James Hetfield is the driving force behing Metallica. He was raised by highly christian parents, beleive it or not. He was first turned on to music by his older stepbrother, and two of his biggest influences are Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin of which he did covers off of in his first garage band. James met up with Ron Mcgovney and jammed for a few months, but it wasn't until he met Lars that Metallica really got off the ground. James doesn't do much talking, he lets his music do the talking and when he does comment it is plain and simple, humorous, and strait to the point, no bullshit