In Some Kind Of Monster, you were candid about your problems and inner demons, admitting that anger rages within you. But is it still important to feel a certain amount of anger and rage in order to compose songs? Voice problems
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Date of Birth: August 3, 1963 Place of birth / residence: Los Angeles, California. Listening: black sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Diamond Head, Ted Nugent. Influenced groups: Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, Motorhead. Hobby: First group: First concert attended: Favorite food: Meat and potatoes Mexican style. Favorite sports teams: Raiders, San Jose Sharks. Growth: Eyes: Family status: Married since August 17, 1997, three children. Finds it enjoyable: Street hockey, hunting, cigars, helicopters, weapons. Favorite cars: Chevy Blazer, Dodge Ram Pickup. Describes himself as: Rough, honest, stubborn. |
Guitars: Black Gibson Explorer (Wolf) Gadgets: Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 Power Amps Other equipment: Bradshaw RSB-12 Switching System and Pedal Board |
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Born August 3, 1963 in Los Angeles. His parents were ministers of the church, they cared about the moral recovery of people and denied traditional medicine. James' mother died due to lack of medical care. Due to his too strict upbringing, James has always resisted any form of authority, his character has the traits of an eternal rebel. pianist by music education, he preferred the guitar and often played in local bands.
Through an ad in Recycler magazine, he met drummer Lars Ulrich in 1981. Together with him, James is the band's composer, although at first, he was only the guitarist of Metallica. He made his career as a soloist due to the fact that the group did not have a suitable singer.
An ardent hunter, he often leaves for the mountains in order to hunt animals, as well as careless partridges. He used to be crazy about skateboarding, but stopped doing it when he broke his wrist yet again in 1987.
The leader of Metallica is married to Francesca Tomasi. On June 13, 1998, James had a daughter, who was named Cali, on May 18, 2000, a son, Castor, and on January 17, 2002, a daughter, Marcella, so now James is not only a great guitarist, vocalist, but also an excellent father.
His favorite guitars are the Gibson Explorer (looks like a four-pointed star) and most of the Jackson models. Likes bands: Black Sabbath, Kyuss, Corrosion Of Conformity, Tom Waits and more. According to the sign of the zodiac - Leo. Since the death of Cliff Burton, he wore his ring, but in 1997 he lost it.
In honor of the anniversary famous musician"Owl" decided to remember him creative way and tell Interesting Facts from his work.
James Alan Hatfield- vocalist and permanent leader popular metal band Metallica. In addition, he is an excellent rhythm guitarist: this proves the fact that James is on the list the best guitarists all times and peoples. He was born into a Christian family, so religiosity is the root of Hatfield's work. From an early age, the future musician experienced tragedies - when he was 13 years old, his father left the family, and at 16 he lost his mother.
. Photo: portal "Learn everything"James Hetfield has been involved in music since the age of 9 - first he played the piano, then - the drums. Closer to adulthood, he switched to the guitar, which brought him worldwide fame!
In honor of the anniversary of the musician, "Owl" decided to tell readers interesting facts from his life.
- It is known that Hatfield is a great connoisseur of guitars: over the years he has accumulated a huge collection. Surprisingly, he also has a primordially Russian instrument - a balalaika, which was assembled specifically for the leader of Metallica.
- Let's talk about guitars. James owns two signature guitars. These powerful instruments, equipped with active EMG pickups, he sometimes takes to concerts and tours.
Photo: Portal "To Truth" 3. James Hetfield's first band - amateur team "Obsession". Then, already studying in college, he created a new Phantom Lord band where James was the vocalist and rhythm guitarist. Then, on the basis of this team, a new one was assembled - Leather Charm: this is the most successful experience, as the musicians were able to record a demo and even play a few gigs. Then there was a meeting with Lars Ulrich, with whom James Hetfield founded Metallica. By the way, they stole the name of the band, which became a cult in the world of rock, from a friend who wanted to name the magazine that way.
4. Do you know why you can find the line "No skateboards" in James's rider? The fact is that he broke his arm during the tour with the help of this tool.
5. There was a difficult period in Hatfield's life - he had a serious problem with alcohol. In the early 2000s, he even had to undergo rehabilitation courses to return to life. For this reason, the album "St. Anger" by Metallica was released a little later than the scheduled date.
Photo: Wikipedia 6. Despite the fact that Hatfield is one of the founders of the Metallica group, he does not participate in the organizational and business matters of the team on principle. All of them fall on the shoulders of Lars Ulrich.
James Alan Hatfield was born on August 3, 1963 in California. He is the rhythm guitarist and vocalist for the thrash metal band Metallica. Hatfield was a founding member in October 1981. At the time, drummer Lars Ulrich placed an ad in a newspaper in Los Angeles looking for musicians for the band. IN musically The band's work was influenced by such well-known metal bands as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and others. Since then, Metallica has received eight Grammy awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four EPs, 24 music videos and 45 singles. In 2009, Hetfield was ranked 8th in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.
As for his guitars and equipment, James started out with a relatively cheap copy of the Gibson Flying V that he used on debut album Metallica "Kill 'em All" but soon replaced it with a pair of white 1984 Gibson Explorers that would serve him well on the next two albums. eventually led to James' own pickups being named "Het", released in 2009. Hatfield's early guitar sound was the result of using a Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ as a preamp, driven by a 100W Marshall JCM800 for overdrive, using Roland JC120 for pure sound.
James Hetfield guitars
1969 Gibson SG Standard
James bought this guitar from a high school friend who played with him in his high school jazz band. Hatfield used this guitar to write his first songs and to play in his first bands. What happened to this instrument after the creation of Metallica is unfortunately unknown, as by that time James had already started using other guitars.
This electric guitar was purchased in 1980 for $200. Hetfield used it on Metallica's first album Kill 'em All and continued to play it until 1984 when it was damaged during a concert. At that moment, the guitar was equipped with two Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers and a Tune-o-Matic bridge.
Shortly before recording the album "Death Magnetic" in 2008, James decided to restore this guitar. It replaced some parts, including the pickups, which were replaced by the EMG 81/60 kit.
This guitar was used by James on the Master of Puppets album in 1985 and on the tour that followed. In mid-1985, the production of this copy of the King V was completed. Initially, the instrument was equipped with a Tune-o-Matic bridge, Seymour Duncan Invader pickups and had White color. In 1987, James removed the original pickups and replaced them with EMG 81/60s.
One of acoustic guitars James Hatfield. Used for the studio recording of the song "Mama Said" and some live performances.
ESP's first Hatfield guitar. He bought it just before the recording of the album "... And Justice For All" and used it as the main instrument for recording.
1973 Gibson Les Paul Custom
One of James' main guitars from the St. Anger. It was used both during the recording sessions in the studio and on the tour that followed the release of the album. This Les Paul Custom was released in 1973. guitar has distinctive features in the form of an image of a Maltese cross behind the bridge and a golden stripe above the pickups.
ESP/LTD Snakebyte
Snakebyte guitar model that James uses in Lately. She plays the role of the main guitar in concerts. The body and neck of the guitar are made of mahogany, while the fretboard is made of ebony.
Hunting
In his spare time from music, James Hetfield kills animals - bears, deer and others.
Moreover, he is a member of the US National Rifle Association, an organization that unites supporters of the right of citizens to carry firearms.
True, some members of the Metallica fan forums claim that Hatfield has given up hunting animals. Now he's preying on Justin Bieber fans.
Fishing is also part of the rock frontman's hobbies.
skateboarding
While touring with Master Of Puppets (1986-1987), James Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett took up skateboarding as an escape from the daily touring routine.
During the joint concerts of Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne, Hatfield and Hammett hooked on the skates part of Ozzy's team - guitarist and technicians.
The band's management was categorically against such fun on tour, so they warned: "If you break limbs on the boards, we will force you to perform with broken limbs."
That's what happened in '86 - Hatfield broke his arm. Concerts were not canceled - the frontman sang, and his guitar parts John Marshall, then Hammett's technician, took over.
In '87, Hatfield broke his hand again, which caused the recording of the album "...And Justice for All" to be postponed and several shows of the "Monsters of Rock" tour canceled. Since then, Metallica's management has banned Hetfield from touching skateboards - this was officially written into the musician's contract.
By the way, in the video game "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD" (2012), a popular skateboard simulator, you can play as James Hetfield.
snowboarding
Having settled down with skateboarding, Hatfield switched to snowboarding, as falling on the snow is not so fraught with injuries. Since then, the typical “snowboarders vs. skiers" - the opponent is the drummer and avid skier Lars Ulrich.
In 2006, James Hetfield recited the lyrics for Let It Ride, a documentary about legendary snowboarding revolutionary Craig Kelly. The work won awards Best movie” and “Best Soundtrack” (Metallica, The Doors, Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash and others sound there) at the X-Dance Film Festival, the most prestigious extreme sports film festival in the world.
For avid snowboarders, Papa Hat rides a Burton Custom 59 board in Superfly II 68 boots.
Water skiing / wakeboarding / water scooters
It seems that there is no extreme sport that Hatfield would not be interested in.
Once, cutting through the waves on a wakeboard with Kid Rock, the Metallica frontman hurt his back, but no injury will stop the metal man.
street hockey
Stick, puck, asphalt - Hatfield will do you here too.
Tuning cars and motorcycles
Collecting retro cars is Hatfield's special passion. He buys, tunes - sometimes alone, in his garage, sometimes together with the masters. When there is time, he participates in car shows or even organizes them.
The most special copies at the disposal of our hero are the Ford Iron Fist of 1936, the Auburn Sppedster 1936 (in 2010 this little Hatfield won the annual tuning competition), the Ford Pickup 1956.
James was born on August 3, 1963 in Los Angeles. A significant part of the life of his parents - Virgil and Cynthia Hatfield - was occupied by the Christian faith. And although this circumstance did not prevent dad from leaving the family, as soon as James was 13 years old. No medicine was practiced in the family - in matters of health, parents completely relied on the healing power of religion. And this circumstance greatly influenced the boy’s childhood and youth: at school (by the way, a completely ordinary secular school) he was not allowed to study human anatomy and visit doctors in order to get a certificate that would allow him to play in the school football team. Classmates openly laughed at this, James felt rejected and inferior. But, according to Hatfield, it was these experiences that helped him realize his uniqueness and direct all his energy into a creative direction. At the age of nine, the boy was sent to piano lessons. Classes were held at the home of an old lady friend, James looked forward to their completion each time - after all, after the piano, the grandmother treated little Jim to fresh pastries. And although the repertoire studied in these courses was not particularly close to Hatfield, it was the keyboard practice that gave him the skills of playing and singing at the same time.
Guitar, first bands, Lars
As a teenager, Hatfield mastered the electric guitar and began to develop his skills by playing covers of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy in various school bands - Obsession, Phantom Lord, Leather Charm ... Old musicians left, new ones came in, the guys honed their skills, performing on various parties. But, being involved in the Phantom Lord team, James gets acquainted with his peer Lars Ulrich, who recently moved to the USA from Denmark and puzzled over the choice: whether to become a professional tennis player or devote his life to playing drums. James and Lars discover the commonality of their musical interests - Saxon, Judas Priest, Scorpions and decide to organize new group. Thus began this musical union, which has lasted for more than three decades. They are very different in almost everything - a huge American shirt-guy and a miniature fisted European. But as soon as they meet, say, after a six-month vacation, it turns out that their latest musical discoveries coincide down to the smallest detail. Perhaps this is the secret strong friendship- be identical in one thing and radically different in everything else.
Cliff, fame, troubled times
Cliff Burton was the most educated of his Metallica colleagues. Both musically (as a classical pianist, he taught James, Lars and Kirk all the new knowledge of musical theory), and in terms of general erudition (his love for the work of Howard Lovecraft found its place in such compositions as The Call Of Ktulu and The Thing That Should Not Be). James and Lars saw it during a Trauma concert where the would-be Metallica bassist shone, and dropped-jawed vowed to each other to get this diamond for their team. James and Cliff became very close - they had in common both musical and political preferences, and in general views on the world. Burton was incredible strong personality, his confidence was transmitted to every person that had the good fortune to communicate with him. And James is sure that if that tragedy with the band's bus could have been avoided, Metallica's history would have gone on a different track.
As Hatfield himself admits, he considers the Black Album a really strong record and highly appreciates the fact that the musicians had the courage to work with producer Bob Rock, known for his manner of keeping his charges in a tight rein. But James has practically no pride in the subsequent Load-Reload dilogy. And in his opinion, Cliff would be in solidarity with him in this opinion. And Burton's will, combined with his powerful bass, would have prevented the band from sounding in the style of U2 (this is how Hatfield characterizes the work of Metallica in the mid-nineties).
Righteous Wrath, Monster, Rick Rubin
For James St. Anger is less of an album than a statement. And, concurrently, the soundtrack to the film Some Kind Of Monster. The group left Jason Newsted, the relationship between the remaining trinity escalated to the limit. And Bob Rock, who took up the bass guitar, led Metallica to a new sound - straightforward, but at the same time fragmented and fragmented. Until now, this record is often considered by the fans of the group as a failure, despite the presence on it of some really interesting riffs and cool sounding songs. And the aforementioned film Some Kind Of Monster vividly shows what the band was like during the recording of the disc, what anger and negativity fueled the musicians during the recording sessions, how James Hetfield struggled with his alcohol demons.
Rick Rubin is the man, by many accounts, who brought Johnny Cash and AC/DC back to their musical identities. And it was he who was chosen by Metallica, who was looking for a producer to record their new album. With Death Magnetic, the musicians (including new bassist Robert Trujillo) were able to truly spread their wings. Rick turned out to be the exact opposite of Bob Rock, constantly leading the tight control of the recording process. Minimum pressure, maximum creative freedom - and the result was a disc that brought Metallica back to its roots. James (like his bandmates) felt truly happy and free.
P.S.
James Hetfield has already exchanged sixty. He is still as cheerful and full of energy as he was in the early days of Metallica. And as he himself admitted in one of the interviews, it is when he is happy that the coolest and heaviest riffs come out from under his mediator.
James Hetfield: Interesting Quotes
by Nikita FedorkovWe present to you a few interesting quotes James Hetfield on music, life and more.
- I choose to live, not to exist!
- I know many people who are afraid of death. They say: “Dying is scary. Dying is hard."
I disagree with them - dying is easy.
Much harder to live. - The first time I played sober because I just forgot to drink. "Damn," I thought, "I play better."
- In the good old days, when we were still playing in clubs in Los Angeles, people did not understand what we wanted to convey to them at all. “Fuck,” they thought, “those fucking punks again,” and they threw chairs at us.
- Reporter: How did the other members of the group feel when you returned from rehab?
James: "The boss is back" - My parents broke up when I was 12-13 years old and my mother died when I was 16. All that existed for me then was music. I wanted to keep everything under control, as if from fear of loneliness. I'm afraid to trust people because I don't know how to do it. I don't understand how it...
- We are Metallica, we come to the city, "tear it to shreds" and leave. This is how we started: we are 17-18 years old, we have something to say, so listen to us or we will play louder and faster!
- You have to be in shape to be able to hit the stage like this every night. Come on, order me five more beers.
- The advice I would like to give to up-and-coming bands is to be honest with yourself, be honest with your music, make music that you like. It's so simple
