JAMES HETFIELD

 

Instrument: Vocals, guitar

Specialty: Angst-ridden, soul-rending, growling, loud-ass vocals

Birthday: August 3, 1963

From: Los Angeles, California

Vitals: 6'1" & 180 lbs (1.85 meters & 81.65 kilos); blond hair & blue eyes

Marital status: Married

Drives: Chevy Blazer, Dodge Ram, '55 Chevy BelAir

Food: Mexican, meat-n-potatoes, Bar-B-Que, Oysters

Sports teams: Oakland Raiders, San Jose Sharks, D.C. United

Before Metallica: Played in Obsession, Leather Charm

Pre-Metallica career: Worked in sticker printing factory

Likes: Hunting, hot-rods, anonymity, snowboarding, street hockey, wave boarding, cigars, choppers, guns, wood work

Listens to: Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Skynyrd, Thin Lizzy, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Spegetti, Western Soundtracks

Heroes: Clint Eastwood, Pops Hetfield

First concert: Aerosmith & AC/DC, 1978, Long Beach, California

Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Easy Rider, Sling Blade, Pulp Fiction, Vanishing Point

Describes self as: Rugged, honest, stubborn