| Who's Who section of people relating to
Metallica |
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Andy
Battye
James Hetfields guitar roadie. |
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Cliff
Burton
He was the bass player for Metallica from 1982 until 1986. He appeared on 3 albums before he was tragically killed in a tour bus accident en route from Stockholm, Sweden in the early morning hours of September 27th 1986. He was cremated and his ashes were spread around the bay area of San Francisco including the Maxwell Ranch. |
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Paul
Curcio
The producer of Kill 'Em All. |
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Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch
Cliff and Peter are Metallica's management for Q-Prime. They have been working with the band since 1984. |
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Jim
David
The owner of "One on One" recording studios in Hollywood.
"The black album" and "...And Justice For All" were
recorded there. |
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Mark
Devito
Mark Devito (and Pushead) do the majority of the artwork for T shirts
and merchandise. |
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Steve
Doherty
He taught Cliff Berton to play the bass from the end of the year 1978 to
the beginning of 1980. Steve introduced Cliff several styles ranging
from Classical to Jazz. |
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Adam
Dubin
Directed the video for "Nothing Else Matters" and the
behind-the-scenes footage in the video for "Wherever I May
Roam". The footage for these two videos were part of the footage
from his two part documentary on Metallica "A Year And A Half In
The Life of Metallica". A graduate of New York University film
school. |
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Lloyd
Grant
The first lead
guitar player in Metallica. He recorded the first version of Hit The
Lights for the Metal Massacre 1 Lp. this was the only time he
recorded with Metallica. |
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Ross
Halfin
Metallicas main photographer on many of their tours. You can find his
work on many of their albums, as well as in tour programmes, magazines
etc. Mr. Halfin has also worked for Iron Maiden, and other famous metal
bands. A book is available showing some of his more famous Metallica
photographs. |
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Zach
Harmon
Jason's bass roadie. |
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Wayne
Isham
Directed the videos for "Enter Sandman", "Wherever May I
Roam", and "Sad But True". Also directed the San Diego
portion of "Live Shit: Binge And Purge" which he used footage
from to make the videos for "Roam" and "Sad...". A
great video director who has worked with many different artists
including a great deal of work with Bon Jovi. He won a MTV Video
Vanguard Award with Bon Jovi at the VMAs one year. |
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Ken
"3AM" Jack
On the Ride the Lightning thank you list you'll find that Ken 3am is
mentioned. His really name is Ken Jacobsen, an old friend of the band.
He is credited in "Ride The Lightning" as Ken "3AM"
Jack because according to James and Ken, they went to his apartment at 3
in the morning looking to borrow his acoustic guitar. This is the
acoustic guitar you hear on "Ride...", as they could not find
a guitar to sound right. |
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Fleming
Larsen
Lars Ulrich's drum roadie. Lars is Danish, so is Fleming, and that's the
reason why you can see a Danish flag on the live drum kit. |
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Matt
Mahurin
Directed the vidoes for "The Unforgiven" and "King
Nothing". Was asked to direct "One" but turned it down
because he didn't want to deal with the footage from "Johnny Got
His Gun". Another superb director who has worked with everyone from
Motley Crue to Bonnie Raitt. Directed a number of videos for Queensryche
as well. |
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John
Marshall
John Marshall was Kirks' long time friend and guitar tech at the time of James' "accident" during the Ozzy tour. John was the natural choice to fill in for James' rhythm playing because he was familiar with the songs. John subsequently joined Metal Church, but was called to fill in for James when James got burned in Montreal 1992. |
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Jim
Martin (ex - Faith No More)
He regularly hangs out and goes hunting with James Hetfield. Besides
Hetfield singing on Jim's Milk & Blood album, they both were very
close friends with Cliff Burton. That's how Jim met James. Martin also
jams with Jason Newsted all the time. |
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Ron
McGovney
A friend of James
Hetfield and the first bass player in Metallica. Ron was in
Metallica for a year before Cliff Burton replaced him in 1983. |
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Dan
Murphy
Kirk's guitar technician. |
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Pushead
The artist who painted the cover for One, as well as many T-shirt
designs etc. His works are well known and his style is unique. He has
also worked for other bands like The Misfits and is now working for
Kerrang magazine. His real name is Brian Schroeder. |
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Flemming
Rasmussen
He works at Sweet Silence studios in Copenhagen, Denmark, that is where
"Ride the lightning" and "Master of puppets" were
recorded. He produced (or co-produced) these albums as well as "...
And Justice For All". |
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Bob Rock
A well known producer who has produced many top selling hard rock albums.
He produced for Metallica the "black album", load, Re-Load and
St. Anger. When they were looking for a new producer for the black album
Lars and James flew to Vancouver to hang out with Bob Rock for a couple
of days to see if he was the right person for the job, and he was. He
had a big influence on the music, both on the black album and on the
other albums he has produced with Metallica. |
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Skylar
Satinstein
Lars got married to her in a small ceremony in Las Vegas. She is is a
medical student specializing in internal medicine. James Hetfield was
their main man. |
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Joe
Satriani
Joe is a well know "guitar hero" and was Kirk's guitar
teacher. |
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Andres
Serrano
The image on the cover of "Load" is a photograph called
"Blood and Semen III" by Andres Serrano. It was done by mixing
bovine blood and the artist's own semen between two sheets of plexiglass.
Kirk discovered the photo while looking through a collection of the
artist's work at a bookstore. The cover for Re-Load was also his
work. |
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Brian
Slagel
Brian Slagel is the manager of Metal Blade records, who got Metallica their first recording to be published on a compilation album in 1981 called "Metal Massacre" featured "Hit The Lights" was the song from Metallica on the album. |
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| Squindo |
| Squindo is relatively new to the Metallica scene
and he is a fantastic artist designing some of there t-shirts. Squindo
started out by designing cartoons in the back of the Fan Club magazine
So-What! After a few years he started by designing the Fan Club
t-shirts. |
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Tony
Smith
Tony Smith is a good friend of the band and really was the middleman in
getting the fans to the band for many years. He founded the Metallica
club as we know it today and was the editor of So-What magazine (the fan club
publication). Tony Smith was the bands Tour Manager for many many years
and probably knows as much about the band (Jason era) as anyone. Tony
has a massive knowledge about all the members in Metallica but due to
respect for them has decided not to cash in on this. This is something I
am sure would make him a lot of money and I for one agree with his decision. |
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Phil
Towle
Phil Towle is Metallica's performance coach. He helps Metallica discuss any issues that arise and discusses any personal problems the band may experience. He was also partly responsible for James Hetfield's realization of his need for time away in rehab. Phil has been working with the band since early 2001.
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Torben
Ulrich
The father to Lars was a well known tennis player in Denmark. |
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Alan
Molder
Alan Molder engineered the Until It Sleeps (Herman Meville mix) which is
available on the "Until it Sleeps" single part 2. His work can
also be heard on Nine Inch Nails CD called "Downward Spiral". |
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Ron
Quintana
The person who first came up with the name "Metallica". He
asked Lars which name he thought was better for a Heavy Metal fanzine he
was starting up "Metal Mania" or "Metallica", Lars
said "Metal Mania" was the better choice and kept the idea of
the name Metallica for himself and his as yet unnamed band. |
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John and
Marsha Zazula
A couple from NYC, that owned a music store called "Rock'n'Roll
Heaven". When John first heard the No Life 'Til Leather demo he
invited the band for the first tour on the east coast (the tour that
Dave was fired and replaced by Kirk). John was trying to find a label
that would sign Metallica for a debut album. He didn't find any so he
founded Megaforce Records which released Kill 'Em All and the first
copies of Ride The Lightning. |
