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James Hetfield
Actor · Writer · 37 credits
James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles. In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
All Work
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2
2026
Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1
2026
Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
The Thicket
2024
Simon Deasy
Metallica: Wherever We May Roam
2021
vocals, guitars
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
Officer Bob Hayward
Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017
2017
Vocals, Guitars
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014
2014
Vocals, Guitars
Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011
2011
Vocal, Guitar
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City
2009
Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
2006
Vocalist, Guitarrist
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
1989
Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Nagoya, Japan
1986
Vox, Guitars