There will also be a “VIP edition” of the album available which comes with 100% authentic tears shed by Hetfield while he recorded his upcoming single “My wife left me and my dog died”. The album will come with a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of whiskey, according to a press release. He is expected to release his debut album in June and make his first appearance at the Grand Ole’ Opry in July.Įarly reports say the album, to be called Hetfield Road, was recorded in the fall and features guest appearances from Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Phil Anselmo, and Eminem. And likewise, Maiden was super hospitable there.When I first read that Metallica founder and frontman James Hetfield was leaving the band and going country I was honestly surprised but then it occurred to me that there have been plenty of rockers that made the leap before him so it’s not that far of a stretch.Īccording to a report published last month in Heavier Metal, an online Heavy Metal news publication, Hetfield’s plans to go country been in the works for “a long time”. In a statement, Hetfield said it was “time to move on and get back to my country roots”. And then we got to see them a couple of days later. And not only was he there the whole time, but he also got in the vehicles with us, came to the hotel with us. The last photos of Hetfield before he entered rehab onstage just a couple of weeks ago on September 8th in San Francisco, CA for the S&M 2 show have also surfaced from Metallica and a video. For the whole show, Steve was standing there the whole show, to the very end. Usually, halfway through the show, you figure, ‘Okay, he’s gone, and he’s moved on to the next thing,’ but no. Were doing it our way, and how people like it is not up to us. Lars was so nervous: ‘Oh, my God! Steve Harris is watching me,’ ‘Does this part sound too much like Iron Maiden?’ People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate that were doing it for ourselves. Our setlist was at least five minutes faster than the set time. You’ve gotta kind of go to Olympic mode, and you step it up. Hetfield always used EMG pickups back in the day, usually EMG 81/60 pickups, but managed to get his own custom pickups the Het Set which was released in 2009. He has a ton of models, including a couple of signature ones. “It’s really cool when other musicians are hanging out, watching you do what you do. Since the late-1980s, James Hetfield has used ESP guitars. At press time, Metallicas March 28th benefit show in San Francisco is still scheduled to occur on that date, as is a South American. During the latest interview he gave to the Kerrang, the multi-talented musician Les Claypool has. This means she is 51 years of age at the moment. The founder, bassist, and lead singer of the funk metal band Primus, Les Claypool has reminisced about the day when he was auditioned for Metallica back in 1986 and admitted that he felt James Hetfield thought of him as a thug. She was born in Rosario, Argentina on 27th January 1970. I am so pumped to have this be my first edit Ive seen so many cool edits, yet not one like this yet and so, it just had to be done.

I mean, he showed up at the show that we did.” Francesca Tomasi aka Francesca Hetfield is a popular costume designer and the wife of James Hetfield. Metallica has been a groundbreaking, genre-defining band consistently. James Hetfield and Steve Caballero both share this type of thinking. Yeah, Steve Harris, a super-down-to-earth, really cool guy. It takes a certain type of thinking to do what is considered impossible by many, unbelievable by most, and unexplainable by all who witness it. That was like our first brush with somebody kinda cool and famous so that always stuck with me. I mean, it’s just weird to remember, you know, 1981 possibly? Hanging out in Hollywood, California, driving around with Ron McGovney, me and Lars in the backseat, and seeing Steve Harris walk down the street and us, you know, dorky, shy metalheads go, ‘Hey, Steve!’Īnd he actually turns around and starts walking towards us. “Well, obviously, hanging out with the Maiden guys always brings back great memories.

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