Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammettis the lead guitarist and songwriter for the heavy metal band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth18 November 1962
CountryUnited States of America
I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old.
If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.
Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - St. Anger being the fire and Death Magnetic being the phoenix.
Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.
When I got my first Marshall amp, it was so empowering. No one ever forgets their first Marshall amp if you're a guitar player pursuing a big powerful sound. I mean, no one ever forgets their first Marshall amp.
I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy.
Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.
Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.
A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.
My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.
The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil, ha ha!
I've always loved horror, I've always loved collecting, I've always loved weird and macabre things, and I've always loved conventions. So what could be better than having your own Fear FestEviL where all those great and crazy things can be enjoyed by like-minded people under one pretty cool roof? Nothing!
When people are confronted with something they've never seen before, they really don't know how to react.