Interview with Kirk Hammett of Metallica

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  • Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
  • Before their WorldWired tour stop at BC Place in Vancouver, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett spent 10 minutes to yap with CFOX.
    Hammett talks about the setlist creation for their current WorldWired tour. His favourite song to played off Hardwired….To Self Destruct, how they still love playing the classic Metallica songs for the fans, being inspired by jazz legend John Coltrane, taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani in the early 80s, and his collection of horror movie memorabilia.
    Shout out to CFOX producer Jello and Jeff O’Neil Show producer Adam for being part of the team. And thank you to Charlotte and Scott at Warner Music Canada for the hook up.

Комментарии • 229

  • @rayeesalazar1073
    @rayeesalazar1073 5 лет назад +229

    kirks voice never caught up with him. he sounded like a teenager during his 20s & 30s. now he sounds like a 20 year old and i’m lovin it

    • @aideno2597
      @aideno2597 3 года назад +6

      Look up the organic chemistry tutor on youtube, it's kirk hammett

  • @HTNT9
    @HTNT9 7 лет назад +171

    Kirk seems like such a chill and laid back kind of guy you just want to hang out and have a drink with.

  • @dkenson2185
    @dkenson2185 7 лет назад +101

    I love that after all of these years Kirk still paints his nails! Kirk is the BEST !

    • @Teodor1Oline
      @Teodor1Oline 4 года назад +5

      He even uses a marker/sharpie 🤣 cause the smell, and its actually on for longer

    • @yournumberr1
      @yournumberr1 Год назад

      @@Teodor1OlineI thought I saw a short clip of kirk painting his nails with black nail polish but I think he might use both

  • @JaJa-op5fu
    @JaJa-op5fu 4 года назад +40

    This man has such an interesting face, he has aged so well, he was fine back then and he’s still fine ass hell now

  • @hirkkammett4361
    @hirkkammett4361 5 лет назад +187

    I hate how everyone is saying Kirk is on drugs or drunk and stuff. I have social anxiety, I act the way he does in a conversation. The dudes probably nervous, i have a stutter when im nervous. Jesus

    • @AMDpc067
      @AMDpc067 4 года назад +13

      Yeah these dudes are too in shape and been around to long to be on drugs or drinking.

    • @princessrobotbubblegum1392
      @princessrobotbubblegum1392 4 года назад +11

      Same I have ADD and Adhd I have social problems I studer when I get nervous

    • @sintya611
      @sintya611 4 года назад +13

      He said he's a extremely introvert person.

    • @AcousticGuitarsForMe
      @AcousticGuitarsForMe 4 года назад +10

      He just stutters. Not a big deal.

    • @moistchunk9143
      @moistchunk9143 4 года назад +2

      He still sounds more confident than I do😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @musicdude1
    @musicdude1 2 года назад +21

    Before he joined Metallica, Kirk Hammett was in my basic music class at Contra Costa College in 1981 and, he was super quiet, I had no idea who he was. A friendly outgoing classmate Gary Hall said 'hey that guy in the down jacket, he's an incredible guitar player, he's in my band Exodus"

    • @user-sb6jk2fu7t
      @user-sb6jk2fu7t 2 года назад

      Please share more, did he have any friends?

    • @sydcable1
      @sydcable1 2 года назад

      You mean Gary Holt

    • @musicdude1
      @musicdude1 2 года назад +1

      My mistake ! I meant Gary Holt, not "Hall". I did not get a chance to know him well but we did hang out a few times. Interestingly I met other people later who had Exodus connections.. It was almost impossible if you were a musician back then growing up in the same huge metropolitan area you meet so many dudes who would eventually come to make names for themselves, or ones that were already huge, but most of us didn't make it that way.. But anyway if I had to make a list it would be about 50 deep .

    • @Taxable_Trophy
      @Taxable_Trophy 2 года назад

      @@musicdude1 so do you regret not being freinds with him ? 😂

  • @elizrbe5738
    @elizrbe5738 5 лет назад +107

    I don't get why people are saying things like: "so sad he is drunk" and blah blah, bro take it easy, he has always talked like that, check out other interviews. Enjoy and shut up.

    • @Janfey
      @Janfey 4 года назад +5

      He usually slurs and stutters, but i think he does it more than usual in this interview.

    • @danielmorgan3872
      @danielmorgan3872 4 года назад

      Drunk ??? This guy Is competing with scarface in the coke game

  • @rainerdietwerner5048
    @rainerdietwerner5048 6 лет назад +71

    this is the most calm I have seen Kirk in a long time...hardly any stutter...yet, people complain...don't get it

  • @samodivala
    @samodivala 6 лет назад +81

    Instead of y’all commenting about how Kirk has “issues” and stuff you guys gotta realize that hes been doing this stuff for almost 35 years he’s TIRED and getting older so he doesn’t have all the energy he used to so yeah

    • @chuckweber542
      @chuckweber542 4 года назад +12

      I dont know why people shit on kirk.he is only human and been doing this for so long.i dont know him personaly but seems like a humble guy.i think he is a great guitarist.he made some of the most ironic solos ever.they are a big reason why i picked up a guitar to begin with and that was 25 years ago.

    • @alexcurtis8132
      @alexcurtis8132 4 года назад +5

      Idk what ppl are smoking, i saw them with Scorpions in dec. 2018and both bands KICKED. ASS.🤘

  • @reyshakquit
    @reyshakquit 7 лет назад +65

    LEPPER MESSIAH!!! That's Kirk's favorite song!!!

  • @IlDeimos
    @IlDeimos 5 лет назад +13

    I can listen to Kirk play Guitar 24/7 without any words or lyrics.

  • @BarbaraHammett-gj6xn
    @BarbaraHammett-gj6xn 5 месяцев назад +2

    He's still such a doll

  • @Dani-dk8xu
    @Dani-dk8xu 5 лет назад +11

    Guys he doesn’t care about what u think, he’s a beast and he’s been making good for himself and the band so he doesn’t care about haters

  • @MetalMayhem1978
    @MetalMayhem1978 3 года назад +6

    My very first guitar influences in the 80’s as a kid were guys like, CC Deville, Angus Young, Dire Straits. Then I discovered Metallica in like 1991-1992, and that was it. Kirk and James were my heroes and still are in 2021.

  • @steeltoe8477
    @steeltoe8477 7 лет назад +135

    Kirk You're awesome, man! Very talented. For all you haters, go watch Phil Anselmo if you want to know what drunk is.

    • @samodivala
      @samodivala 7 лет назад

      allwithinmyhands HAHAH

    • @jvracingvids6529
      @jvracingvids6529 6 лет назад +2

      phils drug use and other things have taken a toll on his brain obviously. the slowed speech is simply due to his abuse of certain substances. Kirk has his fair share of issues, better to adress them than to think hes perfect.

    • @Crazytheboss
      @Crazytheboss 6 лет назад +5

      Hey man Phil is fucking awesome man! I went up on his bus this year and he was the most kindest guy in the world, he took time to sign all of my collection and signed my arm! Which I got tattooed. Phil had a pleasure telling me stories about Pantera and the good old days with Dimebag and Vinnie. Phils true to his fans.

    • @PRESTIGEOUSNESS
      @PRESTIGEOUSNESS 4 года назад +1

      Phils a great fucking guy! He is sober. He is super chill.

    • @keatonsparksvideoproductions
      @keatonsparksvideoproductions 3 года назад

      Fuck phill Anselmo go look at nikki sixx for drug use

  • @Dani-dk8xu
    @Dani-dk8xu 5 лет назад +5

    Thanks for asking these questions. Really loved this interview. Some questions we’ve been searching for ages

  • @metalpalace
    @metalpalace 4 года назад +2

    Im happy to see someone ask him more about his lessons with satch. I'd love to see more of that!

  • @mikeymendez5231
    @mikeymendez5231 4 года назад +15

    Kirk has some sass lmao this guy is great!

  • @jeremycubs8331
    @jeremycubs8331 6 лет назад +30

    The black fingernails rules

  • @James-hh1lq
    @James-hh1lq 7 лет назад +26

    What I'd give to have satriani as my teacher

  • @pvsnoir
    @pvsnoir 6 лет назад +10

    Kirk favorite song Lepper Messiah? I love him even more

  • @javy13100
    @javy13100 6 лет назад +16

    "Fight? Who the hell requested Fight?"
    -Lars

  • @demohippo
    @demohippo 7 лет назад +15

    Mielenkiintoinen haastattelu; pitänee alkaa kuunnella John Coltranea!

  • @jamiejohnson1259
    @jamiejohnson1259 5 лет назад +13

    Kirk so cute and sweet

  • @mimi1013
    @mimi1013 9 месяцев назад

    3:06 "They all still fire me up" the passion is leaking and it's so fucking good I love that for him and I love him for that

  • @cindyrook1189
    @cindyrook1189 7 лет назад +6

    Happy Birthday Kirk!

  • @CrazyDaisy6971
    @CrazyDaisy6971 5 лет назад +5

    Kirks awesome! A little weatherbeaten but still our god! Gotta love that guy. I remember trading a Grim Reaper album on vinyl to a buddy that had metallica kill em all on cassette. Nobody could touch Metallica. This was when noooobody had heard of them yet. I think i got the better deal from that trade. Lol. Grim who?

  • @myturbulance
    @myturbulance 7 лет назад +4

    he loves playing Halo on Fire because it's seem so like Fade to Black

  • @danielvelez3800
    @danielvelez3800 6 лет назад +7

    I luv kirk

  • @D-Man_Jam
    @D-Man_Jam 4 года назад +14

    Subtitles: *_"Wah wah wah. Wah wah wah wah, wah wah. Wah wah. Wah wah wah? Wah wah."_*

  • @imranhakim1351
    @imranhakim1351 7 лет назад +18

    kirk looks comfortable with this guy..not much stutter 🙌

  • @nuuskis86
    @nuuskis86 6 лет назад +26

    Who the hell wants to hear sad but true over leper messiah?

  • @danielbrown1724
    @danielbrown1724 7 лет назад +1

    Skolnick, Vai & Hammett!! These protégés all learned under the great Satriani.
    Look how great all 3 of them turned out!!
    Hammett I never really considered a Stand-Alone Guitarist but could you imagine anyone else as Metallica’s lead guitarist? He was perfect for that group, but again.....not a Stand-Alone Guitarist.
    Vai and Skolnick obviously started out in bands (Alcatraz, Frank Zappa. David Lee Roth, Whitesnake & Testament, respectively), but quickly realized their true potential as solo artists and Instrumentalists.

  • @tobe_wan_kenobe944
    @tobe_wan_kenobe944 6 лет назад +19

    We’re would we be with out Metallica

    • @hmpz36911
      @hmpz36911 4 года назад +2

      They changed the courses of many lives including mine.

    • @kevins4222
      @kevins4222 4 года назад +3

      Yes we’re would. We’re would indeed.

  • @HTNT9
    @HTNT9 7 лет назад

    can't wait to see them play "Spit out the Bone" live

  • @miked9000
    @miked9000 6 лет назад +5

    Kirk actually gives a decent interview.

  • @phoebebiketravel
    @phoebebiketravel 4 года назад +1

    I love the interview very much and don't want to complain, however I personally would prefer to hear it without the music you put in the background, it's awesome music obviously but I'm here to listen to a conversation with Kirk Hammett, and want to just focus on that, I don't need to be entertained by background music while listening to this great interview? I mean, you wouldn't put a cartoon in one corner of the video so I had something to watch other than Kirk and the interviewer, right? :-) Just my opinion. Thanks for the interview!

    • @kirkhammett5378
      @kirkhammett5378 3 года назад

      Thanks so much for supporting my music, I’m so grateful and I hope you forever being my fan, I would like to honor you by giving you my personal information if that’s ok by you?

  • @thequintessential5503
    @thequintessential5503 7 лет назад +6

    He never used to say bro when he started in the band. I guess its a surfer thing he picked up after he got bit by the surfer bug

  • @phoebebiketravel
    @phoebebiketravel 4 года назад +1

    Kirk

  • @unprincipledvegan2506
    @unprincipledvegan2506 7 лет назад +4

    9:38 ish : do we have time? ...you are speaking with k hammett man - where yo respect dude youre on his/metallica time, damn it!

  • @titohablateenseriodiciendo1818
    @titohablateenseriodiciendo1818 4 года назад

    I know are function in a band whose metallica..who or what do hier no i much idea , this life reference simple present about your person in today. Only grates for this moments we have the music concert or anythink parents.🎵im eraing cristian musica is great!

  • @diegokhdk6850
    @diegokhdk6850 6 лет назад +7

    What do u guys think is Kirks favouritw strain?😎lol

  • @Pyriscent
    @Pyriscent 7 лет назад +9

    A little bit of an awkward interview especially at the end "cool bro!" lol. Still great though! Metallica was the first band I loved. After that, I moved into Hendrix and finally JOE SATRIANI! It takes a true maturity to appreciate even just Metallica or any melodic metal or rock. After more than 15 years of practice and 3 hours a day I can finally say I have been truly blessed by the souls of these great players. On my page, you will find me doing my best to recapture the sound of the 60's while adding in elements of the 80's rock and 90's grunge scene. Yes, that was a shameless plug but I know you guys will LOVE my music if you are a Metallica or Joe Satriani fan : ). Mostly melodic guitar solos.

    • @TheFlexXMLG
      @TheFlexXMLG 7 лет назад

      Pyriscent Music saw metallica and satriani too, theyre legends :)

  • @ghostrder6127
    @ghostrder6127 7 лет назад +1

    Yea man, Kirk deserves the fucking highness, lame world I would!!!

  • @jakemertz2660
    @jakemertz2660 4 года назад +1

    Lessons from satriani? Dayum.

  • @unprincipledvegan2506
    @unprincipledvegan2506 7 лет назад +1

    hammettts good get with it, damn.

  • @marianar013
    @marianar013 3 года назад

    Kirk es tan adorable, joder. No sé qué tiene.😹🖤

  • @NearLife4life
    @NearLife4life 4 года назад +3

    I hate how the interviewer keeps saying "kirk hammett from metallica"
    its pedestrian and condescending

  • @googleuser6164
    @googleuser6164 4 года назад +2

    Kirk is the Michael Jackson of Metal.

  • @rikeshpatel6414
    @rikeshpatel6414 6 лет назад +8

    When did he start saying bro?

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 года назад +1

      Cool question, bro.

    • @yolomybrotha
      @yolomybrotha 4 года назад +4

      he was born a bro, bro

    • @starvoyager7313
      @starvoyager7313 4 года назад +1

      He's a bro from California, bro! Lol 🤟😆🤟

  • @thebomb78
    @thebomb78 5 лет назад +1

    Halo on Fire!

  • @skornthesnake6935
    @skornthesnake6935 6 лет назад +2

    True Metal head. Doesn't give a fuck about P.R. image or lookin fucked up. Still partying and livin life to the fullest!!

  • @zeauxosprey6119
    @zeauxosprey6119 5 лет назад

    I've never heard of "World Famous CFOX".

  • @youmnasallam795
    @youmnasallam795 5 лет назад +2

    Weird that he does not have any tattoos on his arm

  • @mariposamoreno
    @mariposamoreno 7 лет назад

    🖤

  • @thebomb78
    @thebomb78 5 лет назад +1

    Does Kirk have a stutter?

  • @joebennett4293
    @joebennett4293 4 года назад +1

    Kirk Hammett from metallic

  • @callummccracken7565
    @callummccracken7565 7 лет назад +15

    It seriously sounds like he’s about six beers in

  • @melissamichael3661
    @melissamichael3661 3 года назад

    My future husband ❤️😘😜 I love you Kirk!!!

  • @theguyof360
    @theguyof360 4 года назад

    Ask him about the Some Kind of Monster riff

  • @Maddoxdawg
    @Maddoxdawg 5 лет назад

    great questions!

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 года назад

      Any question that starts with "What's your favourite....", is not a good question.

  • @jeffshark1368
    @jeffshark1368 7 лет назад +6

    After watching this I'm legit worried about Kirk. I hope he's able to conquer whatever it is that he's dealing with.

    • @999predators
      @999predators 7 лет назад +7

      Jeff Shark Social anxiety and drugs back in the day

    • @thebomb78
      @thebomb78 5 лет назад +1

      I agree. I watched 2 videos tonight and I noticed something.
      Good luck Kirk, were with you bro

  • @_roseanevieira
    @_roseanevieira Год назад

    He's cute ❤

  • @mattt2581
    @mattt2581 7 лет назад +44

    Why does he always sound drunk?

    • @ares4086
      @ares4086 7 лет назад +46

      Kirks actually a pretty nervous guy irl (from what ive heard) and he has a nervous stutter. If you watch lars's podcast when he had kirk on you can see the stutter is near non existent.

    • @thequintessential5503
      @thequintessential5503 7 лет назад

      melissa n i read he goes to sex parties with his wife occasionally and also had his wife take him to a morgue on his first date with her. Sick....

    • @thequintessential5503
      @thequintessential5503 7 лет назад

      Matthew Hadden ewww....

    • @masterofpumpit6530
      @masterofpumpit6530 7 лет назад +1

      ei ~wee~ er~ o~

    • @terrence2188
      @terrence2188 6 лет назад +3

      Kirk is just a guy who plays a guitar in a band. We all have to work to make money and all of our jobs create stress regardless of our stature. The difference is some of us love what we do and others tolerate what must be done.

  • @nativaharon2179
    @nativaharon2179 7 лет назад +1

    Joe satriani is the best!

    • @James-hh1lq
      @James-hh1lq 7 лет назад +1

      Nativ Aharon like Kirk says no one will play like him or ever will

  • @ljjameson8535
    @ljjameson8535 4 года назад +1

    When I first seen Kirk I thought he sounded all mean and big

  • @martinsevcik375
    @martinsevcik375 7 лет назад +13

    It's sad to see him like that... :(

    • @thequintessential5503
      @thequintessential5503 7 лет назад +5

      Martin Ševčík him stutter or looking stressed out about the riff thing?

    • @metalismychim6536
      @metalismychim6536 6 лет назад +6

      He is a very nervous person genrally. And yes also the whole album probably also tore him down.

    • @madamc3458
      @madamc3458 6 лет назад +8

      What on earth are you talking about? the man is a genius.. he is being interviewed by some nothing oddball....

  • @Patriot4TheTree
    @Patriot4TheTree 5 лет назад

    The older Kirk gets, the more he looks like Susan Sarandon.

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 года назад +1

      I guess we all see different things when we stare at the clouds.

  • @artman02458
    @artman02458 5 лет назад

    2:54

  • @chrisbrown3549
    @chrisbrown3549 7 лет назад +3

    I think its after a show n a cpl beers. So FUKN WHAT.

  • @exception05
    @exception05 4 года назад +2

    He is high, on weed. My guess and no blaming. Look how he rolls his eyes, how scared he watches from side to side, up and down, chewing his mouth, then his sitting "I'm Ok. Do I? F.. alright.."

  • @andrewkostecka1827
    @andrewkostecka1827 5 лет назад

    He "finded" it, lol

  • @mattpozzy463
    @mattpozzy463 7 лет назад +13

    sounds like hes has 6 or 7 beers

    • @woods2353
      @woods2353 6 лет назад +6

      It's just his stutter probably

    • @thebomb78
      @thebomb78 5 лет назад +2

      Has he got a stutter? I've been a Metallica fan since 1986 n never heard it.
      Is it something more serious?

    • @Ziv9
      @Ziv9 4 года назад +5

      @@thebomb78 its social anxiety. I don't have a stutter when talking to family or close friends, but when I talk to strangers or people I dont know very well I stutter and fidget a lot.

  • @kayakchrispy
    @kayakchrispy 7 лет назад

    Night of the living dead .....

  • @bambino100011
    @bambino100011 6 лет назад +2

    Funner???? 🤣

  • @terroman1000
    @terroman1000 6 лет назад

    🍺🍻🥂🥃😄

  • @maxidyhr3375
    @maxidyhr3375 6 лет назад

    Yngvie said u were bad what is your reaction to his ruud shit .if u don't like something u don't need to say it .ho cares for yngvies music then

  • @masterofpumpit6530
    @masterofpumpit6530 7 лет назад

    lie.he used said fucking unforgiven2

  • @Ol_Dude_Macabre
    @Ol_Dude_Macabre 6 лет назад +1

    Kirk looks like my gran mama 😧

  • @chosenwarfare3811
    @chosenwarfare3811 6 лет назад +1

    He talks like ozzy I can't hardly understand him lol

  • @kanGaBanGaZ
    @kanGaBanGaZ 7 лет назад +2

    Parkinson's onset

  • @rikeshpatel6414
    @rikeshpatel6414 6 лет назад +1

    Is Kirk drunk? Lol

    • @obama8mychickenz
      @obama8mychickenz 5 лет назад

      Yes

    • @dk2853
      @dk2853 5 лет назад

      @@Metal4Life56 Too much cocaine

    • @dk2853
      @dk2853 4 года назад +1

      @D B I mean he does admit he was addicted to it in the past. I don't know if he still uses it, probably not.

    • @TThatsWhatSheSaid1
      @TThatsWhatSheSaid1 4 года назад +1

      @D B I believe he had been struggling with alcohol and opiates around the time of Hardwired. He kicked opiates at some point but kept a bad drinking problem for a while, but these days he says he's totally sober and has been talking about how much better he feels. Not exactly sure _when_ he got sober but I'm almost positive he was in bad shape before/during Hardwired.

  • @ChristianVazquez12
    @ChristianVazquez12 6 лет назад +3

    He sounds drunk as hell. Kirk, come on man.

    • @meemopmoobap
      @meemopmoobap 2 года назад +2

      he’s always sounded like that honestly and if you count the years of major alcoholism and coke use it’s obviously gonna have a lasting effect. he’s always been a nervous person with high anxiety it seems

  • @danielbrown1724
    @danielbrown1724 7 лет назад +2

    And yea, someone else here mentioned this as well but Kirk Hamster always sounds drunk during interviews.
    I think it’s a combination of all the drugs and booze he’s consumed over the yaaaarrrssss!!
    That and I think he’s always been a little slow upstairs if you know what I mean 😝
    Still love ya though Kirk, even though all your guitar solos sound the same 😳

  • @account3935
    @account3935 6 лет назад

    I love Kirk but he has to do something about that hair. Also was he kind of drunk during this?

    • @adelaide204080
      @adelaide204080 6 лет назад

      He's practically nearly bald on top, very very very thin. He's clearly putting Shoe polish, eyeliner or some type of dark makeup shit all over his scalp and it looks awful.

  • @limsniff
    @limsniff 7 лет назад

    He is fucking drunk! :( Wow, this is so sad

  • @whompmaster
    @whompmaster 7 лет назад

    I honestly have no clue how Kirk can get on stage and remember the songs. He can't even get words out his mouth without slurring them. I know he may be drunk but it could be drugs too. He has issues for sure. Bring Dave Mustaine back for one album and see how it goes.

    • @juanrezende4914
      @juanrezende4914 5 лет назад +2

      Dave mustaine is a shit! Metallica need Kirk!

    • @sawmivanlal9387
      @sawmivanlal9387 4 года назад +5

      Dave why kirk is much better

    • @sandhya315
      @sandhya315 Год назад +1

      Yeah, cause Dave has never done any drugs or had any addictions lol

  • @marianar013
    @marianar013 3 года назад +3

    Kirk es tan adorable, joder. No sé qué tiene.😹🖤