Kirk Hammett

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962 in San Francisco, California, USA) is the lead guitarist in heavy metal group Metallica.

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Hammett was born to a Filipino mother and a Merchant Seaman father. He first took up guitar at age 15 and became sufficiently skilled to study under guitar legend Joe Satriani. Hammett achieved his first musical success as the lead guitarist for Oakland thrash metal band Exodus.

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He gained an interest in music from his brother Rick's extensive record collection, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and UFO. It all led to him properly picking up the guitar when he was 15, his first being a wholly unglamorous Montgomery Ward catalog special accompanied by a shoe box with 4 inch speaker for an amp.

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