from the other band members,
which would eventually cause him to
leave the band in 2000.
…And Justice For All
• Metallica put out their third
album “…And Justice For All” in
1988. It was the first album
with the new bassist. Metallica
turned the bass volume down
on the album as part of the
“Hazing” on Newsted.
Track Listing:
1. Blackened
2. …And Justice For All
3. Eye of the Beholder
4. One
5. The Shortest Straw
6. Harvester of Sorrow
7. The Frayed Ends of Sanity
8. To Live is to Die
9. Dyers Eve
Metallica
• Metallica put out their self-titled
album “Metallica” in 1990. It is
arguably their most famous album
of all time. The song structure on
this album is more “simple”
according to Metallica. The album
cover is also simple. It shows a
faded Metallica logo and a snake.
Track listing:
1. Enter Sandman
2. Sad But True
3. Holier Than Thou
4. The Unforgiven
5. Wherever I May Roam
6. Don’t Tread on Me
7. Through the Never
8. Nothing Else Matters
9. Of Wolf and Man
10. The God That Failed
11. My Friend of Misery
12. The Struggle Within
Load
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After the release of “Metallica”, fans
were expecting a ‘Metallica 2’.
Instead, Metallica put out and album
called “Load” in 1995. It is one of their
worst albums of all time. This is the
start of the ‘New Metallica’ era.
Track Listing:
1. Ain’t My B****
2. 2 X 4
3. The House Jack Built
4. Until it Sleeps
5. King Nothing
6. Hero of the Day
7. Bleeding Me
8. Cure
9. Poor Twisted Me
10. Wasting my Hate
11. Mama Said
12. Thorn Within
13. Ronnie
14. The Outlaw Torn
New Metallica
• Metallica lost almost HALF of their
fans during the ‘New Metallica’
era. ‘Old Metallica’ was fast,
energetic, and METAL. ‘New
Metallica’ is slow, on the bluesy
side, and non-energetic. Fans
hated that. Look at the top
picture, The person on the very
right (Jason Newsted) was
replaced by the guy on the
middle/left of the bottom picture.
Other than that, Metallica still has
the same band members.
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Old Metallica
Guy on very left (top picture) = Guy on the middle/right (bottom picture)
Guy on middle/left (top picture) = Guy on the very right (bottom picutre)
Guy on the middle/right (top picture) = Guy on the very left (bottom pic)
Guy on the very right (top picture) [was replaced by] Guy on the
middle/left (bottom picture)
New Metallica
ReLoad
• After “Load”, Metallica put
out an album called
“ReLoad”. It was a little
better than “Load” but still
one of their bad albums.
Track listing:
1. Fuel
2. The Memory Remains
3.Devils Dance
4. The Unforgiven II
5. Better Than You
6. Slither
7. Carpe Diem Baby
Bad Seed
Where the Wild Things Are
Prince Charming
Low Man’s Lyric
Attitude
Fixxxer
St. Anger
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After ReLoad, Metallica released an
album called “St. Anger”. That was
their WORST album of all time. The
‘Snare’ drum was tuned in a different
way. It was also the album that
Newsted (bassist) quit and Rob Trujio
replaced him.
Track listing:
1. Frantic
2. St. Anger
3. Some Kind of Monster
4. Dirty Window
5. Invisible Kid
6. My World
7. Shoot Me Again
8. Sweet Amber
9. The Unnamed Feeling
10. Purify
11. All Within My Hands
New Bassist
• Robert Trujio (top right)
joined Metallica in 2001
after the departure of
Jason Newsted.
Very 1rst Official Bassist
3rd Bassist
2001-Present day
2nd Bassist
1986-2000
1981-1986
Death Magnetic
• After “St. Anger”, Metallica took a little
break. After a few years, Metallica
released an album called “Death
Magnetic” which some people call ‘the
best Metallica album in 20 years!’.
Track Listing:
1. That Was Just Your Life
2. The End of the Line
3. Broken, Beat, & Scarred
4. The Day That Never Comes
5. All Nightmare Long
6. Cyanide
7. The Unforgiven III
8. The Judas Kiss
9. Suicide & Redemption
10. My Apocolypse
METALLICA
• Metallica has been a
good band for 30
years and can go for
many more years!
1981
1988
2009
BY: ERIC ROSS