- BIRTH 03/08/1963
- Country United States
- SHOWS 14
- MOVIES 62
- SCRIPT 3
James Hetfield
James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles.
In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time.
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Shows (14)
Movies (62)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Mexico City 1993 The Film
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2
Metallica: Orgullo, Pasion y Gloria - Tres Noches en la Ciudad de Mexico 2009
Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago
Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1
Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – S&M
Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances)
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)
Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992
Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
Script (3)
Metallica: Through the Never
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
