Report: James Alan Hetfield, The Man Behind METALLICA
November 10, 2006, 17 years ago
Citizen Journalism Nepal (www.cjnepal.org) has issued the following report from Anjan Karki:
"In the early '80s, heavy metal was in danger of becoming a fashion trend - spandex-sporting, hairspray-soaked, makeup-smeared parody, but bands like METALLICA brought metal back to its origina route, to its straight-ahead approach. With most of the metal singers posing for the camera and singing about sex, drugs, and rock roll, Metallica lead singer/rythm guitarist James Hetfield's approach was a much different and welcomed break from the koook with his tattered jeans and unkempt hair, while singing (well, shouting) about serious subject matter and bashing out intense metal riffs on either his Gibson Explorer/Flying V."Check out the full report at this location.
