James Hetfield
Birth Name:
James Alan Hetfield
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Composer, Actor, Writer, Producer
Fast Facts
- Has been named Rolling Stone magazine's 87th greatest guitarist of all time
- Started the band Metallica after answering a 1981 classified ad by drummer Lars Ulrich
- Was inspired to become a musician after listening to the likes of bands Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath
- Is best known as a guitarist and singer for the rock band Metallica
- Based the Metallica song "Enter Sandman" on his nightmares as a child
- Provided background vocals to the Corrosion of Conformity song "Man or Ash․"
- Wrote the song "The God That Failed" after his mother died of cancer