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Jason Newsted Instrument: Bass Specialty: Making sure Metallica thumps harder than ever Birthday: March 4, 1963 From: Battle Creek, Michigan Vitals: 5'9" & 150 lbs (1.75 meters & 68.04 kilos); brown/red hair & blue eyes Marital status: Single Drives: '94 Land Cruiser, IBIS Titanium, Cyclocross bike Drinks: Bordeaux, Barolo, barbaresco wines. Evian, Metrx Shakes Eats: Thai Curry, Frosted Flakes, Bananas, Ginseng Sports teams: NBA: Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls; NFL: Detroit Lions, L.A. Raiders Before Metallica: Flotsam and Jetsam, Dogz Pre-Metallica career: Burger-flipper, pizza-maker, and truck-driver Likes: Mountain biking, Elizabeth, Basketball Listens to: Kiss, Black Sabbath, Tom Waits, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Machine Head, Sly and the Family Stone, Sepultura, Wes Montgomery, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Jaco Pastorius, Anything and everything First concert: Ted Nugent, 1975, South Bend, Indiana, Notre Dame University Heroes: Gene Simmons, Al Pacino, B.B. King, my father, Zach Harmen, Bob Marley Describes self as: Energetic, caring, goofy "I still play music for the same reasons as when I first started; for the energy, the feeling, the interaction with others. Not for the money, ego or greed." -- Jason Newsted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Marital status: Married Drives: Chevy Blazer, Dodge Ram, '55 Chevy BelAir Food: Mexican, meat-n-potatoes, Bar-B-Que, Oysters Sports teams: Oakland Raiders, San Jose Sharks, D.C. United Before Metallica: Played in Obsession, Leather Charm Pre-Metallica career: Worked in sticker printing factory Likes: Hunting, hot-rods, anonymity, snowboarding, street hockey, wave boarding, cigars, choppers, guns, wood work Listens to: Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Skynyrd, Thin Lizzy, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Spagetti Western Soundtracks Heroes: Clint Eastwood, Pops Hetfield First concert: Aerosmith & AC/DC, 1978, Long Beach, California Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; Easy Rider; Sling Blade, Pulp Fiction; Vanishing Point Describes self as: Rugged, honest, stubborn "I sit there and go 'Oh god what am I going to write?' and all of a sudden it happens. The first line's down and all hell flows after that" --James Hetfeld | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 10, 1962: Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica's first three albums, is born. | November 18, 1962: Kirk Hammett is born in San Francisco, California March 4, 1963: Jason Newsted, Cliff's replacement, is born in Battle Creek, Michigan August 3, 1963: James Alan Hetfield is born in Los Angeles, California December 26, 1963: Lars Ulrich is born in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he lives until the late '70s. When his parents decide to move to Newport Beach, in the vicinity of Los Angeles. 1973: Lars, at age 9, goes to his first concert, when Deep Purple played in Copenhagen. He enjoys the concert so much he starts to collect albums by Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy. Later he discovers the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal). He then discovers bands like Iron Maiden, Saxon, Sweet Savage and Diamond Head, which influenced his musical direction. Late 1976: Lars get his first drum kit from his Grandparents 1980: Ulrich, now 17 flies to Britain to Diamond Head, his favourite band, play. He meets the singer Sean Harris and he hangs with the band for a month. He soon learns about the band Merciful Fate, another band in the NWOBHM. He returns to Los Angeles to try and make his own NWOBHM band. Early 1981: Lars puts an ad in a paper called The Recycler, trying to find musicians to make a band with. James, who put an ad in the same paper, gets together with Lars for a jam session. Lars listens to some of his NWOBHM records getting James into the type of music. The two of them decide to form a band. Desperate for a good band name, they dismiss all the clich� options like Grinder, Blitzer, and Red Vette, and settle on the name METALLICA, which Lars steals from a fanzine editor friend. Late 1981: Metallica puts a song a on compilation LP called Metal Massacre 1, featuring metal bands from the L.A. area. The song they put on the album was called "Hit The Lights" (sound familiar?). The band at that time was Lars on the drums, James on rhythm guitar, bass and vocals, and Lloyd Grant, on the lead guitar. January 1982: Metallica picks up Dave Mustaine, a friend of James, which plays lead guitar. Around the same time Metallica picks up Ron McGovney, Hetfield's roommate, to play bass. March 1982: Metallica opens for Saxon at Whiskey A Go Go in L.A.. The show was a hit, consisting of covers by Diamond Head, Savage, and Sweet Savage. A bootleg of this show is one of the most sought-after tapes on the trading market. April 1982: Metallica (James, Lars, Dave, and Ron) record a 4-song demo featuring "Hit The Lights", "The Mechanix," "Jump In The Fire" and "Motorbreath." sowing the seeds for Metallica's next demo. May 28, 1982: Metallica opens as a 5 piece at The Concert Factory in L.A. with Lars, Dave, Ron, James only singing, and Jeff Warner on rhythm guitar, the band doesn't work because Dave wouldn't allow Jeff to play lead. The band discards Jeff, going back to their first line-up. July 1982: Metallica records "No Life 'Till Leather," featuring the songs from their first demo as well as "Metal Militia," "Seek And Destroy," and "Phantom Lord." After this demo the metal underground considers Metallica "Gods." August 1982: Cliff Burton and his band Trauma, play at the Whiskey A Go Go, Where James and Lars first see the blessed-demon. They are so impressed with Cliff that they want him to be in Metallica. He refuses, later on that year Cliff agrees to join only if Metallica relocate to San Franciso. September 18, 1982: Metallica establish a strong following by playing at the Keystone in San Franciso, with the bands on the Metal Massacre 1 compilation. Metallica play all 7 songs off of "No Life 'Till Leather," and two Diamond Head songs, leaving the 200-or-so people to attend in complete shock. Soon afterwards playing all over San Franciso. October 1982: Metallica support Laaz Rockit in San Fransico. November 11, 1982: Metallica play as to support to Y&T at the Woodstock in L.A. November 29, 1982: Metallica play as the headliner in the Bay Area. The supporting act was Exodus featuring Kirk Hammett, 20 years old at the time. November 30, 1982: Metallica plays their last concert with Ron at the Mabuhay Gardens in San Franciso. December 1982: James, Lars, and Dave move to San Franciso, moving in at 3132 Carlson Boulevard, the home of soundman Mark Whitaker. January 1983: Johny "Z" Zazula, a record store owner/concert promoter in New Jersey invites Metallica to come do some shows on the East Coast. February 15, 1983: Metallica complete their move to San Franciso, Lars and James share a place with Mark, while Dave ends up at Mark's grandmother's. Late February, 1983: Metallica now with Cliff record a two track demo featuring the songs "No Remorse" and "Whiplash." March 5, 1983: Metallica plays first show with Cliff at the Stone in San Franciso. Late March, 1983: Metallica, with Mark make a 3,000+ miles trip to the East Coast. On the way over Metallica and Dave have many arguments, mostly because of Dave's alcohol intake. April 1983: In New York, James and Lars decide to kick Dave out of the band. Following a series of show with Vandenberg and The Rods on the East Coast, Dave gets sent home via Greyhound bus, and Kirk Hammett of Exodus is flown in as a replacement. May 10-27, 1983: Metallica records "Kill Em All" in the Barrett Alley Studios in Rochester, New York. July 1983: "Kill Em All" is released on Megaforce Records in the USA, and Music For Nations and Roadrunner in Europe. July 27-September 3, 1983: Metallica start their first tour with labelmates Raven, which starts in New Brunswick and ends with a sold-out show at the stone in San Francisco. December 1983: Metallica starts work for their second album in New Jersey. The songs put together were "Fade To Black" "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and "Trapped Under Ice." On the weekends, Metallica plays a series of headlining shows with Anthrax, After the last show, most of Metallica's gear gets stolen. Early February 1984: Metallica embark on the Seven Dates Of Hell tour supporting Venom. The highlight of the tour is at the Aardschok festival in Zwolle, Holland, where they played in front of 5,000 fans. Late February 1984: Metallica goes to Copenhagen, where they stay at Merciful Fate's rehearsal rooms, where they work on tracks for the next album. The band joins with producer Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in the same building to begin recording the LP March 1984: Metallica takes a break from recording their next album to head to England, where Music For Nations has organised a tour as support to The Rods. However, as soon as the band arrive in the UK, they learn that the tour had been cancelled because of poor advance ticket sales. Un-able to re-enter Sweet Silence to complete work on the LP, Metallica plays two sold out shows at the Marquee club in London on March 14 and 27. June 1984: Metallica finish work on Ride The Lightning and plays four shows with Twisted Sister. August 1984: Metallica play a showcase gig in New York, featuring Anthrax (openers) and Raven (headliners). Attending the show are Cliff Burnsteind, co-founder of Q-Prime Management, and Michael Alago, A&R director, of Elektra Records, both of whom walk away suitably impressed with Metallica. Soon, Metallica becomes part of Q-Prime Management, as well as recording artist for Elektra. Initially issued through the Megaforce label, Ride The Lightning is eventually re-released through Elektra.
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