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