Kirk Hammett

'All the Solos on the First Record Were Mine — the Best Kirk Could Try and Copy Them': Dave Mustaine Says He Wrote the Music That 'Made' Metallica – Ultimate Guitar

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‘All the Solos on the First Record Were Mine — the Best Kirk Could Try and Copy Them’: Dave Mustaine Says He Wrote the Music That ‘Made’ Metallica  Ultimate Guitar DAVE MUSTAINE On METALLICA: ‘I Wrote A Lot Of Their Music That Made Them’  BLABBERMOUTH.NET DAVE MUSTAINE Recounts His Infamous Exit From METALLICA And What Happened Next: … Read more

Kirk Hammett Says He Sounds the Best on This Metallica Album, Names His Greatest Guitar Solo – Ultimate Guitar

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Kirk Hammett Says He Sounds the Best on This Metallica Album, Names His Greatest Guitar Solo  Ultimate Guitar “It’s become a bad habit. I bought a 1955 Tele and turned it over to carve my initials into the back. My friend screamed, ’Don’t do that!’” Kirk Hammett on his favorite Metallica solo and tone – and … Read more

Kirk Hammett Opens Up on 'Butting Heads With James and Lars,' Names 'Most Well-adjusted' Ex-Metallica Member – Ultimate Guitar

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Kirk Hammett Opens Up on ‘Butting Heads With James and Lars,’ Names ‘Most Well-adjusted’ Ex-Metallica Member  Ultimate Guitar KIRK HAMMETT Explains Why Leaving METALLICA Is ‘Not An Option’ For Him  BLABBERMOUTH.NET Gibson Publishing Launches The Collection: Kirk Hammett  Premier Guitar The Collection: Kirk Hammett, Custom Edition  Gibson “We were all basket cases! But we created this thing called Metallica … Read more

Kirk Hammett Has a Solo LP Coming — and 767 New Riffs for Metallica

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Kirk Hammett is hard at work on his first-ever full length solo album, and unlike his debut solo EP, 2022’s Portals, it will likely feature guest vocalists, he reveals in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. He also has a massive collection of brand-new riffs for the next Metallica album, which … Read more