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Metallica
Country : U.S.A
Date of Born: : 1981
City: : Los Angeles

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Metallica came to life in Los Angeles in 1981 after drummer Lars Ulrich placed an ad in the local newspaper looking for someone to form a Metal Band. This is how he met James Hetfield. In the beginning the Band consisted of Lars Ulrich,James Hetfield , Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) and Ron McGovney. Before their first album release Kill 'em All in 1983, Dave Mustaine and Ron McGovney had been replaced with Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton. Metallica eventually moved to San fransisco, this was Cliff Burton's condition for joining the band. If they wnated him to play they had to move, and so they did.

The news about Metallica spread rapidly in the San Fransisco Bay area, first and foremost by word of mouth and various bootleg tapes that where circulating. Radio's wouldn't play their music in the beginning.

in 1984 they released Ride the lightning and with this album their music really started to go worldwide.
After a break,mourning the loss of Cliff and contemplating Metallica's future, Jason Newsted was eventually chosen to replace Burton. The next album ,...and justice for all, showed the band going in a slightly different direction. This album was the one that made Metallica kings of the trash metal genre.

in 1991 the Metallica sound took a huge turn towards the mainstream. Commercially speaking The Black album was the highlight of Metallica's career until now as the album sales would skyrocket. The Black album is Metallica's breakthrough album and is responsible for earning them global domination. Many fans started to bitch about Metallica selling out already on this, personally I don't think they ever sold out, altough I didn't really start to dislike theri style until the Load albums came out and it only went down from there. I respect them for making the choices they did, and the albums from load and onwards are technically well produced but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Ulrich and Hetfield always had their conflicts ,as they ar both strong personalities with strong opinions about what Metallica should be, and their conflicts escalated as the years went on. James Hetfield always had a problem with alcohol and this problem went to a critical point in 2004 when he had to go into rehab for his alcohol problems. And eventually the whole band had to go into therapy to make it work. This is also the period when Jason Newsted decided to leave the band, he was replaced by former bassist for Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne Robert Trujillo.

The result of the band's most turbulent period was the album St.anger. An album that does need therapy! The sound reflected the fact that the band was actually in need of therapy. This album is definetely "the thing that should not be" when it comes to Metallica. It's definetely the rock bottom of Metallica's career, but you can only be ressurrected after you've fallen, The next album will mark Metallica's ressurection and I'm looking forward to it! Every band has its down period but hopefully the metal legends are now back on track.

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Grammy's

1989 - 32nd Annual Grammy Awards Best Metal Performance: One
1990 - 33rd Annual Grammy Awards Best Metal Performance: Stone Cold Crazy
1991 - 34th Annual Grammy Awards Best Metal Performance (Vocal Album): Metallica (The Black Album)
1999 - 41st Annual Grammy Awards Best Metal Performance: Better Than You
2000 - 42nd Annual Grammy Awards Best Hard Rock Performance: Whiskey in the Jar
2001 - 43rd Annual Grammy Awards Best Rock Instrumental: Call Of Ktulu (S&M)
2004 - Metallica wins 7th Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for St. Anger.

Mtv Music Video Awards

1992 - MTV Music Video Awards Best Metal Video: Enter Sandman
1996 - MTV Music Video Awards Best Metal Video: Until it Sleeps

American Music Awards

1993 - American Music Awards ??
1996 - American Music Awards Favourite Heavy Metal - Hard Rock Artist: Metallica (Load)
1996 - American Music Awards Favourite Metal/Hard Rock Song: Until It Sleeps

Bammies

N/A - Bammies Outstanding Drummer: Lars Ulrich
N/A - Bammies Outstanding Hard Rock Album: Re-Load

Billboard Music Awards

1997 - Billboard Music Awards Billboard Rock and Roll Artist of the Year: Metallica (RIAA Diamond Award)

VH1 Music Awards

VH1 My Music awards 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. November 30 2000

Other Music Awards

Metallica and Michael Kamen win Arthur M. Sochot award for excellence for S&M. Lars wins California Music Award for outstanding drummer. April 8 2000

Metallica wins for: Favorite Turn -It-Up-Loud CD (S&M), Most Talked About Artist, Internet Hero (Lars), Favorite Group, Best Fan Website. October 27 2000

Metallica wins the Artist Contribution Award at the ESPN Action, Sports & Music awards. April 7 2001

Metallica Awarded MTV Icon May 2003

Metallica receive a Governors Award from the San Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy for Creative Excellence and Outstanding Achievement. March 15 2004

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." May 18 2004

Kirk Hammett wins Outstanding Guitarist award at the California Music Awards. June 6 2004

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