Metallica

Metallica is an extremely successful American Thrash metal band that has been active since the early 1980s.

Line-ups

Early Lineups

Early Lineup 1 (No Life 'Til Leather demo)

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• James Hetfield
• Dave Mustaine
• Ron McGovney
• Lars Ulrich

Early Lineup 2 (various tracks and contributions in Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning)

Related Topics:
Kill 'Em All - Ride the Lightning

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• James Hetfield
• Dave Mustaine
• Cliff Burton
• Lars Ulrich

The work of this lineup is scattered throughout Metallica's early works and is very controversial. The sole difference between this lineup and Metallica's first major lineup is Dave Mustaine as lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist. Mustaine wrote many of the lead guitar parts in several songs on Kill 'Em All, as well as some of the riffs on Ride the Lightning (such as "The Call of Ktulu"). Mustaine claims to have also written parts of "Leper Messiah" (Master of Puppets) and "Dyers Eve" (...And Justice for All). None of those claims have ever been acknowledged by the other members of Metallica.

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Recording Lineups

1983-1986 (Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets)

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1983 - 1986 - Kill 'Em All - Ride the Lightning - Master of Puppets

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• James Hetfield
• Lars Ulrich
• Cliff Burton
• Kirk Hammett

1986-2001 (...And Justice for All, Metallica, Load, ReLoad, Garage Inc., S&M)

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1986 - 2001 - ...And Justice for All - Metallica - Load - ReLoad - Garage Inc. - S&M

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• James Hetfield
• Lars Ulrich
• Kirk Hammett
• Jason Newsted

2001-2003 (Making St. Anger)

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2001 - 2003 - Making St. Anger

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• James Hetfield
• Lars Ulrich
• Kirk Hammett
• Bob Rock (temporary bassist, also the band's producer)

2003-present (St. Anger)

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2003 - St. Anger

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• James Hetfield
• Lars Ulrich
• Kirk Hammett
• Robert Trujillo

Other Lineups

First recording lineup (1981 version of Hit the Lights for Metal Massacre compliation)

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• Lars Ulrich (Drums)
• James Hetfield (Vocals; Rhythm and Bass Guitars)
• Lloyd Grant (Lead guitar)

Second guitarist for one gig in 1982 when James only sang:

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• "Damien Philips" (Jeff Warner)

Temporary guitarist (in 1986 when James broke his arm. Also during James' recovery from the pyrotechnics incident in 1992)

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• John Marshall (Kirk Hammett's guitar technician, who also played for Metal Church)

Temporary drummers (when Lars Ulrich was unable to perform at 2004's Download Festival)

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• Dave Lombardo
• Joey Jordison
• Flemming Larsen (Ulrich's drum technician)