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Metallica Timeline of
events |
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| 1962 |
February 10 |
Cliff Burton
born |
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November 18 |
Kirk Hammett
born |
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| 1963 |
March 4
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Jason Newsted
born
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August 3
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James Hetfield
born
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December 26
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Lars Ulrich
born
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| 1977 |
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Jason's first
band Diamond with Kevin Kendrick, Todd Smiedendorf and Tom Depoy formed
in Niles, MI
Newsted family relocates from Niles to Kalamazoo, MI
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September
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James' freshman
year at Downey HS; befriends Ron McGovney
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| 1978 |
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James joins his
first band, Obsession with Jim Arnold, Rich and Ron Veloz
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| 1979 - 80 |
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James' mother
passes away and he moves to La Brea, CA.
James quits Obsession
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| 1980 - 81 |
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James forms
Phantom Lord with Jim Mulligan and Hugh Tanner
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1981
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May 9
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Lars and James
meet for the first time in Newport Beach, CA.
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June
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Ron McGovney
joins Phantom Lord and renames to Leather Charm; band falls apart when
drummer and guitarist leave
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October 15
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METALLICA
FORMED
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October 31
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Jason Newsted
and Tom Hamlin relocate to Phoenix, AZ from Kalamazoo, MI
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1982
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January
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First demo of
Hit The Lights recorded, Lloyd Grant overdubs guitar solo
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March
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Band records 3
song demo; one original song: Hit The Lights; and two covers: Killing
Time and Let It Loose this leads to gig opening for Saxon
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March 14
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First Metallica
gig at Radio City, Anaheim, CA
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March 28
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Second gig,
supporting Saxon at Whiskey - A - Go - Go, Hollywood, CA
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April
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Band records
"Power Metal" 4 - track demo of Hit The Lights, The Mechanix,
Jump In The Fire & Motorbreath
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April 23
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Only appearance
as 5 - piece w/Damien Philips (aka Jeff Warner) in Costa Mesa, CA
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May 25
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James' first
gig on rhythm guitar at Backbay (Lars') High School, Costa Mesa, CA
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June 14
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Metal Massacre
LP released, first appearance of Metallica on record
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July 6
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Recording
session for No Life Til Leather demo tape, songs: Hit the Lights, Seek
& Destroy, Motorbreath, The Mechanix, Jump In The Fire, Metal
Militia and Phantom Lord; financed by High Velocity records
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September 18
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First San
Francisco gig at The Keystone
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November 11
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Band plays at
The Woodstock in LA, supporting Y&T
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November 29
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First
headlining gig in SF, Kirk Hammett's Exodus opens
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November 30
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Last show with
Ron McGovney at San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens
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December 10
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Ron McGovney
and Metallica part
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December 28
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Cliff Burton
joins Metallica
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1983
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February 11 -
15
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Metallica moves
from from Los Angeles to San Francisco
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March 5
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Cliff's first
Metallica show at The Stone in SF; Exodus opens
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April 1
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Kirk Hammett
asked to join Metallica.
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April 9
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Dave Mustaine's
last show
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April 11
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Dave given bus
ticket back to Californa, requested to leave Metallica
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April 16
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Kirk's first
show with Metallica in Dover, NJ
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May 3
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Metallica signs
with John Zazula's Megaforce Records
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May 10 - 27
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Kill Em All
recording sessions in Rochester, NY
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July 27 -
September 3
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First tour:
"Kill Em All For One" with Raven
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September 24
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Ride The
Lightning demos recorded, "live" track of Phantom Lord and
Seek & Destroy recorded
Jason Newsted forms Dogz with Kelly David - Smith
Eric AK joins Dogz, Dogz becomes Flotsam & Jetsam
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1984
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January 19
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Bands equipment
stolen in Boston MA, this event inspires 'Fade To Black'
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January 20
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Jump In The
Fire 12" released in Europe
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February 3
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First European
tour begins with Venom in Zurich, Switzerland
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February 20
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Ride The
Lightning recording begins at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen,
Denmark
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March 26
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First
appearance in England at London's Marquee Club
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June 6
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Second European
tour starts in Holland with Twisted Sister
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August 1
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First meeting
with future co - manager Cliff Burnstein of Q Prime
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August 2
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First Manager
Megaforce (John Zazula) released
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September 12
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Metallica signs
with Elektra Records in USA
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November 16
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Elektra re -
releases Ride The Lightning
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November 17 -
18
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Trapped Under
Ice played live for FIRST time in Paris.
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November 18
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Paris; First
major European Tour begins Tank is the support act.
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November 23
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Creeping Death
12" released in Europe
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December 20
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First London
headlining gig at Lyceum, end of first European tour.
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1985
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January 109
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USA co -
headline tour begins in Nova Scotia
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February 9
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First
performance of Fade To Black in Chicago
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March 9
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Ride The
Lightning peaks at #100 on USA charts
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March 18
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Ride The
Lightning tour ends in Portland, OR
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August 17
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Metallica
performs Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donington for the first
time
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September 2
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Master Of
Puppets recording sessions begin in Denmark
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September 14
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Band plays the
Metal Hammer festival in England, performs Disposable Heroes for first
time
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September 30
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Metallica
performs at Day On The Green Festival in Oakland, CA
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December 27
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Recording of
Master Of Puppets completed
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December 31
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Metallica plays
the SF's Civic Center, with Megadeth, Exodus and Metal Church
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1986
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February 21
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Master Of
Puppets is released in USA
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March 27
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USA tour
supporting Ozzy Osbourne starts in Wichita, KS
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May 11
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Master Of
Puppets peaks at #29 in USA
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July 26
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James breaks
arm while skateboarding in Evansville, IN
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July 27
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John Marshall
plays rhythm guitar as James recovers
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Aug 3
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Last USA
appearance with Cliff
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September 10
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European leg of
Damage Inc. tour starts in Cardiff, Wales
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September 26
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Last gig with
Cliff Burton in Stockholm, Sweden; James' arm healed, plays rhythm
guitar
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September 27
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Cliff Burton
dies in bus accident in Sweden
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October 7
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Cliff's
funeral, Castro Valley, CA
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October 28
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Jason Newsted
joins Metallica
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October 31
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Jason's last
show with Flotsam & Jetsam
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November 4
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Master Of
Puppets certified Gold in USA
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November 8
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Jason's first
gig with Metallica at Country Club in Reseda, CA
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November 20
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First Japanese
tour ends at Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo
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1987
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February 8
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Damage Inc.
Tour world tour ends in Zwolle, Holland
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February 13
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Metallica plays
Aardschock festival in Gothenburg Sweden with Anthrax and Metal Church;
Scrap Metal opens, consisting of roadies of the various roadies,
including Metallica's Eddie Kercer and Fleming Larsen
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March 23
|
James re -
breaks arm in 2nd skateboarding accident
Band scheduled to appear on NBC TV's Saturday Night Live cancelled due
to James' broken arm
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July 8
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Recording
session for Garage Days Re - revisited begins in Los Angeles
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Aug 8
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Master Of
Puppets ends 72 week run on USA Charts
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August 21
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Garage Days Re
- revisited released in USA
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August 22
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Metallica plays
Castle Donington festival
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October 10
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Garage Days Re
- revisited peaks at #28 on USA Charts
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November 5
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Ride The
Lightning certified Gold in USA
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December 4
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Cliff 'Em All
home video released in USA
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December 7
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Garage Days Re
- revisited certified Gold in USA
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1988
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January 15
|
Kill Em All
re-released in USA by Elektra with Am I Evil? and Blitzkrieg as bonus
tracks
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January 29
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Recording
sessions for ...And Justice For All begins in Los Angeles
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February 4
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Cliff 'Em All
home video certified gold and platinum in USA
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May 27
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Monsters Of
Rock tour starts in Troy, WI with 40,000 people featuring Van Halen,
Metallica, Scorpions and Kingdom Come
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July 28
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Master Of
Puppets certified double platinum in USA
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Aug 19
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Harvester Of
Sorrow 12" single released in UK
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August 25
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...And Justice
For All released in USA
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September 11
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First show of
Damaged Justice tour in Budapest, Hungary
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October 9
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...And Justice
For All peaks at #6 in USA
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October 30
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Eye Of the
Beholder single is released in USA
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October 31
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...And Justice
For All certified Gold and platinum in USA
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November 15
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USA leg of
Damaged Justice tour starts in Toledo, OH
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December 6
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Footage for One
music video shot
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1989
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January 9
|
One single
released in USA
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February 5
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Live radio
broadcast of concert in Dallas, TX on Z - Rock radio network
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February 22
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Metallica
performs One on worldwide broadcast of Grammy Awards
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April 5
|
Cliff 'Em All
certified triple platinum in USA
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April 8
|
One single
peaks at #35 in USA
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April 21
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Last show with
Queensryche opening, The Cult new support act
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May 1
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First show in
New Zealand in Auckland
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May 3
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First show in
Australia in Adelaide
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May 16
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Kill Em All
certified gold & RTL certified platinum in USA
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June 20
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2 Of One Home
video released in USA
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July 20
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...And Justice
For All certified double platinum in USA
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August 18
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2 Of One
certified platinum in USA
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September 23
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Last USA gig on
Damaged Justice tour at Laguna Hills, CA
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October 8
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Last show of
Damaged Justice tour in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1990
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January
|
Band records
Stone Cold Crazy for release on Elektra 40th Anniversary album "Rubaiyat"
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May
|
Metallica plays
several European festivals; including surprise shows at Hippodrome and
Marquee in London
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August 13
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James and Lars
record 3 demo's for new album
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October 6
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Recording of
self - titled Metallica album commences at One On One Studio in
California
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October 14
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Records demo
for The Unforgiven at Bayview Studios, CA
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1991
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April 29 - May
4
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James, Lars and
Bob Rock do minor recording at Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver
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June 10
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Mixing and
minor recording starts at A & M Studios in Hollywood
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July 7
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Band leaves
A&M Studios, recording and remixing of Metallica ends
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July 8 - 10
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Mastering of
Metallica at Sterling Sound in New York
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August 3
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Listening party
for Metallica at Madison Square Garden
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August 12
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Self - titled
Metallica album released, debuts at #1 on USA charts
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August 17
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Band performs
at Castle Donington Monsters Of Rock
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September 28
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Metallica
performs in Moscow at the Tushino Airfield
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October 12
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Wherever I May
Roam tour begins
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1992
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February 25
|
Enter Sandman
performed at Grammy Awards, wins Best Heavy Metal award for Metallica
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April 20
|
Band performs
at Tribute To Freddie Mercury at Wembley Stadium; this 3 song set
appears on the live Nothing Else Matters CD single that features the
Scary Guy, James performs Stone Cold Crazy with Queen and Tony Iommi
|
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July 17
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Co - headline
tour with Guns N Roses begins at RFK Stadium, Washington DC
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August 8
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James burned by
pyro mishap at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada; Riot ensues when
Guns N Roses frontman leaves stage
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1993
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July 4
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Last show of
Wherever I May Roam tour
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November 23
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Binge &
Purge box set released
Metallica Club formed
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1994
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May 30
|
Summer tour
begins in Buffalo, NY. Kill/Ride Medley and The God that Failed played
live for the first time
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July 3
|
Danzig's last
gig opening for Metallica, Glenn performs Misfit's classics London
Dungeon, Last Caress and Green Hell with Metallica; Suicidal Tendencies
joins Metallica on So What
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August 21
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Last show on
Summer tour; Rob Halford joins Metallica on Rapid Fire
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1995
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February 15
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James and Lars
join Long Beach/Los Angeles area radio station KNAC for its last few
hours of broadcasting; Kirk does an AOL Online chat
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May
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Band begins
recording sessions for next album(s)
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August 17
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Rehearsal
attended by Club members
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August 23
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Bands performs
Club Member only gig at London Astoria 2
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August 26
|
Bands
interrupts recording session to play Castle Donington Monsters Of Rock
show
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September
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Band plays gig
at Tuktoyatuk, Canada with Hole, Veruca Salt and Moist
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1996
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February 13
|
James gets his
hair cut
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May 21
|
Until It Sleeps
single released in USA
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May 23
|
Premiere of
Until It Sleeps video on MTV
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June 1
|
Load is
released in Japan
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June 3
|
Load is
released in non - Japan/North America areas
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June 4
|
Load is
released in North America; Metallica plays 2 short sets on flatbed
trucks at Tower Records in San Jose and Sacramento
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June 9 - 10
|
Band plays Club
members only gig in San Francisco, show appears on Internet and Fan Can
2
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June 23
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Band plays Club
members only gig in Toronto, Canada
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June 27
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Lollapalooza
Festival tour begins
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August 3
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Lemmy of
Motorhead joins band onstage in Irvine, CA for Overkill
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August 4
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Last
Lollapalooza show in Irvine, CA; Lemmy joins sits in on Overkill, Jerry
Cantrell joins for For Whom the Bell Tolls; Live recordings of 5 songs
from this show appeared as b - sides
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September 4
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Metallica plays
Until it Sleeps at MTV Video Awards
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September 6
|
Poor Touring Me
European tour begins in Vienna, Austria with Corrosion of Conformity
opening
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November 14
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Metallica
scheduled to play King Nothing at MTV Europe's Video Music Awards; Last
Caress/So What performed instead
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November 27
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Last European
Poor Touring Me in Copenhagen, Denmark
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December 19
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Poor Touring Me
North America begins in Fresno, CA; Korn opens
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1997
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January 26
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Lars marries
Skylar in Las Vegas, NV
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January 27
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King Nothing
performed at American Music Awards
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January 28
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Last date with
Korn opening, Corrosion Of Conformity opens remaining shows
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February 9
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Fuel played for
the first time in Chicago
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May 28
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Poor Touring Me
ends in Edmonton, Canada
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July
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ReLoad
recording session commences
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August 17
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James marries
longtime girlfriend Francesca
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August 22
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Band breaks
from studio for European Festivals, Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium
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August 23
|
Blindman's Ball
- Stuttgart, Germany
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August 24
|
Reading
Festival - England
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October 10
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ReLoad
recording finished
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October 18 - 19
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Metallica plays
acoustic show at Neil Young's 11th Annual Bridge benefit
|
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October 21 - 22
|
The Memory
Remains video shoot in Van Nuys, CA
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November 10
|
The Memory
Remains single released worldwide (except N. America)
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November 11
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The Memory
Remains sigle released in North America; Metallica performs a free show
in Philadelphia
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November 13
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TV appearance
on BBC's Top of the Pop; Club show at London's Ministry of Sound, eight
songs recorded at this show would appear as b - sides on various formats
of The Unforgiven II single
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November 14
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ReLoad released
in Japan
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November 15
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Club gig in
Hamburg, Germany
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November 16
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Club gigs
played in Stockholm and Copenhagen; The Memory Remains music video
premieres on MTV
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November 17
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Worldwide
release of ReLoad (except USA and Japan)
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November 18
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USA release of
ReLoad; Club show in Paris
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December 6
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Band playes The
Memory Remains with Marianne Faithfull and Fuel on Saturday Night Live
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December 8
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Billboard Music
Awards, wins award for Best Hard Rock Artist
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December 12
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Video shoot for
The Unforgiven II in Los Angeles
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December 18
|
"Don't
Call Us, We'll Call You" radio broadcast hosted by sports radio
personality Scott Farrell of Farrell on the Bench; The show features an
acoustic set with special guests Jim Martin, Les Claypool, Gary
Rossington, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Pepper Keenan and Chris Isaak
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1998
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January 26
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The Unforgiven
II video premieres in USA
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January 31
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Kirk marries
Lani in Hawaii
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February 23
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The Unforgiven
II singles are released worldwide (except N. America & Australia)
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March 2
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The Unforgiven
II released in Australia
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March 17
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The Unforgiven
II released in North America
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March 21
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Metallica
performs live for MTV's "ReLoad, Rehearse, Request" show
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March 22
|
Lone Ulrich,
Lars' mother passes away; First three Pacific Rim tour dates rescheduled
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April 2
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Pacific Rim leg
of Poor Re - Touring Me begins in Newcastle, Australia
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April 7
|
Metallica plays
live for Club members on Australian TV show "Recovery"
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May 7
|
Fuel video
taped in Tokyo
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May 8
|
Pacific Rim leg
of Poor Re - Touring Me ends in Tokyo
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May 21
|
Fuel video
premieres on MTV in USA
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June 13
|
Cali Tee
Hetfield born
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June 16
|
Fuel singles
released
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June 24
|
North American
leg of Poor Re - Touring Me begins in West Palm Beach, Florida
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July 6 - 11
|
Met Club
contest winners work on tour as roadies for Metallica
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August 5
|
Myles Ulrich
born
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August 8
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Tour break
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August 15
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Jason performs
with Sepultura in Brazil
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August 28
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Tour resumes in
Irvine, CA
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September 13
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Last show of
Poor Re - Touring Me in San Diego, CA
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September 15
|
Metallica
return to studio to record new cover songs for Garage Days re - release
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October 10 |
MetClub's first
CD-ROM, "Byte the Lightning", ships. |
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October 18 |
Metallica
performs set at the Playboy Mansion. |
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October 23 |
Turn The Page
video shot, directed by Jonas Akerlund in LA. |
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November 6 |
Kirk has
emergency appendectomy while on promo tour in London. |
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November 17 |
Toronto, Canada
first show in Garage Inc promo tour. |
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November 18 |
Metallica TV
appears on MTV features premiere of Turn The Page music video. |
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November 19 |
Chicago, IL
Garage Inc promo tour. |
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November 20 |
Detroit, MI
Garage Inc promo tour. |
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November 22 |
Whiskey In The
Jar home video shot in NY. Jonas Ackerlund returns as director. |
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November 23 |
Philadelphia,
PA Garage Inc promo tour. |
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November 23 |
Garage Inc.
released outside North America. |
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November 24 |
New York, shown
live on MTV Garage Inc promo tour. |
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November 24 |
Garage Inc.
released in North America. |
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November 22 |
VH-1 airs
Behind the Music program dedicated to Metallica. |
|
December 8 |
Cunning Stunts
home video released on video tape and DVD, making this the first music
related video shot specifically for DVD. |
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1999
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January 7
|
Metallica
announces plans to play two shows with the San Francisco Symphony, with
Michael Kamen conducting and arranging
|
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March 15
|
Jason and Ted
Nugent announce Metallica's plans for New Year's Eve at the Pontiac
Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan.
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April 12
|
Metallica's
Garage Remain the Same tour begins in Hawaii.
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April 14
|
Metallica.com's
new design is unveiled!
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April 21 / 22
|
The S&M
shows in Berkeley, California, with the San Francisco Symphony and
Michael Kamen conducting.
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April 30
|
Metallica plays
Mexico City with Monster Magnet and Pantera.
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May 2
|
Garage Remains
the Same tour hits South America.
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May 21
|
Garage Remains
the Same tour heads to Europe.
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July 20
|
Garage Remains
the Same Europe ends.
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July 24
|
Metallica plays
an explosive set at Woodstock '99.
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August 2
|
Free e-mail@metallica.com
e-mail service begins, allowing Metallica fan's worldwide to have their
very own Metallica e-mail address.
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October 5
|
S&M,
the latest Metallica CD is announced. It will contain the symphony shows
held earlier this year.
|
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November 5
|
Lars appears on
MTV to premiere the new S&M version of 'Hero of the Day.'
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November 6
|
MTV airs
"Metallica: S&M," part of their 'Spanking Live New Music'
week. Five new music videos from S&M hit the various video
channels and radio.
|
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November 16
|
A live version
of 'Seek & Destroy' appears on the 'WCW: Mayhem' album.
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November 19
|
S&M
released in Japan. Metallica plays in Berlin with symphony.
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November 22
|
S&M
released in worldwide. No Leaf Clover to premiere on MTV.
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November 23
|
S&M
released in North America. Metallica plays in NY with symphony. |
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| 2000 |
January 4 |
Nothing
Else Matters from S&M released in Australia |
| |
February 1 |
Re-mastered, gold pressing of Ride the
Lightening released in US |
| |
February 7 |
S&M released on video in Australia |
| |
February 23 |
Metallica wins their fifth Grammy in the Best
Hard Rock category for Whiskey in the Jar |
| |
March 13 |
No Leaf Clover single released in Australia |
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March 20 |
No Leaf Clover single released in Europe |
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April 7 |
Online chat with Mars Music |
| |
April 8 |
Metallica and Michael Kamen win Arthur M. Sochot
award for excellence for S&M. Lars wins California Music Award for
outstanding drummer. |
| |
April 13 |
Filming
begins for I Disappear video. |
| |
April 19 |
Official radio airplay debut for I Disappear |
| |
May 9 |
Mission: Impossible Soundtrack (Including I
Disappear) released in North America. |
| |
June 3 |
Los
Angeles, CA – MTV Movie Awards; perform I Disappear. |
| |
June 20 |
S&M DVD Released |
| |
October
27 |
Metallica wins for: Favorite Turn -It-Up-Loud CD
(S&M), Most Talked About Artist, Internet Hero (Lars), Favorite
Group, Best Fan Website |
| |
November
30 |
V Los Angeles, CA - perform "Fade To
Black"; wins Best Stage Spectacle and Gods of Thunder awards. This
would be Jason's last performance with the band. |
|
| 2001 |
January 17 |
Jason Newsted leaves Metallica |
| |
February 21 |
Metallica wins sixth Grammy in the Best Hard
Rock Instrumental Performance category for: “The Call of Ktulu” from
S&M. |
| |
April 7 |
Metallica wins the Artist Contribution Award at
the ESPN Action, Sports & Music awards. |
| |
April 23 |
Metallica and Bob Rock enter studio to begin
recording the next album. |
| |
July 19 |
James Hetfield enters rehab, recording halted. |
| |
October 16 |
NASCAR: Full Throttle released featuring “Fuel
For Fire” (Demo of Fuel). |
| |
November 6 |
Classic Albums released in the US on DVD. |
| |
December
13 |
Metallica
announces James Hetfield has exited rehab. |
|
| 2002 |
April 14 |
Metallica
appears at the taping of MTV ICON a tribute to Aerosmith. |
| |
May 1 |
Metallica
enter their North California Studio. |
| |
May 8 |
Lars and
Kirk perform with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony (Van Halen) in a band
called High Maintenance at the Fillmore in San Francisco. |
| |
July 6 |
Re-launch party held at Metallica’s North
California Studio. |
| |
November 12 |
Live Shit: Binge and Purge released on DVD |
| |
December
10 |
We
Did it Again track featuring Metallica and Ja Rule on Swiss Beats’
album G.H.E.T.T.O. |
|
| 2003 |
February
5 |
Metallica
announce Summer Sanitarium tour 2003 w/ Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park,
Deftones, and Mudvayne. |
| |
February
11 |
53rd&3rd
released on We're A Happy Family - A Tribute To The Ramones. |
| |
February
24 |
Rob
Trujillo joins Metallica. |
| |
April
8 |
St.
Anger is finished recording. |
| |
April
9 |
Mastering
of St. Anger begins in New York. |
| |
April
11 |
Mastering
of St. Anger finished. |
| |
April
30 |
Video
shoot for "St. Anger" at San Quentin state prison. |
| |
May
3 |
Taping
of MTV ICON Metallica in Los Angeles. |
| |
May
27 |
St.
Anger video debuts |
| |
June
6 |
St.
Anger released worldwide. |
| |
June
23 |
St.
Anger singles released. |
| |
July
21 |
Video
shoot for Frantic in Montreal Canada. |
| |
August
15 |
Frantic
video debuts on Metallica.com. |
| |
August
19 |
James
Hetfield's cover of Walyon Jennings' Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's
Done Gone Out Of Hand is released on the I've Always Been Crazy: Tribute
to Waylon Jennings album. |
| |
August
28 |
MTV
Video Music Awards: Metallica perform a short medley of Lenny Kravitz -
Are You Gonna Go My Way? Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit White Stripes
- Seven Nation Army Michael Jackson - Beat It then Frantic. |
| |
September
22 |
Frantic
singles released. |
| |
October 15 |
Video shoot for The Unnamed Feeling in Los
Angeles |
| |
December
31 |
Metallica
play for New Years Eve in Las Vegas |
|
| 2004 |
January
12 |
The
Unnamed Feeling singles released. |
| |
January
21 |
Metallica:
Some Kind Of Monster Premieres at the Sundance Film Festival |
| |
February
8 |
Metallica
wins 7th Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for St. Anger. |
| |
March
15 |
Metallica
receive a Governors Award from the San Francisco Chapter of the
Recording Academy for Creative Excellence and Outstanding Achievement. |
| |
May
18 |
Metallica
awarded the Creative Voice Award by ASCAP for "significant career
achievements are equally informed by their creative spirit and by their
contributions to the role that a creator can play in their
community." |
| |
June
6 |
Kirk
Hammett wins Outstanding Guitarist award at the California Music Awards. |
| |
July
13 |
Some
Kind Of Monster EP released. |
| |
August 17 |
So What! The Good, The Mad, The Ugly book
released. |
