Metallica’s lead guitarist Kirk Hammett is celebrating his 55th birthday today (born: November 18, 1962). On this special day, we listed 10 things you probably didn’t know about him.
This list is based on references to the following sites and our articles: Needsomefun.net, Gibson.com and Societyofrock.com.
It’s been nearly 30+ years since Kirk Hammett received that fateful call asking him to audition for the lead guitar role in Metallica.
He said: “I think we probably just can’t beat eachother out, because he’s so good with riff writing, you know i’m in lead playing. I mean we would can’t beat eachother out, yeah, It’s just be a fantastic duel, but that’s something i would like to watch.“