| CURRENT MEMBERS | JAMES HETFIELD
[August 3, 1963 – present] |  | Specialty: Angst-ridden, soul-rending, growling, loud-ass vocals
Vitals: 6'1" & 180 lbs (1.85 meters & 81.65 kilos); blonde hair & blue eyes
Marital status: Married
Drives: Chevy Blazer, Dodge Ram, '55 Chevy BelAir
Food: Mexican, meat-n-potatoes, Bar-B-Que, Oysters
Drink: n/a
Sports teams: Oakland Raiders, San Jose Sharks, D.C. United
Before Metallica: Played in Obsession, Leather Charm
Pre-Metallica career: Worked in sticker printing factory
Likes: Hunting, hot-rods, anonymity, snowboarding, street hockey, wake boarding, cigars, choppers, guns, wood work
Listens to: Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Skynyrd, Thin Lizzy, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Spaghetti Western Soundtracks
Heroes: Clint Eastwood, Pops Hetfield
First concert: Aerosmith & AC/DC, 1978, Long Beach, California
Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; Easy Rider; Sling Blade, Pulp Fiction; Vanishing Point
Describes himself as: Rugged, honest, stubborn
| LARS ULRICH
[December 26, 1963 – present] |  | Specialty: Pounding, driving rhythms
Vitals: 5'7" & 130 lbs (1.7 meters & 58.97 kilos); blond/brown hair & green eyes
Marital status: Married
Drives: Porsche, Chevy Blazer, Range Rover, Saab
Drink: Dry white wine, Evian, tea
Food: French food, tuna, sushi, frozen yogurt
Sports teams: San Jose Sharks, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Before Metallica: None
Pre-Metallica career: Paper boy, gas station attendant
Likes: Hanging with my wife, running, scuba diving, skiing, movies, fashion, art
Listens to: Oasis, AIC, Black Grape, my wife
Heroes: Guillermo Vilas (Argentinian tennis player), Ritchie Blackmore, Ace Frehley
First concert: Deep Purple, 1973, Copenhagen
Movies: N/A
Describes himself as: Anticipating, stubborn, spontaneous, sarcastic, talkative, silly, squeaky
| KIRK HAMMETT
[November 18, 1962 – present] |  | Specialty: Kick-ass, full-blown lead guitar, vocals
Vitals: 5'8" & 134 lbs (1.7 meters & 60.78 kilos); brown hair & brown eyes
Marital status: Married
Drives: Land Cruiser, mountain bike, '55 Dodge Coronet
Food: Sushi, Mexican food, pasta, Indian food, Thai food
Drink: Martinis, Sky Vodka, green tea
Sports teams: None ("I hate sports!")
Before Metallica: Played in Exodus, drank a lot
Pre-Metallica career: Worked in sticker printing factory
Likes: Mountain biking, tattoos, piercing, collecting old horror-movie stuff, cigars, philosophy, H.P. Lovecraft, Taxidermy, Pinball
Listens to: Jimi Hendrix, UFO, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Led Zeppelin, Kiss, John Coltrane, Gout, Mule, Chet Baker, Prez Prado, AIC, David Bowie, U2, King Crimson, Robert Johnson, Radiohead
Heroes: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Jimi Hendrix, Chet Baker, Diane Arbus, John Coltrane, Charles Bukowski, Edward Munch, Joel Peter Whitkin
First concert: Day on the Green with the Eagles, Steve Miller, Heart, and Foreigner
Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; Easy Rider; Sling Blade, Pulp Fiction; Vanishing Point
Describes himself as: Smelly, ugly, happy, obsessive, progressive, curious
| ROBERT TRUJILLO
[October 23, 1964 – present] |  | Specialty: Mad Bass riffage, backup vocals
Vitals: 5'9" (1.75 meters); Brown eyes, dark hair
Marital status: Single
Drives: n/a
Food: n/a
Sports teams: n/a
Before Metallica: n/a
Pre-Metallica career: n/a
Likes: n/a
Listens to: n/a
Heroes: n/a
First concert: n/a
Movies: n/a
Describes himself as: n/a
| | | | | PREVIOUS MEMBERS | CLIFF BURTON
[February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986] |  | Specialty: Ripping the bass, headbanging
Vitals: 5'11" (1.9 meters); auburn hair & brown eyes
Marital status: n/a
Drives: n/a
Food: Mexican food, hot cereal
Drinks: n/a
Sports teams: NBA: Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls; NFL: Detroit Lions, L.A. Raiders
Before Metallica: Easy Street, Agents Of Misfortune, and Trauma
Pre-Metallica career: Burger-flipper, pizza-maker, and truck-driver
Likes: pier fishing, hunting, jamming & hanging out with his two best friends Dave and Jim
Listens to: Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, Geddy Lee of Rush, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath and Jazz bassist Stanley Clarke. Favorite Composer & Bands Bach, Pink Floyd, The Misfits, Samhain, Thin Lizzy, R.E.M., Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Velvet Underground and Judas Priest
Heroes: n/a
First concert: n/a
Movies: n/a
Describes himself as: n/a
| JASON NEWSTED
[March 3, 1963 – present] |  | Specialty: Making sure Metallica thumps harder than ever
Vitals: 5'9" & 150 lbs (1.75 meters & 68.04 kilos); auburn & blue eyes
Marital status: Single
Drives: '94 Land Cruiser, IBIS Titanium, Cyclocross bike
Drink: Bordeaux, Barolo, barbaresco wines. Evian, Metrx Shakes
Food: Thai Curry, Frosted Flakes, Bananas, Ginseng
Sports teams: Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Lions, L.A. Raiders
Before Metallica: Flotsam and Jetsam, Dogz
Pre-Metallica career: Burger-flipper, pizza-maker, and truck-driver
Likes: Mountain biking, Elizabeth, Basketball
Listens to: Kiss, Black Sabbath, Tom Waits, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Machine Head, Sly and the Family Stone, Sepultura, Wes Montgomery, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Jaco Pastorius, Anything and everything
Heroes: Gene Simmons, Al Pacino, B.B. King, my father, Zach Harmen, Bob Marley
First concert: Ted Nugent, 1975, South Bend, Indiana, Notre Dame University
Movies: N/A
Describes himself as: Energetic, caring, goofy
| DAVE MUSTAINE
[September 13, 1961 – present] |  | Specialty: n/a
Vitals: Weighs 175 lbs, hazel eyes, strawberry blonde hair
Marital status: n/a
Drives: Land Cruiser, mountain bike, '55 Dodge Coronet
Food: Mexican, English Breakfast, Italian, and Sushi
Drink: n/a
Sports teams: n/a
Before Metallica: n/a
Pre-Metallica career: n/a
Likes: Teaching Megadeth songs to new Guitarists
Listens to: AC/DC-Let There Be Rock, Led Zeppelin-Presence
Heroes: George Washington, J.F.K., Bill Clinton
Fav concert: AC/DC at Gothenburg Sweden
Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Describes himself as: n/a
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