|
AC/DC, Samhain, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Budgie, The Anti-Nowhere League, Phil Lynott, Bon Scott, Tony Iommi, Ted Nugent, The Misfits, Mercyful Fate, Black Sabbath, Diamond Head, G.B.H., Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd Henry Rollins, Kim Thayil, Zakk Wylde, Chuck Billy, Trey Spruance, Rob Zombie, Phil Anselmo, Diamond Darrell, Jim Martin, Pepper Keenan, Buzz Osborne, Stephen Carpenter, Robb Flynn, Slash, Dino Cazares, Tom Araya, Jerry Cantrell, Chris Cornell, Glenn Danzig Carlos Campos, Trey Azagthoth, Jerry Cantrell, Josh Homme, John Petrucci, Layne Staley, Chuck Billy, Trey Spruance, Phil Anselmo, Diamond Darrell, Pepper Keenan, Stephen Carpenter, Paige Haley, Sully Erna, Bill Gould, Kerry King, Cat Rapes Dog |  |
In the early '80s, heavy metal was in danger of becoming a spandex-sporting/hairspray-soaked/makeup-smeared parody, but bands like Metallica brought metal back to its original, straight-ahead approach. With most other metal singers posing for the camera and singing about sex, drugs, and rock & roll, Metallica singer/guitarist James Hetfield's approach was a much-welcomed break from the norm with his tattered jeans and unkempt hair, while singing (well, shouting) about serious subject matter and bashing out intense metal riffs on either his Gibson Explorer or Flying V.
James Alan Hetfield was born in Downey, CA (a suburb of Los Angeles) on August 3, 1963, to Christian Science parents, a religion he would dismiss later on.
|
|
© 2008