Yeah. So would I. Althought it's not really surprising considering the fact that 'Load' and 'Reload' were two of the worst Metallica albums from their entire discography. Even 'St. Anger' was better than those two piles of dog shit.
Switching between technical fast rock/metal stuff and blues is really fun. Playing Jimi Hendrix music is one of the most rewarding experiences as a musician I've had.
Not gonna lie I fuckin hate this era of Kirk. The short spiked hair, black nailpolish, eyeliner, chains, wings, cigar, it's awful. I like how he is now and how he was back then. Pure thrash metal. This was the weakest spot in Metallica's career though
@@PinoyMukbangPro Load is a good record, ReLoad was meh, St. Anger gets fun after a while, Death Magnetic has good songs with bad production, and Hardwired has ok songs with flawless production. Metallica is and has been doing great throughout their career with the only true low being St. Anger, not because of the record but because of the social struggles in the band.
My favorite guitar of Kirk's is the Tom Anderson model he played on the Damaged Justice Tour. I haven't seen him play it in years. I wonder if he still has it
I remember that, it was a beautiful instrument. They were just starting to get some recognition in the guitar magazines at the time. Lovely color, looked grey to me.
I think that Kirk retires this guitar, last time that this one was seen, was in a exhibition of Metallica stuff that the guys played in the past, as part of Orion Music & More ten years ago
+tuuurster oh man i forgot about that... I love clapton's version (or feat. clapton I guess haha), but I've never heard the original, thanks for the info!
True bro, some of my favorite solos are from the unforgiven1, fade to black and some a7x ones are so far away and victim just so much emotions running through those frets it's amazing.
He went to study at an art school around 94/95 and came back like this. I know his wife is into that kind of stuff, and as soon as he married her, Kirk went back to normal...
heheh the start of this video gives me the impression of kirk being the "little insane kid" and the guitar dude hes carer. he is by far my favorite guitarist of all time, my inspiration ever since the start (12 years ago)
There are many as good or better but he "made it' what ever that means. You are all just lovin' and hatin' because you know who he is. He is just another guitarist, take it or leave it.
This is what I say to that: Yeah, he "made it", as in Metallica are a very successful band, but it didn't happen by accident. He wrote all those riffs that we love so much. Yeah, there's probably better players. but being a good guitar player doesn't mean you can write badass riffs.
Because that guitar is iconic. It has the blues imbued in to its DNA (albeit the UK's version of the blues from the classic era of the '60's). It's a classic guitar that belongs in the hands of a guitarist who understands its lineage and can carry things forward. Nothing against Kirk... but the force is not strong within him.
No disrespect to Kirk though. If I had his money, I'd be a total hypocrite and buy the guitar for myself... and sod the blues and the guitar's history !
Kirk ripps asses in that time! The solos and his personailty is totally INSANE! He looks like DEVIL! Smooking, black nails, crazy ass hair, crazy eyes, piercings and that big badass 'Hugh Heffner' dress style! Man Kirk can say 'I'M THE BOSS!'
+Captain Grim True... i mean this was obviously at a different point in time, no saying whether it existed or not, but Elixir and Ernie Ball etc create great coated strings that even with lots of gigging and rehearsals usually last me months before they need changing, and that usually because they stop being in tune... they're still shiny and clean!
The people who say he sucks are fanboys don't listen to them. Kirk is a really good guitarist and he is perfect for Metallica. He isn't the greatest technical player, but when he want to he can shred, like In the Battery solo or Damage Inc
Hank Whammyarvin (echorvin) , jimmy Tremolopage, david pitchilmour, Jimmy wahndrix. Every good guitarist has developed his own style with his own gear, so don't blame kirk for abusing the wah.
@Cheapooo for starting out guitar players yes since you wont need anything fancy yet but get a squire strat you might not want to pour tons of money into a fender
i find kirk is very tasteful with this lead work and i hardly find anything repetitive with his playing as far as records go i havent seen metallica live in a long time. if you expect someone to jump from one end of the spectrum to the other all the time then that is not going to last very long at keeping your amusement either. hes #11 on rolling stone's 100 list for a reason. if the general public and musicians alike didnt disagree with you then he wouldnt be on there at all.
Kirk And AM I Evil lol i watched the big four at the movies and everyone from Metallica Megadeth Slayer And ANthrax was playing it together it was so awsome who dosent want to headbang at the movies?
@MaxCarlsson95 Certain models are LTD exclusive. Also, towards the beginning of the video his guitar tech shows an LTD and explains that theyve gone through about 40 of them on the tour. The LTDs are there for the sheer purpose of destroying them haha
@Cheapooo fender strat is very good to start out on, hell even a squire strat is ok but if you have the money get a mexican one for about 400, but they're great for everything clean and funky, rock and metal work ok on 'em but the bridge pickup will have to go if you plan on metal (I suggest hotrails), and maybe the others if you use them with lots of distortion (tons of hum) I've been using my strat since I've started playing, only crappy thing is the tuning and tremelo system, but you can mod
omg he looks well silly in this video with short hair and thos shoes on wow cant belive how he looked whe he was young now he looks much better with long hair
@tascouts120 No they don´t, I´ve been touring alot with bands and if the guitarist want´s new strings on all of his guitars before every show that is what he gets...its a comfort thing for the artist to KNOW he´s got new strings on, caus realy, you cant hear the difference on 1 or 2 day old strings.
If you have a good touring experience then you know it greatly depends on the brand of the strings and the acidity of the musician's sweat. I had to work for a guitar player that requested a daily strings change for his main guitar. 2 times I ran out of time and tried to make them do a second show, 2 times one string broke in the first half of the setlist. Sometimes it is clearly a matter of sound ; frequencies that you cannot get back with EQ. I always advise musicians to not change strings every night (unless absolute necessity) because of tuning stability. You can stretch it but it will take at least one show to get dead stable, especially on trem-bridges.
thank god kirk recovered from this
Sounds like Kirk really wants to play blues. I would like to hear an album of that
Yeah. So would I. Althought it's not really surprising considering the fact that 'Load' and 'Reload' were two of the worst Metallica albums from their entire discography. Even 'St. Anger' was better than those two piles of dog shit.
*Although.
He said once that he wanted to play blues if metallica ever stops so u may see that in the future
@@maxscardanelli6185 eat shit
Switching between technical fast rock/metal stuff and blues is really fun. Playing Jimi Hendrix music is one of the most rewarding experiences as a musician I've had.
Not gonna lie I fuckin hate this era of Kirk. The short spiked hair, black nailpolish, eyeliner, chains, wings, cigar, it's awful. I like how he is now and how he was back then. Pure thrash metal. This was the weakest spot in Metallica's career though
Keith Gunshot he was kinda Cocky but still a good dude. obviously alot more humble now
Lmao fr I loved it tbh I loved everything he wore. I do agree this was one of weakest parts but everyone goes through this
I would agree. Started with Load..
@@PinoyMukbangPro Load is a good record, ReLoad was meh, St. Anger gets fun after a while, Death Magnetic has good songs with bad production, and Hardwired has ok songs with flawless production. Metallica is and has been doing great throughout their career with the only true low being St. Anger, not because of the record but because of the social struggles in the band.
I remember his Johnny Depp phase....
I love how, despite how heavy the music is that some artists play.. Most of them love nothing better than jamming out to the blues haha
hmmm I can't recall diamond D ever playing the blues....just straight up metal!!!!
LTD ... Now we know why he smashes it all around
My favorite guitar of Kirk's is the Tom Anderson model he played on the Damaged Justice Tour. I haven't seen him play it in years. I wonder if he still has it
I remember that, it was a beautiful instrument. They were just starting to get some recognition in the guitar magazines at the time. Lovely color, looked grey to me.
I think that Kirk retires this guitar, last time that this one was seen, was in a exhibition of Metallica stuff that the guys played in the past, as part of Orion Music & More ten years ago
Kirk playing SRV at the start there
+tuuurster oh man i forgot about that... I love clapton's version (or feat. clapton I guess haha), but I've never heard the original, thanks for the info!
Jack Holland lol
Nail polish, make up, the clothing, tap dancing shoes, cigar...the hell was going on back in those times Kirk? glad he got back to the dark side \o/
True bro, some of my favorite solos are from the unforgiven1, fade to black and some a7x ones are so far away and victim just so much emotions running through those frets it's amazing.
"It's a very tired joke by now."
So are Kirk's wah-raping solos.
He went to study at an art school around 94/95 and came back like this. I know his wife is into that kind of stuff, and as soon as he married her, Kirk went back to normal...
Holy shit, Prince actually knows how to play guitar!
I really love Kirk Hammetts see-through guitar. :) Looks awesome! :D
240p doesn't get the credit it deserves.
heheh the start of this video gives me the impression of kirk being the "little insane kid" and the guitar dude hes carer.
he is by far my favorite guitarist of all time, my inspiration ever since the start (12 years ago)
when kirk still enjoyed playing in metallica... we miss that kirk
Kirk Hammett stuff is great to teach beginning guitar students.
There are many as good or better but he "made it' what ever that means.
You are all just lovin' and hatin' because you know who he is.
He is just another guitarist, take it or leave it.
This is what I say to that: Yeah, he "made it", as in Metallica are a very successful band, but it didn't happen by accident. He wrote all those riffs that we love so much. Yeah, there's probably better players. but being a good guitar player doesn't mean you can write badass riffs.
AFXAcid37 totally agree. probably why allan holdsworth doesn't have too many hits..
the clear guitar is awesome
Kirk - I use this on the most evilest of all evil songs .. Am i Evil ? (Evil Laugh)
XD
I can't believe that Kirk Hammett is now the proud owner of 'Greeny'... Peter Green's and Gary Moore's '59 Les Paul. What a tragedy... :(
Because that guitar is iconic. It has the blues imbued in to its DNA (albeit the UK's version of the blues from the classic era of the '60's). It's a classic guitar that belongs in the hands of a guitarist who understands its lineage and can carry things forward. Nothing against Kirk... but the force is not strong within him.
No disrespect to Kirk though. If I had his money, I'd be a total hypocrite and buy the guitar for myself... and sod the blues and the guitar's history !
at least he tries to play Fleetwood mac on it. cool guitar that deserves a better owner.
Was this recorded with a potato?
GR△△VENICS That's '96. Potatoes were the shit at that time!!!
He's playing Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of Hide Away. Groovy.
Same here Kirk might not be the fastest the best or the most technical but personally i love his sound and his style. Just my opinion though.
OUIJA - that's not a spelling mistake...... I guess that's why he's a guitar tech
465marko Lol😄
There is a mistake in the littlen sentence
Lol ikr! He points at OUIJA and says it's misspelled. The misspelling is "talking baard set"
I laughed at that line, too.
What a fucking boss playing badass guitars with a cigar, doesn't get anymore boss than that.
hmm im pretty impressed that kirk is chilling and just playing blues
i fuckin love kirk hammet. he's the only guy in metallica you don't want to punch in the face every 5 minutes.... and he hangs out with les claypool.
And doing it all with a cigar in his hand. What a boss.
mmmmm I loooove cigars...and you know kirk gets whatever amazing cigar he wants
Kirk ripps asses in that time! The solos and his personailty is totally INSANE! He looks like DEVIL! Smooking, black nails, crazy ass hair, crazy eyes, piercings and that big badass 'Hugh Heffner' dress style! Man Kirk can say 'I'M THE BOSS!'
I love when his cigar burns his leg. that yell is priceless!
You´re wellcome.
If you want to hear a great version of that, listen to John Mayall Bluesbreakers (feat. Eric Clapton) cover.
what a legendary guitarist.
@2handsforchrist ... Freddie King's Hide Away ... Awesome respect for KH for playing this ...
kirks dark era?
more like gay era
i mean Kirk was sooo rockstar ..
"So that when he smashes the neck, I can replace it without ditching the whole body" ROFL.!!
I bet he has a solid gold wah pedal with his name carved into the side of it mounted on his bedroom wall at home.
Re-string the guitar only if he play one song because by then the strings have had it...come on, that's a load of shit. Just say "because we can."
Miguel Alamilla Find it funny though, Vai or Satriani their strings seem to endure a lot more.
+Captain Grim Maybe they were D'Addario's those things never last more than a song.
+Captain Grim True... i mean this was obviously at a different point in time, no saying whether it existed or not, but Elixir and Ernie Ball etc create great coated strings that even with lots of gigging and rehearsals usually last me months before they need changing, and that usually because they stop being in tune... they're still shiny and clean!
Coolest paper weight ever!
lead guitar for 30 years+ in one of the top 5 biggest metal bands in the world.
and some people are still saying Kirk sucks? facepalm
The people who say he sucks are fanboys don't listen to them. Kirk is a really good guitarist and he is perfect for Metallica. He isn't the greatest technical player, but when he want to he can shred, like In the Battery solo or Damage Inc
Hank Whammyarvin (echorvin) , jimmy Tremolopage, david pitchilmour, Jimmy wahndrix. Every good guitarist has developed his own style with his own gear, so don't blame kirk for abusing the wah.
wow! Very cool display. Can't tell you how many times I've listened to Master of Muppets
Super! Was eager to know this.
They're two of my favourite guitarists. If it wasn't for Dave and Kirk, I wouldn't be playing metal.
Still better than Hendrix.
WTF? ??
Kirk is one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
This dude made a great joke
Onuralp Sönmezocak There was no joke^^
lol. kirk is probably 500 slots below Hendrix.
Yes he is "Hideaway" by Freddie King check out SRV's version.
Its not about the guitar, Its about the player. And the pickups too.
All I have to say is Wah-Wah, can't play without it.
Haha, Kirk Hammet playing SRV inspired licks, what a guy!
i was going to write that until i scrolled down
It's just a solo that he would play after the ending solo from for whom the bell tolls.
This vids from the mid 90s when they were doing Load & Reload... Kirk was a strange fellow back then but he's a pretty mellow dude now
i was just at the rock and roll hall of fame the other day, the wave caster is on display there. it is a VERY cool guitar!
@Cheapooo for starting out guitar players yes since you wont need anything fancy yet but get a squire strat you might not want to pour tons of money into a fender
i find kirk is very tasteful with this lead work and i hardly find anything repetitive with his playing as far as records go i havent seen metallica live in a long time. if you expect someone to jump from one end of the spectrum to the other all the time then that is not going to last very long at keeping your amusement either. hes #11 on rolling stone's 100 list for a reason. if the general public and musicians alike didnt disagree with you then he wouldnt be on there at all.
@mateivornicu i think that every famous guitar players needs that.
Nothing beats smoking a cigar while playing a stevie ray vaughan song!
That's Kirk Hendrix right there. And Paul Mccartney the guitar tech.
i love his job..........
im glad kirk changed his image
the first solo that kirk is playing is like a stevie ray vaughan´s solo
these guys became millioners with just a heavy metal band,
kirk hammett is soooooo cool!
Kirk And AM I Evil lol i watched the big four at the movies and everyone from Metallica Megadeth Slayer And ANthrax was playing it together it was so awsome who dosent want to headbang at the movies?
0:30 that guitar was on sale in Ottawa for ~$750 CAD... my cousin and i saw it as we were jamming out in a guitar shop.
0:30
Nice nail polish kirk!
This is an old video...from the Load & Reload era...still good.
not really a metallica guy, but wow. kirk seems like such a cool guy.
Thank you....sounds like a cool song for me to learn :)
1:40 all the strings are still locked under the top lock XD
ohhh i love that blue guitar!!
Yeah it really is a great cover
Yeah the Hideaway! !
i fuckin love that orange guitar
Kirk is his bi -cigar chomping make up and nails era.
Kirk's (touring) guitar collection, circa 1998 at least...
Then there's SRV's version, which IMO is even better lol. It's probably where Kirk discovered the song seing as he's a huge Stevie fan
i got to see the tele at the rock and roll hall of fame and sadly almost all the blue is gone and it is empty. :/
Kirk nailing some blues riffs, nice.
it,s from the cunning stunts dvd recorded in fort worth texas may 9-10 1997
if that 'WaveCaster' blue stuff went down the neck and to the head it would be epic
I have never seen what is the fun with smashing a guitar on stage.
@MaxCarlsson95 Certain models are LTD exclusive. Also, towards the beginning of the video his guitar tech shows an LTD and explains that theyve gone through about 40 of them on the tour. The LTDs are there for the sheer purpose of destroying them haha
Somehow i knew he was gonna drop that cigar on him
This is spinal tap
@Cheapooo fender strat is very good to start out on, hell even a squire strat is ok but if you have the money get a mexican one for about 400, but they're great for everything clean and funky, rock and metal work ok on 'em but the bridge pickup will have to go if you plan on metal (I suggest hotrails), and maybe the others if you use them with lots of distortion (tons of hum) I've been using my strat since I've started playing, only crappy thing is the tuning and tremelo system, but you can mod
Thats true. Metal wouldn't be as heavy without the theatrics. I was never a huge fan. I'll be ok as long his fenders don't go crowd surfing.
i now need a wave caster
killer playing "hideaway"
Well. Good. Keep it up.
lol yea the clear guitar is soo AWSOME!!
omg he looks well silly in this video with short hair and thos shoes on wow cant belive how he looked whe he was young now he looks much better with long hair
@tascouts120
No they don´t, I´ve been touring alot with bands and if the guitarist want´s new strings on all of his guitars before every show that is what he gets...its a comfort thing for the artist to KNOW he´s got new strings on, caus realy, you cant hear the difference on 1 or 2 day old strings.
If you have a good touring experience then you know it greatly depends on the brand of the strings and the acidity of the musician's sweat.
I had to work for a guitar player that requested a daily strings change for his main guitar.
2 times I ran out of time and tried to make them do a second show, 2 times one string broke in the first half of the setlist.
Sometimes it is clearly a matter of sound ; frequencies that you cannot get back with EQ.
I always advise musicians to not change strings every night (unless absolute necessity) because of tuning stability.
You can stretch it but it will take at least one show to get dead stable, especially on trem-bridges.
supposedly they can see their fingers better in the dark during shows
There goes the whole tonewood debate.
Who is Kirk Hammett?
+Snoo Lee El Chapo in disguise!
Jim Adams
Got a new mailing address at Supermax.
+Snoo Lee Hah!
+Snoo Lee He's a fucking clown.
+TheSoloAsylum Where can we find your new album. I'm sure it's better than Kill 'em all or Master of puppets.
Nevermind Kirk, just look at that fucking guitar at the end of the video!
The most stupid I have seen a guitar player do is break his guitar.
POLLOTROM it's not stupid when he has hundreds of replacements at the snap of his fingers.