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Hammett recently had his own say on the boomer bends controversy, questioning how accessible the Polyphia virtuoso’s style is ...
Discover the breakdown of Metallica's net worth, including album sales, tours, and business ventures, plus how each band ...
The Gen-Z guitar hero also responds to a critique from Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and offers an update on his band’s next album ...
Eagle-eyed viewers of Back to the Beginning over the weekend will have spotted that Metallica’s Kirk Hammett was wielding a mysterious – and gorgeous – Moon Burst Gibson SG during the band’s spot.Its ...
Metallica's Kirk Hammett has announced an official partnership with Gibson guitars, in which he and the famed guitar company are collaborating together to recreate the famous Gibson ‘Greeny ...
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett performs during CBS Radio's The Night Before! concert at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group Archives) ...
When Metallica released Hardwired… To Self Destruct, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett told MusicRadar of how important the ...
Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Epiphone unveil the 1979 Flying V, honoring one of the most important heavy metal guitars of all time. In partnership with Gibson Custom Shop, Epiphone is bringing ...
Metal Hammer asked guitarist Kirk Hammett about the possibility of him doing one, and he said “I wouldn’t be surprised if all of us did some solo, independent, autonomous sort of thing.” ...
Read Kirk Hammett’s full statement below: Lemmy was the finest of gentlemen. Back in 1979 when I was 16 years old, I heard Overkill for the first time.
KIRK HAMMETT: For a long time, man. I collected as a kid; from the time I was like five or six years old to about thirteen or fourteen. Watched horror movies, read monster magazines, ...
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett does some vintage guitar slinging on his new solo song, “High Plains Drifter.”. Borrowing its title from the 1973 Clint Eastwood-starring Western of the same ...