KIRK HAMMETT

Great guitar player. I'd like to hear what he could do in another
setting. I get the feeling that he gets told what to play a lot in
Metallica, which is fine, but Vinnie Vincent's best playing was outside
of KISS, IMO. I suspect Kirk would be the same.

defender_of_the_faith wrote:

I hear he had an abusive childhood.

and now an abusive adulthood of being pushed around by James and lars.

firestar wrote:

defender_of_the_faith wrote:

I hear he had an abusive childhood.

and now an abusive adulthood of being pushed around by James and lars.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

I could just as easily say, even though he is considered a great guitarist I don't walk away with any of his solos stuck in my head.

Where is his "Anesthesia pulling teeth" solo/song.

Well, ok Welcome Home has a really good solo.

Tall Tyrion wrote:

Great guitar player. I'd like to hear what he could do in another
setting. I get the feeling that he gets told what to play a lot in
Metallica, which is fine, but Vinnie Vincent's best playing was outside
of KISS, IMO. I suspect Kirk would be the same.

Good point. I agree.

journeyman wrote:

Where is his "Anesthesia pulling teeth" solo/song.

that was a bass solo by cliff burton

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

journeyman wrote:

Where is his "Anesthesia pulling teeth" solo/song.

that was a bass solo by cliff burton

I think he means, where is Kirk's guitar-solo equivalent to Cliff's mighty testament?

Fat Freddy wrote:

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

journeyman wrote:

Where is his "Anesthesia pulling teeth" solo/song.

that was a bass solo by cliff burton

I think he means, where is Kirk's guitar-solo equivalent to Cliff's mighty testament?

pretty much every solo on that first album are awesome and live kirk usually rips a solo solo out between songs for a minute or two. rob usually does a bass solo as well now which was very cool to see

TheGooch wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

journeyman wrote:

Where is his "Anesthesia pulling teeth" solo/song.

that was a bass solo by cliff burton

I think he means, where is Kirk's guitar-solo equivalent to Cliff's mighty testament?

pretty much every solo on that first album are awesome and live kirk usually rips a solo solo out between songs for a minute or two. rob usually does a bass solo as well now which was very cool to see

Rob is an awesome bassist. I loved his work with Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves.

Kirk's got a high voice.

defender_of_the_faith wrote:

Kirk's got a high voice.

Cock ring.

DallasBlack wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

journeyman wrote:

Where is his "Anesthesia pulling teeth" solo/song.

that was a bass solo by cliff burton

I think he means, where is Kirk's guitar-solo equivalent to Cliff's mighty testament?

pretty much every solo on that first album are awesome and live kirk usually rips a solo solo out between songs for a minute or two. rob usually does a bass solo as well now which was very cool to see

Rob is an awesome bassist. I loved his work with Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves.

if i recall didnt rob participate in the rerecording of the bass on the early ozzy osbourne albums

TheGooch wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

journeyman wrote:

Where is his "Anesthesia pulling teeth" solo/song.

that was a bass solo by cliff burton

I think he means, where is Kirk's guitar-solo equivalent to Cliff's mighty testament?

pretty much every solo on that first album are awesome and live kirk usually rips a solo solo out between songs for a minute or two. rob usually does a bass solo as well now which was very cool to see

Rob is an awesome bassist. I loved his work with Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves.

if i recall didnt rob participate in the rerecording of the bass on the early ozzy osbourne albums

I believe he has done bass for Ozzy, though I don't know which albums.

TheGooch wrote:

if i recall didnt rob participate in the rerecording of the bass on the early ozzy osbourne albums

I believe it is Rob on the "remastered" versions of BLIZZARD OF OZZ and DIARY OF A MADMAN. Apparently Bob Daisley (original bassist) and Lee Kerslake (original drummer) were in the process of suing the Ozz camp for royalties they claimed they were owed but hadn't been paid, and Sharon O. retaliated by erasing their playing off the original tapes and having Ozzy's current bassist and drummer (who I believe at the time was Mike Bordin of Faith No More fame) re-record those tracks. Nice huh? The lesson is obviously not to mess with Sharon O.

Thankfully I still have earlier pressings of BLIZZARD and DIARY with Lee and Bob's playing on them... Sharon's back-alley tactics just made me angry.

i dont like sharon osbourne. in my opinion she took advantage of ozzy to make money while he was spaced out on drugs

TheGooch wrote:

i dont like sharon osbourne. in my opinion she took advantage of ozzy to make money while he was spaced out on drugs

That there is pretty much the universal opinion of Sharon O., methinks

Fat Freddy wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

if i recall didnt rob participate in the rerecording of the bass on the early ozzy osbourne albums

I believe it is Rob on the "remastered" versions of BLIZZARD OF OZZ and DIARY OF A MADMAN. Apparently Bob Daisley (original bassist) and Lee Kerslake (original drummer) were in the process of suing the Ozz camp for royalties they claimed they were owed but hadn't been paid, and Sharon O. retaliated by erasing their playing off the original tapes and having Ozzy's current bassist and drummer (who I believe at the time was Mike Bordin of Faith No More fame) re-record those tracks. Nice huh? The lesson is obviously not to mess with Sharon O.

Thankfully I still have earlier pressings of BLIZZARD and DIARY with Lee and Bob's playing on them... Sharon's back-alley tactics just made me angry.

that was soooo low. i feel for bob daisley espiecially, since he wrote the majority of those early albums. much more than ozzy did anyways

yeah wasnt ozzy just wacked on coke or something like that

TheGooch wrote:

yeah wasnt ozzy just wacked on coke or something like that

You name it, Ozzy has likely snorted, smoked, popped, or ingested it in some form or another.

hey i heard the other day how ozzy snorted a line of ants when egged on by support band motley crue! whether its true who knows.

i also remember the story about how ozzy and bill ward took lsd every day for two years

just stook the black rain album on

TheGooch wrote:

hey i heard the other day how ozzy snorted a line of ants when egged on by support band motley crue! whether its true who knows.

Haha, I read that story in Motley Crue's book "The Dirt" too. Seems like something that Ozz would do.

Trying to get this thread back on topic (it IS a Kirk Hammett/Metallica thread, after all, not an Ozzy thread): I read years ago that when Ozzy took Metallica out as his opening act (in their Master of Puppets days), Ozzy said Metallica were the first band he'd met that could drink him under the table.

that would not surprise me after all Lord Hetfield had to have rehab for being an alcoholic.

Quote :

He's the Derek Smalls of Metallica. He's the peacekeeper.

I'll second that one. He just seems like the guy that would sit back and observe a conflict around him rather than hopping in and yelling too. And I've gotta say, being quiet and observant shows a man of wisdom.

My friends make fun of his voice, but I think my friends must be stupid. He sounds like a guy...I don't think he sounds odd or anything. Anyway, his wah pedal is cool. I actually like it in a guitar solo. Of course using that to mask terrible playing doesn't mean anything, but he can play so he can use it all he wants in my opinion.