HISTORY

 
 Metallica History

Past Band Members:

     Lloyd Grant - Guitarist
     Ron McGovney - Bassist
     Dave Mustaine - Guitarist
     Cliff Burton - Bassist

1981

April
    James and lars met for the first time
November
    James and Lars form a band to play aon Metall massacre. Lloyd Grant
    joins them on guitar
1982
    Lars takes name for the band from his friend who was going to use it as a  
    magazine title but lars urged him to call it metal massacre so he could keep
    metallica.
    Metal massacre released on 6/4/82
    During one of traumas concerts James and Lars notice Cliff
    Members of metallica notice Kirk as guitarist of exodus
    Ron McGovey quits band
    cliff burton agrees to join metallica
1983
    Kirk hammet gets phone call telling him he's in metallica as lead guitarist
    kirk joins band
    After singning thier first contract with megaforce records metallica start
    to record Kill em all
    Kill em all is released
    Metallica begin the recording of thier second album in sweet silence studios in
    copenhagen
    Ride the lighning is released
    metallica sign with elektra
1985
    Metallica headlines the monster of rock festival at castle donington
    Metallica begin recording of Master of puppets in Copenhagen
1986
    Master of puppets is released
    Metallica tourr with Ozzy Ozbourne
    James breaks his wrist skateboarding and sings in a sling with james marshell
    on guitar
    Ozzys tour ends
    metallica tour Damage inc
    Cliff plays last gig in Stokholm Sweden
    On the way to Copenhagen the tour bus overturns and Cliff Burton is killed
    Jason Newsted joins band
1987
    Metallica begin European tour in memory of cliff starting in Copenhagen
    James breaks arm skateboarding
    Metallica bulid lars' garage in prep for the Garage days record
    Garage days released
    Cliff em all released
1988
    metallica start record ing thier fourth album And justice for all
    Monster of rock tour with Van halen,Scorpians.Dokken and Kingdon come
    Master of puppets reaches 1 million copies, metallica's first platinum
    ...and justice for all is released
    Damage justice tour starts
    ...and justice for all goes to 6 in charts
    ...and justice for all goes platinum
    Us tour starts
    Metallica's first video 'ONE' is shot
1989
    metallica play at grammy awards
    4 years after its release "Ride the lightning is certified gold
    ...and justice for all goes double platinum
1990
    Metallica begin recording of album number 5 , the balck album
1991
    Metallica tour with AC/DC ,Queensyche and th eblack crows
    The black album is released
    The black album sweeps to number 1 in charts in US ,Australia,Canada and the
    Uk
    Monster of rock tour ends in moscow with more than  three hundred thousand
    fans
    Metallica launch where ever i may roam tour
    Black album sells more than 4 million copies
1992
    Metallica announce they will tour with guns n roses
    Metallica release video "a year and a half in the life of metallica"
1993
    European tour ends in stokholm
    Begin nowhere else to roam tour kicks off
    Black album is still selling at 12 million copies in the US alone
    Metallica release  Live shit: binge and purge containing 3 live cd's 3 video
    tapes a 72 page booklet and a stencil
1994
    Black album still selling at 15 million world wide and still on top 100 billboard
1995
    the tracks 2x4 and devils dance are heard for the first time
    Arctic circle concert in canada sponsered by Molosn beer
1996
    start recording of 6th studio album load
    Pre-release of load
    load released
    metallica haedlines summer festival of lollapalooza
    "hero of the day will be next single from load
    After 260 weeks on the topp 200 billboard the black album is 2nd album
    remaining on top 200 billboard as well as being in 60th position
    metallica wins MTV best hard rock video for 1996
    Metallica was introduced to peform "king nothing" at the European MTV
    video awards but when the lights went down they launched into "last caress"
    Followed by so what.
1997
    Lars got married to his long time girlfriend Skylar
    James got married
    Metallica featured in soundtrack of spawn with For whom the bell tolls
    remixed by DJ spooky
    reload released on november 18
    The memory remains single is relaesed
 
 

 
 

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