THE BAND

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THE BAND
Lars UlrichBorn December 26, 1963From
Gentofte, DenmarkPersonal Married, 2
ChildrenInstrument DrumsVitals Green eyes,
blonde/brown hair, 5'7"/1.7 meters tall
Kirk HammettBorn November 18, 1962From San
FranciscoPersonal MarriedInstrument Guitar,
background vocalsVitals Brown eyes, brown
hair, 5'8"/1.75 meters tall
Robert TrujilloBorn October 23, 1964From
Santa Monica, CaliforniaPersonal
SingleInstrument Bass, Background
VocalsVitals Brown eyes, dark hair, 5'9"/1.75
meters tall
James HetfieldBorn August 3, 1963From Los
AngelesPersonal Married, 3 ChildrenInstrument
Vocals, GuitarVitals Blue eyes, blonde hair,
6'1"/1.85 meters tall
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1981 - 1985

• Lars and James meet for the first time during
  this month5/1/1981
• Metallica formed this month10/1/1981
• Metallica appears as a 5 piece band, Brad Parker
  on guitar4/23/1982
• Metal Massacre released (Metal Blade Records),
  Metallica's first appearance on vinyl6/14/1982
• Cliff Burton's first rehearsal with
  Metallica12/28/1982
• Kirk Hammett called to join Metallica
• 4/1/1983
• Kill 'Em All recording sessions finished in
  Rochester, NY
• 5/27/1983
• Megaforce releases Kill 'Em All
• 7/25/1983
• Ride The Lightning finished
• 3/14/1984
• Creeping Death/The Garage Days Revisited
• 11/23/1984
• Master Of Puppets recording completed
• 12/27/1985
• Elektra releases Master of Puppets

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1986-1990

• 3/3/1986
• Bus accident en route to Copenhagen kills Cliff
  Burton at age 24
• Cliff Burton's funeral
• 10/7/1986
• Jason Newsted joins Metallica
• 10/28/1986
• "One" demo recorded
• 11/13/1987
• Recording for ...And Justice For All completed
• 5/1/1988
• ..And Justice For All released in US
• 9/6/1988
• One single released in US
• 1/10/1989
• Metallica wins it's first Grammy in the Best
  Metal Performance category for "One"
• Demos recorded
• 9/13/1990
• Recording begins on Black Album
• 10/6/1990

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1991-1995

• James and Bob arrive at Little Mountain Studios
• 4/29/1991
• Metallica finishes work on The Black Album at One
  On One Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
• Music video for "Enter Sandman" filmed at S.I.R.
  Studios
• 7/3/1991
• Mastering of Metallica (The Black Album)
  completed at Sterling Sound in New York, NY
• Free listening party
• 8/3/1991
• Metallica (The Black Album) released The Black
  Album debuts at 1 on US charts
• I4Ni show
• 12/21/1991
• Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY Metallica
  performs "Enter Sandman" wins third Grammy in
  Best Metal Performance With Vocal category for
  Metallica (The Black Album)
• Press Conference
• 5/12/1992
• Pyro accident during "Fade to Black." James
  suffers second and third degree burns.
• MTV Video Music Awards
• 9/9/1992
• Metallica performs "Enter Sandman" at MTV Video
  Music Awards, wins award for Best Hard Rock Video
• A Year and a Half

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1996-2000

• MTV Video Music Awards
• 9/4/1996
• Performance of "The Unforgiven II" win Best Hard
  Rock Artist.
• 12/12/1997
• "Fuel" video premieres on MTV in North America
• 5/21/1998
• Worldwide release of Garage Inc. (except in North
  America)
• 11/23/1998
• Metallica wins fourth Grammy in Best Metal
  Performance category for "Better than You"
• San Francisco Walk of Fame
• 3/7/1999
• Metallica inducted to San Francisco Walk of Fame,
  mayor of SF Willie Brown proclaims the day
  "Official Metallica Day" in San Francisco.
• Diamond Award
• 3/16/1999
• Metallica is awarded the Diamond Award from the
  RIAA for selling more than 10 million copies of
  Metallica (Black Album)
• SM Rehearsals
• 4/18/1999
• Rehearsal with San Francisco Symphony Michael
  Kamen for SM. April 18 - 20.
• SM show

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2001-2004

• Jason Newsted leaves Metallica
• 1/17/2001
• Metallica wins sixth Grammy in the Best Rock
  Instrumental Performance category for "The Call
  Of Ktulu" from SM
• Metallica wins the Artist Contribution Award at
  the ESPN Action Sports Music Awards
• 4/7/2001
• Metallica appears at the taping of MTV ICON, a
  tribute to Aerosmith
• 4/14/2002
• Rob Trujillo joins Metallica
• 2/24/2003
• St. Anger is finished recording
• 4/8/2003
• Video shoot for "St. Anger" at San Quentin state
  prison
• 4/30/2003
• Metallica wins 7th Grammy Award for 'Best Metal
  Performance' for St. Anger.
• 2004 Governors Award
• 3/15/2004
• Metallica receive a Governors Award from the San
  Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy for
  Creative Excellence and Outstanding Achievement.
• ASCAP Award
• 5/18/2004

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ALBUMS
Album Metallica  Produced by Bob Rock with
Hetfield Ulrich R Recorded at One on One
Studios, Los Angeles, CA   Release Date August
13, 1991  Chart position 1
Album Kill 'em All Produced by Paul
Curcio  Recorded at Music America, Rochester, NY
  Release Date July 1983  Chart position 120
Album Load  Produced by Bob Rock with Hetfield
Ulrich Recorded at The Plant Studios,
Sausalito, CA   Release Date June 4, 1996  Chart
position 1
Album Ride The Lightning  Produced by
Metallica  Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios,
Copenhagen, DK   Release Date August 1984  Chart
position 100
Album ReLoad  Produced by Bob Rock with
Hetfield Ulrich  Recorded at The Plant
Studios, Sausalito, CA   Release Date November
18, 1997  Chart position 1
Album Master Of Puppets  Produced by Metallica
and Flemming Rassmussen  Recorded at Sweet
Silence Studios, Copenhagen, DK   Release Date
February 21, 1986  Chart position 29
Album Garage Inc.  Produced by Bob Rock with
Hetfield Ulrich Recorded at The Plant Studios,
Sausalito, CA   Release Date November 24,
1998  Chart position 2
Album Garage Days Re-Revisited  Produced by
Metallica  Recorded at AM Conway, Los
Angeles, CA   Release Date August 21,
1987  Chart position 28
Album S M  Produced by Bob Rock with
Hetfield, Ulrich Kamen  Recorded at Berkeley
Community Theatre,
Berkeley,CA   Release Date November 23,
1999  Chart position 2
Album ...And Justice For All  Produced by
Metallica with Fleming Rassmussan Recorded at
One on One Studios, Los Angeles, CA   Release
Date August 25, 1988  Chart position 6
Album St. Anger  Produced by Bob Rock and
Metallica  Recorded at HQ, San Rafael, CA
  Release Date June 5th, 2003  Chart position 1
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