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James Hetfield

James Hetfield

Birthday: 1963-08-03 | Place of Birth: Downey, California, USA

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. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
Mission to Lars

as    Himself

2015
Metallica: Rock in Rio USA 2015

as    Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

2014
'Tallica Parking Lot

as    James Hetfield (voice)

2014
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014

as    Vocals, Guitars

2013
Metallica: Through the Never

as    Himself

2013
2012
Anton Corbijn Inside Out

as    Himself

2012
2012
Metallica: Orion Music Festival

as    Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

2011
Absent

as    Himself

2011
Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011

as    Vocal, Guitar

2010
The Big Four: Live in Sofia

as    Guitars

2010
Metallica: Fan Can 6

as    Vocals, Guitars

2009
Metallica: Français pour une nuit

as    Vocals, Guitars

2007
2004