METALLICA

Metallica is a Thrash metal band originating in the USA. Founded in 1981 in Los Angeles by the Dane Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield, who were uniríanLloyd Grant and Ron McGovney. These two musicians were later replaced by guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist Cliff Burton, respectively. Mustaine was fired a year after joining the band due to his excessive addiction to drugs and alcohol, and founded the band Megadeth and was replaced by Kirk Hammett. Moreover, in 1986, the death of Cliff Burton in a bus accident in Sweden caused the entry to the group of Jason Newsted, 2, fifteen years later, after his defection would be replaced by current bassist Robert Trujillo.To date, the band has released nine studio albums. Metallica's total sales exceeding 100 million, 3 and are considered one of the big four of thrash metal along with Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth.4 addition, the group has won numerous music awards, among them nine Grammys, two awards granted by the music channel MTV, two Academy Awards American Music Award and a Billboard Magazine, and has a star on the Walk of Fame Kerrang!General InformationFrom Los Angeles, California, USAActive StateIts musicalGenre (s) Thrash metal, speed metal 1, metal 1heavy, 1Years active 1981 - presentLabel (s) Warner Bros., Elektra, Vertigo, MegaforceRelated Artists MegadethEchobrainExodusFlotsam and JetsamVoivodSuicidal TendenciesTraumaSlayerAnthraxQueenWebWebsite www.metallica.comMembersJames HetfieldLars UlrichKirk HammettRobert TrujilloFormer membersCliff BurtonDave MustaineRon McGovneyJason NewstedLloyd GrantFirst contactsMay be considered Metallica's history began in 1980 when a young Lars Ulrich danésllamado he moved with his family to Los Angeles. Son of a professional tennis player Torben Ulrich, 5 had developed a great fondness for heavy metal in the 70s, when the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal) prevailed in the European underground scene, and his transfer United States, which is scheduled by his father with the aim of preparing a career in professional tennis, this hobby would become almost an obsession, especially focusing on the most unknown of the English new wave. His priority to get to Los Angeles, far from focusing on tennis, would be to exploit his musical ability with other young people. This will lead in 1981 to publish an ad in the Recycler magazine unguitarrista requesting to form a band with influences from the bands of the NWOBHM, 6 specifically focusing on their favorite bands: Diamond Head, Iron Maiden and Motorhead. Another young man named James Hetfield, son of an owner of a trucking company and a trained opera singer and a strict Christian upbringing, 5 responded to your ad. Occurred then the first test set, and although at first not convinced of Hetfield's playing Ulrich, 7 ran into a group. The key to this union was the issue that Lars was booked by his friend Brian Slagel, founder of the then newly created company discográficaMetal Blade Records, the first compilation that would edit the label, entitled Metal Massacre.8The group's name was devised by a friend named Ron Quintana Lars, 9 who shuffled "Metalmania" and "Metallica" as possible names for a new music fanzine, but leaned more by the second.A Ulrich both liked the latter quickly recommended (Quintana) the first to use it.