James Hetfield

Known for ActingBorn 1963-08-03 (age 62)Downey, California, USA

James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles. In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.Read more

Movies & web series

Metallica: Live at Slane Castle

Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983

Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019

Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019

Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017

Metallica: The Night Before

Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley

Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos

Metallica: Live from The House of Vans

Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

Metallica: [2015] X Games

Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never"

Metallica: Beyond Thunder and Lightning

Surfing Your Dreams

Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)

Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012

Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009

Metallica Touring Europe

Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival

Metallica - Rock AM Ring

Metallica - Live Earth

Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006

Metallica: Fan Can 5

Metallica: Live Covers

Metallica - ...And Justice For All

Metallica: Ride The Lightning

Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

Deep Purple: Made In Japan

Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals

Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2

MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains

Metallica: Making Magnetic

Seven Ages of Rock

Hard Rock Treasures

Metallica: Live at San Diego

Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2

Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1

Ozzy: No Escape from Now

Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019

Metallica Live at Blizzcon

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M

Metallica: Rock in Rio

Metallica: Live at Sonisphere

Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009

Ennio

Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction

Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992