Big applause to that football coach who didn't allow James to play football if he doesn't cut his long hair. His decision gave us one of of the greatest Rock/Metal band in history! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸
8 years ago, when this video was first released, I watched this and THIS inspired me to pick up a guitar. This was the moment. 8 years later, a few classes later, I have my Schecter Omen-6 sitting right next to me. To everyone involved in this video: thank you. This changed my life.
@WhyAMiStillAlive1234 Hell yes brother. Life can be just cool as hell, and you just never know. Glad you hung with it long enough to like the sound of what you were playing. I think the reason most who try and quit, is they never get to that F%$k yeah moment. Alex Lifeson's licks on the 2112 album hooked me into it around 85/86 I've gone 1 or 2 years at a time not playing, but always kept my gear. And something will inspire me to get at it again. Sitting right next to me as well. My les paul My 2nd guitar owned; that I still have... an old Japanese 80s Kamen super Strat, that by all logic should be, (meh!) but just has an evil growl and sustains forever. Peace brother.
I was on that team...Coach Cummings...it was a great team...John Zander was a good football player! We only lost one game that year...and it was my fault.... Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California
@@ericunderwood9674 so how did you feel later on after the fact that your former classmate went on to be the lead singer of the most popular band on the planet at that time 😂
@@kingzuna8007 Happy for him...what do you think! I'm designing a metal head Native American Salmon for James right now....how do you feel about that? Going to Downey High in the 70s and 80s was awesome! I'm not a big Metallica fan.... LoL
That is exactly what happend! I shot this at the GC in Emeryville (I think). We were in a small room off the main guitar floor with the glass door closed but it was SO LOUD and people were just walking past the door looking at us pretty annoyed. Some knew exactly what was going on, it was pretty surreal!
Did James just say, "You only get out of life what you put in to it." That is what a friend once told me when I was finally making progress in playing Metallica on the guitar in the late 80s. Talk about full circle 🦋
+Michael and The Crimson Fucker you are BOTH correct. James has come full-circle. I love the way he is now, but I will never forget the first time I saw the "EET FUK" guitar in 1989 with James COMMANDING the crowd and stalking the microphone like a lion feasting on a fresh kill. James is now a refined musician. He has the guitar chops in him to play anything, and although his voice left him years ago and he is trying to find a "sweet spot" with it lately, he is still trying nonetheless. At the end of the day, most of us have envy for his talent and success.
Miley Saint hunting deer, bear or other animals with a properly-sized gun is a humane way to kill game. Watch how cattle are slaughtered for meat (you know that hamburger and steak at the grocery store) and you would probably prefer it to be done otherwise if you are that squeemish. On the other hand, you sound might be one of those people in San Francisco that James moved to Colorado to get away from lol.
This is the #1 man in metal. Granted, can't shred like Dime could, can't hit the notes Dio could, but he fucking put it out there like no other, and still is.
Idk, I think Lemmy, Mustaine, Araya, Dickinson, Ozzy, Dime, Anselmo, Osegueda, C. Billy, Blitz, Zetro, Schuldiner, and Schenker blow him out for just pure awesomeness and skill. But whatever. Just my opinion. I think he's the No. 1 most popular but way down there for skill IMO
i remember when this video came out, i’ll never forget it. i was going through my “metallica phase” and was just “enjoying playing covers” and i was getting really good; i thought i was just going to keep it a hobby, until i saw this. everything James says is so well thought out and comes straight from the heart, and it’s so inspirational and honest. THIS ALONE, made me want to be a professional guitar player. watching this as a 12 year old kid made me so excited and so inspired and so hopeful; i’d had never felt so inspired in my life by anybody before. i attended Berklee for a bit, and now i play lots of gigs, make money playing guitar, and get to do my own stuff on the side. james and GC can’t even fathom how many guitarists and musicians they’ve inspired with this. i had no friends growing up, music was all i had, and all i did growing up was sit in my room with my $50 yamaha junior size acoustic playing until my fingers were actually bleeding. this video alone did so much for me back then, and even still that holds true now. there will never be another band like metallica. and there will never be anyone like james.
I bet he's rocking out to them loving every minute! I'm sorry for your loss, I can't imagine what it would feel like to lose a child but you are celebrating his life and his memories. I have no clue who you are but you love your kid no matter where he is and that's special. 😊
@@tbeard5458 There's a lot of negativity going around at this tumultuous time and far too easy for people to hate on others for no good reason. I choose to believe that people are innately good and that's something worth spreading. Cheers
He could be a better soloist than Kirk but he doesn’t try enough the first mop solo and the nothing else matters are some of the best solos of all time
Just Imagine the Hunger of James. Started out a band at the age of 17, practising everyday, making Immortal songs at a very young age and still doing it today even when he's getting older.
@@trendkill3333 so I guess James grew up in an apocalyptic area where only that 1 guy was selling his guitar and nobody else was. If he didn't buy it from that guy who sold him the guitar he would've just bought another guitar from somewhere else...
austin cutty I am not trying to insult the band your fan of, but there is obsolutely nothing Metallica revolutionized as far as sound goes apart from Cliff Burton's way of approaching the bass, the main thing is that they made thrash metal popular, seeing how many thrash metal bands were around in the eighties if they had not done it someone would have, the sixties and seventies were the real revolutionairy days.
It doesn't mean that they would necessarily become a huge metal band. The chemistry wouldn't have been there. Maybe they sucked at songwriting or didn't have ideas. James was destined to meet lars and kirk
One of the if not *the* most humble, kind and genuine heavy metal guitarist/frontmen in the world. I don't care what anyone says about Metallica or Hetfield. James is a stand up guy and Metallica is one of the most influential, inspirational bands of all time. That's a fact!
I had the pleasure of seeing Metallica in May of '86 when they opened for Ozzy, and I was blown away! I got to meet James Hetfield that night, too! Super humble guy. He loves the fans and always makes time for them. Even 37 years later..Metallica still engages with their fans. Great guys, and so well deserving of their success.
i don't know about that. i was a die hard fan right up to the release of their 6th album that I waited forever for. I can remember saying it doesn't matter what metallica releases I will eat it up.. i never even listed to that 6th album to this day. it is so unbelievably bad it is insulting to their fans. and james is ok and I still like him even if he can't write any good music any more. Lars is a piece of trash and I don't understand how anyone can tolerate him. I guess he is better than a drug addict but jesus. I can't think of a bigger pussy i have ever heard of.
Where'd you see that show? I saw that tour. Master. In San Diego. We saw Cliff. Insane huh? I saw em 3 more times by '90. Once with gnr and body count. Was a stadium tour. In the grass. My favorite show out of maybe 35- 40
I was forced to listen to kill em all when it came out. My brother would lock me in his room and play it outside his door until the album was over. I thank him to this day for it. R.i.p. brother.
Not sure who talked abt the timeline shit but while they were doing crap to me under mind control it was mentioned that in othet timelines there was no Metallica. Was that in the video ok yeah bascually theyre talking about all the shit I had to go through really weird and crazy. These psychos ruined my life and are horrible sick people I got fucked over badly
Imagine going to Guitar Center with Original name and seeing James Hetfield jamming with Briggs247 __ and Dr moist 69 while JJ Robinson and Excesssivemite 9 just sit there watching.
Kirk: "I wrote this riff when I was younger. It holds a soft place in my heart" *tear* James: "Music was a way for me to speak" Rob: "I love this bass you can use it as amazing battle weapons, hyaugh!!!" Lars: "There was a broom shaft in the basement"
I've been a fan of Metallica since I was 12 (I'm now 47) and even now when I listen to James speak I still think wow, he is just the coolest dude ever.
im 54 listened to kill em all when i was 15 saw them in bradford uk with Anthrax 6 weeks before Cliff died... James had a skateboard accident so they had James Marshall play guitar and James singing.. how the hell did they come up with Maste Of Puppets!
Right?? He is like dave mustaine now (or vice versa if it really matters to you that much). I bet they could both chill over some tea together now as reformed men. despite their previous differences.
Scott M I was never a huge fan of metallica but their personalities crack me up and their good story tellers at that.😂 now I'm slowly getting into them and figuring out their past etc. definitely cliff was a badass and it showed. their blessed to do what they do.
Despite their issues at times, they were always good guys. I went to a live concert shortly after he got burned. They had another guitarist but he was out in his compression bandages doing a show. At the beginning he said he would need a few breaks but we would get a full show. He took a few breaks backstage & a few breaks where he just sat down & told a story but we got a full, long show. That's where he got my respect as a human, you could tell he wasn't going to do just enough show to keep the tour going. He wanted to fans to get 100%.
he was my #1 hero all through school, and i was fortunate enough to meet him and others in '95. he was awesome naturally, but he was still drinking hard - because of cliff, i guess, and he was hard work to communicate with. seeing him now, some 20 plus years later, he seems so the man i wanted him to be back then. MAHOOOOSIVE respect, james. you da man. \m/ x
Love how passionate he is about playing guitar, the way he talks about it is so genuine, such belief in what he feels about music, probably the reason he is so inspirational.
So much more respect for him after watching this. he seems like such a genuine and down to earth guy. Not just some mental metal head that some people imagine him as
+Robbie Wason I absolutely love Metallica, and as such always loved Hetfield the Musician and frontman. I always liked Hetfield the man and individual. UNTIL, I saw the Joe Rogan Podcast with him, now I love him on and off stage. Such a real genuine guy. That podcast gave me the same respect I had for him on stage, off stage as well. I know people who assume he is probably arrogant and a nutjob, and I always point them in the direction of that podcast.
I hate the typical image of metal itself or metal artists, like only crazy assholes who always do drugs and whatever, Metal is just powerful music, and you can use it to speak about whatever the hell you want to use it, and to be a "metalhead" is a bit childish as well as long as the definition of "metalhead" is having metal control your life or just adopt it as a lifestyle.
He actually seems like a regular guy who just happens to enjoy playing very loud metal type music. I’m 76 and I enjoy listening to these guys play.👍👍🇨🇦
Lmao I can imagine James and his old cover bands friends like this, James: here’s this riff I wrote, I call it master of puppets His friends: that’s not really that good, let’s stick to covers.
Same man. It sucks that we lost Eddie, and I'm not even a huge VH fan but I'm mostly grateful for his existence because how many other great musicians wouldn't be here if he hadn't revived rock n roll.
idk if anyone here knows tomoyasu hotei, japanese guitarist, when he was a kid (japan really strict) he was expelled from school for his long hair and replied "Jesus had long hair!"
It was cool to hear the guy I picture when I think of metal type of music (I'm into hard rock and classic rock and can't do the screaming type of metal) mention he wanted to be like EVH. I have loved VH since I was a kid (born in 1980), although my favorite musician is Sammy Hagar (He is still performing damn well for being 73 years old, unlike DLR, but I am a huge fan of the VH albums with Dave) who grew up where I did and still live. To me, it seemed more like VH and Metallica were both at the front of their game, and I assumed similar in age, but that they just were different styles. I didn't think of Metallica as the new guys, but then again I grew up listening to both without knowing much about the bands until the late 90's. They are all iconic guys and bands.
James Hetfield told me how to play guitar 28 years ago through his music. When he is talking about playing guitar he talks right from my heart. When he riffs in this video even more. I watched this video for the 20th time now. I think you need to get older to understand who your inspirations in life was. For me at age 38 one of my biggest influences was him. I dont like everything he did in his career. But i can undestand it. Today i am playing everything from metal to jazz to blues and pop and more. But in my heart i will always play james hetfield rhythm guitar. I never understood soloing. When he says he always was into rhythm guitar i totally agreed and finally i understood. What a great video. I will watch it again and again. I know it
Playing drums on guitar. That’s basically how James sees it. The best rhythm players are very percussive. Soloing only makes sense to me in a short and subtle way, in certain parts of a song where adding a simple embellishment will add to the song and make it better. Too many soloists make it all about themselves instead of actually trying to make the song better. Yes, rhythm is where it’s at for me too.
James seems to be in such a good place in life at the moment. Compared to his younger self he comes through as remarkably humble, warm and genuinely happy about what he's doing. Plus, he looks and sounds like he's been sober for a long time. The earlier self-destructive streak might have produced some really interesting and dark music, but for James as a human being this surely is much healthier.
@@amunra4256 Yeah. I mean the whole rock'n'roll shebang of living fast and dying young has become such a staple, that people tend to forget how it's the byproduct (and a destructive one), not the source of inspiration for highly creative people.
Sparkovi4 you do know that nashville is one of the biggest recording epicenters in the US there's no genre limits there man, don't let the fact its in the south fool you ;)
I’ve watched this video about 15x and will watch it another 15x . It’s a great up close and personal interview. He couldn’t have been more honest about himself. 🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@TheBomber83 was wondering what it was! I was humming this at work just 5 minutes ago thinking to myself “what song is this… I know James played it during an interview somewhere…” and came here and turns out it’s an unused riff! Damn!
When I think of great or legendary guitar players, this guy doesn't even com to mind. Awesome how he always stayed at the forefront of music but always hid in the shadows at the same time.
i think he shines more as a rhythm and front man, i agree with your statement to a degree, but there's no denying his playing is just as technical and articulate as some of the best, just in his own style ;)
@Lucas Holder oh I'm not saying he isn't great. When someone asks me who some great guitarists are I think, Eric Clapton , Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Van Halen .... never think Metallica lol. Even though they've given us some of the most hypnotizing melodies.
I'm going to be 50 next year, and I can remember like yesterday getting my license back in '86 and me & my friends cruising around jamming to MoP, Kill 'em All, and Ride the Lightning... I still crank the shit out of it to this day. It's a wonder I still have any hearing left.....
Melodic solo in master of puppets is James. , orion, nothing else matters.... Etc. Basically, if the solo doesn't end with weedle weedle weedle weeeeeeee! ....... Its James.
Mature grounded James Hetfield is by far the best version of James Hetfield. There's something very comforting and soothing about listening to him talk about his experiences; sort of like the way listening to a Morgan Freeman narration makes you feel all comfortable and safe.
Turn off his microphone and see how grounded he is.. lol I think James is pretty complicated to be honest.. Has a lot of demons inside he's trying to hold at bay.. Hes an old school type of man "back when men were supposed to be tough." living in a new school type of world where men especially ones in the public eye are meant to be more like Kirk.. In some ways he is embracing that way of being.. Hes a lot calmer than he used to be.. But fire is still burning inside him.
His name was Coach Cummings... I was on that team...so was John Zander...it was a great team! We only lost one game that year.... Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California
I was an abnormal girl blk/hisp nerd who looooved Metallica. They were always an inspiration to me. I didn't grow up to play music like I dreamed of, instead a computer geek, I'm a network Engineer. But I speak through my coding...a passion like they had. In many ways, Metallica gave me motivation to travel outside of the norm. Now I am super happy and a good Engineer, something many people told me I'd NEVER be. Thank you...your music inspires more than just the musically talented. To this day when I'm on the road, YOU ALL are who I listen too and who sooth my soul.
That's a great thing. Music inspires not just other musicians (Jazz music does that), but people of all walks of life. Why cant music inspire somebody to be a doctor? Not everybody wants to be a musician. Especially when the music speaks to you, its ahout taking out of it what you can use and doing your own thing. Great story!
I’ve come back to this again and again, and the riff/lick James works on thru this clip I really hope gets a release one day. The three variations from 3:30, 7:00 and 11:17 are amazing. Melancholic but so beautiful.
@@breadsticks6409 Tried Shazam’ing all the sections - nothing. Hopefully James will put it together into a song one day. The riff lends itself to both clean and overdriven tones so well. 🤘
Watching this video 5 years ago when it came out. I was a freshman in high school and I had a squire strat that sat in the corner of my room and never got any real attention. Watching this video inspired me to pick up that guitar and start playing. Now I own multiple guitars play in a band and still play guitar everyday. Thank you James Hetfield for changing my life and inspiring me to pick up a new thing that I couldn’t imagine living without now. Metallica for ever 🤘
Yo wtf same, I also saw this when it came out and I was a freshman in high school with a squire that got no attention, now I play everyday, definitely not because of this video in anyway but still somewhat relatable 😂 🤘🏻
7.40 ish... Make that a song now Also, James is an absolute legend in many dimensions... He may feel like he's just a person, but he's an idol to many for lots of reasons... One badass but also thoughtful, polite, respectful multi faceted individual that has influenced and inspired millions. Top bloke. Thanks for sharing your gift with us for all these years, your music has enriched mine and millions of other's lives more than you probably understand.
@@danielhoward8354 It EiThEr iS oR iT IsNt, shut up dude no one likes that pretentious shit. Stop acting like your better than people everyone knows what he meant.
Was devastated when i found out James is going through his relapse, I'm from Australia and couldn't wait to see Metallica play again, he is my inspiration to play guitar too, i haven't seen them since 2008 :( Ill be waiting
@@mikeford6702 shut the fuck up. James is in rehab, has nothing to do with the band or Lars. What are you a 12 year old girl just making shit up to gossip? Grow up
When you see the Russian footage of them playing live to over a million people at one time, a crowd so large that multiple military helicopters flew just above them but you couldnt hear them over the cheering, then you get a glimpse of the insanity this man has directed with his music!!!
Absolutely. Not even just Russia, the Soviet Union while it was destabilizing & experiencing violent revolution. Incredible. One of my absolutey favorite pieces of Music history.
Nativgod i had an opposite experience once. i was running through a crowd and i got in the zone and the only way to explain it i was omniscient. like my body moved on its own and i was just watching everything around me in slow motion.
@@dropkickmurphy4114 yeah name a country that doesn't have annoying interviews. Tf does America have to do with that? Not a damn thing it was a rhetorical question
@@matthewhawking4318 not sure the relevance, but you are 100% correct. Eminem also had producers making his songs hits. Hatfield produced his own songs for the first 4 albums, invented a genre of music, and didn't make a video until the 4th album, and even then it was about 9 minutes long. I have a sneaky suspicion Hatfield wasn't going for hit songs, not even as an after thought
@@davidwagstaff47 Sorry I think Cliff wrote the first 4. Yes back was a good album might have been some of his lyrics. After that went to shit. I don't think James had shit to do with lyrics
I almost cried watching this and remembering, really remembering, how much their music helped me as a kid. Luckily, time doesn't have the power to wash it all away. It never will.
He seems very clear-headed, bright-eyed, and well-spoken. Not at all burnt out like you might expect a rocker to be after thousands of shows and countless wild nights!
I text you for a purpose , I have been busy with shows and many more, traveling, thank you for the support and love, I appreciate. I'm looking for someone i can definitely trust
I enjoy a broad range of music, from pop to classical to the dark, heavy stuff. But every so often I come back to Metallica, and I think wow, this is where the music is. And I can't help but be pulled into a multi-day Metallica binge. This man is an absolute gift to the world, as is the rest of the band.
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The only guy who can play Enter Sandman at Guitar Center without getting eye rolls
I bet there was still eye rolling
I was hoping he was gonna pick a little stairway...
Kirk, too.
@@BD-me4nk Nah, that's JH. There would be cheering lol
@@ryanspencerlauderdale687 considering that's Kirk's riff, he wouldn't get eye-rolls, but comments about him stealing riffs.
This James guy seems nice. Hope he and his band make it.
😂😂
I have my doubts
wtf...
*He's in Mettallica, he's super famous*
@@2manyblueberries Really? I've never heard of Metlicca, must be pretty big in your area.
They say never meet your heroes, but I met James and he was such a kind, humble and cool dude. One of the best of all time.
I met him too and I agree. Newstead at the time was a very humble nice guy!
Completely agree with you!
Same here, met the one and only Geddy Lee of Rush at a book signing in late 2019, such a humble man
A friend of mine who worked as a roadie said he was an asshole!
Kirk probably too.
Big applause to that football coach who didn't allow James to play football if he doesn't cut his long hair. His decision gave us one of of the greatest Rock/Metal band in history! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸
True but he’s ready to play football now 😂
Unintended consequences!
Facts!!!
That's the butterfly effect, my friend
@@justinvalentine2950fr
Imagine being the dude that sold James hetfield his first guitar
He must feel like a Legend now😅
@@justin-iq2od but with a sense of envy I suppose as well
Imagine being the coach who told him to cut his hair. Haha
If the coach let him keep his hair long he might not have focused on music
@@jerryamescua crazy how the choices me make in life are the biggest life changers
James should have his own podcast. I could listen to him talk all day
James on the Joe Rogan show is great if you haven't seen it, its terrific
He has one, it's called metallica, sure its not conversation but it's him singing about how he feels and how he sees things
@@Bada_Boom78 lmao
I dont even care what he talks about. He could talk about his garden, or what he;s having for dinner, whatever. I'll listen.
He's a great storyteller
Oh look another guy at guitar center playing Enter Sandman
Haha :D
Lol
Clearly 😂😂 it must have a dude like mehh another beginner playing entersandman 😒
Hahaha you killed me
This was good
8 years ago, when this video was first released, I watched this and THIS inspired me to pick up a guitar. This was the moment. 8 years later, a few classes later, I have my Schecter Omen-6 sitting right next to me. To everyone involved in this video: thank you. This changed my life.
very cool
Congrats
Just bought my guitar and already learned Master and One!
@WhyAMiStillAlive1234
Hell yes brother.
Life can be just cool as hell, and you just never know.
Glad you hung with it long enough to like the sound of what you were playing.
I think the reason most who try and quit, is they never get to that F%$k yeah moment.
Alex Lifeson's licks on the 2112 album hooked me into it around 85/86
I've gone 1 or 2 years at a time not playing, but always kept my gear.
And something will inspire me to get at it again.
Sitting right next to me as well.
My les paul
My 2nd guitar owned; that I still have... an old Japanese 80s Kamen super Strat, that by all logic should be, (meh!) but just has an evil growl and sustains forever.
Peace brother.
Beautiful, congratulations:)
*After decades James finally listened to his football coach*
Haha
Hahaha
I was on that team...Coach Cummings...it was a great team...John Zander was a good football player! We only lost one game that year...and it was my fault....
Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California
@@ericunderwood9674 so how did you feel later on after the fact that your former classmate went on to be the lead singer of the most popular band on the planet at that time 😂
@@kingzuna8007 Happy for him...what do you think! I'm designing a metal head Native American Salmon for James right now....how do you feel about that? Going to Downey High in the 70s and 80s was awesome! I'm not a big Metallica fan.... LoL
Imagine being in a gc thinking "ugh this dude keeps only playing Metallica what the hell" and walking in and it's James Hetfield
Lol
That is exactly what happend! I shot this at the GC in Emeryville (I think). We were in a small room off the main guitar floor with the glass door closed but it was SO LOUD and people were just walking past the door looking at us pretty annoyed. Some knew exactly what was going on, it was pretty surreal!
@@leediskin7699 thats sick
Johnny Shima 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤘🏽🤘🏻🤘🏾🤘
And sales guy is mostly thinking that guy is playing those metallica riffs wrong.
Black Sabbath was his idol band, and he eventually toured with Ozzy. Talk about literal dream come true
I saw Metallica open for Ozzy!
Joey Jordison filling on for Lars. Hello!
And lemmy
Then Metallica became Nightwish's inspiration, so yeah the music inspiration cycle is a beautiful thing
And Lemmy
He's got this amazing voice not just for singing but when he speaks relaxedly, like here, you can listen to that unique vibration in his vocal cords.
Agreed indeed
I love listening to him talk but he does say interesting things also
His voice is absolute kind of relaxing..
well you taught me a new word, "relaxedly"
@rezaasadi890 adverb matching its adjective. Really nothing new. 😆
* James Learning Guitar *
Guitar Teacher: Ok James, this is called an upstro-
James: No.
JujuT N o .
N O
n o
Fine, just do downstrokes.
YEAHYEEAAAUUUHH
🤘😂🤘
Your comment is the best I've seen today. Totally made me laugh hard. Excellent.
James has a great voice. I could listen to him talk for hours. He should totally do a podcast.
Yes. But his voice sucks ass for music compared to before his accident. He always had that one off that's James voice
He was on the Joe Rogan show once
The YEAHEAH podcast
yeah, I hear he's got nothing better to do in his life
Very true
James at a guitar center. . . . . Giving a ted talk
C K a Het talk
@@Milfcum6969 whoo
Enjoying this one
True that
I need a 13 hour version of this
Did James just say, "You only get out of life what you put in to it."
That is what a friend once told me when I was finally making progress in playing Metallica on the guitar in the late 80s.
Talk about full circle 🦋
Powerful bro
"Music was the voice I did not have."
Powerful stuff.
Didn't *
Max Otto that's why he's the singer of Metallica
Actually he is the singer cuz he reluctantly chose to be.
And to think.. He is the front man😆
Dakota Ward
Very.
I have noticed that every since James got sober, there is a softness and kindness in his eyes that was not there before.
Michael
While it is nice to see, I do miss his wrath and "no fucks giving" attitude
+Michael and The Crimson Fucker you are BOTH correct. James has come full-circle. I love the way he is now, but I will never forget the first time I saw the "EET FUK" guitar in 1989 with James COMMANDING the crowd and stalking the microphone like a lion feasting on a fresh kill. James is now a refined musician. He has the guitar chops in him to play anything, and although his voice left him years ago and he is trying to find a "sweet spot" with it lately, he is still trying nonetheless. At the end of the day, most of us have envy for his talent and success.
Yes, and a softness to the MUSIC that wasn't there before either, sadly.
Is this softness and kindness obvious to the animals he blows away with his guns?
Miley Saint hunting deer, bear or other animals with a properly-sized gun is a humane way to kill game. Watch how cattle are slaughtered for meat (you know that hamburger and steak at the grocery store) and you would probably prefer it to be done otherwise if you are that squeemish. On the other hand, you sound might be one of those people in San Francisco that James moved to Colorado to get away from lol.
This is the #1 man in metal. Granted, can't shred like Dime could, can't hit the notes Dio could, but he fucking put it out there like no other, and still is.
Ozzy? Bruce Dickinson? Rob Halford? Tom Araya? Philip Anselmo?
+Noah Faber Ozzy doesn't even play an instrument and his voice isn't that great besides the first 2 Sabbath records.
Dimebag is my favorite Metal guitarist, also James.
Idk, I think Lemmy, Mustaine, Araya, Dickinson, Ozzy, Dime, Anselmo, Osegueda, C. Billy, Blitz, Zetro, Schuldiner, and Schenker blow him out for just pure awesomeness and skill. But whatever. Just my opinion. I think he's the No. 1 most popular but way down there for skill IMO
I think where he is above anyone else, maybe only topped by Iomi, is his riff writing. He just has so many classics to his name. He changed the game.
i remember when this video came out, i’ll never forget it. i was going through my “metallica phase” and was just “enjoying playing covers” and i was getting really good; i thought i was just going to keep it a hobby, until i saw this. everything James says is so well thought out and comes straight from the heart, and it’s so inspirational and honest. THIS ALONE, made me want to be a professional guitar player. watching this as a 12 year old kid made me so excited and so inspired and so hopeful; i’d had never felt so inspired in my life by anybody before. i attended Berklee for a bit, and now i play lots of gigs, make money playing guitar, and get to do my own stuff on the side. james and GC can’t even fathom how many guitarists and musicians they’ve inspired with this. i had no friends growing up, music was all i had, and all i did growing up was sit in my room with my $50 yamaha junior size acoustic playing until my fingers were actually bleeding. this video alone did so much for me back then, and even still that holds true now. there will never be another band like metallica. and there will never be anyone like james.
Great story man! Keep it up!
There's an alternative universe where James Hetfeild got that haircut and became greatest football player
🤣
😂😂😂😂 bro was just thinking this
N they nickname him "Mr. Sandman"
@@archologyzero "Hush little baby don't say a word and never mind that noise you heard"
Omg what if
The part about his mother about buying him a guitar
‘She said yeah’
And with that a culture was created. Crazy really
and he's been saying "yeah, yeah yeah, yay-yeah!!!" ever since
@@patrol456 YEAH!
With $200 that mom changed the world.
Sub-culture*
TF you talking about ? Judas Priest and sabbath were long before. 83 was slayer. My opinion Metallica is just MEH
My son really loved this man and this band...Im sure hes still listening to them inHeaven RIP...my son...
I bet he's rocking out to them loving every minute! I'm sorry for your loss, I can't imagine what it would feel like to lose a child but you are celebrating his life and his memories. I have no clue who you are but you love your kid no matter where he is and that's special. 😊
@@rroy1152 this
@@KubiqFeet lovely thing to say to a stranger on the internet, all the best to you too.
@@tbeard5458 There's a lot of negativity going around at this tumultuous time and far too easy for people to hate on others for no good reason. I choose to believe that people are innately good and that's something worth spreading. Cheers
💛
He says that we don’t wanna hear him solo, but I bet he can rip a badass solo! His picking is so precise
well he did the solo for nothing else matters so yeah, he’s amazing haha
@@ExoShadowand the first one on master of puppets
He could be a better soloist than Kirk but he doesn’t try enough the first mop solo and the nothing else matters are some of the best solos of all time
@@aceruiz8151 There is no need for him to try. He is one of the best rhythm guitarist of all time
@@arttuleskinen377the
Just Imagine the Hunger of James.
Started out a band at the age of 17, practising everyday, making Immortal songs at a very young age and still doing it today even when he's getting older.
fr 👏🏽👏🏽
Practicing**
The gift of music never dies.
I guess he did the point: it's just a need
You know it’s the most successful band when they’re still headlining festivals to sold out crowds and even twice for two nights
Imagine the guy who sold his guitar to James is thinking "hey I know that guy"
• ELYSIUM964 • damn.
In some way that guy was responsible for starting thrash metal, if he never sold his guitar to james it probably would’ve never existed
@@trendkill3333 so I guess James grew up in an apocalyptic area where only that 1 guy was selling his guitar and nobody else was. If he didn't buy it from that guy who sold him the guitar he would've just bought another guitar from somewhere else...
555666
as much as I love Metallica, other bands played thrash around the time they did. when Slayer started, they tried to be extreme.
probably dead.
as corny as it sounds but I'm thankful his mother bought that guitar for him can you imagine what metal would be like if she said no to him
+austin cutty The same as it is today !
Not even close
austin cutty I am not trying to insult the band your fan of, but there is obsolutely nothing Metallica revolutionized as far as sound goes apart from Cliff Burton's way of approaching the bass, the main thing is that they made thrash metal popular, seeing how many thrash metal bands were around in the eighties if they had not done it someone would have, the sixties and seventies were the real revolutionairy days.
+MrShadowofthewind I don't think dimebag would have the same sound he was pretty deep into metallica songs
+MrShadowofthewind fast downpicking a lot of clean riffs and the harmonies they played ..I know maiden harmonized a lot but not in the same way
Anyone with kids interested in music should show this clip to them. Everything he says in this is what aspiring musicians need to hear.
02:10 "I wrote some songs, they didn't like them.. They just wanted to play covers"...
If their regret could only be measured...
oh the millions of dollars they threw away ......
be*
@@fendertremolo9793 thanks man. Corrected.
It doesn't mean that they would necessarily become a huge metal band. The chemistry wouldn't have been there. Maybe they sucked at songwriting or didn't have ideas. James was destined to meet lars and kirk
They must kick themselves in the balls everyday
James - You know
Larz - Ummm
Kirk - Uhhhhh
Rob - Nervous laughter
Jason - pause with distant stare of introspection
This may be the single most accurate comment I have ever read on TH-cam.
Cliff - Rolls Over in the grave "your welcome"
Rob- stomach
Kirk - Wahhhh
One of the if not *the* most humble, kind and genuine heavy metal guitarist/frontmen in the world.
I don't care what anyone says about Metallica or Hetfield. James is a stand up guy and Metallica is one of the most influential, inspirational bands of all time. That's a fact!
Agreed. I haven't listened to Thrash in such a long time. Even me, the guy who loves Death and Black metal can easily say this is true.
yupppp
Don't forget Tom Araya
Tom Araya, Phil Anselmo (he's just a frontman though)
HeliHijack20 Phil Anselmo? Humble? Kind?
I had the pleasure of seeing Metallica in May of '86 when they opened for Ozzy, and I was blown away! I got to meet James Hetfield that night, too! Super humble guy. He loves the fans and always makes time for them. Even 37 years later..Metallica still engages with their fans. Great guys, and so well deserving of their success.
i don't know about that. i was a die hard fan right up to the release of their 6th album that I waited forever for. I can remember saying it doesn't matter what metallica releases I will eat it up.. i never even listed to that 6th album to this day. it is so unbelievably bad it is insulting to their fans. and james is ok and I still like him even if he can't write any good music any more. Lars is a piece of trash and I don't understand how anyone can tolerate him. I guess he is better than a drug addict but jesus. I can't think of a bigger pussy i have ever heard of.
Where'd you see that show? I saw that tour. Master. In San Diego. We saw Cliff. Insane huh? I saw em 3 more times by '90. Once with gnr and body count. Was a stadium tour. In the grass. My favorite show out of maybe 35- 40
Apart from his legendary songs what amazes me is his patience with Lars
Pietro Jun what are you saying?
@@chrisharris6099 Lars is the drummer of matllica
Couple hundred mil and the opportunity to live your dream could make anyone tolerate that diminutive Dane.
Gorillaonacat he knows that idiot
Gorillaonacat i know who he is i meant what does he mean by his patience
James: “ I wanna play drums on guitar.”
Cliff: “ I wanna play guitar solos on bass.”
Lars: "Hey, fuck you guys."
James Bryant Everyone: „Hey, fuck you Lars“.
@YIK KI LEE Kirk: I wahna play w h a
Missin Cliff😥
Rob: *Crab walks out of the room*
I was forced to listen to kill em all when it came out. My brother would lock me in his room and play it outside his door until the album was over. I thank him to this day for it. R.i.p. brother.
what happened to your brother?
"you don't wanna hear me solo" no James, yes I do
I don't want to hear Lars drums
@@Lasse3 shut the fuck up you cry baby
@@tolka2489 somehow that came off much less hard than you aimed for 👏
@@Lasse3 because mean wasn't exactly my intention friend🥸
When he writes and rips riffs like that, why would you even need him to?
So basically we were one haircut away from never having Metallica
...and another one out of 20,000,000 shitty football players. Good thing he stuck with that guitar
Thats crazy isnt it lol kind of like the story of guys finding out they cant play drums and then they go and become guitar legends instead aha
😂😂😂😂😂👍
It's called the Butterfly Effect....thank God he didn't cut it
Not sure who talked abt the timeline shit but while they were doing crap to me under mind control it was mentioned that in othet timelines there was no Metallica. Was that in the video ok yeah bascually theyre talking about all the shit I had to go through really weird and crazy. These psychos ruined my life and are horrible sick people I got fucked over badly
Imagine going to Guitar Centre and seeing James Hetfield. That would be amazing
Imagine going to guitar center and james Hatfield seeing Dr moist 69
@@jjrobinson7680 imagine James hetfield going into guitar center and seeing JJ Robinson and Dr moist 69
@@exessivemite9478 imagine excessivemite 9 going with James Hetfield to Guitar centre and seeing JJ Robinson and Dr moist 69
Brigs247 __ imagine James Hetfield going to guitar centre and seeing Exessivemite 9 and JJ Robinson seeing Dr Moist 69 playing guitar with Brigs247 __
Imagine going to Guitar Center with Original name and seeing James Hetfield jamming with Briggs247 __ and Dr moist 69 while JJ Robinson and Excesssivemite 9 just sit there watching.
Kirk: "I wrote this riff when I was younger. It holds a soft place in my heart" *tear*
James: "Music was a way for me to speak"
Rob: "I love this bass you can use it as amazing battle weapons, hyaugh!!!"
Lars: "There was a broom shaft in the basement"
Holden Cross lol
Holden Cross underrated comment
No, the voice he didn't have !
Yet, he's the one who created Metallica ;)
What was Lars doing with that broom shaft in the basement..?🤔
In an alternate timeline, James Hetfield is in the NFL Hall of Fame
The darkest timeline
Thulahdanlauss hahahaha
So that’s what happens when Cap returns the time stone 🤯
Footballica.
That's a timeline I don't want to live in
I could listen to James for hours and hours, what a gifted soul
AMEN
yes :)
And a humble one too
We actually do listen to him for hours and hours
What a grounded, generous man.
I've been a fan of Metallica since I was 12 (I'm now 47) and even now when I listen to James speak I still think wow, he is just the coolest dude ever.
im 54 listened to kill em all when i was 15 saw them in bradford uk with Anthrax 6 weeks before Cliff died... James had a skateboard accident so they had James Marshall play guitar and James singing.. how the hell did they come up with Maste Of Puppets!
Of allllll the now middle-aged bands...Metallica rocks the hardest & sounds even better today!!!
he's not a dude, he's a man
Do you know what song hes playing at the 7 minute mark?
@@ericbutson7424 I am wondering the same thing.
Such a well-spoken, gentle man. I love him!
His mom bought his guitar with a MASTER, MASTER card.
Mike Nukem yes
Haha..
That’s funny you should listen to Master of Puppets, almost sounds like what you said
😂🤣
A lot of guys take things litterally here 😂
I like James a lot better as a man in his 50s. Good dude
Right?? He is like dave mustaine now (or vice versa if it really matters to you that much). I bet they could both chill over some tea together now as reformed men. despite their previous differences.
Scott M I was never a huge fan of metallica but their personalities crack me up and their good story tellers at that.😂 now I'm slowly getting into them and figuring out their past etc. definitely cliff was a badass and it showed. their blessed to do what they do.
He looked more badass with mustache & long hair though. I didn't like when he cut his hair & adopted the 1950's greaser look (with glasses)
Despite their issues at times, they were always good guys. I went to a live concert shortly after he got burned. They had another guitarist but he was out in his compression bandages doing a show. At the beginning he said he would need a few breaks but we would get a full show. He took a few breaks backstage & a few breaks where he just sat down & told a story but we got a full, long show. That's where he got my respect as a human, you could tell he wasn't going to do just enough show to keep the tour going. He wanted to fans to get 100%.
he was my #1 hero all through school, and i was fortunate enough to meet him and others in '95. he was awesome naturally, but he was still drinking hard - because of cliff, i guess, and he was hard work to communicate with. seeing him now, some 20 plus years later, he seems so the man i wanted him to be back then.
MAHOOOOSIVE respect, james.
you da man.
\m/
x
i wanna be able to sit down with guitar center one day and say "Metallica was the band that just totally lit me up"
Basically my dream
what i was thinking exactly
Me too.
James is such a real dude. Such much talent writing, vocals and guitar - amazing. How can you not love him
Plot twist: there is no interviewer, he's just talking to himself
"When I'm playing it's like I'm forgetting you guys are here"
James played guitar for an hour so the interviewees left
And filming himself
lol
Gold
Employee: You lookin for a guitar?
James: YEA YEAHH
I bet his old band members who turned his music down are real pissed.
I know they sick asf
lowkey Dave
legend says that they are playing Metallica covers till this day
SLUDGE FOR THOUGHT how could you😂
No probably broke.
This man is the reason I play guitar.
And his mom is the reason he plays guitar.
Same
Same
SAMEEE
Me too.. when I realized James couldn't play the guitar to save his life it kept me going knowing I wasn't the worst out there
Love how passionate he is about playing guitar, the way he talks about it is so genuine, such belief in what he feels about music, probably the reason he is so inspirational.
I love that the interviewer knows how to shut the hell up
Kori Hoornstra lmaoooo very underrated trait of interviewers
Fr I hate interviewers who ask questions haha
There's this totally tripped out newfangled thing called Editing. You should Google it.
Brandon Sekach no hate on your comment, I understand I think what your trying to say. But isn’t the point of an interview(er) is to ask questions?
Plot twist: there is no interviewer, its only James
So much more respect for him after watching this. he seems like such a genuine and down to earth guy. Not just some mental metal head that some people imagine him as
Kieran Bond you should give the podcast he did with Joe Rogan a shot, really gives you an insight into the guy
I once saw him at a San Jose Sharks game and he couldn't have been nicer about taking a picture with me and talking for a little bit, super nice guy
+Robbie Wason I absolutely love Metallica, and as such always loved Hetfield the Musician and frontman. I always liked Hetfield the man and individual. UNTIL, I saw the Joe Rogan Podcast with him, now I love him on and off stage. Such a real genuine guy. That podcast gave me the same respect I had for him on stage, off stage as well. I know people who assume he is probably arrogant and a nutjob, and I always point them in the direction of that podcast.
This. I've always loved their music, but never expected I'd respect him as a human so much. Very inspirational interview also.
I hate the typical image of metal itself or metal artists, like only crazy assholes who always do drugs and whatever, Metal is just powerful music, and you can use it to speak about whatever the hell you want to use it, and to be a "metalhead" is a bit childish as well as long as the definition of "metalhead" is having metal control your life or just adopt it as a lifestyle.
He actually seems like a regular guy who just happens to enjoy playing very loud metal type music. I’m 76 and I enjoy listening to these guys play.👍👍🇨🇦
What I love about James's playing is that he goes with anything off the top of his mind
Lmao I can imagine James and his old cover bands friends like this,
James: here’s this riff I wrote, I call it master of puppets
His friends: that’s not really that good, let’s stick to covers.
Yes ik master of puppets was written later but it’s part of the joke
The only thing immeasurable after the cosmos is thier level of regret.
LOLLLLLLLLLL
I wonder if his friends starting doing Metallica covers later on 😂
I bet those cover guys are covering Metallica songs now n
“But Eddie Van Halen’s got long hair...” For some reason I remembered that quote after I heard the news. RIP.
MICHAEL SCHENKER HAS LONG HAIR TOO!
Same man. It sucks that we lost Eddie, and I'm not even a huge VH fan but I'm mostly grateful for his existence because how many other great musicians wouldn't be here if he hadn't revived rock n roll.
idk if anyone here knows tomoyasu hotei, japanese guitarist, when he was a kid (japan really strict) he was expelled from school for his long hair and replied "Jesus had long hair!"
@@larrywexner4163 My brother said the same thing to our Asst. Principal in High School. The guy laughed his ass off.
It was cool to hear the guy I picture when I think of metal type of music (I'm into hard rock and classic rock and can't do the screaming type of metal) mention he wanted to be like EVH. I have loved VH since I was a kid (born in 1980), although my favorite musician is Sammy Hagar (He is still performing damn well for being 73 years old, unlike DLR, but I am a huge fan of the VH albums with Dave) who grew up where I did and still live. To me, it seemed more like VH and Metallica were both at the front of their game, and I assumed similar in age, but that they just were different styles. I didn't think of Metallica as the new guys, but then again I grew up listening to both without knowing much about the bands until the late 90's. They are all iconic guys and bands.
Someone walks into guitar center and hears him playing.....
“ That’s not how Hetfield plays it”
way2sh0rt07grad too true lmao
😂😂😂
Ya he plays it faster
James Hetfield told me how to play guitar 28 years ago through his music. When he is talking about playing guitar he talks right from my heart. When he riffs in this video even more. I watched this video for the 20th time now. I think you need to get older to understand who your inspirations in life was. For me at age 38 one of my biggest influences was him. I dont like everything he did in his career. But i can undestand it. Today i am playing everything from metal to jazz to blues and pop and more. But in my heart i will always play james hetfield rhythm guitar. I never understood soloing. When he says he always was into rhythm guitar i totally agreed and finally i understood. What a great video. I will watch it again and again. I know it
Playing drums on guitar. That’s basically how James sees it. The best rhythm players are very percussive. Soloing only makes sense to me in a short and subtle way, in certain parts of a song where adding a simple embellishment will add to the song and make it better. Too many soloists make it all about themselves instead of actually trying to make the song better. Yes, rhythm is where it’s at for me too.
james: i was a very shy kid
also james: *plays in front of 1.6 million people*
* was *
He was drunk lol
You can be on stage in front of millions of people and still be very shy in front of one person.
@@chris-zb5zw r/wooosh
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James seems to be in such a good place in life at the moment. Compared to his younger self he comes through as remarkably humble, warm and genuinely happy about what he's doing. Plus, he looks and sounds like he's been sober for a long time. The earlier self-destructive streak might have produced some really interesting and dark music, but for James as a human being this surely is much healthier.
He's one of the few that cleaned up his life and still writes good music
@@amunra4256 Yeah. I mean the whole rock'n'roll shebang of living fast and dying young has become such a staple, that people tend to forget how it's the byproduct (and a destructive one), not the source of inspiration for highly creative people.
This is the main reasons apart from the music why I respect him so much..Legendary rocker but looks like an ordinary dad at the same time
Agreed. He has such a healthy outlook on life
Untill the band get together Lars particularly 🔥🔥
Never would have picked up a guitar if not for this man...
Now my band is Recording a single in Nashville next week...
Christopher H Good luck dude !
Sparkovi4 you do know that nashville is one of the biggest recording epicenters in the US there's no genre limits there man, don't let the fact its in the south fool you ;)
Sparkovi4 literally everyone from paramore, to halestorm, to clapton, to bb king, to prince, to aretha franklin has recorded in nashville...
Yeah yeah man but the fact that this annoying country music is all around the city takes it down to a zero inspiration productivity
They even got an annual cunty music venue called gay opreland where only cunty music is awarded . How beast is that?
I’ve watched this video about 15x and will watch it another 15x . It’s a great up close and personal interview. He couldn’t have been more honest about himself. 🤘🏼🤘🏼
This man speaks to me on a spiritual level
yeah. it worked amazingly as a motivational speech
Ecléctico Iconoclasta because of this man i will continue to play the guitar as best as i can
First Person Problems t
ExclusiveLM Let him play it any way he wants!
that likes though. Oh dear.
3:29
It's been 7 years that I come back to watch this video just for THAT RIFF!
It gives me goosebumps everytime!
What song is it from?
@@iancarlson4479 Another unused riff from Papa Het that came from his head ;)
@@TheBomber83 was wondering what it was! I was humming this at work just 5 minutes ago thinking to myself “what song is this… I know James played it during an interview somewhere…” and came here and turns out it’s an unused riff! Damn!
What's so special? Is a generic riff
7 years, 70 likes, and 7 months. And i saw your comment in 7:30 pm, wtf did you do?
So, if you see that guy in the parking lot at lunch playing his guitar alone in his car. Don't make fun of him, he might be on to something.
You might be witnessing a rock star in the making!
I’m asking him to hear some of the riffs he’s come up with
🤣
When I think of great or legendary guitar players, this guy doesn't even com to mind. Awesome how he always stayed at the forefront of music but always hid in the shadows at the same time.
i think he shines more as a rhythm and front man, i agree with your statement to a degree, but there's no denying his playing is just as technical and articulate as some of the best, just in his own style ;)
@Lucas Holder oh I'm not saying he isn't great. When someone asks me who some great guitarists are I think, Eric Clapton , Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Van Halen .... never think Metallica lol. Even though they've given us some of the most hypnotizing melodies.
I'm going to be 50 next year, and I can remember like yesterday getting my license back in '86 and me & my friends cruising around jamming to MoP, Kill 'em All, and Ride the Lightning... I still crank the shit out of it to this day. It's a wonder I still have any hearing left.....
Frank W hahahaha oh my god
Keep it real brother! If you feel it, its. Real....
I'm a decade younger but I have similar memories. I still listen to those albums to this day.
I'm 23 and Metallica makes up about 90% of what I Blair through my car lol. Hope my hearing holds up as good as yours brother.
Ditto!
some say to this day james hetfield has never upstrummed a guitar.
If I had a penny for every time James upstrummed, I'd have no pennies
I mean, he upstrums as part of the gallops at 11:04, but that's part of the gallop, not a downbeat
Janusz Reguła it was all downstrokes. he’s that fast.
PrinceOfM4rs20 __ srsly?
He never "strums" period. Downpick
"You don't want to hear me solo". Yes we do.
i see what you di there...
Daniel Bryant his solo in to live is to die is perfect
He said so low
Melodic solo in master of puppets is James. , orion, nothing else matters.... Etc. Basically, if the solo doesn't end with weedle weedle weedle weeeeeeee! ....... Its James.
I actually love all of james solos. They are more melodic than shred fest and I love it
Mature grounded James Hetfield is by far the best version of James Hetfield. There's something very comforting and soothing about listening to him talk about his experiences; sort of like the way listening to a Morgan Freeman narration makes you feel all comfortable and safe.
The fact that he's this grounded after all the fame and success says more about him than the fame and success ever could
Grounded people don't scar up their body with ink.
MrParkerman6 you can definitely still be a grounded person and have tattoos, chill out
I'm thinking about his liver after all that alcohol.
Turn off his microphone and see how grounded he is.. lol I think James is pretty complicated to be honest.. Has a lot of demons inside he's trying to hold at bay.. Hes an old school type of man "back when men were supposed to be tough." living in a new school type of world where men especially ones in the public eye are meant to be more like Kirk.. In some ways he is embracing that way of being.. Hes a lot calmer than he used to be.. But fire is still burning inside him.
Growlzee ! It’s not that deep chill out haha
Would be cool if James tracked down his old football coach 30 years later: Hey, I got a haircut. Can I join the team?
We are waiting
he's probably dead
His name was Coach Cummings... I was on that team...so was John Zander...it was a great team! We only lost one game that year....
Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California
@@ericunderwood9674 i don’t know if I can believe you
@@kaic9712 If you ever talk to James mention my name.... Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School
I was an abnormal girl blk/hisp nerd who looooved Metallica. They were always an inspiration to me. I didn't grow up to play music like I dreamed of, instead a computer geek, I'm a network Engineer. But I speak through my coding...a passion like they had. In many ways, Metallica gave me motivation to travel outside of the norm. Now I am super happy and a good Engineer, something many people told me I'd NEVER be. Thank you...your music inspires more than just the musically talented. To this day when I'm on the road, YOU ALL are who I listen too and who sooth my soul.
Lovely story! I do like that way you describe how music touches your soul and inspires you to grow your own personality. Keep it up, girl!
That's a great thing. Music inspires not just other musicians (Jazz music does that), but people of all walks of life. Why cant music inspire somebody to be a doctor? Not everybody wants to be a musician. Especially when the music speaks to you, its ahout taking out of it what you can use and doing your own thing. Great story!
Hello world
an engineer, sounds demanding on cognition...try a carnivorous diet. 🥩
I'm glad you followed your heart, thank you for sharing this with us.
I’ve come back to this again and again, and the riff/lick James works on thru this clip I really hope gets a release one day. The three variations from 3:30, 7:00 and 11:17 are amazing. Melancholic but so beautiful.
This riffs are perfect for power ballad. I hope they will use it on 72 seasons
Is the riff at 3:30 a song? Fell like I’ve heard it before
@@breadsticks6409 Tried Shazam’ing all the sections - nothing. Hopefully James will put it together into a song one day. The riff lends itself to both clean and overdriven tones so well. 🤘
@@breadsticks6409 it sounds like the one fleetwood mac song rhiannon i think. Not exactly the same though
I've got it tabbed out if anyone wants to play around with it.
Dream is to meet this guy once before I die. One of my biggest inspiration. There's no one who can replace him.
Devashish Jha well you can pay ticket of 700 dolars in their concert to meet band members.Start saving 😉
I hope we don’t lose James, I wish him all the very best. I love this man.
Watching this video 5 years ago when it came out. I was a freshman in high school and I had a squire strat that sat in the corner of my room and never got any real attention. Watching this video inspired me to pick up that guitar and start playing. Now I own multiple guitars play in a band and still play guitar everyday. Thank you James Hetfield for changing my life and inspiring me to pick up a new thing that I couldn’t imagine living without now. Metallica for ever 🤘
Sure, buddy. Sure.
Jay M what is your problem? Stop projecting your own issues onto someone for feeling satisfied in life unlike your own sorry ass.
Omg same...I have a squire strat in my corner 😱 I need to start playing
Yo wtf same, I also saw this when it came out and I was a freshman in high school with a squire that got no attention, now I play everyday, definitely not because of this video in anyway but still somewhat relatable 😂 🤘🏻
they got me too pick up guitar too
7.40 ish... Make that a song now
Also, James is an absolute legend in many dimensions... He may feel like he's just a person, but he's an idol to many for lots of reasons... One badass but also thoughtful, polite, respectful multi faceted individual that has influenced and inspired millions.
Top bloke.
Thanks for sharing your gift with us for all these years, your music has enriched mine and millions of other's lives more than you probably understand.
I come back to this video just to listen to that part, definitely song material.
Steal it lol. It's yours. I won't tell anyone.
No such thing as 7:40 ish it either is or isnt. besides at 7:40 hes talking
I heard that and was thinking what song is that? Sounds great.
@@danielhoward8354 It EiThEr iS oR iT IsNt, shut up dude no one likes that pretentious shit. Stop acting like your better than people everyone knows what he meant.
7:03-7:40 needs to be a song. Please James make this a complete song!!! That riff sounds absolutely amazing
It already is. Its the unforgiven riff
@@dickybird6916 😂 no
Yeah it's amazing!
This song exist
@@denyfixe1000yeah don’t say the name then bro nice job
1:01
guy: dude I'm selling my guitar for 200 you want it?
james: YEHEAAAAAH
We heard, we don't need closed captioning.
@@fendertremolo9793 awww u didn't understand the comment..
@@globalnova you, not u. Moron
@@fendertremolo9793 What's wrong with you? It's just a comment and it's not as if it was offensive. Dig the shades:)
@@fendertremolo9793 If that's the path you want to take, 'Y' should be capitalized, and 'Moron' needs its own punctuation.
James downpicking is faster than your alternate picking
nice pic
That’s not much in my case 😂
Hey bro how are things going in hell? Is the Covid-19 there yet ?
Sure
james can beat his meat in one minutes with that downpicking speed
Was devastated when i found out James is going through his relapse, I'm from Australia and couldn't wait to see Metallica play again, he is my inspiration to play guitar too, i haven't seen them since 2008 :( Ill be waiting
Sad to say u won't see metallica playing together anytime soon James left the band couldn't come to. Terms with lars
Yeah man, I had tickets to the Sydney show, I was fllying up from Melbourne. Devastated. But health is more important
mike ford Metallica still has a setlist ready for the next few shows.
@@mikeford6702 shut the fuck up. James is in rehab, has nothing to do with the band or Lars. What are you a 12 year old girl just making shit up to gossip? Grow up
mike ford he’s in rehab. Has nothing to do with Lars lol
When you see the Russian footage of them playing live to over a million people at one time, a crowd so large that multiple military helicopters flew just above them but you couldnt hear them over the cheering, then you get a glimpse of the insanity this man has directed with his music!!!
Absolutely. Not even just Russia, the Soviet Union while it was destabilizing & experiencing violent revolution. Incredible. One of my absolutey favorite pieces of Music history.
"When you're in the zone, the world disappears around you" nothing more true.
Nativgod i had an opposite experience once. i was running through a crowd and i got in the zone and the only way to explain it i was omniscient. like my body moved on its own and i was just watching everything around me in slow motion.
This is how you do an interview, just let the guy talk. Someone as interesting as James doesn't need prompting or interruptions.
Things (prompting and interrupting) that bug the SNOT outta me about American interviewers. XP
@@dropkickmurphy4114 yeah name a country that doesn't have annoying interviews. Tf does America have to do with that? Not a damn thing it was a rhetorical question
Eminem is actually more popular, because he had bigger hit songs than Metallica ever did.
@@matthewhawking4318 not sure the relevance, but you are 100% correct. Eminem also had producers making his songs hits. Hatfield produced his own songs for the first 4 albums, invented a genre of music, and didn't make a video until the 4th album, and even then it was about 9 minutes long. I have a sneaky suspicion Hatfield wasn't going for hit songs, not even as an after thought
@@davidwagstaff47 Sorry I think Cliff wrote the first 4. Yes back was a good album might have been some of his lyrics. After that went to shit. I don't think James had shit to do with lyrics
For those of us that keep coming back here year after year for the riffs.
0:00
3:20
6:36
11:02
What riff is at 3:20
First riff is from Hardwired
@Bautista That's the joke
what’s the riff at 7:00
@@illete3802 That one is actually nice as fuck.
I watch this once / twice a month. The ground up story is so genuine.
Same
Make a Jimmy Page at Guitar Center and tell him to stop playing Stairway.
No Stairway? DENIED!
I thought this...imagine an employee strolling up to tell some noob that its not cool to play Enter Sandman in the...Oh.
legoredninja YES YES YES YES
@aw yah Really, no hate on either players but Jimmy was the music of a whole generation. I will take it to my grave.
What a genuinely nice guy.
I almost cried watching this and remembering, really remembering, how much their music helped me as a kid. Luckily, time doesn't have the power to wash it all away. It never will.
Fire up some Metallica and throw the meds away!
Felt the same man...thought my emotions are gone since a long time but this video showed me otherwise.
They peaked at Puppets.
@@JS-yl4pq I've been following them from the time they used to play at the stone as kids
Can relate
James, you’ve been a helping hand in my life with your lyrics and hearing you speak your truth. God bless you man ❤ very proud of you
Imagine being those high school kids in “Obsession” and telling James Hetfield his original songs sucked lol.
James got the last laugh....🤣
I would be that headass fan
Well he probably did suck back then.
@@somefuckindude4236 He never sucked!
@@scottboomer5908 get off his jock dude. Some of their shit still sucks. Alot of its cool tho.
His picking technique is insane. So aggressive and yet he has so much control and the form is compact and clean.
probably because he uses thumb, index finger and middle finger altogether. Combined with monsterous levels of downpicking
He seems very clear-headed, bright-eyed, and well-spoken. Not at all burnt out like you might expect a rocker to be after thousands of shows and countless wild nights!
Agreed and it makes me happy for some reason, I’m not a huge Metallica fan but he seems like a very nice guy
@@Automobiliana Me too. I don't know a lot about Metallica. I'm more into Sepultura, Pantera, Megadeth, Meshuggah.
I text you for a purpose , I have been busy with shows and many more, traveling, thank you for the support and love, I appreciate. I'm looking for someone i can definitely trust
Because he's a virgin, like Dave Grohl, the only 2 that never touched drugs.
His music gave him the only high he needed.
I enjoy a broad range of music, from pop to classical to the dark, heavy stuff. But every so often I come back to Metallica, and I think wow, this is where the music is. And I can't help but be pulled into a multi-day Metallica binge. This man is an absolute gift to the world, as is the rest of the band.
i would like to watch a movie about his life starting from childhood till now...
dgoz33 Play all the albums, close your eyes and ”read between the lines” 😉
I love Metallica, I love James's singing, and I love to hear him talking too. I could listen to him talking for hours. He's such a good person.
Yes , he is very intelligent as well.
James is just effortlessly cool.. thats a big part of his appeal. He's not TRYING to be cool.. he just .. IS.
He should have a podcast
I've never heard him in interviews before. Sounds really nice. Not sure why I'm surprised, though. Glad I listened.
I respect James even more after this, never new he was so straight down to earth and chill.
He has a healthy outlook on life.
It took a lot of emotional pain, desire to change and effort put into it to get to where he is now.
It took some growing up. He explains that in the Black album era they were pretty shit people having let things go to their heads.
I love James's playing style, so emotive. So damn talented
And a solid dude too