METALLICA



Metallica is a band that emerged in the early 1980s underground scene that grew into a giant mainstream rock band. With album sales reaching 57 million units in the U.S. and 35 million units outside the U.S., they occupy 18 th position as one of the biggest album sellers artists enrolled in the Recording Industry Association of America.
Metallica was formed in California in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist / vocalist James Hetfield. bassist Ron and dinyusuli McGovny then joined Dave Mustaine. McGovney go after a conflict with Mustaine and Cliff Burton changed his position. Mustaine's aggressive nature and often have problems with drugs and alcohol cause he was fired by Ulrich and Hetfield. His position was filled Kirk Hammet, a student of Joe Satriani. Mustaine then form Megadeth.
The band gets its name when Ulrich invited to promoter metal of San Francisco, Ron Quintana, to help choose a name from the list to be the name of his new magazine. The list contained the name Metallica. Ulrich suggests mejalah Metal Mania for Quintana and choose the new Metallica for the band he forms.
Along with Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax, Metallica is one of four leaders in the 1980s thrash metal.
The first album Kill 'Em All was released in 1983 via Megaforce. The first album is an example of Metallica sound basis for the 1980s era with distinctive vocals and heavy rhythm of Hetfield.
In 1984 they menndatangani contract with Elektra Records and released Master of Puppets, the album is regarded as the best album Metallica fans.
Sewktu tour in Europe in 1986, bassist Cliff Burton died in Sweden in a bus accident and its position was replaced Jason Newsted. In 1988, they made ... And Justice for All with a structurally complex music. ... And Justice for all Grammy nominees in the category Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental but Jethro Tull won the Grammy. The following year they've won Grammys and after that menerjun into the world of mainstream rock music. Video "One" played over and over by MTV.
Metallica titled album which is often called The Black Album was released in 1991 by targeting a much broader audience. The album reached no. 1 in Billboard and certified platinum within weeks. This album is Metallica's most popular album and his hit "Enter Sandman" Metallica song into the most widely known.
Then in the Load (1996) and Reload (1997), a fast tempo metal is replaced with a bluesy guitar tones, games slide guitar and steel guitar, Hurdy-gurdy and violin. Some fans satirize them as Poptalica, Alternica and even Lica only. Some of the songs from Load and Reload often played U.S. radio stations.
For the next album, they are to cover songs from some artists who influenced them, ranging from The Misfits, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath came to Nick Cave and Bob Seger.
In 1999, Metallica inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame and the following month, they recorded two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and released with the title of S & M.
Metallica sue Napster created a controversy with the 300 000 members buy and sell the entire catalog of Metallica songs in the site. They also demanded that several universities that allow Napster operated on campus. Prosecution has resulted in ridicule of a site that says the band who started his career from the underground scene who frequently buy and sell bootleg live recording has become a mercenary. Metallica answer what they are trading illegally permasalahkan their studio material, not a bootleg live.
Jason Newsted left Metallica in 2001. The interviews reveal her resignation due to his desire to make a CD and toured with his own band, Echobrain, but the desire is always blocked by Hetfield. His replacement was Robert Trujillo, former bassist suicidal tendencies who also once played with the band Ozzy Osbourne, Infectious grooves and Black Label Society. Newsted joined the legendary thrash metal band Canada, Voivod, and in an interesting way to replace the position of Trujillo in Ozzfest 2003.
Their eighth album, St.. Anger (2003), rising to the position no. 1 in the charts. The album is made rough and not polished to respond to the party that claims of violence Metallica have lost their sound. However, the sound rough without a lot of guitar solo that was criticized fans who do not like it. Secondhand CD shops were flooded with CDs being sold by the fans are disappointed. Although criticized, St. Anger won a Grammy in 2004.
In 2006, Metallica ended 15 years of cooperation with producer Bob Rock and interweave new collaboration with legendary producer Rick Rubin, who used to handle the album Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Audioslave, Slipknot, System of a Down, Johnny Cash, LL Cool J, Jay-Z and Slayer. Rubin and Metallica are working on a new studio album to be released in the near future.

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