METALLICA is a mega-band of heavy metal from 80s and 90s, whose name became a face of heavy metal for many fans and musicians. There are only few bands in the history of rock that reached such height as Metallica, and I doubt that today someone else has such fame and popularity as them. In short fifteen years this band turned from a bunch of basement amateurs into a national sensation. Most importantly Metallica never compromised their music for anyone in show business. Their music always was their self-expression, their faith. In this story, I will try to tell how Metallica began.
Metallica’s beginning as many other things in this world owes to someone being at the right place in the right time. I’m talking about one of the founders of future legend – its drummer, Lars Ulrich, who was born in faraway Denmark. This fact is interesting, because only two famous performers of heavy metal were ever born in Denmark: King Diamond and Ulrich himself. Lars was born in a suburb of Copenhagen on December 26, 1963 in family of famous at that time tennis player, Torben Ulrich. Due to this, problem of Lars’s profession was solved at early age.
At the same time, the band was continuously searching for a rhythm guitarist. They found an extremely weird guy named Brad Parker, but after one concert with him, they had to kick Brad out, and James Hetfield finally realized that he would have to carry the burden, of playing the rhythm guitar.
In 1982 the “Metal Massacre” finally came out. Even though its cover had countless typos and the band’s name was spelled “Mettallica”, it became their first official disc, and planted the seeds where Metallica’s later fame would be partly rooted.
Things really to started to pick up the pace for Metallica when of their concert recordings wound up in the hands of Kenny Kane, owner and manager of independent company “High Velocity”. Having found Metallica’s work very innovative, Kane contacted the band and offered Metallica to release a whole EP, promising to cover all the recording costs. Sure enough, the band agreed, but later it turned out that the concert tape Kane heard had only the cover songs, not the Metallica originals, so Kane refused to put out the Metallica vinyl. However, the band still got their paid studio where they recorded “No Life ‘Till Leather” – their new demo tape, which was spread the same way as the first one.
On September 18 in San Francisco, Metallica appeared at the presentation of “Metal Massacre” organized by Brian Slegel himself. The band wound up there pure accidentally after Cirith Ungol (one of Slegel’s picks) couldn’t make it. The interesting thing was that all the fans that came to that concert had “No Life ‘Till Leather” and jointly sang the words of almost all the Metallica songs. This was the first time Metallica met with its real fans.
Metallica continued playing in San Francisco, gaining more and popularity until November 28, when the band finally headlined their own show! That show was also where and when Metallica met Kirk Hammett, who then played in Exodus – a band who was warming the crowd up at the show.
At the same time, there were and more problems with Ron McGownie in the middle of Metallica itself. Ron was getting more and more distant from other band members, even during their friendly parties. As things were getting worse, Brian Slegel invited Lars and James to visit concert of the band called Trauma. There, both were completely captivated by Trauma’s bassist – Cliff Burton. Cliff didn’t have any desire to leave Trauma, but after the concert and months after that Lars and James were literally stalking Burton, trying to get him into Metallica. Ron McGownie accidentally found out about all this, and in December he officially left Metallica. Several weeks after that whole Metallica moved to San Francisco, and Cliff Burton finally agreed to play with them.
When 1983 started, growing financial problems stopped Metallica’s growth, until they a very influential west coast guy named Johnny Z. Johnny Z. managed his own store called “Rock-n-roll Heaven” where you could find anything connected with heavy metal. Same Johnny Z. also organized rock concerts in New York and New Jersey from time to time. Johnny convinced Metallica to go New York where he housed all four guys for three months!
Gradually Dave Mustane and his heavy drinking started to distance him from the band as Ron got distanced before that. Moreover, other members of Metallica got an Exodus tape and just as they did with Cliff, they got determined that they have got to have Kirk Hammett instead of Dave. In April of 83 they shamelessly booted Dave, and instantly Kirk Hammett became the newest member of the band. Still Metallica kept playing at the same clubs introducing their new member to the public. The fun ended when Johnny Z. kicked them all out of his house for drinking two bottles of champagne that were his family’s treasure. For several weeks Metallica had to live in the aband
Metallica’s beginning as many other things in this world owes to someone being at the right place in the right time. I’m talking about one of the founders of future legend – its drummer, Lars Ulrich, who was born in faraway Denmark. This fact is interesting, because only two famous performers of heavy metal were ever born in Denmark: King Diamond and Ulrich himself. Lars was born in a suburb of Copenhagen on December 26, 1963 in family of famous at that time tennis player, Torben Ulrich. Due to this, problem of Lars’s profession was solved at early age.
At the same time, the band was continuously searching for a rhythm guitarist. They found an extremely weird guy named Brad Parker, but after one concert with him, they had to kick Brad out, and James Hetfield finally realized that he would have to carry the burden, of playing the rhythm guitar.
In 1982 the “Metal Massacre” finally came out. Even though its cover had countless typos and the band’s name was spelled “Mettallica”, it became their first official disc, and planted the seeds where Metallica’s later fame would be partly rooted.
Things really to started to pick up the pace for Metallica when of their concert recordings wound up in the hands of Kenny Kane, owner and manager of independent company “High Velocity”. Having found Metallica’s work very innovative, Kane contacted the band and offered Metallica to release a whole EP, promising to cover all the recording costs. Sure enough, the band agreed, but later it turned out that the concert tape Kane heard had only the cover songs, not the Metallica originals, so Kane refused to put out the Metallica vinyl. However, the band still got their paid studio where they recorded “No Life ‘Till Leather” – their new demo tape, which was spread the same way as the first one.
On September 18 in San Francisco, Metallica appeared at the presentation of “Metal Massacre” organized by Brian Slegel himself. The band wound up there pure accidentally after Cirith Ungol (one of Slegel’s picks) couldn’t make it. The interesting thing was that all the fans that came to that concert had “No Life ‘Till Leather” and jointly sang the words of almost all the Metallica songs. This was the first time Metallica met with its real fans.
Metallica continued playing in San Francisco, gaining more and popularity until November 28, when the band finally headlined their own show! That show was also where and when Metallica met Kirk Hammett, who then played in Exodus – a band who was warming the crowd up at the show.
At the same time, there were and more problems with Ron McGownie in the middle of Metallica itself. Ron was getting more and more distant from other band members, even during their friendly parties. As things were getting worse, Brian Slegel invited Lars and James to visit concert of the band called Trauma. There, both were completely captivated by Trauma’s bassist – Cliff Burton. Cliff didn’t have any desire to leave Trauma, but after the concert and months after that Lars and James were literally stalking Burton, trying to get him into Metallica. Ron McGownie accidentally found out about all this, and in December he officially left Metallica. Several weeks after that whole Metallica moved to San Francisco, and Cliff Burton finally agreed to play with them.
When 1983 started, growing financial problems stopped Metallica’s growth, until they a very influential west coast guy named Johnny Z. Johnny Z. managed his own store called “Rock-n-roll Heaven” where you could find anything connected with heavy metal. Same Johnny Z. also organized rock concerts in New York and New Jersey from time to time. Johnny convinced Metallica to go New York where he housed all four guys for three months!
Gradually Dave Mustane and his heavy drinking started to distance him from the band as Ron got distanced before that. Moreover, other members of Metallica got an Exodus tape and just as they did with Cliff, they got determined that they have got to have Kirk Hammett instead of Dave. In April of 83 they shamelessly booted Dave, and instantly Kirk Hammett became the newest member of the band. Still Metallica kept playing at the same clubs introducing their new member to the public. The fun ended when Johnny Z. kicked them all out of his house for drinking two bottles of champagne that were his family’s treasure. For several weeks Metallica had to live in the aband
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METALLICA - це мега-група хеві-металу 80-х та 90-х років, ім'я якої стало обличчям хеві-металу для багатьох шанувальників та музикантів. В історії року є лише кілька гуртів, які досягли такої висоти, як Metallica, і я сумніваюся, що сьогодні хтось інший має таку славу і популярність, як вони. Незабаром за п’ятнадцять років цей гурт перетворився з купки любителів підвалу на національну сенсацію. Найголовніше, що Metallica ніколи не компрометувала свою музику для когось із шоу-бізнесу. Їх музика завжди була їх самовираженням, їх вірою. У цій історії я спробую розповісти, як починалася Metallica.
Початок Metallica, як і багато інших речей у цьому світі, завдячує тому, що хтось був у потрібному місці в потрібний час. Я говорю про одного із засновників майбутньої легенди - її барабанщика Ларса Ульріха, який народився у далекій Данії. Цей факт цікавий тим, що в Данії колись народилися лише два відомі виконавці хеві-металу: King Diamond та сам Ульріх. Ларс народився в передмісті Копенгагена 26 грудня 1963 року в сім'ї відомого на той час тенісиста Торбена Ульріха. Завдяки цьому проблема професії Ларса була вирішена в ранньому віці.
У той же час гурт постійно шукав ритміста. Вони знайшли надзвичайно дивного хлопця на ім'я Бред Паркер, але після одного концерту з ним їм довелося вигнати Бреда, і Джеймс Хетфілд нарешті зрозумів, що йому доведеться нести тягар, граючи на ритм-гітарі.
У 1982 році нарешті вийшов «Металева різанина». Незважаючи на те, що на обкладинці було незліченна кількість друку, а назва гурту було написано "Mettallica", це стало їх першим офіційним диском, і посадили насіння, де згодом слава Metallica буде частково вкорінена.
Справді все почало набирати темп для Metallica, коли їх концертні записи опинилися в руках Кенні Кейн, власника та менеджера незалежної компанії "High Velocity". Виявивши роботу Metallica дуже інноваційною, Кейн зв’язався з колективом і запропонував Metallica випустити цілий EP, пообіцявши покрити всі витрати на запис. Звичайно, група погодилася, але згодом виявилося, що концертна стрічка, яку почув Кейн, мала лише кавер-пісні, а не оригінали Metallica, тому Кейн відмовився викладати вініл Metallica. Однак група все ж отримала свою платну студію, де вони записали "No Life 'Till Leather" - свою нову демо-стрічку, яка поширювалася так само, як і перша.
18 вересня у Сан-Франциско Metallica виступила на презентації "Металевої різанини", організованій самим Брайаном Слєгелем. Група намоталася там чисто випадково після того, як Сіріт Унгол (один із виборців Шлегеля) не зміг це зробити. Цікавим було те, що всі шанувальники, які прийшли на цей концерт, мали "No Life 'Till Leather" і спільно співали слова майже всіх пісень Metallica. Це вперше Metallica зустрівся зі своїми справжніми фанатами.
Metallica продовжувала грати у Сан-Франциско, набираючи все більшої популярності до 28 листопада, коли група нарешті очолила власне шоу! Це шоу також було де і коли Metallica зустрівся з Кірком Хамметтом, який тоді грав у "Exodus" - гурті, який розігрівав натовп на виставці.
У той же час у Рона Макгоуні в середині самої Metallica виникало і більше проблем. Рон дедалі більше віддалявся від інших учасників гурту, навіть під час дружніх вечірок. Оскільки справи погіршувалися, Брайан Слегель запросив Ларса та Джеймса відвідати концерт гурту під назвою Trauma. Там обох повністю зачарував басист Трауми - Кліфф Бертон. Кліфф не мав бажання залишати «Травму», але після концерту і місяців після цього Ларс і Джеймс буквально переслідували Бертона, намагаючись ввести його в «Металіку». Рон МакГоуні випадково дізнався про все це, і в грудні він офіційно покинув Metallica. Через кілька тижнів ціла Metallica переїхала до Сан-Франциско, і Кліфф Бертон нарешті погодився пограти з ними.
Коли розпочався 1983 рік, зростаючі фінансові проблеми зупинили ріст Metallica, поки дуже впливовий хлопець із західного узбережжя на ім'я Джонні З. Джонні З. не керував власним магазином під назвою "Rock-n-roll Heaven", де можна було знайти все, що пов'язане з важким металом. Той же Джонні З. також час від часу організовував рок-концерти в Нью-Йорку та Нью-Джерсі. Джонні переконав Metallica поїхати до Нью-Йорка, де він тримав усіх чотирьох хлопців протягом трьох місяців!
Поступово Дейв Мустайн і його пияцтво почали віддаляти його від групи, оскільки Рон до цього віддалявся. Більше того, інші члени Metallica отримали стрічку Exodus, і так само, як це зробили з Кліффом, вони вирішили, що вони повинні мати Кірка Хаммета замість Дейва. У квітні 83 року вони безсоромно підняли Дейва, і миттєво Кірк Хаммет став найновішим учасником групи. І все-таки Metallica продовжувала грати в тих же клубах, представляючи свого нового члена публіці. Задоволення закінчилося, коли Джонні З. вигнав їх усіх із свого дому, випивши дві пляшки шампанського, які були скарбом його родини. Кілька тижнів Metallica довелося жити у відмові
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