Guitar legend joe satriani spoke in an interview with q103 and revealed his thoughts about steve vai and kirk hammett. This question is slightly vague, because youve asked for a comparison between mustaine, and two guitarists who have very different skill sets. Mustaine, who was the original lead guitarist of metallica, was dismissed from the band by drummer lars ulrich in 1983. Also, he added some parts to dave s stuff for that album. Dave mustaine says that he has tremendous respect for kirk hammett, claiming that the metallica guitarist was almost 100% accurate in his recent assessment of the megadeth mainmans. James hetfield reveals his thoughts on kirk hammetts. Some kind of monster is a 2004 documentary film featuring american heavy metal band metallica. There are even clips with dave mustaine on lead guitar at cliffs 2nd gig with the band. Dave mustaine is the first to admit that hes bottomed out a few times in his dark and twisted speed metal version of a dickensian life. Who was the better of the two metallica guitarists, dave. Im the man is the fastpaced, humorous, and revealing memoir from the man who cofounded anthrax, the band that proved to the masses that brutality and fun didnt have to be mutually exclusive. Jon bon jovi, kirk hammett, dave mustaine, joe satriani, paujon bon jovi, kirk hammet llc books on. Get over yourself you little shits, kirk hammett is a horrible lead guitarist and has ruined multiple metallica songs with his horrific solos that he barely manipulates out of mustaine s old.
According to him, kirk is a great guitarist and he cant play guitar like him. Someone call the police, hammett just got his shit ruined. Click here that interview in a new interview by eddie trunk, he asked if there was a highlight moment from the previous big 4 gigs that really stands out to him. Dave mustaine, who was one of the original members of metallica, was fired from the band by drummer lars ulrich in 1983. James hetfield vs kirk hammett as it must be youtube. American heavy metal guitarists american heavy metal. Not in the early days, he ripped it up on kill em all and rtl. Get over yourself you little shits, kirk hammett is a horrible lead guitarist and has ruined multiple metallica songs with his horrific. Kirk hammettnote the gorgeousness of his hair kirk. Cliff burton robert trujillo jason newsted dave mustaine james hetfield heavy metal music heavy metal bands thrash metal kirk hammett. Dave mustaine is a better allaround guitarist than kirk hammett and has better taste in his solos. Metallica frontman james hetfield talked about kirk hammetts guitar technique.
He compared teaching steve vai to play guitar and teaching kirk hammett. Dave mustaine responds to kirk hammett saying hes still. Satriani has forged a successful solo career, but has also spent much of his time as a guitar tutor, and nurtured talent including hammett, steve vai and testaments alex skolnick. The members of metallica have been mostly respectful while discussing their onetime bandmate, with guitarist kirk hammett saying on a 2016 podcast. Pin by andrew kirillov on metallica metallica, heavy.
Kirk more or less indulges too much in the pentatonic scale which has gotten old in his more recent work, not to mention that once metallica released the black album they began their long road of taking it up the butt. Kirk lee hammett born november 18, 1962 is an american musician who has been lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for the heavy metal band metallica since 1983. Kirk hammett understands mustaine s anger over being fired from. Look at the baby marshall practice amp next to cliff. Mustaine wrote a lot in metallica and writes everything for megadeth. It doenst take much to be better than kirk hammett. Dave is the better rhythm, but since he also plays a pretty good lead, i would say that gives mustaine the edge. James hetfield spoke in an interview by newsweek and explained his thoughts on kirk s guitar technique. We accept donations year round, so if you havent donated yet, theres still time to add your support. Dave mustaine pissed off about what kirk hammett said. For the purpose of this answer, the comparison between mustaine and james will be of their rhythm skill.
Robert trujillojames hetfieldlars ulrichkirk hammett. It won the independent spirit award for best documentary feature in 2005. Dave mustaine reveals how kirk hammett disrespected. In 2003, hammett was ranked 11th on rolling stones list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Joe satriani has reflected on teaching guitarist kirk hammett during his first days with metallica. The book was released in the uk, europe, australia, and new zealand under the title mustaine. Dave mustaine tells story on how metallicas four horseman is tribute to lynyrd skynyrds sweet home alabama. Dave mustaine says that he has tremendous respect for kirk hammett, claiming that the metallica guitarist was almost 100% accurate in his recent assessment of the megadeth mainmans relationship with his former band. Nov 14, 2014 kirk hammett note the gorgeousness of his hair. Dave mustaine responds to kirk hammett saying hes still really, really sad about metallica. In a new interview by eddie trunk, he asked if there was a highlight moment from the previous big 4 gigs that really stands out to him. Kirk metallica ron mcgovney jason newsted robert trujillo dave mustaine kirk hammett james hetfield rock legends metalhead welcome to where time stands still no one leaves and no one will moon is full, never seems to change just labeled mentally deranged dream the same thing every night i see our freedom in my sight no.
Metallica guitarist kirk hammett revealed his predecessor, megadeths dave mustaine, was really ped off and angry after being kicked out of the band for drug and alcohol addiction. In 2009, hammett was ranked number 15 in joel mcivers book the. Kirk hammett, who plays guitar in the heavy metal legends metallica since 1983 after the firing of dave mustaine, has just sent a new photo through his official social media account and praised the english rock band the who star, pete townshend in the photo taken by the worldrenowned photographer ross halfin, kirk hammett and pete townshend were posing side by side while pete was holding. Im the man audiobook by scott ian, jon wiederhorn, kirk. Metallica star kirk hammett praises the legendary multi. New york times bestseller founding member, singer, and lead guitarist of metallica and megadeth shares the ultimate, unvarnished story behind his involvement in the rise of two of the worlds most influential. Dave mustaine thrash metal heavy metal metallica lyrics robert trujillo kirk hammett band pictures james hetfield black books metallica pictures to share. On august 3, 2010, mustaine released his autobiography in the us, titled mustaine. Ok i have no idea why people think dave is so great and the thing that really bugs me is that everybody thinks dave is like 0x better than kirk. Kirk is the better lead, listen to the kill em all demos, and it is apparent. Steve vai was 12 years old and could not play guitar at all when i met him. Metallicas kirk hammett has opened up about the bands relationship with former guitarist and megadeth frontman dave mustaine mustaine was the original lead guitarist and cofounder of. He was replaced by kirk hammett and went on to form megadeth and achieve worldwide success on his own. Through various lineup shifts, label snafus, rock n roll mayhem, and unforeseen circumstances galore, scott ian has approached life and music with a.
Cliff burton, kirk hammett, james hetfield, metallica, dave mustaine, lars ulrich, doug freel, jean pellerin, curt marvis, jeff richter, robin sloane. It shares its name with the song some kind of monster from metallicas 2003 album st. Dave mustaine tells story on how metallicas four horseman. Dave mustaine is the man member 36 of the iron maiden are gods club pm revelations to join. American heavy metal guitarists american heavy metal guitarists. Hammett s continued quest for improvement was for hammett and for metallica. Some kind of monster movie poster 27 x 40 inches 69cm x 102cm 2004 dylan donkin kirk hammett james hetfield dave mustaine jason newstedbob rock. In a recent interview, dave mustaine said that metallica may be the main reason why the big four shows are not being reorganised. But its more powerful than that, and i believe that wasnt really the point holiday was trying to make.
The book covers mustaine s life from childhood until the release of the 2009 megadeth album endgame. Technically, would dave mustaine be considered a better. The very fact that we have heard of dave mustaine belies the point at the end of the sentence. See more ideas about kirk hammett, metallica and kirk metallica. In 2009, hammett was ranked number 15 in joel mcivers book the 100 greatest metal guitarists. Kirk hammett says that reconnecting with dave mustaine at metallicas 30thanniversary shows helped the megadeth frontman let go of some of his sadness, anger and frustration over being fired from. Joe satriani praises great student kirk hammett louder. The film shows many studio rehearsals and fragments of concert footage. Before joining metallica he formed and named the band exodus. All, with interviews, performances, and photos all the way into the master of puppets tour.
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