Here’s why Metallica stopped using guitar amps live, according to James Hetfield‘s guitar tech. Metallica fans may or may not have even noticed that the rockers don’t have a bunch of amps lined up ...

Metallica’s James Hetfield will release a new coffee table book later this year focusing on his guitar collection. Titled Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield, the 400-page book will be published ...

James Hetfield has a long-standing signature guitar collaboration with ESP, made his bones playing a white Flying V knock-off, and is one of the world’s most high-profile proponents of the Gibson ...

Metallica guitar books are many — looking at you, Hal Leonard — but Metallica's James Hetfield is about to top previous publications with Messengers, his own upcoming book that documents his personal ...

One of the most difficult aspects of life on the road is what to do when you become sick. We've all seen band members go through heroic efforts to suck it up for the set and give the crowd the show ...

James Hetfield has a long-standing signature guitar collaboration with ESP, made his bones playing a white Flying V knock-off, and is one of the world’s most high-profile proponents of the Gibson ...

Really, could you blame him for wrecking his instrument? James Hetfield, 53, was ready to tear up the 59th Grammy Awards, pulling out a headbanging duet with Lady Gaga, 30, while performing the band’s ...

A week before James Hetfield and Co. are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the metal icons’ Guitar Hero: Metallica video game hits stores, on March 29th. The new addition to the GH ...

While we all have these silly ideas in our heads that some bands are at an inhuman level, we gently float back down to Earth when little guffaws like this happen. In this video uploaded in 2011, James ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Ramones influence makes perfect sense on reflection, though it's perhaps more surprising that ...