James Hetfield is a true musician-legend,vocalist, frontman, rhythm guitarist of the metal band from the US Metallica. His songs are heard all around the globe, and concerts, wherever they are conducted, collect a huge number of fans. Fans love his outstanding strong vocals, as well as frequent communication with the audience during performances. He also has an unusual three-fingered manner of holding the mediator and the original performance of solo guitar parts in individual songs of the group. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 87th in his famous list of the most outstanding guitarists in history.
James Hetfield was born in Downey - a smalla small town in the southeast of Los Angeles County, California. There he spent his childhood and youthful years, which were far from carefree. The reason for this was the departure of Father Virgil Hatfield from the family, when the future musician was at the age of thirteen. After that, their small family was constantly harassed by problems.
Джеймс практически не виделся с матерью Синтией, which, being an opera singer, spent much time rehearsing and frequent performances. However, there was not enough money, and the family often had to change housing. In the end, disappointed in life, Cynthia struck a religion and attached her son, who often accompanied her to the church. The new belief denied any medical intervention, and when the mother of the musician discovered cancer, she refused treatment. As a result, at the age of sixteen, James Hetfield was left without a mother, and this could not but affect the future creativity of the musician.
At the age of nine, James showed hislove to music and began to learn to play the piano, and after some time, decided to master the drum set, which played his older brother. But very soon his guitar became the favorite musical instrument. James Hetfield, being a teenager, together with Ron McGuny and DeMars Mars collected Obsession - a semi-amateur musical group that lasted only a short time. After the termination of activity of collective of James has decided to go to study and some years was engaged in the higher school Brea Olinda.
During his studies he acquired new acquaintancesmusicians and decided to continue musical experiments, as a result of which in Downey appeared a group Phantom Lord, which, like the first, could not boast of a long life.
However, James did not despair with the formermusicians from two collectives collected the third under the name Leather Charm, which existed for several years. Over the years, the musician has made a lot of new friends, and also gained experience of performing on stage. At this stage, James felt that he had achieved everything in music, but his creative career was only at the very beginning.
In early 1981, the guitarist practicallywhich ceased to exist at the time, Leather Charm introduced James to the very talented drummer Lars Ulrich. Together they decided to set up a new band and announced the recruitment of musicians in The Recycler magazine. The name of the group Lars borrowed from Ron Quitana, when he asked to help choose the right one for his new magazine. Bass player of the newly formed band was musician from the previous group of Hatfield Ron McGuny, but the guitarist's place often remained vacant until in 1982 they invited the member of the Panic band Dave Mustaine. James Hetfield and Lars were so impressed with Dave's game that they immediately suggested that he become a regular participant. In May of the same year, the band performed for the first time on the stage - at the school of Lars Ulrich.
В следующем году Metallica благодаря заключению a number of lucrative contracts, released its first and immediately hit album Kill "em All.The songs of the band immediately appeared in all the country's hit parades, and after a while James gained popularity among the most famous musicians in the US The release of subsequent albums only strengthened the love of the band among fans all over the world, Metallica has become a cult band, with tens of thousands of people attending the concert, and their albums and collections have been bought by millions.In the 90s the band began to give concerts in other countries, collecting stadiums in Australia, North America and Europe.
В 1998 году Metallica выпустила сборник Garage Inc., which included covers for the songs of bands that had an impact on the work of the band. On the cover were Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Cliff Burton and James Hetfield. The photo of the band members in the costumes of auto repair workers was complemented by the stylistic image of the album.
At the beginning of the 21st century, interest began to fade awayto a group that began to give less concerts and release new albums. Between 1997 and today the band released only two studio albums, the last one to date is Death Magnetic.
His personal time, James likes to spend onhunting, snowboarding or water skiing, working in the garage or visiting the games of your favorite Oakland Raiders. Also in his collection there are a lot of rare guitars from Gibson, Fender and Ken, but the most from ESP. James Hetfield since 1997 is married to Francesco Tomasi, the couple have three children - Kylie, Castor and Marcella.
The musician successfully passed the course of treatment for alcoholism and now leads an active lifestyle.
