Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Slips on Wah-Wah Pedal, Keeps His Cool
It happened in Milan.
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36 Years Ago: Kirk Hammett Invited to Audition for Metallica
It wasn't an April Fool's joke.
Kirk Hammett Names Song That Inspired Him to Use a Wah Pedal
No, it wasn't Jimi Hendrix or his guitar instructor Joe Satriani.
Is the Electric Guitar On Life Support?
Could we actually be witnessing the death of the electric guitar?
Kirk Hammett Recalls False Hawaii Missile Warning Moment
Metallica guitarist was doing yoga when his son told him about false threat alert.
Metallica's Kirk Hammett: 'St. Anger' Proved 'Solos Are Needed'
His comment in 'Some Kind of Monster' that having no guitar solos would anchor the album to its time period may have been right.
Kirk Hammett Still Believes Metallica 'Were Right' to Sue Napster
The dawn of the file-sharing era for mainstream music fans came with a lot of messiness between hardcore consumers and the record industry.
Watch Metallica Cover Europe's 'The Final Countdown' in Sweden
Rob and Kirk did the most European cover ever, taking on Europe's 1986 hit "The Final Countdown" in Sweden.
See Metallica Cover the A-ha Hit 'Take On Me' in Oslo, Norway
The Metallica duo took their nightly "doodle" to a new level by covering the '80s hit 'Take On Me' in Oslo, Norway.
Watch Kirk Hammett Perform National Anthem at 'Metallica Night'
He also played 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game,' while Lars Ulrich threw out the first pitch. Robert Trujillo and Hammett helped out with the groundskeeping.
Robert Trujillo + Kirk Hammett Salute Michael Schenker in Germany
Watch the two musicians riff a pair of UFO favorites in honor of Schenker while in Hamburg, Germany.